{"id":638240,"date":"2026-03-07T17:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638240"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:41:32","slug":"nsw-state-open-day-2-finals-alexandria-perkins-claims-third-gold-kai-taylor-wins-200-freestyle-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nsw-state-open-day-2-finals-alexandria-perkins-claims-third-gold-kai-taylor-wins-200-freestyle-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW State Open, Day 2 Finals: Alexandria Perkins Claims Third Gold; Kai Taylor Wins 200 Freestyle Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NSW State Open, Day 2 Finals: Alexandria Perkins Claims Third Gold; Kai Taylor Wins 200 Freestyle Thriller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queensland\u2019s World championship bronze medallist <strong>Alexandria Perkins<\/strong> and a valuable player in Australia\u2019s build-up to LA28, has continued on her winning ways with her third gold medal on the second night of the 2026 NSW State Open Championships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD) claimed the 100m butterfly title in a solid 57.36, touching ahead of Sweden\u2019s <strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> 57.58 and her new Sunshine Coast teammate from NSW, <strong>Bella Grant<\/strong> 58.36.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving the two-time individual medallist from last year\u2019s Singapore World\u2019s the 50\/100m fly double, adding to her win in the 100m freestyle at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perkins, under coach <strong>Michael Sage<\/strong>, has emerged as one of the most valuable assets in Australia\u2019s women\u2019s team, following the retirement of Australia\u2019s most successful Olympian, <strong>Emma McKeon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like McKeon, Perkins is a natural butterflyer, with speed to burn, also an emerging freestyler, showing she can deliver in relays \u2013 a major part of Australia\u2019s international successes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perkins swimming the butterfly leg in Australia\u2019s World Championship silver medal-winning 4x100m medley relay team in Singapore \u2013 her 10<sup>th<\/sup>major international relay medal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 25-year-old, the third fastest Australian 100m butterflyer with her 56.19 behind McKeon and Jess Schipper and with a personal best of 53.53 in the 100m freestyle, could well force her way into Australia\u2019s all-conquering 4x100m freestyle relay squad and holding down the butterfly leg in the 4x100m medley relay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile the most exciting final of the night saw Olympic and World Championship relay medallist <strong>Kai Taylor (<\/strong>St Peters Western, QLD) hang on to win a real nail biter in the men\u2019s 200m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 22-year-old led from start to finish \u2013 holding on to take the win in 1:47.99 \u2013 just six 100ths of a second (0.06) ahead of second-placed IM specialist, Paris teammate <strong>Will Petric<\/strong> (Nunawading, VIC) in 1:48.05 who edged out <strong>Marcus Da Silva<\/strong> (Cranbrook, NSW) 1:48.14 by just nine 100ths (0.09).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nunawading-based New Zealand Olympic and World Championship IM gun <strong>Lewis Clareburt<\/strong> was fourth home in 1:48.20 and <strong>Anders McAlpine<\/strong> (Griffith University, QLD) fifth in 1:48.38 \u2013 less than half-a-second separating the top five and less than a second separating the top eight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was another tight one in the women\u2019s 50m freestyle final with 21-year-old <strong>Chloe Rowe-Hagans<\/strong> (St Andrews, QLD) under coach <strong>Ashley Delaney<\/strong> clocking her personal best of 25.21 to edge out established pair <strong>Milla Jansen <\/strong>(Bond, QLD) 25.29 and <strong>Olivia Wunsch<\/strong> (Carlile, NSW) 25.38 \u2013 in another fingernail finish &#8211; just 0.17 between the top three.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the women\u2019s 100m backstroke saw Olympian and 2024 World Championship silver medallist <strong>Iona Anderson<\/strong> (Highlanders, WA) win the final in 59.87 following the withdrawal of <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> (USC Spartans, QLD) who had clocked the fastest time in the preliminaries of 59.21.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Hannah Fredericks<\/strong> (St Peters Western, QLD) finished second in 1:00.93 with <strong>Elizabeth Gan<\/strong> (Sydney University, NSW) third in 1:02.11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.swimming.org.au\/events\/2026-speedo-nsw-state-open-championships\">EVENT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/liveresults.swimming.org.au\/nsw\/StateOpen26\/\">LIVE RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2026 NSW State Open Championships, Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, Day 2, FINALS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>200m freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kai Taylor (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:47.99<\/li>\n<li>William Petric (Nunawading, VIC) 1:48.05<\/li>\n<li>Marcus Da Silva (Cranbrook, NSW) 1:48.14<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>800m freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Matthew Galea (St Peters Western, QLD) 8:06.37<\/li>\n<li>James Smith (Darwin, NT) 8:13.14<\/li>\n<li>Harry Hay (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 8:128.62<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>200m backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stuart Swinburn (City of Sydney, NSW) 1:58.80<\/li>\n<li>Henry Allan (Bendigo East, VIC) 1:59.45<\/li>\n<li>Rishabh Das (India) 2:00.14<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>100m breaststroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sam Williamson (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 1:01.01<\/li>\n<li>Zac Stubblety-Cook (Griffith University, QLD) 1:01.28<\/li>\n<li>Gideon Burnes (Bond, QLD) 1:01.33<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>50m butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Joseph Hamson (Knox Pymble, NSW) 24.09<\/li>\n<li>Jack Hendy (New Zealand) 24.21<\/li>\n<li>Carter Swift (Griffith University, QLD) 24.29<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>200m individual medley<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Will Petric (Nunawading, VIC) 1:58.98<\/li>\n<li>Lewis Clareburt (Nunawading VIC\/New Zealand) 1:59.15<\/li>\n<li>Se-Bom Lee (Sydney Olympic Swim Club, NSW) 2:02.81<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>50m freestyle Multi-Class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tom Gallagher (St Peters Western, QLD) 23.99<\/li>\n<li>Alex Tuckfield (Aquablitz Toongabbie, NSW) 24.99<\/li>\n<li>Alex Saffy (Woden Valley, ACT) 26.09<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>400m freestyle Multi-Class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Daniel Rigby (Knox Pymble, NSW) 4:37.05<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Alford (University of Queensland, QLD) 4:32.98<\/li>\n<li>Knox Gibson (Orange Aquatic Club, NSW) 5:01.73<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>100m backstroke Multi-Class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Benjamin Hance (St Andrews, QLD) 57.45<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Blockey (Coffs Harbour, NSW) 1:06.10<\/li>\n<li>Beau Matthews (Aquablitz Toongabbie, NSW)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>50m freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Chloe Rowe-Hagans (St Andrews, QLD) 25.21<\/li>\n<li>Milla Jansen (Bond, QLD) 25.29<\/li>\n<li>Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 25.38<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>400m freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western, QLD) 4:07.92<\/li>\n<li>Amelia Weber (St Peters Western, QLD) 4:13.96<\/li>\n<li>Milana Tapper (New Zealand) 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