Emma McKeon, Taylor McKeown Lead Second Morning of Australian Short Course Nationals
The second morning of action from the 2017 Australian Short Course Nationals will feature 11 prelim events. The meet saw the return of some of the Olympic team swimmers that skipped the World Championships like Kyle Chalmers, Jess Ashwood and Cate Campbell. Of note, Campbell broke the World Record in the 100 free on Thursday night in Adelaide.
On Friday morning, a lot of the younger stars that could be stars of the future put in top seeded times including Minna Atherton and Shayna Jack. Other top seeds include veterans Emma McKeon and Taylor McKeown. Cate Campbell and Emily Seebohm will be looking to get more Australian titles ahead of the young future stars.
Today’s events:
- Women’s 400 Free
- Women’s 100 Fly
- Men’s 200 Back
- Women’s 100 Back
- Men’s 100 Breast
- Women’s 200 Breast
- Men’s 200 Free
- Women’s 50 Free
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 100 IM
- Men’s 50 Fly
Women’s 400 Free
Mikkayla Sheridan put up a bit of a surprising top seed in the 400 free prelims with a 4:05.84 to lead a decently stacked final into Friday night in Adelaide at the Australian Short Course Championships. Sheridan is the top seed ahead of Madison Wilson (4:06.71) and Jess Ashwood (4:08.09). Ashwood made her return to racing last night winning the 800 after sitting out this summer’s World Championships. Wilson is a bit of a surprise in the two seed as she is usually known as a 100 backstroker and an occasional 200 freestyler.
Kiah Melverton (4:08.89), Leah Neale (4:09.19), Jordan White (4:09.50), Mikayla Messer (4:09.84), Tamsin Cook (4:09.95), Madeline Gough (4:10.24) and Moesha Johnson (4:12.99) will also swim in the final on Friday night as they will swim ten lanes in the final.
Event 24 Women 400 SC Metre Freestyle ================================================================== World: W 3:54.52 11-Aug-13 Mireia Belmonte, Spain Commonwealth: C 3:54.92 08-Aug-09 Joanne Jackson, GBR Australian: R 3:58.31 09-Nov-11 Blair Evans, City of Perth All Comers: A 3:59.23 27-Nov-15 Jessica Ashwood, Chandler Title Holder: 4:02.76 04-Nov-16 Ariarne Titmus, StPeters Western Meet Qualifying: 4:19.58 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 SHERIDAN, MIKKAYLA 22 SPRTN 4:03.90 4:05.84 r:+0.73 13.27 28.72 (15.45) 44.56 (15.84) 1:00.38 (15.82) 1:16.01 (15.63) 1:31.60 (15.59) 1:47.13 (15.53) 2:02.77 (15.64) 2:18.07 (15.30) 2:33.26 (15.19) 2:48.50 (15.24) 3:03.97 (15.47) 3:19.54 (15.57) 3:35.15 (15.61) 3:50.71 (15.56) 4:05.84 (15.13) 2 WILSON, MADISON 23 BOND 4:13.53 4:06.71 r:+0.76 12.96 27.80 (14.84) 43.23 (15.43) 58.58 (15.35) 1:13.97 (15.39) 1:29.50 (15.53) 1:45.21 (15.71) 2:01.10 (15.89) 2:16.71 (15.61) 2:32.43 (15.72) 2:47.96 (15.53) 3:03.75 (15.79) 3:19.30 (15.55) 3:35.32 (16.02) 3:51.25 (15.93) 4:06.71 (15.46) 3 ASHWOOD, JESSICA 24 CHAND 