﻿{"id":374046,"date":"2019-06-08T18:55:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T01:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=374046"},"modified":"2019-06-09T19:05:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T02:05:00","slug":"2019-australian-world-swimming-trials-day-1-prelims-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-australian-world-swimming-trials-day-1-prelims-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Australian World Swimming Trials: Emma McKeon, Jake Packard Cinch Top Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials opened today in Brisbane with the first prelims session of the meet.<\/p>\n<p>Swimmers from Down Under will be vying for spots on the 2019 World Championship team for next month&#8217;s worlds in Gwangju, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/liveresults.swimming.org.au\/SAL\/2019TRI_021365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2019-australian-world-swimming-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swimming World&#8217;s Aussie World Trials Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kja1SC_Eb6Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h2>\n<p>Australian record-holder <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> started the meet in strong fashion, earning the top seed for the finals in the 100 fly with a swim of 57.52. The time bettered the field by more than a seconds, but was well off her record time of 56.18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brianna Throssell<\/strong> took the second seed in 57.52, followed by <strong>Yolane Kukla<\/strong> (59.59), <strong>Laura Taylor<\/strong> (59.99), <strong>Jemma Schlicht<\/strong> (1:00.01), <strong>Alice Stuart<\/strong> (1:00.44), <strong>Kayla Costa<\/strong> (1:00.51) and <strong>Alexandra Perkins<\/strong> (1:00.56).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 1  Women 100 LC Metre Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 55.48  7\/08\/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden\r\n Commonwealth: C 56.18  24\/07\/2017Emma McKeon, Australia\r\n   Australian: A 56.18  24\/07\/2017Emma McKeon, SPW\r\n   All Comers: R 56.61            de Bruin\/McKeon, NED\/AUS\r\n         WCQT: Q 57.64\r\n Meet Qualifying:  1:03.86\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 MCKEON, EMMA     25 GUSC                56.54      57.52Q q897  \r\n    r:+0.74  26.97        57.52 (30.55)\r\n  2 THROSSELL, BRIA  23 UWSC                57.30      58.74  q842  \r\n    r:+0.66  27.52        58.74 (31.22)\r\n  3 KUKLA, YOLANE    23 PBC               1:00.18      59.59  q807  \r\n    r:+0.64  27.47        59.59 (32.12)\r\n  4 TAYLOR, LAURA    19 TSS                 58.91      59.99  q790  \r\n    r:+0.73  28.41        59.99 (31.58)\r\n  5 SCHLICHT, JEMMA  22 KAWTR               59.79    1:00.01  q790  \r\n    r:+0.72  28.04      1:00.01 (31.97)\r\n  6 STUART, ALICE    21 TSS                 59.97    1:00.44  q773  \r\n    r:+0.66  28.56      1:00.44 (31.88)\r\n  7 COSTA, KAYLA     17 NUN                 59.87    1:00.51  q770  \r\n    r:+0.64  28.42      1:00.51 (32.09)\r\n  8 PERKINS, ALEXAN  18 USCS              1:00.77    1:00.56  q768  \r\n    r:+0.65  28.30      1:00.56 (32.26)<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/h2>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s final should be a climactic one, as five tightly packed seeds will vie for the win. <strong>Jake Packard<\/strong> managed to nab the preliminary win with a time of 1:00.29, narrowly out-swimming <strong>Daniel Cave<\/strong> (1:00.46) and <strong>Matthew Wilson<\/strong> (1:00.49), who will prepare to take their spots beside Packard tonight. <strong>Zac<\/strong> <strong>Stubblety-Cook<\/strong> eclipsed the top three with a time of 1:00.85, while <strong>Sam Williamson<\/strong> turned in a 1:00.89 as the final seed under 1:01.