There was a fist pump from Armbruster, coached by Olympic gold medal coach Chris Mooney, after touching the wall and after a dramatic day – finishing ahead of two of Australian swimming’s biggest names in Kyle Chalmers (Marion, SA) 23.35 and Cameron McEvoy (Somerville House, QLD) 23.65. While in the time was 0.06 quicker than legendary Australian butterflyer, Olympic bronze medallist and former world champion, Geoff Huegill’s 2009 time of 23.11 – set in the supersuit era. The men’s 50m butterfly saw Bond 20-year-old Ben Armbruster turn disappointment into triumph – disqualified in the heats and re-instated into the final, claiming the win in a new Australian All-Comers record of 23.05. It was Wilson who was out quickest over the first 50m in 28.22 but it was Stubblety-Cook, who has been training at altitude at Flagstaff in Arizona, who has the best back end in the business, unstoppable over the final stages. The men’s 100m breaststroke saw Olympic champion over 200m breaststroke, Zac Stubblety-Cook power home over the final 25 metres to defend his title on 1:00.07 ahead of rising star Joshua Yong (UWA West Coast, WA) 1:00.57 with former world record holder over 200m breaststroke, Matthew Wilson (SOPAC, NSW) third in 1:00.68. Only Australian record holder and 2008 Olympic champion Stephanie Rice (2:07.03) and Alicia Coutts (2:08.15) have ben faster.Īnd for McKeown the time maintained her place on the 2023 world rankings, second behind Canadian wunderkind and world junior record holder Summer McIntosh (2:06.89) with Forrester moving up the rankings to be fourth all-time Australian and fifth in the world this year. In other highlights, triple Olympic backstroke gold medallist Kaylee McKeown (Griffith University, QLD) opened up her campaign in fine style, setting a new Australian All-Comers record in the 200m individual medley with a time of 2:08.16 ahead of fellow Commonwealth Games representative Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western, QLD) in a pb of 2:09.32.Īnother Birmingham representative, Ella Ramsay (Chandler, QLD) finished with the bronze in 2 12.39. TITLEHOLDERS: 52.49 Mollie O'Callaghan, STPETġ O'CALLAGHAN, MOLLIE 19 STPET 53.52 52.63ħ THROSSELL, BRIANNA 27 STPET 55.02 54.49ġ0 PERKINS, ALEXANDRIA 22 USCS 55.16 55.44 Olympic champion, Emma McKeon (Griffith University, QLD) was third home in 53.22 followed by Meg Harris (Marion, SA) 53.46 with Madi Wilson (Marion, SA) and Cate Campbell dead-heating for fifth in 53.78.Īnd in the final event of the night, it was Olympic silver medallist Ariarne Titmus who kick-started her Nationals campaign with a solid defence of her 800m freestyle title, clocking 8:20.19 holding off World Short Course champion Lani Pallister (Griffith University, QLD) 8:24.72 with Olympic 1500m finalist Madeleine Gough (Carlile, NSW) third in 8.26.08.ĭay One Prelims Recap Event 8 Women 13 & Over 100 LC Metre FreestyleĪll Comers: A 52.06 Cate Campbell, Commercial The 19-year-old timed her finish to perfection to out-touch St Peters Western training partner Shayna Jack who clocked the second fastest time in the world this year – just 0.01 behind, clocking 52.64, in a classic finish. ST PETERS SISTERS IN ARMS: Mollie O’Callaghan an d Shayna Jack. Meanwhile, World and Commonwealth champion Mollie O’Callaghan has rocketed to the top of the 100m freestyle world rankings with a final stroke victory in 52.63 on night one of the Australian Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast tonight. TITLEHOLDERS: 3:43.10 Elijah Winnington, STPETĢ WINNINGTON, ELIJAH 22 STPET 3:49.82 3:46.39ĪLL-TIME WORLD TOP 10 MEN’S 400M FREESTYLERS Has replaced Australia’s two-time Olympic 1500m champion and 2005 World champion and an Olympic silver medallist in 2004, over 400m, Grant Hackett as the 10 th fastest of all-time and the fourth fastest Australian who now have five of the fastest 11 performers in history.Įvent 9 Men 14 & Over 400 LC Metre FreestyleĪustralian: R 3:40.08 Ian Thorpe, SLC AquadotĪll Comers: A 3:40.54 Ian Thorpe, SLC Aquadot LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION: Sam Short in full cry at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
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