{"id":407232,"date":"2019-12-16T04:31:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=407232"},"modified":"2019-12-16T04:45:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:45:46","slug":"mcloughlin-and-melverton-clinch-freestyle-doubles-as-stubblety-cook-continues-career-best-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mcloughlin-and-melverton-clinch-freestyle-doubles-as-stubblety-cook-continues-career-best-form\/","title":{"rendered":"McLoughlin and Melverton clinch freestyle doubles as Stubblety-Cook continues career best form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Olympian <strong>Jack McLoughlin<\/strong> and prospective 2020 Olympians<strong> Kiah Melverton<\/strong> and <strong>Zac Stubblety-Cook<\/strong> showed they mean business in Brisbane tonight in what is shaping up as a frantic fight to make it to Tokyo next year.<\/p>\n<p>McLoughlin (Chandler) and Melverton (TSS Aquatics) led from the outset to record impressive victories in their respective 400m freestyle finals while Stubblety-Cook (Chandler) continued his career best form to clock his second best personal best time of the meet in the 100m breaststroke final, upsetting Rio Olympian <strong>Jake Packard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s 400m freestyle saw Melverton, a World Championship finalist and last night\u2019s 200m freestyle winner continue her impressive racing of late, scoring an all-the-way win in 4:07.12 (58.97; 2:01.19; 3:04.71).<\/p>\n<p>The Chris Nesbit-coached Melverton has only just returned from the US Open meet in Atlanta, Georgia where she raced the world\u2019s greatest women\u2019s freestyler <strong>Katie Ledecky,<\/strong> finishing second over 1500 and 800m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_407236\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-407236\" data-attachment-id=\"407236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mcloughlin-and-melverton-clinch-freestyle-doubles-as-stubblety-cook-continues-career-best-form\/kareena-lee-jr-and-nick-sloman-pan-pacs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KAREENA-LEE-JR-AND-NICK-SLOMAN-PAN-PACS-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534238347&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00043706293706294&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KAREENA LEE JR AND NICK SLOMAN PAN PACS\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;KAREENA LEE JR AND NICK SLOMAN PAN PACS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KAREENA-LEE-JR-AND-NICK-SLOMAN-PAN-PACS-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KAREENA-LEE-JR-AND-NICK-SLOMAN-PAN-PACS-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-407236\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KAREENA-LEE-JR-AND-NICK-SLOMAN-PAN-PACS-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"KAREENA LEE JR AND NICK SLOMAN PAN PACS\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-407236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kareena Lee with coach John Rodgers and Nick Sloman. Photo Courtesy: Hanson Media<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One competitor who is already on the team, <strong>Kareena Lee<\/strong> (Noosa), Australia\u2019s first selection on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic team for the 10km open water marathon, powered home to finish second in an impressive personal best of 4:09.56.<\/p>\n<p>She is looming as a realistic chance to also push for a place on the pool team, especially in the women\u2019s 1500m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>McLoughlin, the Commonwealth Games 1500m freestyle gold medallist, also showed he means business as he flew out of the blocks and was never headed in the 400 metres freestyle final \u2013 adding gold medal number two for the meet after his last gasp 200m freestyle win on night one.<\/p>\n<p>McLoughlin, the World Ranked No 8, clocked a solid 3:46.28 (53.39; 1:50.59); 2:48.80) working hard over the first 200m of his race, with New Zealander<strong> Zac Reid<\/strong> (3:49.42) finishing second and Australian World Championship open water swimmer <strong>Nick Sloman<\/strong> (Noosa) third in 3:53.74.<\/p>\n<p>He will be Australia\u2019s number one contender for a crack at his second Olympic 1500m, after just missing the final in Rio.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old is flourishing under master coach <strong>Vince Raleigh<\/strong> and the win celebrated Raleigh\u2019s elevation to Life Member of ADCTA Queensland at the start of the session.<\/p>\n<p>Sloman has his sights on the 10km open water marathon and joining Noosa teammate Lee, on the team in Tokyo. Both Sloman and Lee are coached by legendary Olympic coach <strong>John Rodgers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-407232-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Zac-Stubblety-Cook-100m-breast-2019-QLD-States.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Zac-Stubblety-Cook-100m-breast-2019-QLD-States.mp4\">https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Zac-Stubblety-Cook-100m-breast-2019-QLD-States.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Stubblety-Cook continued his career best form on night two of the QLD State Swimming Championships at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Stubblety-Cook clocked a personal best time of 59.83 &#8211; his first time under the minute and the fifth fastest time by an Australian.