09/11/2014, Adelaide, Swimming, Australian Short Course Swimming Champs 2014, Article # 5557461
Seebohm not short on titles with powerhouse medley win in Adelaide
Dual Olympic gold medallist Emily Seebohm added her third gold medal of the meet with an all-the-way victory in the 200m individual medley on night four of the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Adelaide tonight.
Seebohm (Nudgee Brothers, QLD) used all her strength to swim away from the field in the butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke legs, hanging on in the freestyle to win in a time of 2:07.54.
She proved too powerful for training partner Ellen Fullerton (2:09.84) with Aisling Scott(Indooroopilly) third in 2:10.26.
The win comes after her victories in the 100m backstroke in a new Commonwealth record and 100m individual medley earlier in the meet.
This gold medal also takes her overall individual Australian Short Course gold medal tally to 11, since her first titles – the 50 and 100m backstroke double in 2009 – a feat she will try and repeat tomorrow night.
Earlier in the evening Seebohm only just missed her own Australian All-Comers record to win the second semi-final of the 50m backstroke in 26.37 – 0.04 outside the record she set in the morning heats.
National short course champion in the 200m backstroke Madison Wilson (26.71) and backstroke bronze medallist Hayley Baker (27.49) will both join Seebohm in the 50m backstroke final.
Seebohm will be chasing individual title number 12 to round out a successful five-day meet which will almost certainly see her named in Australia’s 20-strong Australian Team for the 2014 FINA World Short Course Championships in Doha next month.
The 22-year-old wrapped up her successful evening in the pool when she anchored the Nudgee Brothers team (Ellen Fullerton, Mikkayla Sheridan and Amy Forrester) to a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay over St Peters Western and Melbourne Vicentre - splitting 52.52.
“I have not been to a World Short Course before so I’m very excited, I was in Doha last year for a training camp and so I know the facilities well which is always an advantage,” said Seebohm.
“I am treating events like these Australian Championships and the Doha Worlds as preparation for the (Rio) Olympics and the short course season helps with (improving your) turns.
“It’s something that can make that little bit of a difference and (if I’m going to) get that world record in the 100m long course, getting some good turns and working on that here is really good for that race as well.”
Meanwhile swimming’s man-of-the-moment, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Mitch Larkin has continued his golden run with a stunning win in the 50m backstroke.
Larkin (St Peters Western, QLD) who smashed his own 100m backstroke Commonwealth record two nights ago used the turn his advantage and took the title in a personal best time of 23.33secs – 0.29secs outside Bobby Hurley’s Australian record.
Hurley finished second in 23.46 with Commonwealth Games gold medallist Ben Treffers (Burley Griffin, NSW) third in 23.61.
Larkin, coached by Michael Bohl in his Brisbane-based Podium Performance Centre, will chase the backstroke treble in the morning when he lines up in the heats of the 200m backstroke – the event he finished eighth in at the London 2012 Olympics.
Gold Coaster Leiston Pickett (Southport) joined the likes of Leisel Jones and Sarah Katsoulis – as the only swimmers over the past decade to claim the 50-100m short course breaststroke double when she clocked a personal best time of 1:05.21 to win the 100m breaststroke final.
It followed her gold medal defense of her 50m breaststroke title on night two.
Pickett held on to beat the fast finishing defending champion and dual Olympian Sally Hunter(Marion, SA) 1:05.34 with Victorian teenager Jessica Hansen (Nunawading, VIC) third in a personal best time of 1:05.76 – moving her into the Australian All-Time Top 10.
The men’s 50m butterfly final came down to the touch with Commonwealth Games representative Jayden Hadler taking the win and the short course national title in 23.06. Commercial swimmers Tommaso D’Orsogna snuck into the silver medal position in 23.14, getting the better of bronze medallist Daniel Lester (23.14) by just 0.01 of a second.
The Multi-Class events were dominated by Cairns Grant Patterson and Katherine Downie(Westside Christ Church, WA) who both won their 50m freestyle titles with Patterson adding the 100m breaststroke which saw Tanya Huebner (Melbourne Vicentre) take the women's title.
The silver and bronze medals in the men’s 50m freestyle Multi Class went to Mitchell Kilduffand Tim Antalfy respectively while Timothy Disken and Ahmed Kelly won silver and bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke Multi Class.
In the women’s Multi Class events Taylor Corry added to her ever-growing medal tally with a silver in the 50m freestyle and a bronze in the 100m breaststroke.
Paralympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Maddison Elliott rounded out the medals with a bronze in the 50m freestyle multi class and Madeleine Scott took the silver in the 100m breaststroke.
Short Course Champions so far... Men's 800m Freestyle: Matt Levings Men's Multi Class 400m Freestyle: Rowan Crothers Men's 200m Freestyle: Cameron McEvoy Women's 200m Butterfly:Brianna Throssell Men’s 50m Breaststroke Multi Class: Tim Disken Women’s 50m Breaststroke Multi Class: Madeleine Scott 36.81 Men's 100m Backstroke: Mitch Larkin 49.25 CR/AR Women's 100m Backstroke: Emily Seebohm 55.47 CR/AR Men's 400m IM: Travis Mahoney Women's 50m Breaststroke: Leiston Pickett Women's 50m Butterfly Multi Class: Madeleine Scott Men's 50m Butterfly Multi Class: Tim Antalfy Men's 100m Breaststroke: Jake Packard Men's 100m Butterfly: David Morgan Women's 800m Freestyle: Brianna Throssell Women's 200m IM Multi Class: Katherine Downie Men's 200m IM Multi Class: Joshua Alford Men's 200m Breaststroke: Jake Packard Women's 100m Backstroke Multi Class: Taylor Corry Men's 100m Backstroke Multi Class: Sean Russo Women's 100m Freestyle: Emma McKeon Men's 400m Freestyle: David McKeon Women's 200m Backstroke: Madi Wilson Men's 50m Freestyle: Matt Abood Women's 50m Butterfly: Emma McKeon Men's 200m IM: Thomas Fraser-Holmes Women's 100m IM: Emily Seebohm Women's 400m Freestyle: Emma McKeon Men's 100m Freestyle Multi Class: Grant Patterson Women's 100m Freestyle Multi Class: Taylor Corry Men's 50m Freestyle Multi Class: Grant Patterson Women's 50m Freestyle Multi Class: Taylor Corry Women's 100m Breaststroke: Leiston Pickett Men's 50m Backstroke: Mitch Larkin Men's 50m Butterfly: Jayden Hadler Women's 200m IM: Emily Seebohm Men's 100m Breaststroke Multi Class: Grant Patterson Women's 100m Breaststroke Multi Class: Tanya Huebner
Coming up tonight:
Men’s 100m Freestyle final
The men’s 100m freestyle final features a hotly contested line up with the top eight men from the semi-final last night all posting a sub 48 second time. National short course champion in the 200m freestyle Cameron McEvoy will go through in top spot in 47.00 and could pick up the freestyle-double with a win tomorrow night. Commercial’s Tommaso D’Orsogna was second fastest with a 47.28 and 50m freestyle champion Matthew Abood will go through in third with a 47.62.
Women’s 50m Freestyle semi-final
After narrowly missing out on the women’s 100m freestyle crown earlier in the meet, Bronte Campbell will be searching for her first national short course title when she takes on Brittany Elmslie and Marieke D’Cruz in the women’s 50m freestyle. Campbell’s time of 23.96 was the only sub-24 second time in the field with Elmslie touching in 24.27 and D’Cruz in 24.45.
Women’s 100m Butterfly semi-final
Four time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Emma McKeon continued her run of success after posting the quickest time from the semi-finals of the women’s 100m butterfly last night. McKeon’s time of 56.56 was too fast for second ranked Brittany Elmslie in 57.69 and Marieke D’Cruz in 57.96 for third.
Men’s 100m Individual medley semi-final
Just minutes after winning a bronze medal in the men’s 50m butterfly final last night, Lawnton swimmer Daniel Lester clocked the fastest time from the men’s 100m individual medley semi-finals and will swim from lane four tonight. Lester hit the wall in 53.69 to get the better of Melbourne Vicentre’s Jack Gerrard in 54.34 and Mackay swimmer Justin James in 54.40.
Men’s 50m Breaststroke semi-final
All ten men through to the men’s 50m breaststroke final have touched the wall within one second of each other. The title will be anyone’s for the taking with just 0.01 of a second between fastest qualifier Joshua Palmer (27.13) from Marion in South Australian and Indooroopilly’s Jake Packard (27.14).
Polish swimmer Michal Zawadka will also progress, just 0.02 behind Palmer in third spot with a time of 27.16 with rising star Tommy Sucipto from West Australia also in with a chance at a medal in 27.42.
