{"id":581046,"date":"2024-03-15T04:15:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T11:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=581046"},"modified":"2024-03-15T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:36:03","slug":"nsw-state-championships-night-1-finals-kaylee-mckeown-takes-just-204-21-to-push-the-go-button-for-paris-her-fourth-fastest-ever-200m-backstroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nsw-state-championships-night-1-finals-kaylee-mckeown-takes-just-204-21-to-push-the-go-button-for-paris-her-fourth-fastest-ever-200m-backstroke\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW State Championships, Night One Finals: Kaylee McKeown Goes 2:04.21 to Push Go Button For Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NSW State Championships, Night One Finals: Kaylee McKeown Goes 2:04.21 to Push Go Button For Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world\u2019s premier female backstroker <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> has thrown down her fourth fastest time ever in winning the 200m backstroke final in 2:04.21 to officially signal the push to Paris and the showdown with her US archrival <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> at this year\u2019s Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 22-year-old Olympic and two-time World Champion and world record holder from Griffith University on the Gold Coast, always finds something extra, despite the heavy training load of a week-long training camp in Cairns under master coach <strong>Michael Bohl.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_574481\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574481\" data-attachment-id=\"574481\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/queensland-championships-day-1-relays-kaylee-mckeowns-sizzling-26-98-lead-off-just-0-12-outside-her-own-50m-backstroke-world-record\/ov331-eq\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ov331-eQ-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1757\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kaylee McKeown and Coach Michael Bohl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;SUPERBOHL STAR: Coach Michael Bohl with star backstroker Kaylee McKeown having some fun at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre today. Photo Courtesy Wade Brennan Photography.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ov331-eQ-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ov331-eQ-1024x703.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-574481\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ov331-eQ-700x500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"432\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-574481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SUPERBOHL COACH: Coach Michael Bohl with star backstroker Kaylee McKeown. Photo Courtesy Wade Brennan Photography.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that\u2019s just what she did in the most impressive and emphatic four laps of backstroke perfection on the opening night\u2019s action at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It \u00a0comes just a week after Smith\u2019s 2:03.99 to take the TYR Pro Series in Westmont \u2013 also the fourth fastest time of her career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the comparative splits of these two latest swims from the world&#8217;s two best backstrokers &#8211; with just 0.22 between them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Kaylee McKeown:<\/strong> 29.24, 31.93 (<strong>1:01.17);<\/strong> 31.75 and home in 31.29 (1:03.04) &#8211; <strong>2:04.21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Regan Smith: <\/strong>28.93, 31.45 <strong>(1:00.38); <\/strong>31.91 and home in 32.47 (1:03.61) &#8211; <strong>2:03.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKeown and Smith share 10 of the fastest 11 times in history \u2013 five each \u2013 with the only other swimmer inside the top 10, the remarkable 2012 Olympic champion Missy Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0And when push comes to shove there is likely more from where that came from with McKeown also entered in the 50 and 100m backstroke in Sydney, along with the 100m butterfly and the 200 freestyle and 200IM but may not swim them all according to coach Bohl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a look at the Top 11 Fastest Times for 200m Backstroke In History<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kaylee McKeown (2:03.14 <strong>WR<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Regan Smith (2:03.35)<\/li>\n<li>Regan Smith (2:03.69)<\/li>\n<li>Kaylee McKeown (2:03.70)<\/li>\n<li>Regan Smith (2:03.80)<\/li>\n<li>Kaylee McKeown (2:03.85)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regan Smith (2:03.99)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Missy Franklin (2:04.06)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kaylee McKeown (2:04.21)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Regan Smith (2:04.27)<\/li>\n<li>Kaylee McKeown (2:04.28)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And the new kid on the breaststroke blocks, \u00a0teenage whiz kid <strong>Sienna Toohey<\/strong> from Albury in country NSW has swum the fastest 100m breaststroke time for a 15-year-0ld since Australia&#8217;s greatest female breaststroker Leisel Jones in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was the find of the 2000 Olympics, with her silver medal in the women&#8217;s 100m breaststroke in 1:07.49 &#8211; with the <strong>Wayne Gould<\/strong>-coached Toohey breaking 1:08 for the first time with her time of 1:07.97 to finish second behind Tokyo Olympian <strong>Jenna Strauch<\/strong> (Miami, QLD) 1:07.83,m. with <strong>Matilda Smith,<\/strong> also Miami third in 1:08.45.<\/p>\n<p>It was Toohey&#8217;s NSW State Open debut after dominating the NSW Country Championships, twice lowering her personal best after clocking 1:08.36 in the heat -quicker again than her 1:08.39 last month at the NSW Country&#8217;s when she was still 14.<\/p>\n<p>Toohey has jumped from the seventh fastest time this season to the fifth fastest Australian in 2023-24 behind,<strong> Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> (1:07.01), Strauch (1:07.30) and both <strong>Matilda Smith<\/strong> and <strong>Ella Ramsay<\/strong> (1:07.64).<\/p>\n<p>The brave youngster wasted no time racing down the first 50m in 31.74 -just outside her 50m pb of 31.54!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NSW States Day One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2024 NSW State Swimming Championships, Day 1, FINALS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>100m freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mollie O\u2019Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD) 52.82<\/li>\n<li>Bronte Campbell (Cruiz, ACT) 53.50<\/li>\n<li>Emma McKeon (Griffith University, QLD) 53.70<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>200m freestyle Multi-Class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Madeleine McTernan S14 (Shark Aquatics, QLD) 2:14.32<\/li>\n<li>Ruby Storm S14 (St Andrews, QLD) 2:15.69<\/li>\n<li>Chloe Osborn S7 (ACU Blacktown, NSW)2:37.21<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>800m freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western, QLD) 8:17.87<\/li>\n<li>Lani Pallister (Griffith University, QLD) 8:19.23<\/li>\n<li>Amelia Weber (St Peters Western, QLD) 8:45.16<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>200m backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kaylee McKeown (Griffith University, QLD) 2:04.21<\/li>\n<li>Bella Grant (Trinity Grammar, NSW) 2:11.73<\/li>\n<li>Minna Atherton (Bond, QLD) 2:11.91<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>50m butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Alexandria Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD) 25.97<\/li>\n<li>Emma McKeon (Griffith University, QLD) 25.99<\/li>\n<li>Madeline Groves (Commercial, QLD) 26.13<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>100m butterfly Multi-Class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Taylor Corry S14 (Kincumber Pacific Dolphins, NSW) 1:09.55<\/li>\n<li>Jasmine Greenwood S10 (Cruiz, ACT) 1:09.09<\/li>\n<li>Ruby Storm S14 (St Andrews, QLD) 1:10.60<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>100m breaststroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Jenna Strauch (Miami, QLD) 1:07.83<\/li>\n<li>Sienna Toohey (Albury Amateur, NSW) 1:09.97<\/li>\n<li>Matilda Smith (Miami, QLD) 1:08.45<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>400m individual medley<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Isabella Krantzcke (SOPAC Swim Team) 4:56.28<\/li>\n<li>Talika Irvine (West Illawarra Aquatic, NSW) 5:0143<\/li>\n<li>Indianna Cameron (St Peters Western, QLD) 5:02.52<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>100m freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Will Yang (SOPAC Swim Team) 48.48<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Chalmers (Marion, SA) 48.53<\/li>\n<li>Josha Salchow 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