{"id":365359,"date":"2019-04-20T06:35:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T13:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=365359"},"modified":"2019-04-20T06:37:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T13:37:17","slug":"joshua-edwards-smith-takes-down-mitch-larkins-200-back-age-group-all-comers-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/joshua-edwards-smith-takes-down-mitch-larkins-200-back-age-group-all-comers-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Edwards-Smith Takes Down Mitch Larkin&#8217;s 200 Back Age Group, All Comers Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mitch Larkin<\/strong>\u2019s Australian Age and All Comers record for the Boys\u2019 16-year 200m Backstroke has been smashed by UWA West Coast\u2019s <strong>Joshua Edwards-Smith<\/strong> on night six of the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Swimming Championships in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/liveresults.swimming.org.au\/SAL\/2019AGE_020009\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clocking a time of 1:57.82, Edwards-Smith knocked a whopping three seconds off the Olympian\u2019s record of 2:01.00 which was set in 2010. It\u2019s the second Age and All Comers record the West Aussie has broken during the champs, after also destroying <strong>Andrew Lauterstein<\/strong>\u2019s 15-year record for the Boys\u2019 16-year 100m Backstroke on night three.<\/p>\n<p>In what was a fierce and stirring race for the 200m backstroke crown, <strong>Thomas Hauck<\/strong> from All Saints GC also amazingly beat Larkin\u2019s record, logging 2:00.00 to take silver. Nunawading\u2019s <strong>Will Sharp<\/strong> finished on point to nab bronze in a time of 2:04.01.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 112  Boys 16 Years 200 LC Metre Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      Aus Age: R 1:57.82  20\/04\/2019Joshua Edwards-Smith, UWSC\r\n   All Comers: A 1:57.82  20\/04\/2019Joshua Edwards-Smith, UWSC\r\n Title Holder:   2:01.34  26\/04\/2018Stuart Swinburn, Uni NSW\r\n Meet Qualifying:  2:17.36\r\n    Name           Year Team              Prelims     Finals  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                          === Finals ===                          <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 EDWARDS-SMITH,  16-03 UWSC              2:01.84    1:57.82R  857  \r\n    r:+0.60  28.04        57.76 (29.72)\r\n        1:27.86 (30.10)     1:57.82 (29.96)\r\n  2 HAUCK, THOMAS   16-03 ALLSA             2:02.56    2:00.00   811  \r\n    r:+0.62  28.04        58.00 (29.96)\r\n        1:28.94 (30.94)     2:00.00 (31.06)\r\n  3 SHARP, WILL     16-02 NUN               2:05.42    2:04.01   735  \r\n    r:+0.63  29.12      1:00.69 (31.57)\r\n        1:32.70 (32.01)     2:04.01 (31.31)<\/pre>\n<p>Later in the evening the crowd witnessed another record-breaking swim, with Nunawading\u2019s <strong>William Petric<\/strong> securing the Boys\u2019 14-year 200m Breaststroke in a time of 2:19.73. The Victorian took the Australian Age title away from Dolphin <strong>Zac Stubblety-Cook<\/strong>, who set 2:20.16 back in 2013. Placing second for the silver medal was TSS Aquatics\u2019 <strong>Flynn McGregor<\/strong> (2:22.39), while Northcote\u2019s<strong> Issac Ballenger<\/strong> received bronze (2:25.62).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 116  Boys 14 Years 200 LC Metre Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      Aus Age: R 2:19.73  20\/04\/2019William Petric, Nunawading\r\n   All Comers: A 2:16.82  15\/12\/2008Tsukasa Sakakibara, Japan\r\n Title Holder:   2:22.20  26\/04\/2018TJ Chong Sue, UWA West Coast\r\n Meet Qualifying:  2:41.34\r\n    Name           Year Team              Prelims     Finals  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                          === Finals ===                          <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 PETRIC, WILLIAM 14-04 NUN               2:22.08    2:19.73R  744  \r\n    r:+0.71  31.48      1:06.97 (35.49)\r\n        1:43.25 (36.28)     2:19.73 (36.48)\r\n  2 MCGREGOR, FLYNN 14-04 TSS               2:30.50    2:22.39   704  \r\n    