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08/11/2014, Adelaide, Swimming, Australian Short Course Swimming Champs 2014, Article # 5513537
McKeon Siblings shine at Australian Short Course Championships
Swimming’s brother and sister act Emma and David McKeon added their own golden glow to the 2014 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Adelaide tonight.
Triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist Emma started proceedings in the blue ribband 100m freestyle, then added the 50m butterfly before completing a rare treble in the 400m freestyle.
She demonstrated her dominance and showed off the experience gained on the recent FINA World Cup circuit, coming from behind to beat fastest qualifier Bronte Campbell in the 100m freestyle final.
A powerful final turn proved the deciding factor in McKeon’s win after Campbell had set the pace over the first three laps.
Emma (Chandler, QLD) stopped the clock at 51.83 (just outside her PB of 51.69) ahead of Campbell (Commercial, QLD) 52.14 with Brittany Elmslie (St Peters Western, QLD) 52.66 taking the bronze.
The Glasgow golden girl was back in the water within 20 minutes to chalk up her second victory of the night, out-touching Elmslie and former long course World Champion Marieke D‘Cruz (SOPAC, NSW) to win the 50m butterfly.
McKeon, fresh from competing with brother David on the FINA World Cup circuit clocked 25.78 with Elmslie stopping the clock at 25.87 and D’Cruz 25.95.
Big brother David, who also relished the racing at the recent FINA World Cups took out an all-Queensland finish in the prestigious 400m freestyle final in a personal best time of 3:38.17.
But Emma then showed ‘anything you can do I can do too’ and she won a surprise gold in the corresponding women’s 400m freestyle, finishing in a personal best time of 4:00.63 – the fourth fastest time by an Australian behind Blair Evans and Beijing Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay gold medallists Kylie Palmer and Bronte Barratt.
Emma, who is coached by Vince Raleigh out of Chandler, after graduating from her father Ron’s program in Wollongong, was out in 57.35 and split 1:58.02 at the 200m mark.
A noted 100 and 200m swimmer, admitted she has never enjoyed swimming the 400m, but maybe now she will reluctantly consider swimming it again.
“I entered it here and thought I would give it a shot; I usually don’t race it to plan but tonight I did stick to the plan and put some effort into it from the start and it paid off,” McKeon said.
“I looked up and saw my time 4.00.63 and although I was impressed; it would have been nice to go under four minutes; I guess I’ll have to do another one now which I know I won’t be too keen on.”
McKeon said the time she had put into her turns and skills for short course had given her enormous confidence and she would now go back to
Brisbane under coach Vince Raleigh to transfer what she had learned into her next long course preparation for next year’s Australian Championships and World Championship selection trials in Sydney (April 3-10, 2015).
She held on to win her third gold of the night from her Chandler club mate Jessica Ashwood(4:01.76) with Leah Neale (Indooroopilly) in 4:02.24 and both girls also clocking personal best times.
Madison Wilson (St Peters Western, QLD) held on for a last gasp win ahead of fastest-finishing dual Olympian Emily Seebohm to claim the 200m backstroke final in a personal best time of 2:01.75 – just 0.12 ahead of Seebohm (Nudgee) in 2:01.87 with her team mateMikkayla Sheridan third in 2:04.65.
But Seebohm was on top of the podium later in the night when she showed off her versatility to win gold in the 100m individual medley in a time of 58.45 ahead of Kotuku Ngawati (Vicentre) in 1:00.06 and Hayley Baker (Vicentre) in 1:00.19.