4:03.58 4:08.09 r:+0.75 13.61 28.48 (14.87) 43.64 (15.16) 59.05 (15.41) 1:14.62 (15.57) 1:30.36 (15.74) 1:46.01 (15.65) 2:01.88 (15.87) 2:17.60 (15.72) 2:33.47 (15.87) 2:49.30 (15.83) 3:05.27 (15.97) 3:21.03 (15.76) 3:36.94 (15.91) 3:52.72 (15.78) 4:08.09 (15.37) 4 MELVERTON, KIAH 20 TSS 4:05.28 4:08.89 r:+0.72 13.76 28.81 (15.05) 43.98 (15.17) 59.53 (15.55) 1:15.06 (15.53) 1:30.74 (15.68) 1:46.39 (15.65) 2:02.40 (16.01) 2:18.15 (15.75) 2:34.01 (15.86) 2:49.94 (15.93) 3:05.92 (15.98) 3:21.74 (15.82) 3:37.82 (16.08) 3:53.69 (15.87) 4:08.89 (15.20) 5 NEALE, LEAH 22 SPRTN 4:04.01 4:09.19 r:+0.72 13.36 28.58 (15.22) 43.93 (15.35) 59.46 (15.53) 1:15.16 (15.70) 1:31.01 (15.85) 1:46.63 (15.62) 2:02.57 (15.94) 2:18.34 (15.77) 2:34.31 (15.97) 2:50.09 (15.78) 3:06.06 (15.97) 3:22.06 (16.00) 3:21.09 ( ) 4:09.19 (48.10) 6 WHITE, JORDAN 24 SLCA 4:08.88 4:09.50 r:+0.72 13.88 28.83 (14.95) 44.22 (15.39) 59.71 (15.49) 1:15.50 (15.79) 1:31.27 (15.77) 1:47.23 (15.96) 2:03.13 (15.90) 2:19.05 (15.92) 2:34.93 (15.88) 2:50.80 (15.87) 3:06.72 (15.92) 3:22.36 (15.64) 3:38.15 (15.79) 3:53.93 (15.78) 4:09.50 (15.57) 7 MESSER, MIKAYLA 18 CHAND 4:08.27 4:09.84 r:+0.69 13.80 29.01 (15.21) 44.62 (15.61) 1:00.34 (15.72) 1:15.90 (15.56) 1:31.58 (15.68) 1:47.14 (15.56) 2:02.81 (15.67) 2:18.25 (15.44) 2:33.97 (15.72) 2:49.79 (15.82) 3:05.83 (16.04) 3:21.87 (16.04) 3:38.21 (16.34) 3:54.17 (15.96) 4:09.84 (15.67) 8 COOK, TAMSIN 18 UWSC 4:04.36 4:09.95 r:+0.73 13.55 28.76 (15.21) 44.24 (15.48) 1:00.13 (15.89) 1:15.70 (15.57) 1:31.54 (15.84) 1:47.28 (15.74) 2:03.26 (15.98) 2:19.00 (15.74) 2:34.89 (15.89) 2:50.34 (15.45) 3:06.25 (15.91) 3:22.08 (15.83) 3:38.31 (16.23) 3:54.27 (15.96) 4:09.95 (15.68) 9 GOUGH, MADELEINE 18 TSS 4:08.45 4:10.24 r:+0.82 14.02 29.41 (15.39) 44.73 (15.32) 1:00.44 (15.71) 1:15.97 (15.53) 1:31.71 (15.74) 1:47.28 (15.57) 2:03.17 (15.89) 2:19.08 (15.91) 2:34.99 (15.91) 2:50.86 (15.87) 3:06.86 (16.00) 3:22.58 (15.72) 3:38.68 (16.10) 3:54.71 (16.03) 4:10.24 (15.53) 10 JOHNSON, MOESHA 20 BURAQ 4:10.22 4:12.99 r:+0.79 14.13 29.25 (15.12) 44.57 (15.32) 1:00.35 (15.78) 1:16.23 (15.88) 1:32.14 (15.91) 1:48.00 (15.86) 2:04.20 (16.20) 2:20.29 (16.09) 2:36.48 (16.19) 2:52.51 (16.03) 3:08.87 (16.36) 3:25.10 (16.23) 3:41.55 (16.45) 3:57.68 (16.13) 4:12.99 (15.31)
Women’s 100 Fly
World Championship silver medalist in this event Emma McKeon swam a controlled 57.48 to lead the qualifiers into Friday’s final at the Australian Short Course Championships in Adelaide. McKeon is seeded ahead of Emily Washer (58.96) and Brianna Throssell (59.06).
McKeon has been flying under the radar the last few years and could be poised for something big in 2018.
Gemma Cooney (59.13), Laura Taylor (59.37), Elysia Oldsen (59.71), Alexandra Good (1:00.32), Alice Stuart (1:00.34), Brittany Castelluzzo (1:00.82) and Tianni Gilmour (1:00.90) will also swim in the ten person final.
