Day 4 Prelims Reside Recap

2024 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS

Day 4 of the 2024 Australian Olympic Swimming Trials will function World File holder Kaylee McKeown racing within the 200 again and famous person Kyle Chalmers within the males’s 100 free as highlights.

The day has 5 Olympic occasions and 4 Paralympic occasions on the books:

• Ladies’s 200 again (Olympic)
• Males’s 200 IM (Olympic)
• Males’s 100 free (Olympic)
• Ladies’s 200 fly (Olympic)
• Ladies’s 800 free (Olympic)
• Ladies’s 100 breast (Paralympic)
• Males’s 100 breast (Paralympic)
• Ladies’s 100 free (Paralympic)
• Males’s 100 free (Paralympic)

Whereas McKeown is predicted to be racing primarily the clock within the 200 again, Chalmers will hope to tug some younger teammates, together with 2nd seed Flynn Southam, with him to Paris. They’re the one two (Australians) seeded beneath 48 seconds within the race, and so they’ll want to search out extra (maybe Max Giuliani or Kai Taylor?) to hitch them in the event that they need to climb the steps on the Olympic Video games.

Cam McEvoy has held onto the seed after profitable the 50 free and qualifying for his 4th Olympics on Wednesday.

One of many extra underrated races of this meet would be the 200 fly. Led by Elizabeth Dekkers, who set the Australia All Comers File earlier this 12 months, there are three swimmers (Abbey Connor and Brianna Throssell) who’re seeded beneath 2:07, and a complete bunch of youngsters looking for a breakout swim.

Ladies’s 200 Again – Prelims

• World File – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
• Australian File – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
• Oceanic File – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
• Commonwealth File – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
• All Comers File — 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
• Swim Australia OQT – 2:09.74

High 8:

1. Kaylee McKeown – 2:08.83
2. Hannah Fredericks – 2:10.19
3. Iona Anderson – 2:10.54
4. Emily Seebohm – 2:11.00
5. Jaclyn Barclay – 2:11.05
6. Minna Atherton – 2:13.34
7. Olivia Lefoe – 2:14.55
8. Abbey Webb – 2:14.85

World report holder Kaylee McKeown cruised to the highest qualifying time within the 200 again prelims at 2:08.83, simply over a second forward of Hannah Fredericks (2:10.19). McKeown, 22, owns the world report at 2:03.14 from final 12 months whereas the 21-year-old Fredericks has been as quick as 2:08.92 in April. 

Iona Anderson dropped nearly a second off her previous-best 2:11.40 en path to the No. 3 seed in 2:10.54. The 18-year-old gained silver medals in each the 50 again (27.45) and 100 again (59.12) on the 2024 World Championships in February. 

Eight months after giving start, 31-year-old Emily Seebohm certified 4th for the 200 again last tonight with a time of two:11.00. The four-time Olympian boasts a lifetime greatest of two:05.68 from the 2017 World Championships. 

At 17 years outdated — the youngest swimmer in tonight’s last — Jaclyn Barclay may be an Olympic contender after qualifying fifth in prelims with a 2:11.05. She fired off a personal-best 2:07.03 to safe a silver medal on the 2024 World Championships in February, properly beneath the Australian Olympic qualifying time of two:09.74.

Males’s 200 IM – Prelims

• World File – 1:54.00, Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
• Australian File – 1:55.72, Mitch Larkin (AUS), 2019
• Oceanic File – 1:55.72, Mitch Larkin (AUS), 2019
• Commonwealth File – 1:55.28, Duncan Scott (GBR), 2021
• All Comers File — 1:54.98, Michael Phelps (USA), 2007
• Swim Australia OQT – 1:57.23

High 8:

1. William Petric – 1:59.23
2. Se-Bom Lee – 2:00.95
3. David Schlicht – 2:01.31
4. Brendon Smith – 2:01.82
5. Joshua Kerr – 2:02.46
6. Bailey Lello – 2:02.57
7. Joshua Staples – 2:02.61
8. Gabriel Gorgas – 2:03.05

William Petric shall be aiming for his first Olympic berth within the 200 IM after main prelims by greater than a second in 1:59.23. The 19-year-old owns a lifetime better of 1:58.05 from the Sydney Open final month, inside a second of Australia’s Olympic minimize (1:57.23). If he doesn’t hit the mark tonight, Petric could have one other likelihood in Saturday’s 400 IM, the place his private greatest is slightly below the Australian Olympic qualifying time.