Short Course Champions so far... Men's 800m Freestyle: Matt Levings Men's Multi Class 400m Freestyle: Rowan Crothers Men's 200m Freestyle: Cameron McEvoy Women's 200m Butterfly:Brianna Throssell Men’s 50m Breaststroke Multi Class: Tim Disken Women’s 50m Breaststroke Multi Class: Madeleine Scott 36.81 Men's 100m Backstroke: Mitch Larkin 49.25 CR/AR Women's 100m Backstroke: Emily Seebohm 55.47 CR/AR Men's 400m IM: Travis Mahoney Women's 50m Breaststroke: Leiston Pickett Women's 50m Butterfly Multi Class: Madeleine Scott Men's 50m Butterfly Multi Class: Tim Antalfy Men's 100m Breaststroke: Jake Packard Men's 100m Butterfly: David Morgan Women's 800m Freestyle: Brianna Throssell Women's 200m IM Multi Class: Katherine Downie Men's 200m IM Multi Class: Joshua Alford Men's 200m Breaststroke: Jake Packard Women's 100m Backstroke Multi Class: Taylor Corry Men's 100m Backstroke Multi Class: Sean Russo Women's 100m Freestyle: Emma McKeon Men's 400m Freestyle: David McKeon Women's 200m Backstroke: Madi Wilson Men's 50m Freestyle: Matt Abood Women's 50m Butterfly: Emma McKeon Men's 200m IM: Thomas Fraser-Holmes Women's 100m IM: Emily Seebohm Women's 400m Freestyle: Emma McKeon Men's 100m Freestyle Multi Class: Grant Patterson Women's 100m Freestyle Multi Class: Taylor Corry
Coming up tomorrow:
Men’s 50m Backstroke semi-final
Gold medallist and Commonwealth short course record holder in the 100m backstroke Mitch Larkin will move through to the final of the men’s 50m backstroke as the fastest qualifier after posting a time of 23.40. Defending champion and Australian record holder in this event Bobby Hurley will be hot on his heels, progressing in a time of 23.66 with Ben Treffers third in 23.89.
Men’s 50m Butterfly semi-final
After taking the 100m butterfly title earlier in the meet, David Morgan will now go through to the final of the men’s 50m butterfly ranked first with a time of 23.22. Both Tommaso D’Orsgona and Jayden Hadler will be up in the mix for a medal after posting 22.25 and 22.26 respectively.
Women’s 100m Breaststroke semi-final
With just under 0.4 of a second separating the top three swimmers in the women’s 100m breaststroke, the title will be anyone’s for the taking. Leiston Pickett (1:05.47), Lorna Tonks(1:05.56) and Jessica Hansen (1:05.80) will all be fighting for first place tomorrow night after taking the top three times respectively.
The heats will continue tomorrow morning from 10:00am (SA Time) at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre with results and information available online at http://www.swimming.org.au.
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07/11/2014, Adelaide, Swimming, Australian Short Course Swimming Champs 2014, Article # 5500723
Larkin and Seebohm set Commonwealth and Australian Standard
Brisbane’s record breaking backstrokers Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm have sent a clear message to the world tonight that they mean business in the up-coming FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Doha this December.
First Larkin and then Seebohm challenged the short course world records in the 100m backstroke finals in two spectacular swims at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre on night two of the 2014 Australian Short Course Championships.
Larkin, 21, who set a new Commonwealth mark of 49.44 in last night’s breakthrough semi-final swim improved his record time again tonight, clocking 49.25 to win the gold medal – just 0.31secs outside American Nick Thoman’s 2009 world mark of 48.94.
The London Olympic 200m backstroke finalist and Commonwealth Games gold medallist from St Peters Western, proved too fast and too strong for defending champion Bobby Hurley in 50.20 and Beijing Olympian Ashley Delaney (51.30) who finished second and third respectively.
With the crowd still in awe of Larkin’s swim it was dual-Olympian Seebohm who then demonstrated her dominance with a powerhouse display of short course swimming.
The Nudgee Brothers swimmer only just missed the 2009 world record set by Japan’s Shiho Sakai by just 0.24secs – a record she’ll be hunting down in Doha.
Seebohm, 22, smashed her own Australian record by 1.11secs and the 2009 Commonwealth record set by Channelle Van Wyk (RSA) by 1.09secs, relegating Madison Wilson (56.97) to the silver medal position with Hayley Baker (57.45) taking the bronze.
In other finals Nunawading’s Commonwealth Games representative Travis Mahoney went close to former World Short Course Champion Matt Dunn’s Australian All-Comers record set back in 1998, clocking 4:04.96, just 0.72 shy of Dunn’s 16-year-old record, but well shy of Tom Fraser-Holmes Commonwealth mark of 3:58.60.
Nudgee Brothers swimmer Jared Gilliland (4:08.26) finished second with Tomas Elliott(4:11.17) taking the bronze.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist, 22-year-old Leiston Pickett defended her 50m breaststroke crown, clocking 30.06 in a nail-biter from 17-year-old Georgia Bohl in 30.19 and 29-year-old dual Olympian Sally Hunter taking the bronze in 30.40.
Indooroopilly’s Jake Packard, who made his Australian team debut at this year’s Pan Pacific Championships on the Gold Coast, won his first National title when he clocked an outstanding 57.92, just 0.10 of a second outside dual Olympian Brenton Rickard’s 2008 All-Comers record and only 0.35secs outside London Olympic 100m silver medallist Christian Sprenger’sAustralian record of 57.57 set in 2011.