Event 25 Women 100 SC Metre Butterfly ================================================================== World: W 54.61 07-Dec-14 Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden Commonwealth: C 55.30 09-Nov-13 Alicia Coutts, Australia Australian: R 55.30 09-Nov-13 Alicia Coutts, Redlands All Comers: A 55.68 12-Aug-09 Jessicah Schipper, Commercial Title Holder: 56.70 04-Nov-15 Madeline Groves, StPeters Western Meet Qualifying: 1:02.61 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 MCKEON, EMMA 23 GUSC 56.18 57.48 r:+0.74 12.26 26.90 (14.64) 42.11 (15.21) 57.48 (15.37) 2 WASHER, EMILY 21 CARL 57.26 58.96 r:+0.70 12.47 27.25 (14.78) 43.06 (15.81) 58.96 (15.90) 3 THROSSELL, BRIANNA 21 UWSC 58.04 59.06 r:+0.72 12.67 27.91 (15.24) 43.51 (15.60) 59.06 (15.55) 4 COONEY, GEMMA 17 BGRAM 58.25 59.13 r:+0.76 12.80 27.70 (14.90) 43.08 (15.38) 59.13 (16.05) 5 TAYLOR, LAURA 18 TSS 59.22 59.37 r:+0.70 12.91 28.02 (15.11) 43.63 (15.61) 59.37 (15.74) 6 OLDSEN, ELLYSIA 22 MARI 59.09 59.71 r:+0.73 12.77 27.92 (15.15) 43.52 (15.60) 59.71 (16.19) 7 GOOD, ALEXANDRA 19 SYP 59.75 1:00.32 r:+0.74 12.84 27.91 (15.07) 43.84 (15.93) 1:00.32 (16.48) 8 STUART, ALICE 20 TSS 1:00.15 1:00.34 r:+0.68 12.88 28.21 (15.33) 44.12 (15.91) 1:00.34 (16.22) 9 CASTELLUZZO, BRITTANY 16 TTG 1:01.74 1:00.82 r:+0.74 13.15 28.55 (15.40) 44.48 (15.93) 1:00.82 (16.34) 10 GILMOUR, TIANNI 21 SPRTN 1:01.28 1:00.90 r:+0.72 12.96 28.63 (15.67) 44.64 (16.01) 1:00.90 (16.26)
Men’s 200 Back
Joshua Beaver led a tightly contested 200 back preliminaries at the Australian Short Course Championships in Adelaide on Friday morning with a 1:54.88 for the top seed. Beaver is ahead of international swimmer Daiya Seto of Japan (1:55.20) and Australian Travis Mahoney (1:55.36).
Since they are not selecting a team, Seto is allowed to swim at finals, even though he is not Australian. Peter Mills (1:55.86), Bowen Gough (1:56.45), Kazimir Boskovic (1:56.59), Jared Gilliland (1:56.81), Hayden Lewis (1:56.93), Joshua Edwards-Smith (1:57.60) and Hayden Hinds-Sydenham (1:58.14) will also swim in the tight final on Friday night.
Event 26 Men 200 SC Metre Backstroke ================================================================== World: W 1:45.63 27-Nov-15 Mitch Larkin, Australia Commonwealth: C 1:45.63 27-Nov-15 Mitch Larkin, Australia Australian: R 1:45.63 27-Nov-15 Mitch Larkin, StPeters Western All Comers: A 1:45.63 27-Nov-15 Mitch Larkin, StPeters Western Title Holder: 1:47.41 04-Nov-16 Mitch Larkin, QLD Meet Qualifying: 2:03.11 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 BEAVER, JOSHUA 24 IVN 1:56.19 1:54.88 r:+0.57 13.05 27.31 (14.26) 41.57 (14.26) 56.14 (14.57) 1:10.57 (14.43) 1:25.33 (14.76) 1:40.31 (14.98) 1:54.88 (14.57) 2 SETO, (V), DAIYA 23 JPN 1:54.26 1:55.20 r:+0.56 13.29 27.38 (14.09) 42.07 (14.69) 56.54 (14.47) 1:11.36 (14.82) 1:26.13 (14.77) 1:40.88 (14.75) 1:55.20 (14.32) 3 MAHONEY, TRAVIS 27 MARI 1:56.22 1:55.36 r:+0.70 13.09 28.00 (14.91) 43.20 (15.20) 58.64 (15.44) 1:12.90 (14.26) 1:27.01 (14.11) 1:41.22 (14.21) 1:55.36 (14.14) 4 MILLS, PETER 21 BGRAM 1:56.80 1:55.86 r:+0.60 12.62 26.98 (14.36) 41.93 (14.95) 57.01 (15.08) 1:11.84 (14.83) 1:26.71 (14.87) 1:41.66 (14.95) 1:55.86 (14.20) 5 GOUGH, BOWEN 19 NUN 1:56.23 1:56.45 r:+0.66 13.04 27.37 (14.33) 42.11 (14.74) 57.03 (14.92) 1:11.90 (14.87) 1:27.32 (15.42) 1:42.19 (14.87) 1:56.45 (14.26) 6 BOSKOVIC, KAZIMIR 22 NUN 1:57.61 1:56.59 r:+0.71 13.32 27.73 (14.41) 42.35 (14.62) 57.34 (14.99) 1:12.23 (14.89) 1:27.22 (14.99) 1:42.16 (14.94) 1:56.59 (14.43) 7 GILLILAND, JARED 22 CHAND 1:59.47 1:56.81 r:+0.73 13.37 27.67 (14.30) 