Mack Horton continued his ascendance to the top of the Australian distance freestyle ranks as he cracked Grant Hackett’s Aussie All Comers record in the men’s 1500-meter free.<\/p>\n
Horton demolished the field in the men’s 1500-meter free en route to the Aussie All Comers record. \u00a0Horton, who came into the meet with a 14:48.76 personal best, dropped a dynamic 14:44.09 on the field to win the finale.<\/p>\n
The swim not only crushed his own world best of 14:55.76 from the BHP Super Series, it also bested Grant Hackett’s Aussie All Comers record of 14:44.94 from 2005 and Hackett’s age-group record of 14:48.63. Horton is now within 10 seconds of Hackett’s national record of 14:34.56 from the 2001 world championships, which Hackett swam when he was 21 years old.<\/p>\n
Jordan Harrison placed well behind in second in 15:14.96 with Jack McLoughlin finishing third in 15:16.96.<\/p>\n
Ben Treffers kicked off the night with a scorching 24.75 in the men’s 50-meter back. \u00a0That swim tied him with Junya Koga for third in the world rankings behind only Camille Lacourt (24.56) and Jeremy Stravius (24.70). \u00a0Bobby Hurley finished second in 25.31 with Mitch Larkin taking third in 25.32.<\/p>\n
Leiston Pickett threw down a 30.82 to win the women’s 50-meter breast. \u00a0That swim put her third\u00a0in the world behind Moniek Nijhuis’ 30.65 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup and Jennie Johansson. \u00a0Sally Hunter took second tonight in 30.97 for fourth\u00a0in the world rankings. \u00a0Lorna Tonks rounded out the top three in 31.13.<\/p>\n
Jennie Johansson, meanwhile, had the top time in the 50-meter breast with an exhibition effort of 30.68. \u00a0That swim put her second in the world behind Nijhuis.<\/p>\n
Thomas Fraser-Holmes then demolished the men’s 400-meter IM finale with a 4:13.98. \u00a0That swim put him fifth in the world rankings. \u00a0Jared Gilliland took a distant second in 4:16.58 with Travis Mahoney winding up third in 4:16.90.<\/p>\n
In a bit of a stunner, Bronte Campbell upended her older sister Cate Campbell in the women’s 50-meter free for her first national title. \u00a0Bronte turned in a 24.19 for the win, moving closer to Cate’s world-best 24.03 from the BHP Super Series. \u00a0Cate, meanwhile, wasn’t at her best as she took second in 24.33. \u00a0Melanie Wright closed out the top three in 24.63 for fifth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n
Keryn McMaster closed out the night with a 4:37.56 in the women’s 400-meter IM. \u00a0That swim bettered her eighth-ranked season best of 4:37.79 from the BHP Super Series, but wasn’t enough to move her ahead of seventh-ranked Lara Grangeon’s 4:37.55. Tessa Wallace took second tonight in 4:38.13 with Tianni Gilmour third in 4:43.33.<\/p>\n