Meanwhile Gold Coaster David Morgan from TSS Aquatics in Queensland broke through for his first Australian title in the 100m butterfly, stopping the clock at 50.77, to beat OlympianTommaso D’Orsogna (50.80) and Grant Irvine (50.84).
West Australian Brianna Throssell (8:16.19) won her second gold medal in two nights, when she added the 800m freestyle to her 200m butterfly from night one in a thrilling duel with Olympian Jessica Ashwood (8:16.77) from Chandler while Katie Goldman (St Peters Western) took the bronze in 8:19.44.
In the Multi-Class finals 21-year-old Glasgow Commonwealth Games representativeMadeleine Scott set an unofficial 50m butterfly world record time of 31.27 with 2012 Paralympic stars Maddison Elliott second in 33.98 and Jacqueline Freney third in 35.84.
The Multi-Class men’s 50m butterfly went to Hunter’s Hill’s Paralympian Timothy Antalfy in 24.60 from defending champion Mitch Kilduff (26.21) with Paralympic legend, local South Australian hero Matt Cowdrey third in 27.26.
The multi-class 200m individual medley title went to Katherine Downie from in a time of 2:32.57 with Freney back on the podium for second in 2:53.90 and Taylor Corry third in 2:33.04.
In the men’s 200m individual medley Joshua Alford won gold in 2:16.83 from Sean Russo(2:13.98) and Jacob Templeton (2:16.17).
Short Course Champions so far... Men's 800m Freestyle: Matt Levings Men's Multi Class 400m Freestyle: Rowan Crothers Men's 200m Freestyle: Cameron McEvoy Women's 200m Butterfly:Brianna Throssell Men’s 50m Breaststroke Multi Class: Tim Disken Women’s 50m Breaststroke Multi Class: Madeleine Scott 36.81 Men's 100m Backstroke: Mitch Larkin 49.25 CR/AR Women's 100m Backstroke: Emily Seebohm 55.47 CR/AR Men's 400m IM: Travis Mahoney Women's 50m Breaststroke: Leiston Pickett Women's 50m Butterfly Multi Class: Madeleine Scott Men's 50m Butterfly Multi Class: Tim Antalfy Men's 100m Breaststroke: Jake Packard Men's 100m Butterfly: David Morgan Women's 800m Freestyle: Brianna Throssell Women's 200m IM Multi Class: Katherine Downie Men's 200m IM Multi Class: Joshua Alford
Coming up tonight:
Women’s 100m Freestyle
A new short course sprint queen will be crowned tonight with Bronte Campbell (52.32), Emma McKeon (52.51) and Brittany Elmslie (52.75) all looking for women’s 100m freestyle title. Campbell will go through as the hot favourite after clocking the quickest time from the semi-finals with McKeon and Elmslie both hot on her heels.
Women’s 50m Butterfly
Both Emma McKeon (26.00) and Brittany Elmslie (26.06) will also contest the women’s 50m butterfly final tonight after finishing first and second respectively after the semi-finals. The title will be anyone’s for the taking with just 0.06 separating the pair. Marieke D’Cruz is also in the mix and will go through to the final ranked third in 26.22.
Men’s 50m Freestyle
The 200m Australian Shot Course Champion, Cameron McEvoy from Palm Beach Currumbin on the Gold Coast will be searching for his second national title tonight when he lines up for the final of the men’s 50m freestyle. Also looking to take home the crown is crowd favourite and South Australian local Kyle Chalmers who is ranked second with a time of 21.75 as wellMatthew Abood who will go through third in 21.82.
Women’s 100m Individual Medley
Just minutes after setting a new Commonwealth and Australian record in the final of the women’s 100m backstroke, Emily Seebohm backed up to qualify fastest for the final of the 100m individual medley in a time of 1:00.61. Seebohm will be joined in the final by Melbourne Vicentre’s Kotuku Ngawati in 1:00.75 and bronze medallist from the 100m back, Hayley Baker in 1:00.89.
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06/11/2014, Adelaide, Swimming, Australian Short Course Swimming Champs 2014, Article # 5477478
Larkin looking for last laugh after sizzling semi-final
The opening night of the 2014 Australian Short Course Championships, at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Adelaide, set the standard for the week when Mitch Larkin recorded a new Australian and Commonwealth short course record in the men’s 100m backstroke semi-final, stopping the clock just half a second off the short course world record (48.94).