42.64 (14.97) 57.58 (14.94) 1:12.44 (14.86) 1:27.40 (14.96) 1:42.49 (15.09) 1:56.81 (14.32) 8 LEWIS, HAYDEN 22 MARI 1:55.40 1:56.93 r:+0.63 13.05 27.36 (14.31) 42.20 (14.84) 57.25 (15.05) 1:12.14 (14.89) 1:27.14 (15.00) 1:42.08 (14.94) 1:56.93 (14.85) 9 EDWARDS-SMITH, JOSHUA 14 UWSC 1:57.57 1:57.60 r:+0.63 13.38 27.69 (14.31) 42.79 (15.10) 57.97 (15.18) 1:13.01 (15.04) 1:27.97 (14.96) 1:43.04 (15.07) 1:57.60 (14.56) 10 HINDS-SYDENHAM, HAYDE 20 SOSC 1:57.55 1:58.14 r:+0.63 13.49 27.89 (14.40) 42.66 (14.77) 57.54 (14.88) 1:12.67 (15.13) 1:27.77 (15.10) 1:43.27 (15.50) 1:58.14 (14.87)
Women’s 100 Back
Australia has been known the last couple of years for having strong female backstrokers led by World Champion in the 200 Emily Seebohm. But it was Minna Atherton who took the top seed on Friday morning at the Australian Short Course Championships with a 57.56 to Seebohm’s 58.31. Atherton was the World Junior Champion in 2015 and has been looked at as a future superstar in Australia.
Another rising star Kaylee McKeown will also swim in tonight’s final as she placed third in prelims at 58.49. She is better at the 200, but she can put together a good 100 as she is still only 16. World University Games champion Sian Whittaker (58.75) was the fourth and final swimmer under a minute this morning.
Abby Duncan (1:00.06), Holly Barratt (1:00.23), Gabriella Peiniger (1:00.85), Micaela Habib (1:01.01), Jessica Adams (1:01.74) and Charli Brown (1:02.10) also swam in this morning’s prelims and will swim again at finals.
Event 27 Women 100 SC Metre Backstroke ================================================================== World: W 55.03 04-Dec-14 Katinka Hosszu, Hungary Commonwealth: C 55.31 04-Dec-14 Emily Seebohm, Australia Australian: R 55.31 04-Dec-14 Emily Seebohm, Brothers All Comers: A 55.46 27-Nov-15 Emily Seebohm, Brisbane Grammar Title Holder: 56.48 04-Nov-16 Emily Seebohm, Brisbane Grammar Meet Qualifying: 1:02.21 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 ATHERTON, MINNA 17 BGRAM 57.08 57.56 r:+0.62 13.07 27.52 (14.45) 42.51 (14.99) 57.56 (15.05) 2 SEEBOHM, EMILY 25 BGRAM 56.00 58.31 r:+0.72 13.39 28.05 (14.66) 42.95 (14.90) 58.31 (15.36) 3 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE 16 SPRTN 59.34 58.49 r:+0.60 13.42 28.33 (14.91) 43.64 (15.31) 58.49 (14.85) 4 WHITTAKER, SIAN 20 MVC 58.56 58.75 r:+0.62 13.88 28.66 (14.78) 43.71 (15.05) 58.75 (15.04) 5 DUNCAN, ABBY 19 NWD 59.07 1:00.06 r:+0.64 14.02 28.95 (14.93) 44.26 (15.31) 1:00.06 (15.80) 6 BARRATT, HOLLY 29 ROC 58.68 1:00.23 r:+0.63 14.06 29.33 (15.27) 45.01 (15.68) 1:00.23 (15.22) 7 PEINIGER, GABRIELLA 15 MVC 59.13 1:00.85 r:+0.66 14.11 29.17 (15.06) 44.93 (15.76) 1:00.85 (15.92) 8 HABIB, MICAELA 19 MARI 1:00.83 1:01.01 r:+0.64 14.50 29.83 (15.33) 45.52 (15.69) 1:01.01 (15.49) 9 ADAMS, JESSICA 18 DVE 1:01.72 1:01.74 r:+0.54 15.10 30.41 (15.31) 46.05 (15.64) 1:01.74 (15.69) 10 BROWN, CHARLI 15 CARL 1:01.73 1:02.10 r:+0.63 14.46 30.13 (15.67) 46.26 (16.13) 1:02.10 (15.84)
Men’s 100 Breast
From a strong event to a weak event, the men’s 100 breast has been a weak spot for the Australian team ever since the retirement of Christian Sprenger. Olympian Jake Packard has filled that void the last few years but he is only the fifth seed going into tonight after posting a 59.39. Liam Hunter (58.73), Samuel Williamson (59.02) and Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.37) have the top three spots ahead of Packard as Grayson Bell (59.38) is in there as well. Who knows if Packard has more left in the engine tonight? Packard sat out the World Championships this past summer.