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James McKechnie<\/strong> will be an outside threat with a seed of 1:01.21, while <strong>Liam Hunter<\/strong> (1:01.39) and <strong>Louis Townsend<\/strong> (1:01.91) will be looking for an upset from the outside lanes.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 3  Women 200 LC Metre IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 2:06.12  3\/08\/2015 Katinka Hosszu, Hungary\r\n Commonwealth: C 2:06.88  9\/08\/2016 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Great Britain\r\n   Australian: A 2:07.03  27\/07\/2009Stephanie Rice, SPW\r\n   All Comers: R 2:08.63  27\/04\/2013Alicia Coutts, Redlands\r\n         WCQT: Q 2:10.45\r\n Meet Qualifying:  2:23.22\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE  17 USCS              2:11.04    2:14.60   822  \r\n    r:+0.69  29.09      1:02.35 (33.26)\r\n        1:41.30 (38.95)     2:14.60 (33.30)\r\n  2 BAILEY, MEG      22 HUNT              2:13.28    2:14.81   818  \r\n    r:+0.74  29.24      1:03.16 (33.92)\r\n        1:42.52 (39.36)     2:14.81 (32.29)\r\n  3 EVANS, BLAIR     28 UWSC              2:12.76    2:15.31   809  \r\n    r:+0.70  29.76      1:04.07 (34.31)\r\n        1:43.51 (39.44)     2:15.31 (31.80)\r\n  4 NGAWATI, KOTUKU  24 MVC               2:14.24    2:15.71   802  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.28      1:04.42 (35.14)\r\n        1:43.76 (39.34)     2:15.71 (31.95)\r\n  5 HARKIN, ABBEY    21 STPET             2:12.26    2:16.00   797  \r\n    r:+0.73  29.11      1:04.29 (35.18)\r\n        1:43.23 (38.94)     2:16.00 (32.77)\r\n  6 WALLACE, TESSA   25 PWCAL             2:13.95    2:16.16   794  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.06      1:04.21 (35.15)\r\n        1:42.66 (38.45)     2:16.16 (33.50)\r\n  7 BROWN, CHARLI    16 MANLY             2:15.48    2:16.54   788  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.71      1:03.94 (34.23)\r\n        1:44.61 (40.67)     2:16.54 (31.93)\r\n  8 GILMOUR, TIANNI  23 USCS              2:16.48    2:16.94   781  \r\n    r:+0.69  29.25      1:04.25 (35.00)\r\n        1:44.62 (40.37)     2:16.94 (32.32)<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> (2:14.60) and <strong>Meg Bailey<\/strong> (2:14.81) battled for the center lane in the 200 IM, with McKeown coming out victorious. Despite out-splitting McKeown in the final 50, Bailey was unable to recover from the deficit she conceded in the breaststroke leg of the race. <strong>Blair Evans<\/strong> was not to be ignored, as she turned in a 2:15.31 to out-swim <strong>Kotuku Ngawati<\/strong> (2:15.71) for third; while <strong>Abbey Harkin<\/strong> (2:16.00) and <strong>Tessa Wallace<\/strong> (2:16.16) fought for a seed in the top five. <strong>Charli Brown<\/strong> (2:16.54) managed to nab a spot in the top eight, accompanied by <strong>Tianni Gilmour<\/strong> (2:16.94) to round out the heat.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 3  Women 200 LC Metre IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 2:06.12  3\/08\/2015 Katinka Hosszu, Hungary\r\n Commonwealth: C 2:06.88  9\/08\/2016 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Great Britain\r\n   Australian: A 2:07.03  27\/07\/2009Stephanie Rice, SPW\r\n   All Comers: R 2:08.63  27\/04\/2013Alicia Coutts, Redlands\r\n         WCQT: Q 2:10.45\r\n Meet Qualifying:  2:23.22\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE  17 USCS              2:11.04    2:14.60   822  \r\n    r:+0.69  29.09      1:02.35 (33.26)\r\n        1:41.30 (38.95)     2:14.60 (33.30)\r\n  2 BAILEY, MEG      22 HUNT              2:13.28    2:14.81   818  \r\n    r:+0.74  29.24      1:03.16 (33.92)\r\n        1:42.52 (39.36)     2:14.81 (32.29)\r\n  3 EVANS, BLAIR     28 UWSC              2:12.76    2:15.31   809  \r\n    r:+0.70  29.76      1:04.07 (34.31)\r\n        1:43.51 (39.44)     2:15.31 (31.80)\r\n  4 NGAWATI, KOTUKU  24 MVC               2:14.24    2:15.71   802  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.28      