{"id":469378,"date":"2021-04-12T06:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T13:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=469378"},"modified":"2021-04-12T07:01:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:01:20","slug":"sams-coming-of-age-in-the-1500-metres-as-tokyo-trials-loom-large-for-aussie-young-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sams-coming-of-age-in-the-1500-metres-as-tokyo-trials-loom-large-for-aussie-young-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam\u2019s Coming Of Age In The 1500 Metres As Tokyo Trials Loom Large For Aussie Young Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Emerging young Queensland distance swimmer <strong>Sam Short<\/strong> has tonight slashed almost 20 seconds off his 1500m freestyle personal best time to surface from this week\u2019s 2021 Australian Age Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast with a change of plans that could change his life.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old gave the 15 minute barrier a real nudge, stopping the clock at 15 minutes 02.48 seconds \u2013 dropping 18.57 seconds off his previous best time of 15:21.05 set in December 2020 at the Queensland State Championships.<\/p>\n<p>And under normal circumstances he would have been named on the Australian Junior Swim Team to contest the Fina World Junior Championships in China later this year but normalcy has long left the building.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Australia\u2019s decision to withdraw from the World Junior meet means a chance to wear the green cap will have to wait.<\/p>\n<p>But one door closes and another one opens for the boy from the Rackley Swim Team in Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of preparing for his first World Championships he will now turn his attentions to July\u2019s Olympic Swimming Trials in Adelaide with his coach at Rackley\u2019s Centenary, Damien Jones saying to his young charge \u201cwe\u2019ve got nothing to lose kid&#8230;.let\u2019s have a crack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And judging by the way Sam Short attacks his races he\u2019ll give the Trials a crack alright.<\/p>\n<p>Short was on track to become only the 10<sup>th<\/sup> Australian to break 15 minutes for 1500m until he dropped off his even splitting ever so slightly, three quarters of the way through the race, adding up to a two second difference, despite his final 100m split of 59.14.<\/p>\n<p>You get the impression that young Sam, joining his Rackley club mate Thomas Neil on the 1500m trail after he clocked 14:59.19 to finish second in the Fina World Junior Championships, in Budapest in 2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_469284\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-469284\" data-attachment-id=\"469284\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lifes-a-beach-now-for-rising-swim-star-sam-short-but-first-a-1500m-freestyle-to-finish-the-australian-age-campaign\/sam-short-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sam-Short-2-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443909895&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;8000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sam Short 2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sam Short 2&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\/2021\/04\/Sam-Short-2-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sam-Short-2-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-469284\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sam-Short-2-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Short 2\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-469284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MAKING A SPLASH: Sam Short finished the National Age with four gold medals in the 200, 400, 800 and 1500m freestyle. Photo Courtesy:Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And young Sam will have a extra spring in his steps when he gets off the plane in Townsville next week.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Jones now has a serious two-pronged attack with 18-year-old Neill and 17-year-old Short when he settles into his squad\u2019s Olympic Trials preparation.<\/p>\n<p>Jones will take his Trials team to Townsville next week at the conclusion of the Australian Open Championships which begin on the Gold Coast on Wednesday evening with the first of four evening heats sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Short added the 1500m title to his wins in the 200m freestyle (1:47.69); 400m freestyle (3:47.52) and the 800m freestyle (7:52.18) when he broke Kieren Perkins 30 tear old Australian 17 Years All-Comers record.<\/p>\n<p>And there has been a steady road to improvement for Short.<\/p>\n<p>At the last Australian Age Championships in April \u00a0 of 2019 Short arrived with a time of 15:44.00 and left with a 15.33.70.<\/p>\n<p>Then at the Queensland State Open Championships in December 2020, Short took his 15:33.70 into the Sleeman Aquatic Centre and again made a drop of 12 seconds to touch he wall in 15:21.05 \u2013 the time he took into these 2021 Age titles.<\/p>\n<p>In July in Adelaide Sam Short will take his 15:02.48 into his first Olympic Trials knowing full well the Olympic Qualifying time for Tokyo is 14:55.06 and a realistic goal to aim for.<\/p>\n<p>The intensive 10-day training camp that is treading the same road trodden over 60 years ago as <strong>Murray Rose, John Konrads <\/strong>and<strong> Bob Windle<\/strong> all headed north to Townsville with the Olympic swim teams of 1956, 1960 and 1964 \u2013 all returning home with Olympic gold medals.