James McKechnie (59.65), Alex Milligan (59.67), Tommy Sucipto (59.81), Ewan Bennett (1:00.03) and Lennard Bremer (1:00.55) will also swim in the final tonight.
Event 28 Men 100 SC Metre Breaststroke ================================================================== World: W 55.61 15-Nov-09 Cameron van der Burgh, RSA Commonwealth: C 55.61 15-Nov-09 Cameron van der Burgh, RSA Australian: R 57.14 10-Nov-13 Christian Sprenger, Commercial All Comers: A 57.67 04-Nov-16 Tommy Sucipto, ROC Title Holder: 57.67 04-Nov-16 Tommy Sucipto, Rockingham Meet Qualifying: 1:03.42 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 HUNTER, LIAM 20 CHAND 58.82 58.73 r:+0.66 12.52 27.83 (15.31) 43.06 (15.23) 58.73 (15.67) 2 WILLIAMSON, SAMUEL 19 FAS 59.14 59.02 r:+0.72 12.61 27.84 (15.23) 43.24 (15.40) 59.02 (15.78) 3 STUBBLETY-COOK, ZAC 18 WBAC 1:00.22 59.37 r:+0.77 13.09 28.43 (15.34) 43.71 (15.28) 59.37 (15.66) 4 BELL, GRAYSON 20 TSS 58.89 59.38 r:+0.78 12.55 27.79 (15.24) 43.38 (15.59) 59.38 (16.00) 5 PACKARD, JAKE 23 SPRTN 58.68 59.39 r:+0.63 12.48 27.72 (15.24) 43.26 (15.54) 59.39 (16.13) 6 MCKECHNIE, JAMES 22 STP 59.11 59.65 r:+0.72 12.45 27.73 (15.28) 43.52 (15.79) 59.65 (16.13) 7 MILLIGAN, ALEX 19 UWSC 1:00.93 59.67 r:+0.70 12.99 28.23 (15.24) 59.67 (31.44) 8 SUCIPTO, TOMMY 22 ROC 57.67 59.81 r:+0.63 12.85 27.93 (15.08) 43.68 (15.75) 59.81 (16.13) 9 BENNETT, EWAN 23 MLC 1:00.54 1:00.03 r:+0.67 12.79 28.07 (15.28) 43.95 (15.88) 1:00.03 (16.08) 10 BREMER, LENNARD 23 UWSC 1:00.37 1:00.55 r:+0.66 13.17 28.62 (15.45) 44.42 (15.80) 1:00.55 (16.13)
Women’s 200 Breast
Taylor McKeown had a nice and controlled 200 breast morning swim as she will return to finals as the number one seed at 2:22.04. She is over four seconds ahead of the rest of the field with Georgia Bohl (2:26.43) and 100 champ from last night Jessica Hansen (2:26.63) in tow. Aisling Scott (2:26.79), Tessa Wallace (2:27.24) and Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte (2:27.51) are all expected to battle for silver with Bohl and Hansen.
Mikayla Smith (2:28.37), Cassandra van Breugel (2:29.33), Justine Spurr (2:36.36) and Tess Shrestha (2:37.48) will also compete in the final.
