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2024 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS
- Monday, June tenth – Saturday, June fifteenth
- Brisbane Aquatic Heart – Brisbane, Australia
- Prelims at 11am native/9pm earlier day ET; Finals at 7:30pm native/5:30am ET
- LCM (50 meters)
- Swimming Australian Olympic Nomination Standards
- Meet Central
- Up to date Psych Sheet
- Warmth Sheets
- Day 1 Prelims Recap
- Reside Outcomes
- Livestream (VPN Wanted)
This morning kicked off the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials with already a number of huge swims setting the tempo for this all-important Paris qualifying competitors.
Ariarne Titmus wasted no time staking her declare on the ladies’s 400m free, firing off a prelims effort of 4:01.57 in her bid to repeat as gold medalist in Paris.
Griffith’s Lani Pallister is in sizzling pursuit for the 2nd slot whereas the likes of Kiah Melverton and Leah Neale additionally lurk among the many prime 8 able to rumble this night.
22-year-old Kaylee McKeown clocked a morning swim of two:11.98 to seize the 2nd seed within the ladies’s 200m IM, with Chandler’s Ella Ramsay touchdown lane 4 in 2:10.96.
Jenna Forrester rounded out the highest 3 seeds in 2:13.44, however historical past reveals it’s McKeown’s race to lose, proudly owning a lifetime finest and Aussie nationwide document of two:06.99 from April’s Nationwide Championships.
The boys’s 100m breast this morning noticed Sam Williamson fireplace off a lifetime better of 58.95 to seize the highest seed, already dipping below the Swimming Australia-mandated Olympic Qualification Time of 59.49. That rendered him Australia’s Third-fastest man in historical past and the quickest since 2013.
Australia’s most embellished Olympian in historical past, Emma McKeon, was spectacular within the ladies’s 100m fly. She touched in 56.75 as the only swimmer of the prelims to dip below the 57-second threshold.
We’ll see Alexandria Perkins, Brianna Throssell and Abbey Connor amongst these chasing the 2nd slot for the Olympic roster, whereas 200m fly nationwide champion Elizabeth Dekkers can also be among the many hunters for the OQT.
The ultimate occasion is the boys’s 400m free, giving us a probably electrical head-to-head between 2023 world champion Sam Quick and 2022 world champion Elijah Winnington.
WOMEN’S 400 FREE – FINAL
- World Report – 3:55.38, Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2023
- Australian Report – 3:55.38, Ariarne Titmus, 2023
- Oceanic Report – 3:55.38, Ariarne Titmus, 2023
- Commonwealth Report – 3:55.38, Ariarne Titmus, 2023
- Swim Australia OQT – 4:04.98
GOLD – Ariarne Titmus, 3:55.44 *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – Lani Pallister, 4:02.27 *OLY Qualifier
BRONZE – Jamie Perkins, 4:04.38
23-year-old Ariarne Titmus put the world on discover with tonight’s successful effort of three:55.44, a time simply .06 outdoors of her personal World Report on this occasion.
Main wire-to-wire, Titmus touched practically 7 seconds forward of a world-class area. She cut up 1:56.45 on the 200m mark and was forward of WR tempo by the ultimate 30m till she fell simply shy. The Dean Boxall-coached famous person registered the 2nd-fastest time in historical past and the one different time below 3:56.
Prime 5 Ladies’s LCM 400 Free Performances All-Time
- 3:55.38 – Ariarne Titmus, 2023
- 3:55.44 – Ariarne Titmus, 2024
- 3:56.08 – Summer time McIntosh (CAN), 2023
- 3:56.40 – Ariarne Titmus, 2022
- 3:56.46 – Katie Ledecky, 2016
Splits for Titmus’ outstanding statement-maker included 56.53/59.92/59.78/59.21.
As a refresher, Olympic champion Titmus suffered a well being scare late final yr, with the dynamo having a benign tumor found on an ovary throughout a routine well being screening.
For her half, 22-year-old Lani Pallister punched a results of 4:02.27, simply off her time of 4:01.75 notched at this yr’s Australian Nationwide Championships. The daughter of two-time Olympian Janelle Elford nonetheless booked her ticket to Paris, nonetheless, simply clearing the Olympic Qualification Time of 4:04.98.