<\/p>\n<p>And tonight\u2019s 1500m victory was a fitting finale to a Age Group career for Sam Short which Olympian <strong>Meagen Nay<\/strong> described in commentary on Amazon Prime as Sam Short\u2019s \u201ccoming of age&#8230;..\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are Sam Short\u2019s splits:<\/p>\n<p><strong>55.84<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:55.82<\/strong> (59.58);<\/p>\n<p>2:55.40 (59.98);<\/p>\n<p><strong>3:55.41<\/strong> (1:00.30);<\/p>\n<p>4:55.43 (1:00.30);<\/p>\n<p>5:55.87 (1:00.16);<\/p>\n<p>6:56.26 (1:00.39);<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:56.83<\/strong> (1:00.57);<\/p>\n<p>8:57.52 (1:00.69);<\/p>\n<p>9:58.52 (1:01.00);<\/p>\n<p>10.59.48 (1:00.96);<\/p>\n<p>12:00.51 (1:01.03);<\/p>\n<p>13:01.78 (1:01.27);<\/p>\n<p>14:03.34 (1:01.56);<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:02.48 (59.14).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seven Up For Rocky\u2019s Roberts<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_469379\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-469379\" data-attachment-id=\"469379\" 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Website-Header-8-700x410.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Website-Header-8.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-469379\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Website-Header-8-700x410.png\" alt=\"Website Header (8)\" width=\"700\" height=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-469379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">STROKED: Rockhampton&#8217;s Taryn Roberts puts on a master class on the Gold Coast Photo Courtesy:Swimming Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile Rocky City\u2019s <strong>Taryn Roberts<\/strong> amassed an exceptional seven individual gold medals across multiple disciplines during the Championships, adding one more on the final night of competition.<\/p>\n<p>Achieving titles in the girls 14-year-old category for the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle, 200m and 400m individual medley and the 100m breaststroke, Roberts tonight added gold in the 200m breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p>The young star also collected a silver medal in the 200m fly to end the meet with eight medals to her name.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the end of the competition, Roberts \u2013 who was a little lost for words after her successful meet \u2013 said she thoroughly enjoyed her first Age Championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really cool, a little bit different to what I\u2019ve experienced but it was fun&#8230;.I didn\u2019t know I\u2019d do so well but it was cool to do personal bests in all my events and my coach was pretty happy,\u201d said the Rockhampton schoolgirl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had my mum here and friends in the crowd cheering me on which was great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nudgee\u2019s Tiana Kritzinger Goes The Distance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Nudgee College) once again showed her class on the final night of the competition, going the distance in the Girls 16-years 800m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Recording a time of 8:40.26 to claim the gold, the athlete now boasts titles in both the 1500m and 800m events. Cotton Tree\u2019s <strong>Jamie Perkins<\/strong> and Griffith University\u2019s <strong>Lucinda Macleod<\/strong> went head-to-head for silver and bronze, with the duo posting 8:43.12 and 8:43.23 respectively to round out the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Kritzinger said she was delighted with the result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew it was going to be a tough race, so I knew I just had to work on my processes and descending each 200m \u2013 I was really happy with the outcome,\u201d Kritzinger said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never medalled in all my races at Nationals so I\u2019m really happy. I\u2019ve got a 50m breaststroke later in the relays to finish off the night so that\u2019s a bit of fun I\u2019m looking forward to that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a thrilling finish to the Boys 16-years 200m Backstroke, Norwood\u2019s <strong>Fergus McLachlan<\/strong> flew from lane zero to nab victory in 2:05.21 \u2013 and after claiming the 100m title on night five, McLachlan now boasts the double. With 25 metres to go it was anybody\u2019s race, but the young South Australian continued to push, taking the gold ahead of Nunawading\u2019s <strong>Yanning Zhang<\/strong> (2:06.17) and <strong>Callum Thomas <\/strong>(2:06.31) from Loreto Normanhurst.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcus and Martinez Lock Horns over 200 free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast to his name, <strong>Marcus Da Silva<\/strong> (City of Sydney) won the gold in the Boys 14-years 200m Freestyle. Clocking 1:56.23, narrowly out-touching TAS Swimming\u2019s <strong>Ike Martinez<\/strong> (1:56.33) from Cairns and MCA QLD\u2019s <strong>Leigh James<\/strong> (1:57.79).