Event 29 Women 200 SC Metre Breaststroke ================================================================== World: W 2:14.57 18-Dec-09 Rebecca Soni, USA Commonwealth: C 2:15.42 15-Nov-09 Leisel Jones, Australia Australian: R 2:15.42 15-Nov-09 Leisel Jones, Nunawading All Comers: A 2:17.75 29-Nov-03 Leisel Jones, Redcliffe L/L Title Holder: 2:21.87 04-Nov-16 Aisling Scott, Brisbane Grammar Meet Qualifying: 2:33.88 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 MCKEOWN, TAYLOR 22 SPRTN 2:21.45 2:22.04 r:+0.77 14.96 32.70 (17.74) 50.54 (17.84) 1:08.67 (18.13) 1:26.68 (18.01) 1:44.78 (18.10) 2:03.41 (18.63) 2:22.04 (18.63) 2 BOHL, GEORGIA 20 GUSC 2:23.95 2:26.43 r:+0.69 14.48 32.12 (17.64) 50.25 (18.13) 1:08.85 (18.60) 1:27.74 (18.89) 1:47.00 (19.26) 2:06.37 (19.37) 2:26.43 (20.06) 3 HANSEN, JESSICA 22 NUN 2:23.42 2:26.63 r:+0.72 14.88 32.82 (17.94) 51.07 (18.25) 1:09.58 (18.51) 1:28.44 (18.86) 1:47.70 (19.26) 2:07.16 (19.46) 2:26.63 (19.47) 4 SCOTT, AISLING 24 BGRAM 2:21.87 2:26.79 r:+0.76 15.38 33.66 (18.28) 51.81 (18.15) 1:10.59 (18.78) 1:29.47 (18.88) 1:48.51 (19.04) 2:07.73 (19.22) 2:26.79 (19.06) 5 WALLACE, TESSA 24 PWCAL 2:23.74 2:27.24 r:+0.72 14.96 33.16 (18.20) 51.73 (18.57) 1:10.59 (18.86) 1:29.85 (19.26) 1:49.01 (19.16) 2:08.52 (19.51) 2:27.24 (18.72) 6 MEILUTYTE, (V), RUTA 20 LTU 2:22.21 2:27.51 r:+0.66 14.68 32.93 (18.25) 51.59 (18.66) 1:10.38 (18.79) 1:29.36 (18.98) 1:48.60 (19.24) 2:07.99 (19.39) 2:27.51 (19.52) 7 SMITH, MIKAYLA 19 NUN 2:26.19 2:28.37 r:+0.75 15.19 33.13 (17.94) 51.68 (18.55) 1:10.63 (18.95) 1:29.90 (19.27) 1:49.44 (19.54) 2:08.90 (19.46) 2:28.37 (19.47) 8 VAN BREUGEL, CASSANDR 23 WOYW 2:28.11 2:29.33 r:+0.81 14.92 32.76 (17.84) 51.44 (18.68) 1:10.44 (19.00) 1:29.83 (19.39) 1:49.48 (19.65) 2:09.24 (19.76) 2:29.33 (20.09) 9 SPURR, JUSTINE 22 PERC 2:33.51 2:36.36 r:+0.70 15.49 34.59 (19.10) 53.69 (19.10) 1:13.56 (19.87) 1:33.79 (20.23) 1:54.86 (21.07) 2:15.75 (20.89) 2:36.36 (20.61) 10 SHRESTHA, TESS 16 NWD 2:33.39 2:37.48 r:+0.74 15.84 34.66 (18.82) 54.33 (19.67) 1:14.28 (19.95) 1:34.43 (20.15) 1:55.04 (20.61) 2:16.17 (21.13) 2:37.48 (21.31)
Men’s 200 Free
In a pretty diminished field without Cameron McEvoy, Kyle Chalmers, Thomas Fraser-Holmes or Mack Horton, Jordan Merrilees took advantage of those absences with a 1:47.18 for the top seed. He leads Zachary Attard (1:47.56) and Joshua Parrish (1:48.49).
Jack McLoughlin (1:48.77), Andrew Spoor (1:48.83), Thomas Wotton (1:49.24), Caiden Gill (1:49.29), Jack Gerrard (1:49.66), Thomas Hauck (1:49.90) and Christopher Paunich (1:50.33) will swim in the final that is pretty evenly distributed.