r:+0.65  33.08      1:09.30 (36.22)\r\n        1:46.00 (36.70)     2:22.39 (36.39)\r\n  3 BALLENGER, ISSA 14-04 NTC               2:31.00    2:25.62   658  \r\n    r:+0.82  33.85      1:11.10 (37.25)\r\n        1:49.04 (37.94)     2:25.62 (36.58)<\/pre>\n<p>Meanwhile, everything <strong>Lani Pallister<\/strong> touches turns to gold. The Cotton Tree athlete has remarkably racked up five national age titles from her five events, after she was triumphant in the Girls\u2019 16-year 800m Freestyle on her final night. Powering home to touch the wall in 8:28.54, the Junior Pan Pacs champ finished ahead of SLC Aquadot\u2019s <strong>Jessica Madden<\/strong> (8:45.00) and Nudgee College\u2019s <strong>Jade Starr<\/strong> (8:55.88), who picked up silver and bronze respectively.<\/p>\n<p>It went right down to the wire in the Boys\u2019 17-year 200m Butterfly, as lane four\u2019s <strong>Lucas Humeniuk<\/strong> from Chandler fought it out with lane five\u2019s <strong>Oliver Nash<\/strong> from Melbourne Vicentre. In the end it was the Queenslander who claimed the crown in 2:00.90 to the Victorian\u2019s time of 2:01.49. With <strong>Se-Bom Lee<\/strong> (Carlile) finishing in third place (2:02.86), the bronze medal marked his sixth medal for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Lanes four, five and six fought it out for one, two and three in the Girls\u2019 14-year 200m Freestyle. Charging to the wall in complete unison with 25 metres to go, it was <strong>Lucinda Macleod<\/strong> (Griffith Uni) in lane four who took control to snare the gold in 2:01.39. St Peters Western teammates, <strong>Ella Ramsay<\/strong> and <strong>Paris Burlock<\/strong>, battled it out for silver and bronze, with Ramsay victorious in the end \u2013 2:01.89 to 2:03.10.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the 2018 Australian Junior Pan Pacs team, <strong>Tara Kinder<\/strong> (DVE Aquatic) took out the Girls\u2019 15-year 200m Individual Medley \u2013 marking her third gold medal of the competition. As the athletes steamed home the crowd was on its feet to witness Kinder log a time of 2:14.66. <strong>Jenna Forrester<\/strong> from St Peters Western took the silver spoils (2:16.33), while <strong>Crystal Edwards<\/strong> from UWA West Coast nabbed bronze in 2:20.91.<\/p>\n<p>A jubilant <strong>Angus McDonald<\/strong> couldn\u2019t hide his excitement after successfully taking the national age title for Boys\u2019 17-year 100m Freestyle. Hitting the water post-race, the Trinity Grammar product sped to the wall in a time of 50.28 to take the gold ahead of <strong>Stuart Swinburn<\/strong> (Uni of NSW) who recorded a time of 50.87 and Auburn\u2019s <strong>Alex Quach<\/strong> who placed third (50.89).<\/p>\n<p>Smashing five seconds off her qualifying time in the Girls\u2019 16-year 200m Backstroke was enough for Arena\u2019s <strong>Alyssa Burgess<\/strong> to conquer her opposition. After winning a bronze medal in the 100m equivalent, Burgess proudly stood atop of the podium to receive her first gold of the competition. Racing from lane three, she touched in 2:12.77 to beat out Brisbane Grammar\u2019s <strong>Tahlia Thornton<\/strong> (2:13.91) and local Norwood swimmer <strong>Emilie Muir<\/strong> (2:14.81).<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania\u2019s <strong>Matilda Smith<\/strong> swam her heart out in the Girls\u2019 14-year 200m Breaststroke to snare her first medal of the meet. The Sandy Bay swimmer clocked a winning time of 2:32.00 however she had tough competition from those on either side, with <strong>Kalyce Pressler<\/strong> (Silver City) finishing narrowly behind in 2:32.61 and St Peters Western\u2019s <strong>Ella Ramsay<\/strong> recording 2:33.44 to pinch bronze.