<\/p>\n<p>It followed his Queensland State Open and All-Comers record of 2:07.28 in the 200m breaststroke last night.<\/p>\n<p>The Vince Raleigh coached \u00a0Stubblety-Cook over powered Rio Olympian Jake Packard (USC Spartans) 1:00.62 in the swim to the wall with another Chandler swimmer, 2018 Commonwealth Games representative Liam Hunter third in 1:01.27.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_407244\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-407244\" data-attachment-id=\"407244\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mcloughlin-and-melverton-clinch-freestyle-doubles-as-stubblety-cook-continues-career-best-form\/zac-medal-shots-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Zac-Medal-shots-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576400730&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Zac Medal shots 1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Zac Medal shots 1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Zac-Medal-shots-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Zac-Medal-shots-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-407244\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Zac-Medal-shots-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Zac Medal shots 1\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-407244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zac Stubblety-Cook&#8230;a name to remember. Photo Courtesy: Medal Shots.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was also a big night for the next generation with the swim of the night coming from <strong>Elizabeth Dekkers<\/strong> , who is coached by Steve Miller at Brisbane\u2019s, Newmarket Racers Swim Club.<\/p>\n<p>The baby of this year\u2019s Australian Junior World Championship Team in Budapest broke three records in one swim \u2013 clocking an eye-catching 2:08.51 to take the 15-years 200m butterfly final &#8211; and a whopping 1.91 seconds off all records.<\/p>\n<p>Dekkers erased her own Australian and Queensland Age records, set at the World Championships and claimed Olympic silver medallist <strong>Maddie Groves<\/strong>\u2019 2010 Queensland All-Comers record &#8211; a good indication of just how goo it was.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-407232-2\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/15-years-100m-freestyle-2019n-qld-states.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/15-years-100m-freestyle-2019n-qld-states.mp4\">https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/15-years-100m-freestyle-2019n-qld-states.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Australia\u2019s next generation of sprint freestylers were also on show tonight with St Peters Western trio, led by <strong>Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> (54.77) who broke Commonwealth Games relay gold medallist <strong>Shayna Jack\u2019s<\/strong> 15-years 2013 Queensland All-Comers record of 54.80 and followed by teammates <strong>Ella Ramsay<\/strong> (55.69) and <strong>Paris Burlock<\/strong> (56.39), sweeping the field.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Callaghan\u2019s time would have won the open 100m freestyle later in the night, also won by another St Peters Western swimmer, also a World Junior representative, <strong>Meg Harris<\/strong> (55.30) from <strong>Seoyeong Kim<\/strong> (Korea) 55.50 and <strong>Nagisa Okemoto<\/strong> (Japan) 55.52.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s open 100m freestyle saw Japan\u2019s <strong>Katsumi Nakamura<\/strong> (48.98) the only swimmer under 49 to take the win from former Australian World Championship swimmer <strong>Louis Townsend<\/strong> (Rackley Swim Team) 49.38 and 2019 World Championship relay gold medallist Clyde Lewis (St Peters Western) 49.95.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in the women\u2019s open 100m butterfly, <strong>Yui Ohashi<\/strong> (Japan) clocked 58.58 to win by the narrowest of margins from<strong> Seoyeong Kim<\/strong> (Korea) 58.59 with Japan\u2019s <strong>Ai Soma<\/strong> third in 59.16.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s final was almost as close with the win going to China\u2019s <strong>Hao Yun<\/strong> in 53.01 from Australia\u2019s Rio Olympian <strong>David Morgan<\/strong> (TSS Aquatic) 53.16 with <strong>Theodoros Benehoutsos<\/strong> (Melbourne Vicentre) 53.41.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Olympian Jack McLoughlin and prospective 2020 Olympians Kiah Melverton and Zac Stubblety-Cook showed they mean business in Brisbane tonight in what is shaping up as a frantic fight to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7938,"featured_media":407240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[108951,34450,39125,25031,60140,52530,65853,66581],"class_list":["post-407232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-jack-mcloughlin-australia","tag-jake-packard","tag-kareena-lee","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-kiah-melverton","tag-maddie-groves","tag-nick-sloman","tag-zac-stubblety-cook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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