Event 30 Men 200 SC Metre Freestyle ================================================================== World: W 1:39.37 15-Nov-09 Paul Biedermann, Germany Commonwealth: C 1:40.80 B. Hayden/C. McEvoy, CAN/AUS Australian: R 1:40.80 27-Nov-15 Cameron McEvoy, Bond All Comers: A 1:40.80 27-Nov-15 Cameron McEvoy, Bond Title Holder: 1:42.75 04-Nov-16 Cameron McEvoy, Bond Meet Qualifying: 1:51.49 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 MERRILEES, JORDEN 23 MVC 1:47.76 1:47.18 r:+0.68 11.49 24.47 (12.98) 37.50 (13.03) 51.03 (13.53) 1:04.27 (13.24) 1:18.27 (14.00) 1:32.85 (14.58) 1:47.18 (14.33) 2 ATTARD, ZACHARY 18 CARL 1:47.28 1:47.56 r:+0.74 11.98 25.08 (13.10) 38.57 (13.49) 52.44 (13.87) 1:05.78 (13.34) 1:19.51 (13.73) 1:33.60 (14.09) 1:47.56 (13.96) 3 PARRISH, JOSHUA 20 TSS 1:47.54 1:48.49 r:+0.65 12.29 25.95 (13.66) 39.54 (13.59) 53.21 (13.67) 1:06.98 (13.77) 1:21.00 (14.02) 1:34.98 (13.98) 1:48.49 (13.51) 4 MCLOUGHLIN, JACK 22 CHAND 1:49.25 1:48.77 r:+0.71 12.23 25.61 (13.38) 39.42 (13.81) 53.53 (14.11) 1:07.17 (13.64) 1:21.10 (13.93) 1:35.05 (13.95) 1:48.77 (13.72) 5 SPOOR, ANDREW 21 CARL 1:47.59 1:48.83 r:+0.72 11.86 24.87 (13.01) 38.25 (13.38) 52.01 (13.76) 1:05.83 (13.82) 1:20.18 (14.35) 1:34.56 (14.38) 1:48.83 (14.27) 6 WOTTON, THOMAS 20 GUSC 1:51.07 1:49.24 r:+0.66 12.05 25.64 (13.59) 39.32 (13.68) 53.21 (13.89) 1:07.12 (13.91) 1:21.41 (14.29) 1:35.56 (14.15) 1:49.24 (13.68) 7 GILL, CAIDEN 19 NUN 1:49.20 1:49.29 r:+0.64 11.84 25.25 (13.41) 38.79 (13.54) 52.68 (13.89) 1:06.60 (13.92) 1:20.78 (14.18) 1:35.10 (14.32) 1:49.29 (14.19) 8 GERRARD, JACK 23 MVC 1:44.56 1:49.66 r:+0.71 12.01 25.11 (13.10) 38.48 (13.37) 52.33 (13.85) 1:06.25 (13.92) 1:20.73 (14.48) 1:35.30 (14.57) 1:49.66 (14.36) 9 HAUCK, THOMAS 14 ALLSA 1:49.53 1:49.90 r:+0.80 11.85 25.28 (13.43) 38.90 (13.62) 52.77 (13.87) 1:06.82 (14.05) 1:21.14 (14.32) 1:35.77 (14.63) 1:49.90 (14.13) 10 PAUNICH, CHRISTOPHER 23 UWSC 1:49.80 1:50.33 r:+0.67 11.96 25.52 (13.56) 39.26 (13.74) 53.38 (14.12) 1:07.42 (14.04) 1:21.71 (14.29) 1:36.07 (14.36) 1:50.33 (14.26)
Women’s 50 Free
In what will be a highly anticipated race, Cate Campbell will be gunning for another quick time after breaking the 100 free world record last night. She is the second seed behind 18-year-old rising star Shayna Jack (24.27). Cate (24.39) and her sister Bronte Campbell (24.46) will also be in the mix. Brittany Elmslie (24.86) and Holly Barratt (24.93) follow them as the only other swimmers under 25.
Carla Buchanan (25.13), Jemima Horwood (25.23), Madison Wilson (25.35), Emma Southwell (25.36) Ellysia Oldsen and Natasha Ramsden (25.37)
Event 31 Women 50 SC Metre Freestyle ================================================================== World: W 22.93 07-Aug-17 Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Netherlands Commonwealth: C 23.44 19-Dec-09 Francesca Halsall, GBR Australian: R 23.47 09-Nov-13 Cate Campbell, Commercial All Comers: A 23.64 27-Nov-15 Cate Campbell, Commercial Title Holder: 24.27 04-Nov-16 Emily Seebohm, Brisbane Grammar Meet Qualifying: 25.87 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 JACK, SHAYNA 18 COMM 24.66 24.27 r:+0.75 11.80 24.27 (12.47) 2 CAMPBELL, CATE 25 COMM 23.62 24.39 r:+0.80 11.85 24.39 (12.54) 3 CAMPBELL, BRONTE 23 CHAND 24.24 24.46 r:+0.74 11.87 24.46 (12.59) 4 ELMSLIE, BRITTANY 23 BGRAM 24.05 24.86 r:+0.72 12.08 24.86 (12.78) 5 BARRATT, HOLLY 29 ROC 24.63 24.93 r:+0.69 11.96 24.93 (12.97) 6 BUCHANAN, CARLA 22 ACACI 24.98 25.13 r:+0.71 12.30 25.13 (12.83) 7 HORWOOD, JEMIMA 16 UWSC 25.24 25.23 r:+0.76 12.35 25.23 (12.88) 8 WILSON, MADISON 23 BOND 25.51 25.35 r:+0.73 12.44 25.35 (12.91) 9 SOUTHWELL, EMMA 19 SLCA 25.74 25.36 r:+0.68 12.12 25.36 (13.24) 10 RAMSDEN, NATASHA 16 ABBT 24.95 25.37 r:+0.72 12.08 25.37 (13.29) 10 OLDSEN, ELLYSIA 22 MARI 25.13 25.37 r:+0.73 12.30 25.37 (13.07) Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------
Men’s 200 IM
Japanese Daiya Seto made good time of his trip to Australia as he leads the 200 IM prelims with a 1:56.73. Seto is coming off a successful summer where he won bronze medals in the 200 fly and 400 IM at the Worlds in Budapest. Seto is the top seed tonight ahead of Tomas Elliott (1:57.71) and Travis Mahoney (1:58.21).