<\/p>\n<h2>Further Results:<\/h2>\n<p><strong><u>Girls\u2019 15-year 800m Freestyle<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013 <\/strong>Emily White (Norwood) in 8:45.73<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong> \u2013 Taylor Butler (Helensvale) in 8:55.32<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze<\/strong> \u2013 Sienna Harben (Mountain Creek Mooloolaba) in 8:59.03<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys\u2019 14-year 200m Freestyle<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013 <\/strong>Thomas Connellan (Nudgee College) in 1:55.63<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong> \u2013 Evan Chee (Nunawading) in 1:56.30<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze<\/strong> \u2013 Gabriel Wilczak (Campbelltown) in 1:56.80<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys\u2019 15-year 200m Individual Medley<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013 <\/strong>TJ Chong Sue (UWA West Coast) in 2:07.10<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong> \u2013 Joshua Collett (Knox Pymble) in 2:07.62<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze<\/strong> \u2013 Joshua Staples (St Peters Western) in 2:07.70<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls\u2019 13-year 100m Backstroke<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013 <\/strong>Semra Olowoniyi (DVE Aquatic) in 1:05.00<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong> \u2013 Claveria Johnson-Tiumalu (St Peters Western) in 1:05.40<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze<\/strong> \u2013 Iona Anderson (Breakers) in 1:05.58<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls\u2019 15-year 100m Butterfly <\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013 <\/strong>Maggie Skewes (Wangaratta) in 1:00.77<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013 <\/strong>Bethany Dalgleish (MLC Aquatic) in 1:00.81<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013<\/strong> Aimee Grella (Bayside) in 1:00.83<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys\u2019 15-year 100m Butterfly <\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold<\/strong> \u2013 James Bayliss (Albany Creek) in 55.18<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong> \u2013 Joseph Hamson (Knox Pymble) in 55.20<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze<\/strong> \u2013 Damian Badenhorst (Rockingham) in 55.62<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls\u2019 13-year 400m Individual Medley<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013 <\/strong>Collette Lyons (Kinross Wolaroi) in 4:54.39<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013 <\/strong>Sophie Martin (Brisbane Grammar) in 5:04.30<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013 <\/strong>Julia Kater (St Hilda\u2019s QLD) in 5:07.44<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys\u2019 16-year 1500m Freestyle<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013 <\/strong>Thomas Neill (Rackley) in 15:15.95<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013 <\/strong>Thomas Raymond (Nudgee College) in 15:36.67<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013 <\/strong>Seungbeen Cho (St Peters Western) in 15.52.38<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys\u2019 17-year 1500m Freestyle<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013 <\/strong>Silas Harris (Northcote) in 15:37.86<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013 <\/strong>Matthew Galea (Blacktown City) in 15:50.35<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013 <\/strong>Kyle Lee (Bunbury) in 15:54.11<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>For all relay results, <a href=\"https:\/\/swimming.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2456b0397878737799dcbb35b&amp;id=d60def69b7&amp;e=55440fa421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/swimming.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D2456b0397878737799dcbb35b%26id%3Dd60def69b7%26e%3D55440fa421&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555852909592000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHV4ZpTfeNAaEOPkf6lWde4sY6Lcg\">click here.<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Swimming Championships continues tomorrow at 10am at the SA Aquatic &amp; Leisure Centre when multi-class swimmers take to the starting blocks for the morning session, while the afternoon session starts at 4pm.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Swimming Australia<\/i><i>. 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