{"id":250935,"date":"2017-04-10T20:31:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T03:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=250935"},"modified":"2017-04-10T20:31:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T03:31:46","slug":"mitch-larkin-enters-100-back-world-rankings-at-2017-australian-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-enters-100-back-world-rankings-at-2017-australian-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch Larkin Enters 100 Back World Rankings at 2017 Australian Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic superstars highlighted the third day of prelims at the 2017 Australian National Championships as\u00a0<strong>Mitch Larkin, Emily Seebohm,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Emma McKeon\u00a0<\/strong>each picked up top seeds in their respective events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>dazzled in prelims of the men&#8217;s 100 back, posting a top qualifying time of 53.69. Larkin&#8217;s time moves him to fifth in the world rankings for this year, with the 2017 best being a 53.04 from\u00a0<strong>Xu Jiayu<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Zac Incerti\u00a0<\/strong>picked up the second place seed with a 54.35, followed by\u00a0<strong>Benjamin Treffers<\/strong> and his time of 54.58.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                     === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 LARKIN, MITCH    23 UNAQ                52.43      53.69  q900  \r\n    r:+0.65  26.10        53.69 (27.59)\r\n  2 INCERTI, ZAC     20 WEST COAST SWIM     54.19      54.35  q868  \r\n    r:+0.59  26.25        54.35 (28.10)\r\n  3 TREFFERS, BENJA  25 UNAQ                54.29      54.58  q857  \r\n    r:+0.57  26.63        54.58 (27.95)\r\n  4 BEAVER, JOSHUA   24 NUN                 53.47      55.03  q836  \r\n    r:+0.50  26.64        55.03 (28.39)\r\n  5 MILLS, PETER     20 BRISBANE GRAMMAR    56.10      56.00  q793  \r\n    r:+0.59  27.04        56.00 (28.96)\r\n  6 WOODWARD, BRADL  18 MINGARA SWIMMING    56.88      56.05  q791  \r\n    r:+0.72  27.37        56.05 (28.68)\r\n  7 RICE, ANDREW     18 NUN                 56.73      56.13  q788  \r\n    r:+0.67  27.23        56.13 (28.90)\r\n  7 LUDLOW, TRISTAN  19 RACKLEY             55.93      56.13  q788  \r\n    r:+0.64  27.27        56.13 (28.86)<\/pre>\n<p>A trio of 2:02s highlighted prelims of the men&#8217;s 200 IM, led by\u00a0<strong>Travis Mahoney<\/strong>. Mahoney posted a 2:02.04 to grab a narrow lead over the second and third place qualifiers.\u00a0<strong>Clyde Lewis\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jared Gilliland\u00a0<\/strong>delivered times of 2:02.31 and 2:02.70 for second and third place.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                     === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 MAHONEY, TRAVIS  26 MARI              2:00.18    2:02.04  q815  \r\n    r:+0.70  26.52        56.99 (30.47)\r\n        1:32.74 (35.75)     2:02.04 (29.30)\r\n  2 LEWIS, CLYDE     19 STPETERSWESTERN   2:00.09    2:02.31  q809  \r\n    r:+0.70  26.31        57.16 (30.85)\r\n        1:32.70 (35.54)     2:02.31 (29.61)\r\n  3 GILLILAND, JARE  22 CHANDLER          2:01.54    2:02.70  q802  \r\n    r:+0.66  26.66        57.78 (31.12)\r\n        1:33.43 (35.65)     2:02.70 (29.27)\r\n  4 TRAIFOROS, JAME  20 TRGR              2:01.72    2:03.17  q792  \r\n    r:+0.65  27.34        57.57 (30.23)\r\n        1:33.68 (36.11)     2:03.17 (29.49)\r\n  5 BOSKOVIC, KAZIM  21 NUN               2:00.87    2:03.46  q787  \r\n    r:+0.64  27.04        57.70 (30.66)\r\n        1:33.41 (35.71)     2:03.46 (30.05)\r\n  6 SHERINGTON, CAL  19 CARL              2:03.64    2:04.58  q766  \r\n    r:+0.63  26.50        57.65 (31.15)\r\n        1:34.34 (36.69)     2:04.58 (30.24)\r\n  7 SMITH, JAKE      19 BRW               2:05.61    2:04.80  q762  \r\n    r:+0.69  26.45        58.63 (32.18)\r\n        1:34.62 (35.99)     2:04.80 (30.18)\r\n  8 HUNTER, LIAM     19 CHANDLER          2:03.93    2:04.89  q760  \r\n    r:+0.64  26.25        58.67 (32.42)\r\n        1:34.93 (36.26)     2:04.89 (29.96)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Emma McKeon\u00a0<\/strong>entered the world rankings for the 200 free with a top qualifying time of 1:57.99. 