2024 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS
G’day Mates. I hope you loved some stellar performances yesterday and are excited for in the present day’s occasions, as lots of the stars from yesterday are again for extra. Kaylee McKeown, Elijah Winnington, and Sam Brief are all again within the water as they give the impression of being to qualify in a second occasion.
We begin the morning off with a bang, like yesterday the very first warmth of the morning will see a World File holder, as McKeown will look to the 100 again to her occasion listing alongside the 200 IM. Whereas the one swimmer entered below 58, that doesn’t imply she isn’t with out competitors. Mollie O’Callaghan, a World File holder in her personal proper, enters because the second seed. Whereas seeded over a second quicker than the #3 seed, O’Callaghan can have a hungry pack of decided kids behind her led by Iona Anderson and Jaclyn Barclay.
The subsequent occasion progressed from considered one of Australia’s strengths to its weak spot. Jenna Strauch and Abbey Harkin will duel it out within the 100 breast, vying for a spot on the medley relay and within the particular person occasion. Whereas Strauch has the one entry time below the 1:06.31 qualifying time, third seed Ella Ramsay may very well be within the hunt, as she already made the staff within the 200 IM and may very well be driving a wave of momentum.
The Multi-Class 50 free comes subsequent and might be a quick affair as 11 males and 16 girls will all vie for a coveted spot in tonight’s last. Having a second swim within the para occasions affords the athletes one other shot to earn extra factors, as qualification to the staff should wait till the tip of the meet.
The lads’s 100 again is sandwiched in between the para 50 free and para 100 fly, and can see Isaac Cooper and Bradley Woodward chase down the stiff qualifying time of 53.21. Neither of the highest two seeded Aussies have entries below that mark, however it definitely may very well be inside attain. Australian report holder Mitch Larkin, whose finest sits at 52.11, is your eighth seed and can have to be on level to make it again to the ultimate.
After the MC 100 fly, the lads’s 200 free sees the return of Winnington and Brief. Each will look to place up robust performances this morning in opposition to the likes of Maximillian Giuliani, Thomas Neill, Alex Graham, Kai Taylor, Flynn Southam, Matt Temple, and Zac Incerti (to call just a few). With some many names all determined for a ticket to Paris, it could be more durable to make the highest 8 this morning, than tonight, the place six of the eight finalists will possible be on the airplane to Paris.
Complete Meet Prelims Warmth Sheet
Girls’s 100 Backstroke – Prelims
- World File: 57.33 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
- Australian File: 57.33 – Kaylee McKeown, 2023
- Swim Australia OQT: 59.62
- 2021 Time to Last: 1:01.37 – Abbey Webb
High 8
- Mollie O’Callaghan (STPET) – 58.73
- Kaylee McKeown (GUSC) – 59.03
- Hannah Fredericks (STPET) – 59.72
- Iona Anderson (BRW) – 59.96
- Jacyln Barclay (STPET) – 1:00.30
- Minna Atherton (BOND) – 1:00.90
- Layla Day (BOND) – 1:00.01
- Emily Seebohm (STMAR) – 1:01.02
McKeown wasted no effort establishing herself because the dominant swimmer within the first warmth. McKeown simply led the primary warmth into the midway wall, flipping in 28.63, flipping forward of up-and-coming Jacyln Barclay and Bronte Job. McKeown regarded clean and managed, probably not going to her legs within the closing meters, and cruised to the wall in 59.03. Barclay had a superb swim and put herself into a great spot for tonight’s last, ending in 1:00.30.
MOC confirmed off her again half velocity within the second warmth as she pushed the tempo within the closing meters. Out in 28.87, O’Callaghan had a robust run into the end and went round McKeown to take excessive time within the morning in a swift 58.73. Her teammate, Hannah Fredericks, additionally received below the 1:00 barrier, hitting the wall in 59.72, simply .03 off her entry time.
The third warmth (and last) of circle-seeded heats was a slower affair. High seed within the warmth and third general, Iona Anderson cruised into the wall in 59.96, .72 off her entry time. Anderson has been as quick as 58.53, so will look to drop loads of time this night. Veteran swimmers Minna Atherton and Emily Seebohm completed in 1:00.90 and 1:01.02 and sit in sixth and eighth place, so hopefully ought to transfer by way of.