1:04.42 (35.14)\r\n        1:43.76 (39.34)     2:15.71 (31.95)\r\n  5 HARKIN, ABBEY    21 STPET             2:12.26    2:16.00   797  \r\n    r:+0.73  29.11      1:04.29 (35.18)\r\n        1:43.23 (38.94)     2:16.00 (32.77)\r\n  6 WALLACE, TESSA   25 PWCAL             2:13.95    2:16.16   794  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.06      1:04.21 (35.15)\r\n        1:42.66 (38.45)     2:16.16 (33.50)\r\n  7 BROWN, CHARLI    16 MANLY             2:15.48    2:16.54   788  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.71      1:03.94 (34.23)\r\n        1:44.61 (40.67)     2:16.54 (31.93)\r\n  8 GILMOUR, TIANNI  23 USCS              2:16.48    2:16.94   781  \r\n    r:+0.69  29.25      1:04.25 (35.00)\r\n        1:44.62 (40.37)     2:16.94 (32.32)<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 400 Free<\/h2>\n<p>Spectators will be in for another loaded heat in the women&#8217;s 400 free, as tonight&#8217;s championship will be up for grabs if this morning&#8217;s prelim was any indication. <strong>Ariane Titmus<\/strong> will be the favorite, as she crashed the pads with a time of 4:09.72, just under <strong>Kiah Melverton&#8217;s<\/strong> mark of 4:09.95. <strong>Madelein Gough<\/strong> will surely be in the pack, as he 4:10.34 earned her a spot in the top three just ahead of <strong>Leah Neale<\/strong> (4:10.93).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carla Buchanan<\/strong> will enter as an under dog, as her time of 4:11.47 landed her at fifth seed. She hopes to fend off <strong>Lani Pallister<\/strong> (4:11.64) and <strong>Mikka Sheridan<\/strong> (4:11.73) to climb in the rankings, while <strong>Jenna Forrester<\/strong> (4:13.39) hopes to turn heads from the outside lane.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 4  Women 400 LC Metre Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 3:56.46  12\/08\/2016Katie Ledecky, USA\r\n Commonwealth: C 3:59.66  11\/08\/2018Ariarne Titmus, Australia\r\n   Australian: A 3:59.66  11\/08\/2018Ariarne Titmus, SPW\r\n   All Comers: R 3:58.37  21\/08\/2014Katie Ledecky, USA\r\n         WCQT: Q 4:06.48\r\n Meet Qualifying:  4:27.39\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 TITMUS, ARIARNE  18 STPET             3:59.66    4:09.72   849  \r\n    r:+0.80  28.67      1:00.03 (31.36)\r\n        1:32.00 (31.97)     2:03.84 (31.84)\r\n        2:35.86 (32.02)     3:07.72 (31.86)\r\n        3:39.31 (31.59)     4:09.72 (30.41)\r\n  2 MELVERTON, KIAH  22 TSS               4:06.25    4:09.95   846  \r\n    r:+0.74  29.41      1:00.41 (31.00)\r\n        1:32.20 (31.79)     2:04.15 (31.95)\r\n        2:36.21 (32.06)     3:08.05 (31.84)\r\n        3:39.58 (31.53)     4:09.95 (30.37)\r\n  3 GOUGH, MADELEIN  20 TSS               4:08.42    4:10.34   842  \r\n    r:+0.85  29.65      1:00.80 (31.15)\r\n        1:32.28 (31.48)     2:04.08 (31.80)\r\n        2:35.70 (31.62)     3:07.53 (31.83)\r\n        3:39.16 (31.63)     4:10.34 (31.18)\r\n  4 NEALE, LEAH      23 USCS              4:10.59    4:10.93   836  \r\n    r:+0.68  29.15      1:00.43 (31.28)\r\n        1:32.40 (31.97)     2:04.10 (31.70)\r\n        2:36.11 (32.01)     3:08.15 (32.04)\r\n        3:40.30 (32.15)     4:10.93 (30.63)\r\n  5 BUCHANAN, CARLA  23 ACACI             4:11.73    4:11.47   831  \r\n    r:+0.75  29.24      1:01.29 (32.05)\r\n        1:33.08 (31.79)     2:05.25 (32.17)\r\n        2:36.66 (31.41)     3:08.82 (32.16)\r\n        3:40.26 (31.44)     4:11.47 (31.21)\r\n  6 PALLISTER, LANI  17 CTREE             4:07.76    4:11.64   829  \r\n    r:+0.73  29.10      1:00.54 (31.44)\r\n        1:32.32 (31.78)     2:04.50 (32.18)\r\n        2:36.45 (31.95)     3:08.68 (32.23)\r\n        3:40.69 (32.01)     4:11.64 (30.95)\r\n  7 SHERIDAN, MIKKA  24 USCS              4:09.36    4:11.73   828  \r\n    r:+0.72  28.87      1:00.31 (31.44)\r\n        1:32.19 (31.88)     2:04.41 (32.22)\r\n        2:36.16 (31.75)     3:08.20 (32.04)\r\n        3:40.36 (32.16)     4:11.73 (31.37)\r\n  8 FORRESTER, JENN  15 STPET             4:13.55    4:13.39   812  \r\n    r:+0.76  29.11      1:00.76 (31.65)\r\n        1:32.84 (32.08)     2:05.19 (32.35)\r\n        2:37.02 (31.83)     3:09.41 (32.39)\r\n        3:41.55 (32.14)     4:13.39 (31.84)<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 400 Free<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Jack McLoughlin\u00a0<\/strong>will be the one to beat in tonight&#8217;s final, as his time of 3:48.09 bettered <strong>Mack Horton&#8217;s<\/strong> (3:50.50) second-place mark by over two seconds. <strong>Eli Winnington<\/strong> will be chasing McLoughlin in the adjacent lane with a seed time of 3:51.09, while <strong>Thomas Neill<\/strong> hopes to break his way into the top three after a 3:52.71 morning swim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joshua Parrish&#8217;s<\/strong> 3:53.28 was good enough for fifth seed, as he and <strong>Nick Sloman<\/strong> (3:53.86) aim to send shock waves throughout the natatorium with break-out swims tonight. <strong>Mitchell Tinsley<\/strong> (3:54.27) and <strong>Daniel Jacobson<\/strong> (3:54.96) hope to create some outside smoke from the far lanes, as the men reconvene this evening for the championship final.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 5  Men 400 LC Metre Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 3:40.07  26\/07\/2009Paul Biedermann, Germany\r\n Commonwealth: C 3:40.08  26\/07\/2002Ian Thorpe, Australia\r\n   Australian: A 3:40.08  30\/07\/2002Ian Thorpe, SLC Aquadot\r\n   All Comers: R 3:40.54  27\/03\/2002Ian Thorpe, SLC Aquadot\r\n         WCQT: Q 3:46.14\r\n Meet Qualifying:  4:05.37\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 MCLOUGHLIN, JAC  24 CHAND             3:44.20    3:48.09   898  \r\n    r:+0.67  26.20        54.42 (28.22)\r\n        1:23.29 (28.87)     1:51.84 (28.55)\r\n        2:20.94 (29.10)     2:49.83 (28.89)\r\n        3:19.25 (29.42)     3:48.09 (28.84)\r\n  2 HORTON, MACK     23 MVC               3:43.76    3:50.50   870  \r\n    r:+0.69  26.68        55.37 (28.69)\r\n        1:24.30 (28.93)     1:53.64 (29.34)\r\n        2:23.22 (29.58)     2:52.70 (29.48)\r\n        3:22.04 (29.34)     3:50.50 (28.46)\r\n  3 WINNINGTON, ELI  19 BOND              3:44.68    3:51.09   863  \r\n    r:+0.67  26.48        55.13 (28.65)\r\n        1:24.17 (29.04)     1:53.34 (29.17)\r\n        2:22.86 (29.52)     2:52.29 (29.43)\r\n        3:21.98 (29.69)     3:51.09 (29.11)\r\n  4 NEILL, THOMAS    17 RACKL             3:50.99    3:52.71   845  \r\n    r:+0.70  26.87        55.74 (28.87)\r\n        1:24.98 (29.24)     1:54.53 (29.55)\r\n        2:23.89 (29.36)     2:53.67 (29.78)\r\n        3:23.50 (29.83)     3:52.71 (29.21)\r\n  5 PARRISH, JOSHUA  22 TSS               3:49.06    3:53.28   839  \r\n    r:+0.66  27.30        56.66 (29.36)\r\n        1:26.03 (29.37)     1:55.61 (29.58)\r\n        2:25.07 (29.46)     2:54.79 (29.72)\r\n        3:24.63 (29.84)     3:53.28 (28.65)\r\n  6 SLOMAN, NICK     21 NOOSA             3:56.30    3:53.86   833  \r\n    r:+0.76  27.18        56.45 (29.27)\r\n        1:26.21 (29.76)     1:56.09 (29.88)\r\n        2:25.85 (29.76)     2:55.39 (29.54)\r\n        3:24.95 (29.56)     3:53.86 (28.91)\r\n  7 TINSLEY, MITCHE  18 CHAND             3:52.33    3:54.27   828  \r\n    r:+0.69  26.53        54.98 (28.45)\r\n        1:23.89 (28.91)     1:53.26 (29.37)\r\n        2:22.87 (29.61)     2:53.44 (30.57)\r\n        3:24.69 (31.25)     3:54.27 (29.58)\r\n  8 JACOBSON, DANIE  20 ALBAN             3:55.16    3:54.96   821  \r\n    r:+0.68  27.10        55.82 (28.72)\r\n        1:25.26 (29.44)     1:55.06 (29.80)\r\n        2:25.09 (30.03)     2:55.25 (30.16)\r\n        3:25.33 (30.08)     3:54.96 (29.63)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials opened today in Brisbane with the first prelims session of the meet. 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