She and mother Elford and godmother Daybreak Fraser shared a tearful hug on-deck to rejoice Pallister’s first Olympic berth.
Jamie Perkins rounded out the rostrum in 4:04.38, a brand new finest time by effectively over a second. The 19-year-old trains at St. Peters Western.
WOMEN’S 200 IM – FINAL
- World Report – 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015
Australian Report – 2:06.99, Kaylee McKeown, 2024Oceanic Report – 2:06.99, Kaylee McKeown, 2024Commonwealth Report – 2:06.88, Siobhan Marie O’Connor (GBR), 2016- Swim Australia OQT – 2:10.62
GOLD – Kaylee McKeown, 2:06.63 *Australian Report, *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – Ella Ramsay, 2:09.32 *OLY Qualifier
BRONZE – Jenna Forrester, 2:11.83
22-year-old Kaylee McKeown cranked out the quickest time of her profession to seize gold on this ladies’s 200m IM and qualify for her first occasion for the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games.
McKeown’s results of 2:06.63 shaved .36 off the speedy Australian nationwide document of two:06.99 she placed on the books simply his previous April on the Open Championships. Her outing this night got here inside hanging distance of the longstanding World Report 2:06.12 Hungarian Katinka Hosszu registered in 2015.
McKeown bumps herself up the record of all-time performers to now rank because the Third-best in historical past.
Prime 5 Ladies’s LCM 200 IM Performers All-Time
- Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 2:06.12, 2015
- Ariana Kukors (USA) – 2:06.15, 2009
- Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2:06.63, 2024
- Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (GBR) – 2:06.88, 2016
- Summer time McIntosh (CAN) – 2:06.89, 2023
Ella Ramsay, the 19-year-old Chandler ace, produced a time of two:09.32 additionally so as to add her title to the provisional roster for Paris.
Ramsay’s swim tonight represents her first-ever foray below the two:10 barrier, overtaking the two:10.71 logged in April. She usurps Olympic medalist Emily Seebohm to turn into Australia’s Fifth-swiftest 200m IMer ever.
MEN’S 100 BREAST – FINAL
- World Report – 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR), 2019
- Australian Report – 58.58, Brenton Rickard (AUS), 2009
- Oceanic Report – 58.58, Brenton Rickard (AUS), 2009
- Commonwealth Report – 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR), 2019
- Swim Australia OQT – 59.49
GOLD – Sam Williamson, 58.80 *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – Joshua Yong, 59.48 *OLY Qualifier
BRONZE – Zac Stubblety-Prepare dinner, 59.63
Coming into this competitors, the boys’s 100m breaststroke was leaning in direction of Australia probably not seeing any qualifiers based mostly no latest historic instances towards the stiff Swimming Australia OQT of 59.49. Solely 5 Aussie swimmers have ever been below that barrier.
Nonetheless, we now have 2 males who bought the job achieved from tonight’s remaining to place a spark within the 1breast.
Sam Williamson of Melbourne Vicentre simply put up the swim of his life to take the gold and qualify for Paris, posting a results of 58.80.
26-year-old Williamson opened in a blistering 26.89 and closed in 31.91 to hack one other .15 off the 58.95 efficiency he turned in for the highest seed this morning out of the heats. That AM outing already rendered Williamson the quickest Aussie since 2013.
He now froghops former 200m breast world document holder Matt Wilson to examine in because the #3 Aussie of all time.
Prime 5 Aussie Males’s LCM 100 Breaststroke Performers All-Time
- Brenton Rickard – 58.58, 2009
- Christian Springer – 58.79, 2013
- Sam Williamson – 58.80, 2024
- Matt Wilson – 59.17, 2019
- Jake Packard – 59.20, 2018
However behind Williamson was 22-year-old Joshua Yong who posted a brand new lifetime better of his personal. Yong clocked 59.48, sneaking into the qualification column by simply .01 forward of the OQT.