Larkin’s time of 49.44 eclipsed the previous record of 49.92 set by Bobby Hurley in 2013 and adds to the list of impressive results from the 21-year-old this year.
The St Peters Western swimmer now holds the backstroke record double after last month setting an Australian short course record in the 200m backstroke at the FINA World Cup in Beijing.
With six international medals to his name from the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs combined, Larkin has had a breakout year and with the final of the 100m backstroke still to come, he will no doubt be looking to continue his run of success for the remainder of the meet.
The first event of the evening, the men’s 200m freestyle, was also a show stopper with the top six finishers all hitting the wall under the World Short Course qualifying time of 1:44.84.
Ashley Delaney and Ben Treffers finished equal second in 52.20 and Bobby Jovanovich was next in 52.51, setting up a tight race for a place on the podium tomorrow night.
With the long course title to his name from April this year, Cameron McEvoy added the short course title to his tally, picking up the gold in a time of 1:43.09.
Coming in second was Chandler’s David McKeon in 1:43.43, just getting the better of Miami swimmer Dan Smith a touch behind in 1:43.50.
Youth Olympic medallist Brianna Throssell once again impressed in the women’s 200m butterfly final, picking up the gold medal in a time of 2:04.73 to finish over four seconds clear of the rest of the field.
The silver medal went to Jordan White in 2:08.88 with University of NSW swimmer Nicole Mee third in 2:09.85.
The final of the women’s 400m individual medley saw Keryn McMaster and Ellen Fullerton in a fight for first place. It was McMaster who eventually stole the win and short course title in a time of 4:29.24 with Fullerton settling for silver in 4:31.15. The bronze medal went to Jessica Pengelly in 4:37.06.
Short Course Champions so far... Men's 800m Freestyle: Matt Levings 7:46.96 Men's Multi Class 400m Freestyle: Rowan Crothers (WR) 4:06.26 Men's 200m Freestyle: Cameron McEvoy 1:43.09 Women's 200m Butterfly:Brianna Throssell 2:04.73 Men’s 50m Breaststroke Multi Class: Tim Disken 32.82 Women’s 50m Breaststroke Multi Class: Madeleine Scott 36.81
Coming up tomorrow:
Look out for the fastest men and women in the pool with the heats of the women's 100m freestyle and the men's 50m freestyle tomorrow morning.
With the absence of Cate Campbell, a new short course sprint queen will be crowned in the women’s 50m freestyle with Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmslie all in the running for the title. Bronte will be the one to beat but McKeon and Elmslie have been rising through the ranks and their recent form suggests a close race for first place.
While Cam McEvoy will be looking to add to his 200m short course crown when he takes on the heats of the 100m freestyle tomorrow morning.
In semi-finals action...
Women’s 50m Breaststroke semi-final
Defending champion Leiston Pickett will go through to the final of the women’s 50m breaststroke as the fastest qualifier after hitting the wall in a time of 30.21 in the semi-finals tonight.
St Peters Western swimmer Georgia Bohl was second fastest in 30.32 with South Australian local Sally Hunter (30.55) and Lorna Tonks (30.58) also progressing and in with a shot at the podium tomorrow night.
Men’s 100m Breaststroke semi-final
Pan Pacs representative Jake Packard was the only swimmer to dip under the world short course qualification time in the semi-final of the men’s 100m backstroke. Packard took top spot through to the final in 58.07 with West Australian Tommy Sucipto not far off the mark, finishing second fastest in 58.85 with Joshua Palmer rounding out the top three in 59.55.
Women’s 100m Backstroke semi-final
Following on from the impressive results in the men’s backstroke, the semi-final of the women’s backstroke didn’t disappoint with a fantastic swim from St Peters Western swimmerMadi Wilson.
Wilson stopped the clock at 56.75, just shy of Emily Seebohm’s Australian short course record of 56.58, to go through as the one to beat tomorrow night. Seebohm will take lane five after clocking a 57.36 with Hayley Baker the third fastest through in 57.54.
Men’s 100m Butterfly semi-final
The men’s 100m butterfly final will see Jayden Hadler (50.93), Tommaso D’Orsogna (51.07) and Nathaniel Romeo (51.40) move through to the final tomorrow night as the fastest qualifiers with all three needing to increase the pace for a chance at selection for the short course world championships.
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