James Traiforos (1:58.56), Kazimir Boskovic (1:58.69), Jared Gilliland (1:59.19), Alex Milligan (1:59.39), Callum Sherington (1:59.53), Hayden Hinds-Sydenham (2:00.29) and Douglas Oliver (2:00.81) will also swim in the A-final tonight.
Event 32 Men 200 SC Metre IM ================================================================== World: W 1:49.63 14-Dec-12 Ryan Lochte, USA Commonwealth: C 1:51.55 15-Nov-09 Darian Townsend, RSA Australian: R 1:52.01 11-Aug-13 Kenneth To, Trinity Grammar All Comers: A 1:52.86 10-Aug-09 Leith Brodie, Albany Creek Title Holder: 1:55.04 04-Nov-16 Clyde Lewis, StPeters Western Meet Qualifying: 2:05.81 Name Age Team Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 SETO, (V), DAIYA 23 JPN 1:51.79 1:56.73 r:+0.63 11.48 25.43 (13.95) 40.59 (15.16) 55.15 (14.56) 1:11.26 (16.11) 1:27.91 (16.65) 1:42.76 (14.85) 1:56.73 (13.97) 2 ELLIOTT, TOMAS 22 SOSC 1:57.27 1:57.71 r:+0.64 12.07 26.35 (14.28) 41.82 (15.47) 56.36 (14.54) 1:12.84 (16.48) 1:29.72 (16.88) 1:44.34 (14.62) 1:57.71 (13.37) 3 MAHONEY, TRAVIS 27 MARI 1:56.68 1:58.21 r:+0.73 11.94 26.39 (14.45) 41.13 (14.74) 55.28 (14.15) 1:12.29 (17.01) 1:29.88 (17.59) 1:44.79 (14.91) 1:58.21 (13.42) 4 TRAIFOROS, JAMES 21 TRGR 1:58.34 1:58.56 r:+0.73 11.72 26.03 (14.31) 40.98 (14.95) 55.23 (14.25) 1:11.95 (16.72) 1:29.47 (17.52) 1:44.59 (15.12) 1:58.56 (13.97) 5 BOSKOVIC, KAZIMIR 22 NUN 1:57.88 1:58.69 r:+0.73 11.91 26.13 (14.22) 41.14 (15.01) 55.30 (14.16) 1:11.99 (16.69) 1:29.32 (17.33) 1:44.56 (15.24) 1:58.69 (14.13) 6 GILLILAND, JARED 22 CHAND 2:01.18 1:59.19 r:+0.69 12.09 26.35 (14.26) 42.08 (15.73) 57.01 (14.93) 1:13.69 (16.68) 1:30.65 (16.96) 1:45.72 (15.07) 1:59.19 (13.47) 7 MILLIGAN, ALEX 19 UWSC 1:58.73 1:59.39 r:+0.69 11.79 26.24 (14.45) 42.12 (15.88) 57.25 (15.13) 1:13.75 (16.50) 1:30.54 (16.79) 1:45.69 (15.15) 1:59.39 (13.70) 8 SHERINGTON, CALLUM 20 CARL 2:01.08 1:59.53 r:+0.62 11.76 26.09 (14.33) 41.30 (15.21) 55.72 (14.42) 1:12.89 (17.17) 1:30.67 (17.78) 1:45.58 (14.91) 1:59.53 (13.95) 9 HINDS-SYDENHAM, HAYDE 20 SOSC 1:59.31 2:00.29 r:+0.73 11.98 26.42 (14.44) 42.26 (15.84) 57.28 (15.02) 1:14.13 (16.85) 1:31.94 (17.81) 1:46.97 (15.03) 2:00.29 (13.32) 10 OLIVER, DOUGLAS 21 YERPK 2:02.58 2:00.81 r:+0.75 11.80 26.01 (14.21) 41.28 (15.27) 56.15 (14.87) 1:13.33 (17.18) 1:31.32 (17.99) 1:46.42 (15.10) 2:00.81 (14.39)