Coming into this meet, UWSC’s Yong held a private better of 59.99 from the 2022 Commonwealth Video games earlier than he dropped it all the way down to 59.83 at final month’s Swimming WA Season Opener. On the proper time, Yong sliced slightly below half a second off that PB to affix Williamson in Olympic qualification territory.
Yong is coached by Ben Higson who made his transfer to Western Australia after about 5 years as Swim Eire’s Nationwide Head Coach and Head Coach of the Nationwide Centre (Dublin). Olympic medalist Ross Murdoch of Scotland was below his tutelage whereas he was on the College of Stirling earlier than the Eire gig.
One other former 200m breast world document holder and Olympic champion in that longer occasion, Zac Stubblety-Prepare dinner, grabbed bronze in 59.63.
WOMEN’S 100 FLY – FINAL
- World Report – 55.48, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2016
- Australian Report – 55.72, Emma McKeon, 2021
- Oceanic Report – 55.72, Emma McKeon, 2021
- Commonwealth Report – 55.59, Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 2021
- Swim Australia OQT – 57.17
GOLD – Emma McKeon, 56.85 *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – Alexandria Perkins, 57.33
BRONZE – Brianna Throssell, 57.42
Reigning Olympic bronze medalist on this ladies’s 100m fly occasion, Emma McKeon bought the job achieved when it comes to Paris qualification nevertheless it didn’t look simple.
The Griffith star who only recently turned 30 years of age stopped the clock at 56.85, the only outing of the sector below the 57-second barrier.
McKeon opened in 26.20 and closed in 30.65, though she appeared notably tight on the ultimate 20m of the race. In actual fact, the girl who has been on the Australian nationwide workforce for 14 years was faster at April’s Nationwide Championships, having produced a time of 56.58 to take the gold there.
USC Spartan Alexandria Perkins snagged silver in 57.33, though her time was outdoors the 57.17 QT wanted for Paris. Perkins is a 4-time relay medalist at this yr’s World Championships in Doha.
Olympic multi-medalist Brianna Throssell additionally landed on the rostrum in 57.42 for bronze. As with McKeon, Throssell was sooner on the Open Championships the place she notched 56.77, a time which might have certified her for this summer time’s Olympics. She’ll nonetheless have Paris-qualifying alternatives within the 200m fly and 200m free.
MEN’S 400 FREE – FINAL
- World Report – 3:40.07, Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
- Australian Report – 3:40.08, Ian Thorpe, 2002
- Oceanic Report – 3:40.08, Ian Thorpe, 2002
- Commonwealth Report – Ian Thorpe, 2022
- Swim Australia OQT – 3:45.43
GOLD – Elijah Winnington, 3:43.26 *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – Sam Quick, 3:43.90 *OLY Qualifier
BRONZE – Ben Goedemans, 3:48.66
In a feisty battle from begin to end, Elijah Winnington and Sam Quick took the respective prime two slots on this males’s 400m free.
24-year-old Winnington finally bought to the wall first, hitting 3:43.26 whereas Quick was lower than a second behind in 3:43.90.
Ben Goedemans put up an enormous private finest of three:48.66 for bronze, dipping below the three:50 barrier for the primary time in his profession.
Each titans Winnington and Quick had been notably sooner on the Aussie Open Championships, with St. Peters Western’s Winnington clocking 3:41.41 to In need of Rackley’s 3:41.64. These performances checked them in because the #2 and #3 performers on the earth this season, sitting solely behind Germany’s Lukas Maertens who owns the highest time in 3:40.33.
2023-2024 LCM Males 400 Free
MÄRTENS
3:40.33
| 2 | Elijah WINNINGTON |
AUS | 3:41.41 | 04/17 |
| 3 | Samuel SHORT |
AUS | 3:41.64 | 04/17 |
| 4 | Woomin KIM |
KOR | 3:42.42 | 06/01 |
| 5 | Oliver KLEMET |
GER | 3:42.81 | 04/19 |
In keeping with announcers on 9Now, Quick has been affected by some gastrointestinal points at these Trials.
Of be aware, Brendon Smith, the Third-seeded swimmer out of the heats (3:48.79) was not in tonight’s remaining.
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