Australian Championships and Trials – Day 4 Finals

2015 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Dates: Friday, April 3 to Friday, April 10, 2015
• Times: prelims 10 am, semis/ finals 7 pm
• Location: Sydney Olympic Park (GMT +11, or 15 hours ahead of N.Y., 18 ahead of L.A.)
• Live Results: Available
• Championship Central

Day Four of the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships is taking place in Sydney, and Swimming Australia is streaming the whole thing live on YouTube. The national championship is doubling as a selection meet for both the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, and the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Women’s 200 freestyle  – Final

Emma McKeon took the women’s 200 freestyle in a time of 1:55.88. With her time McKeon takes over the second position in the world rankings with only Femke Heemskerk, who posted a 1:54.68 this weekend, ahead of her.

Her time is just off her lifetime best of 1:55.57 which she recorded at the Commonwealth Games. The win was the second for McKeon who took the women’s 100 butterfly on Saturday night.

Kylie Palmer finished second in a time of 1:56.68 which puts her fourth in the world rankings.

McKeon and Palmer were the only two women under the FINA standard of 1:56.76.

Brittany Elmslie collected the bronze in a time of 1:56.91 which ranks seventh in the world.

Melanie Wright finished fourth in a time of 1:57.37 followed by Bronte Barratt (1:57.46), Leah Neale (1:57.46), Ami Matsuo (1:57.92) and Jessica Ashwood (1:58.94).

Men’s 200 butterfly – Final

Going into the final 50 meters of the men’s 200 butterfly Grant Irvine, the defending champion, led David Morgan by more than a second, but Morgan was not going down without a fight. He made up almost the entire deficit finishing one one-hundredth of a second behind Irvine who took the event in a time of 1:55.98. Morgan collected the bronze in a time of 1:55.99.

• Irvine – 25.99/55.29 (29.30)/1:25.20 (29.91)/1:55.98 (30.78)
• Morgan – 26.29/56.06 (29.77)/1:26.56 (30.50)/1:55.99 (29.43)

Both men were under the FINA standard of 1:56.10.

Irvine’s time places him fifth in the world rankings.

The time was an incredible one for Morgan who came into the competition with a previous best of 1:58.92. His time also puts him sixth in the world rankings.

Keiran Qaium finished third in a time of 1:57.85.

Nicholas Brown finished fourth in a time of 1:58.56 followed by Will Harmsen (2:01.95), Joachim Badrum (2:02.46), Hami McDougall (2:03.34) and Theodoros Benehoutsos (2:03.34).

Men’s 800 freestyle – Final

Mack Horton took the men’s 800 freestyle with ease winning the event in a time of 7:51.85 nearly seven full seconds ahead of George O’Brien who finished in a time of 7:58.73. With his time Horton places himself third in the world rankings.

Earlier in the competition Horton record the world’s top time in the 400 freestyle posting a 3:42.84 and will defend his 1500 freestyle title on Friday evening.

Jack Mcloughlin took the bronze in a time of 8:01.51.

Yas Hirai finished fourth in a time of 8:06.16 followed by Nathaniel Robinson (8:13.67), Lach Colquhoun (8:13.99), Sean Maloney (8:14.40) and Sho Nishimoto (8:19.67).

Men’s 50 breaststroke – Final

Christian Sprenger took the 50 breaststroke in a time of 27.28 placing him fifth in the world rankings. Tommy Sucipto collected the silver in a time of 27.71 followed by Jake Packard who recorded a 27.84.

Joshua Palmer finished fourth in a time of 28.09 followed by Jake Gilliland (28.34), James Stacey (28.39), James McKechnie (28.54) and Matthew Treloar (28.69).

Men’s 100 freestyle – Semi-Final

Cameron McEvoy was the top qualifier in the men’s 100 freestyle posting a time of 48.60 which is a season’s best and currently ranks sixth in the world.

The most impressive performance in the event came from 16 year old Kyle Chalmers who was the second fastest qualifier touching in a time of 48.89. With his time Chalmers destroying his own national age group record of 49.40.

His performance does not match Brazilian Matheus Santana‘s junior world record of 48.25, but is the fastest swim ever recorded by a 16 year old.

Tomasso D’Orsogna was the next fastest qualifier finishing in a time of 49.06 followed by James Magnussen who hit the wall in a time of 49.11.

Women’s 50 backstroke – Semi-Final

Emily Seebohm had the fastest qualifying time of the morning posting a 27.87. Seebohm’s time is not far off her season’s best of 27.64 which she posted at the New South Wales State Championships and currently sits atop of the world rankings.

Madison Wilson recorded a 27.88 placing herself fourth in the world rankings. 14 year old Minna Atherton had the third fastest qualifying time of 28.58.

Women’s 200 butterfly – Semi-Final

Brianna Throssell was the top qualifier in the women’s 200 butterfly posting a time of 2:08.78. Throssell has already been a 2:06.60 at the SA State Championships which ranks second in the world. Although it does not match her season’s best the time is the second fastest she has ever swum.

Madeline Groves was the next fastest qualifier finishing in a time of 2:11.14 followed by Keryn McMaster who touched in a time of 2:11.68.

Men’s 200 IM – Semi-Final

Daniel Tranter was the fastest qualifier in the men’s 200 IM recording a time of 2:00.17. He was followed by Thomas Fraser-Holmes who finished in a time of 2:00.65 and Justin James who posted a 2:00.77.