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julia Kater<\/strong> said see you later to her opponents in the Girls 15-years 200m Individual Medley to capture her second gold medal of the meet. Powering home in 2:19.10, the St Hilda\u2019s Aquatic\u2019s (QLD) young gun fought it out against Brisbane Grammar\u2019s Sophie Martin (2:20.02) and Knox Pymble\u2019s <strong>Bella Zhang<\/strong> (2:20.37) who placed second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Knox Pymble\u2019s <strong>Karl Albertyn<\/strong> blitzed the field in the Boys 15-years 200m Individual Medley in a time of 2:05.40 to snare the Age title and his second crown of the meet. Leaving his opponents a tough task, Manly\u2019s <strong>Joshua Kerr<\/strong> zoomed home for silver in 2:10.60 while <strong>Stewart Mitchell<\/strong> from Surrey Park bagged bronze in 2:11.58.<\/p>\n<p>The night concluded with a host of relay events, access the results\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swimming.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2456b0397878737799dcbb35b&amp;id=7b9a955d6f&amp;e=d1ba9b4dab\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>St Peters Western topped the point score with 2,836.50, with Knox Pymble coming second with 1,245 and Rackley placing third with a total of 1,215.50 points.<\/p>\n<p>With the Age Championships now complete, the 2021 Australian Swimming Championships begin at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre on Wednesday night, with Australian Dolphins in action.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>More results from the final night:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls 15-years 800m Freestyle<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Amelia Weber, St Peters Western, 8:56.85<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Molly Walker, SOPAC, 9:06.99<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Elena Staal, Rackley, 9:20.93<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys 17-years 200m Butterfly<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Alex Fahey, Rackley, 2:00.62<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Ruan Van Der Riet, UWA West Coast, 2:02.22<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Lachlan Walker, Alstonville, 2:04.47<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls 14-years 200m Freestyle<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Hannah Casey, MCA QLD, 2:02.03<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Milla Jansen, Bond, 2:02.80<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Sally Vagg, Rocky City, 2:03.02<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls 13-years 100m Backstroke<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Zoe Ammundsen, Rackley, 1:04.84<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Ainsley Trotter, St Peters Western, 1:06.10<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Matilda Byrnes, Geelong, 1:06.49<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys 17-years 100m Freestyle<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Kai Taylor, St Peters Western, 49.91<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Maximillian Giuliani, The Hobart Aquatic, 50.36<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Edward Speller, Melbourne Vicentre, 50.43<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls 16-years 200m Backstroke<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Madeleine Hardy, Trinity Grammar NSW, 2:14.92<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Anneke Van Zoggel, Epping, 2:19.07<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Sophie Healy, Norwood, 2:19.32<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls 15-years 100m Butterfly<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Bella Grant, Trinity Grammar NSW, 1:02.10<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Abbey Connor, Revesby Workers, 1:02.17<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Julia Kater, St Hilda\u2019s Aquatics QLD, 1:02.81<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys 15-years 100m Butterfly<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Kai Lilienthal, Knox Pymble, 56.26<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Anders McAlpine, Chandler, 56.36<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Billy Moody, Singleton, 57.13<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys 14-years 200m Breaststroke<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Bailey Screen, Willoughby, 2:25.42<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Randal Ingram, Nelson Bay, 2:26.75<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Albert Damin An, TAS Swimming, 2:30.46<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Girls 13-years 400m Individual Medley<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Julia Remington, Palm Beach Currumbin, 5:03.70<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Nicola Vitanza, Chandler, 5:11.99<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Rafaela Kopellou, Revesby Workers, 5:12.68<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Boys 16-years 1500 Freestyle<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gold \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Robert Thorpe, St Peters Western, 15:39.26<br \/>\n<strong>Silver \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Noah Kamprad, The Hobart Aquatic, 15:52.14<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Benjamin Goedemans, Acacia Bayside, 15:58.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Emerging young Queensland distance swimmer Sam Short has tonight slashed almost 20 seconds off his 1500m freestyle personal best time to surface from this week\u2019s 2021 Australian Age 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