﻿{"id":374181,"date":"2019-06-09T16:59:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T23:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=374181"},"modified":"2019-06-10T02:15:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T09:15:23","slug":"2019-australian-world-swimming-trials-day-2-prelims-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-australian-world-swimming-trials-day-2-prelims-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Australian World Swimming Trials: Minna Atherton, Alexander Graham Seize Top Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials entered its second day of competition, as the best swimmers in the country convened in Brisbane for another shot at the World Championships roster.<\/p>\n<p>After a climactic first night, the athletes sought to send shock waves throughout the swimming community, hoping to appear in good form before next month&#8217;s showdown in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minna Atherton<\/strong> started the night off with a band, posting a time well under the World&#8217;s qualifying time while nabbing the top seed over backstroke stalwart <strong>Emily Seebohm<\/strong>. Multiple men came within striking distance of the coveted time standard in the men&#8217;s 200 free, making qualifier <strong>Alexander Graham<\/strong> a target in tonight&#8217;s final.<\/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 Australian World Trials Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Minna Atherton<\/strong> cinched the top seed and reserved her spot on the World&#8217;s roster with an impressive 59.25 in the 100 back, bettering <strong>Emily Seebohm&#8217;s<\/strong> (1:00.26) mark by over a second. <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> broke her way into the top three with a time of 1:00.74 as the last woman under 1:01; while <strong>Madison Wilson <\/strong>and <strong>Holly Barratt<\/strong> claimed their lanes for finals with times of 1:01.34 and 1:01.48, respectively. <strong>Mo O&#8217;Callaghan<\/strong> (1:02.12) touched out <strong>Toto Wong<\/strong> (1:02.24) for a spot in the top six, while <strong>Jessica Unicomb<\/strong> brought up the rear with a time of 1:03.00.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 6  Women 100 LC Metre Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 58.00  28\/07\/2018Kathleen Baker, USA\r\n Commonwealth: C 58.10  25\/07\/2017Kylie Masse, Canada\r\n   Australian: A 58.23  28\/07\/2012Emily Seebohm, Brothers\r\n   All Comers: R 58.62  10\/04\/2017Emily Seebohm, Brisbane Grammar\r\n         WCQT: Q 59.82\r\n Meet Qualifying:  1:05.68\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 ATHERTON, MINNA  19 BGRAM               59.71      59.25Q  938  \r\n    r:+0.60  28.89        59.25 (30.36)\r\n  2 SEEBOHM, EMILY   27 BGRAM               58.66    1:00.26   891  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.33      1:00.26 (30.93)\r\n  3 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE  17 USCS                59.25    1:00.74   870  \r\n    r:+0.57  29.41      1:00.74 (31.33)\r\n  4 WILSON, MADISON  25 MARI              1:00.20    1:01.34   845  \r\n    r:+0.77  29.97      1:01.34 (31.37)\r\n  5 BARRATT, HOLLY   31 ROC               1:00.81    1:01.48   839  \r\n    r:+0.57  29.55      1:01.48 (31.93)\r\n  6 O'CALLAGHAN, MO  15 STPET             1:01.05    1:02.12   813  \r\n    r:+0.58  30.60      1:02.12 (31.52)\r\n  7 WONG, (V), TOTO  19 UNAT              1:01.92    1:02.24   809  \r\n    r:+0.66  29.89      1:02.24 (32.35)\r\n  8 UNICOMB, JESSIC  22 GUSC              1:01.83    1:03.00   780  \r\n    r:+0.58  30.61      1:03.00 (32.39)<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mitchell Larkin<\/strong> came within striking distance of his Australian record while also securing a spot on the World&#8217;s team with a time of 53.18. <strong>Bradley Woodward<\/strong> surged to a 54.75 finish to take the second seed ahead of <strong>Travis Mahoney<\/strong> (55.04). <strong>William Yang<\/strong> barely conceded third, turning in a time of 55.11 while bumping <strong>Jordan Merrilees<\/strong> (55.99) to fifth, as <strong>Kevin Kalember<\/strong> evaded the outside lanes with a time of 56.29. <strong>Zac Incerti<\/strong> (56.33) and <strong>Tom Jeffries<\/strong> (56.41) will look to produce some outside smoke in tonight&#8217;s final after turning in impressive swims of their own.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 7  Men 100 LC Metre Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 51.85  13\/08\/2016Ryan Murphy, USA\r\n Commonwealth: C 52.11  6\/11\/2015 Mitch Larkin, Australia\r\n   Australian: A 52.11  6\/11\/2015 Mitch Larkin, SPW\r\n   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McLoughlin<\/strong> crashed the pads with a 1:47.52, as he and <strong>Mack Horton<\/strong> (1:47.52) look to climb in the rankings tonight. <strong>Eli Winnington<\/strong> and <strong>Thomas Fraser-Holmes<\/strong> will bookend the outer lanes with seed times of 1:48.11 and 1:48.55, respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 9  Men 200 LC Metre Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 1:42.00  28\/07\/2009Paul Biedermann, Germany\r\n Commonwealth: C 1:44.06  25\/07\/2001Ian Thorpe, Australia\r\n   Australian: A 1:44.06  25\/07\/2001Ian Thorpe, SLC Aquadot\r\n   All Comers: R 1:43.86  27\/03\/2007Michael Phelps, USA\r\n         WCQT: Q 1:46.28\r\n Meet Qualifying:  1:54.97\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 GRAHAM, ALEXAND  24 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