WOMEN’S 100 Breaststroke – Prelims
- World File: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (USA), 2017
- Australian File: 1:05.09 – Leisel Jones, 2006
- Swim Australia OQT: 1:06.31
- 2021 Time to Last: 1:08.34 – Zoe Deacon
High 8
- Jenna Strauch (MIAMI) – 1:07.58
- Abbey Harkin (STPET) – 1:07.59
- Ella Ramsay (CHAND) – 1:07.70
- Matilda Smith (MIAMI) – 1:08.03
- Sienna Toohey (ALBU) – 1:08.04
- Mikayla Smith (GUSC) – 1:09.05
- Isabella Johnson (CRUIZ) – 1:09.24
- Zoe Deacon (NUN) – 1:09.44
The 200 silver medalist from Budapest, Jenna Strauch, performed to her strengths as she swam a robust again 50 to go the early chief, Sienna Toohey. Strauch, who’s on the comeback path from a knee harm, was behind the 15-year-old on the flip however chased her all the way down to take the warmth win in 1:07.58, with Toohey ending simply on the opposite facet of 1:08, taking second in 1:08.04
Abbey Harkin entered the meet because the second seed and can possible enter the finals tonight in the identical place, as she gained the second warmth in 1:07.59, .01 behind the early chief, Strauch. Harkin actually pulled by way of the sector and gained the warmth by practically one and a half seconds as Mikayla Smith completed in second place in 1:09.05.
Persevering with final night time’s success, Ella Ramsay swam a robust and clean warmth swim, hitting the wall in 1:07.70. Ramsay, who positioned second within the 200 IM, confronted a late problem from Matilda Smith, however she held on, with Smith. With three swimmers below 1:08 and two simply over it, it’ll be a good race within the last tonight as all of them chase the 1:06.31 qualifying time.
39-year-old Sally Hunter (nee Foster), a four-time World Championship medalist, positioned ninth within the prelims in a time of 1:09.63, lacking out on the A-Last by .19.
MEN’S MULTI CLASS 50 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS
High 8
- Tom Gallagher S10 (SOMGC) – 23.51 (956 pts.)
- Rowan Crothers S10 (YERPK) – (870 pts.)
- Alexander Tuckfield S10 (SSST) – 24.55 (840 pts.)
- Riley Moore S10 (WOYW) – 26.20
- Ben Popham S9 (HLDR) – 26.27
- Luke Holder S10 (HORN) – 27.12
- Hamish Keenan S9 (PROP) – 28.40
- Daniel Rigby S9 (KPSC) – 28.73
The splash and sprint noticed swimmers starting from S3 to S10 all vie for a spot in tonight’s last. Sporting a pleasant mustache, Tom Gallagher surged previous Tokyo Paralympic champion Rowan Crothers and took the win in 23.51, a drop of .06 from seed. Crothers completed second in 24.26 and will have been holding one thing again as he was .84 off his seed.
Gallagher’s swim this morning already dipped below the qualifying commonplace, however he can’t relaxation on his laurels as swimmers tonight might put up greater level totals.
WOMEN’S MULTI CLASS 50 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS
High 8
MEN’S 100 Backstroke – Prelims
- World File: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
- Australian File: 52.11 – Mitch Larkin, 2015
- Swim Australia OQT: 53.21
- 2021 Time to Last: 55.03 – Travis Mahoney
High 8
MEN’S MULTI CLASS 100 Butterfly – PRELIMS
High 8
WOMEN’S MULTI CLASS 100 Butterfly – PRELIMS
High 8
MEN’S 200 Freestyle – Prelims
- World File: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
- Australian File: 1:44.06 – Ian Thorpe, 2001
- Swim Australia OQT: 1:45.97
- 2021 Time to Last: 1:47.43 – Matthew Temple
MEN’S MULTI CLASS 50 Breaststroke – PRELIMS
High 8