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Seebohm&#8217;s qualifying time sits just behind her season best of 27.72 from the NSW State Championships. Seebohm will be joined in the middle of the pool by\u00a0<strong>Holly Barratt<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Kaylee McKeown,\u00a0<\/strong>who delivered matching times of 28.22 for the second place seed.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                     === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 SEEBOHM, EMILY   24 BRISBANE GRAMMAR    27.72      28.07  q895  \r\n         r:+0.66                       \r\n  2 BARRATT, HOLLY   29 ROC                 27.90      28.22  q881  \r\n         r:+0.56                       \r\n  2 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE  15 USC SPARTANS        28.10      28.22  q881  \r\n         r:+0.60                       \r\n  4 ATHERTON, MINNA  16 BRISBANE GRAMMAR    27.49      28.40  q865  \r\n         r:+0.62                       \r\n  5 WHITTAKER, SIAN  19 MVC                 28.33      28.78  q831  \r\n         r:+0.57                       \r\n  6 BAKER, HAYLEY    21 MVC                 28.66      29.17  q798  \r\n         r:+0.48                       \r\n  7 WILLIAMS, ZOE    21 MARI                28.74      29.19  q796  \r\n         r:+0.65                       \r\n  8 MCJANNETT, LUCY  19 RANDW               29.76      29.33  q785  \r\n         r:+0.63<\/pre>\n<p>It was a quick turn-around for\u00a0Barratt as she quickly jumped to the top of the qualifiers list in the women&#8217;s 50 fly. Barratt posted a 26.90 to narrowly claim the first place seed, just ahead of\u00a0<strong>Brittany Elmslie<\/strong> and her time of 26.92.\u00a0<strong>Sara Saal\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the top three qualifiers with a 27.01.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                     === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 BARRATT, HOLLY   29 ROC                 26.19      26.90  q749  \r\n         r:+0.67                       \r\n  2 ELMSLIE, BRITTA  22 BRISBANE GRAMMAR    26.79      26.92  q747  \r\n         r:+0.70                       \r\n  3 SAAL, SARA       30 COMMERCIAL          26.82      27.01  q739  \r\n         r:+0.67                       \r\n  4 WASHER, EMILY    20 CARL                27.28      27.05  q736  \r\n         r:+0.69                       \r\n  5 LICCIARDI, CHRI  21 SOSC                27.24      27.32  q715  \r\n         r:+0.66                       \r\n  6 LASSMAN, LUCIA   18 STPETERSWESTERN     27.32      27.39  q709  \r\n         r:+0.69                       \r\n  7 HOLMES, ASHLEIG  18 CHANDLER            27.99      27.53  q698  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  8 OLDSEN, ELLYSIA  21 MARI                27.06      27.72  q684  \r\n         r:+0.73<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Matthew Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>continued to build upon his success in the 200 breast, with a top showing in prelims of the 100. Wilson turned in a 1:00.88 to post the top time in the morning, just shy of his season best of 1:00.23 from the NSW State Championships.\u00a0<strong>Grayson Bell\u00a0<\/strong>picked up the second place seed with a 1:01.64, while\u00a0<strong>Tommy Sucipto<\/strong> was third in prelims with a 1:01.72.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 WILSON, MATTHEW  18 SOSC              1:00.23    1:00.88  q826  \r\n    r:+0.66  28.50      1:00.88 (32.38)\r\n  2 BELL, GRAYSON    20 TSS AQUATICS      1:01.01    1:01.64  q796  \r\n    r:+0.74  28.75      1:01.64 (32.89)\r\n  3 SUCIPTO, TOMMY   22 ROC               1:00.95    1:01.72  q793  \r\n    r:+0.60  28.99      1:01.72 (32.73)\r\n  4 SCHAFER, NICHOL  25 ACQUA ROSA        1:00.49    1:01.80  q790  \r\n    r:+0.69  28.85      1:01.80 (32.95)\r\n  5 CAVE, DANIEL     18 MVC               1:01.16    1:01.81  q789  \r\n    r:+0.66  29.16      1:01.81 (32.65)\r\n  6 HARLEY, GEORGE   18 BRW               1:02.10    1:01.92  q785  \r\n    r:+0.64  29.19      1:01.92 (32.73)\r\n  7 MCKECHNIE, JAME  21 STP               1:02.01    1:02.04  q780  \r\n    r:+0.76  28.75      1:02.04 (33.29)\r\n  8 STUBBLETY-COOK,  18 UNAQ              1:01.83    1:02.14  q777  \r\n    r:+0.74  29.64      1:02.14 (32.50)<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic superstars highlighted the third day of prelims at the 2017 Australian National Championships as\u00a0Mitch Larkin, Emily Seebohm,\u00a0and\u00a0Emma McKeon\u00a0each picked up top seeds in their respective events. 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