Se-Bom Lee certified 2nd in 2:00.95, a couple of second off the 22-year-old’s greatest time of 1:59.37 from the 2022 World Championships. Arizona State standout David Schlicht was shut behind in 2:01.31, only a few tenths shy of the 24-year-old’s personal-best 2:00.96 from 2022.

Regulate Brendon Smith within the last tonight. The 23-year-old certified 4th in 2:01.82, however he has been as quick as 1:58.57 on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Males’s 100 Free – Prelims

• World File – 46.80, Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
• Australian File – 47.04, Cam McEvoy (AUS), 2016
• Oceanic File – 47.04, Cam McEvoy (AUS), 2016
• Commonwealth File – 47.04, Cam McEvoy (AUS), 2016
• All Comers File — 47.04, Cam McEvoy (AUS), 2016
• Swim Australia OQT – 48.06

High 8:

1. Kyle Chalmers – 48.39
2. William Yang – 48.50
3. Flynn Southam – 48.64
4. Jamie Jack – 48.69
5. Zac Incerti – 48.78
6. Kai Taylor – 48.81
7. Jack Cartwright – 48.83
8. Max Giuliani – 48.90

Rio 2016 Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers paced the 100 free prelims in 48.39, inside a second of his season-best 47.63 from April that ranks fifth on the earth this season.

William Yang reached the wall only a tenth of a second behind Chalmers in 48.50, not far off his season-best 48.20 that ranks twenty eighth on the earth this season. He’s inside placing distance of the Australian Olympic qualifying time within the occasion (48.06).

Flynn Southam (48.64) eked previous Jamie Jack (48.69) for the third qualifying spot in tonight’s last. Southam, 19, has been beneath 48 seconds earlier than (47.77) finally 12 months’s Australian Trials whereas the 21-year-old Jack shaved .07 seconds off his previous-best 48.76 from April.

Zac Incerti (48.78), Kai Taylor (48.81), Jack Cartwright (48.83) and Max Giuliani (48.90) rounded out the highest eight qualifiers within the heats. Cody Simpson didn’t make the A-final with a time of 49.04 in prelims because it took a sub-49 second effort this morning to complete among the many eight quickest swimmers.

Ladies’s 200 Fly – Prelims

• World File – 2:01.81, Liu Zige (CHN), 2009
• Australian File – 2:03.41, Jessicah Schipper (AUS), 2009
• Oceanic File – 2:03.41, Jessicah Schipper (AUS), 2009
• Commonwealth File – 2:03.41, Jessicah Schipper (AUS), 2009
• All Comers File: 2:05.20 — Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS), 2024
• Swim Australia OQT – 2:07.72

High 8:

Ladies’s 800 Free – Prelims

• World File – 8:04.79, Katie Ledecky (USA), 2016
• Australian File – 8:13.59, Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2023
• Oceanic File – 8:13.59, Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2023
• Commonwealth File – 8:13.59, Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2023
• All Comers File — 8:11.35, Katie Ledecky (USA), 2014
• Swim Australia OQT – 8:22.20

High 8:

Paralympic Highlights:

Within the girls’s 100 breaststroke, Keira Stephens led the best way with a time of 1:16.94 price 785 factors. The 21-year-old SB9 swimmer gained bronze within the occasion on the Tokyo Paralympics a number of years in the past.

The lads’s 100 breast noticed Jake Michel qualify 1st by a large margin with a time of 1:04.75, nearly a tenth shy of his seed time (1:04.62). The SB14 swimmer took silver within the occasion on the Tokyo Paralympics a number of years in the past.

Alexa Leary paced the ladies’s 100 free prelims in 1:00.38, a couple of second off her seed time of 59.37. The 22-year-old S9 swimmer gained the 2023 world title on this occasion final 12 months in Manchester.