{"id":497540,"date":"2022-02-18T08:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=497540"},"modified":"2022-02-20T17:45:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:45:10","slug":"olympic-golden-girl-kaylee-mckeown-sizzles-at-victorian-championships-wins-200m-backstroke-in-faster-time-than-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-golden-girl-kaylee-mckeown-sizzles-at-victorian-championships-wins-200m-backstroke-in-faster-time-than-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Golden Girl Kaylee McKeown Sizzles At Victorian Championships: Wins 200m Backstroke In Faster Time Than Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Golden Girl Kaylee McKeown Sizzles At Victorian Championships: Wins 200m Backstroke In Faster Time Than Tokyo<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s triple Olympic gold medallist <strong>Kaylee McKeown <\/strong>has stunned the swimming world again in Melbourne\u00a0 tonight winning the 200m backstroke on the opening night of the Victorian Championships in a faster time than it took her to win Tokyo gold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-kaylee-mckeown-celebrates-golden-double-in-the-200m-backstroke-bronze-for-emily-seebohm\/\">Kaylee McKeown Celebrates Golden Double In The 200m Backstroke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old clocked 2:04.64, the seventh fastest time in history and it comes after a tumultuous post Games upheaval with the revelation that she tore a shoulder muscle on the eve of the <a href=\"http:\/\/olympics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aussie-olympic-golden-girl-kaylee-mckeowns-stunning-revelation-i-swam-through-tokyo-with-a-torn-shoulderaussie-olympic-golden-girl-kaylee-mckeown-makes-stunning-revelation\/\">Aussie Olympic Golden Girl Kaylee McKeown Makes Stunning Revelation: \u2018 Swam Through Tokyo With A Torn Shoulder.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And he returned home to the news that coach <strong>Chris Mooney<\/strong> had accepted a new head coaching role at Bond University on the Gold Coast \u2013 leaving the University of Sunshine Coast (USC Spartans) program.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_497902\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-497902\" data-attachment-id=\"497902\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-golden-girl-kaylee-mckeown-sizzles-at-victorian-championships-wins-200m-backstroke-in-faster-time-than-tokyo\/brendon-smith-mikayla-smith-kaylee-mckeown-reidle-smith-2022-vic-states\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brendon-Smith-Mikayla-Smith-Kaylee-McKeown-Reidle-Smith-2022-VIC-STATES-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;Canon EOS 80D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1645214771&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brendon Smith, Mikayla Smith, Kaylee McKeown, Reidle Smith 2022 VIC STATES\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Brendon Smith, Mikayla Smith, Kaylee McKeown, Reidle Smith 2022 VIC STATES&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\/2022\/02\/Brendon-Smith-Mikayla-Smith-Kaylee-McKeown-Reidle-Smith-2022-VIC-STATES-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brendon-Smith-Mikayla-Smith-Kaylee-McKeown-Reidle-Smith-2022-VIC-STATES-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-497902\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brendon-Smith-Mikayla-Smith-Kaylee-McKeown-Reidle-Smith-2022-VIC-STATES-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Brendon Smith, Mikayla Smith, Kaylee McKeown, Reidle Smith 2022 VIC STATES\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-497902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FAMILY TRADITION: Nunawading&#8217;s Smith family are synonymous with the Victorian State Open Championships and the 2022 meet was extra special with\u00a0 the club&#8217;s Tokyo bronze medallist Brendon arriving into town with his girlfriend triple Olympic gold medalilst Kaylee McKeown with his sisters sisters Mikayla and Reidle sharing the breaststroke podium. Photo Courtesy: James Boyd (Nunawading Swimming Club).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It left McKeown with the biggest decision of her short career \u2013 to find a new coach and after trialling several programs she decided to stay at USC under new coach, former WAIS coach <strong>Mick Palfrey<\/strong> before eventually landing on the Gold Coast under decorated Olympic gold medal coach <strong>Michael Bohl<\/strong> and his star-studded Griffith University squad.<\/p>\n<p>Bohl, coach of seven-time Tokyo medallist and female swimmer of the meet in Tokyo, <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong>, has also adopted 2016 Olympic champion <strong>Mack Horton<\/strong> and 2020 Tokyo bronze medallist over 400m individual medley, <strong>Brendon Smith \u2013 <\/strong>McKeown\u2019s boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>The Griffith University squad is now based at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre\u2019s Swimming Australia Hub at Southport \u2013 home of the 2014 Pan Pacs and 2018 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown wasted no time setting the Melbourne Aquatic Centre alight \u2013 splitting 29.74 and 1:01.87 (32.13) before coming home in 1:02.77 (31.85 and 30.92) \u2013 a powerhouse final 50.<\/p>\n<p>Her 2:04.64 gives her five of the top 10 fastest times ever recorded: 4<sup>th<\/sup> 2:04.28 2021 Olympic Trials, Adelaide); 5<sup>th<\/sup> 2:04.31 (2021 Sydney Open); 6<sup>th<\/sup> 2:04.49 (2020 Qld Medal Shots); 7<sup>th<\/sup> 2:04.64 (2022 Victorian Championships); 8<sup>th<\/sup> 2:04.68 (2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2021).<\/p>\n<p>And it was also a new Victorian All-Comers record breaking the previous mark of 2:07.16 \u2013 set by American <strong>Margaret Hoelzer<\/strong> at the 2007 Fina World Championships \u2013 set 14 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The February time comes after a week-long National Camp on the Gold Coast which featured the Australian Swimmer Of The Year Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in other events, Smith led a family onslaught, talking the 400m freestyle in 3:51.66 from Nunawading team mate <strong>Elliott Rogerson<\/strong> (3:53.49) and NSW\u2019s <strong>Matthew Galea<\/strong> (SOPAC) 34:53.76.<\/p>\n<p>Before watching a feat that had swimming officials rumbling through the record books after the top three placings in the women\u2019s 100m breaststroke all going to Smiths.<\/p>\n<p>Brendon\u2019 sisters, 23-year-old <strong>Mikayla Smith<\/strong> and 19-year-old <strong>Reidel Smith<\/strong> won the gold and silver for Nunawading with 17-year-old <strong>Matilda Smith<\/strong> (Hobart Aquatic Club), no relation, third.<\/p>\n<p>Mikayla won gold in 1:08.35 23 with Reidel taking silver in 1:10.10 19 and Matilda the bronze in 1:10.64 in a night to remember for team Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The Nunawading Smith family has a second to none record with the club \u2013 dating back to the contribution of father <strong>Peter Smith<\/strong> who has been a long time member; afour- time Club Captain of Nunawading in 1980\/81, 1981\/82, 1983\/84 and 1984\/85 and a three-time winner of 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