2022 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Wednesday, Could well 18 – Sunday, Could well 22, 2022
SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre, Oaklands Park, South Australia
LCM (50m)
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This finals session marks the conclusion of the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships, and the previous couple of roster spots for the 2022 FINA World Championships and Commonwealth Games teams will be decided.
We open off with the girls folks’s 50 free, where Shayna Jack comes in as the quit seed from prelims. She swam a time of 24.23, which stands as the third-fastest swim on this planet for the 2021-22 season. The 2d, third, and fourth place finishers in the heats were seperated by honest 0.03 seconds, as Meg Harris swam a time of 24.84 whereas Mollie O’Callaghan and Madi Wilson every went 24.87.
Whereas the boys’s 100 support used to be advertised to be a war between Australian and Commonwealth file holder Mitch Larkin and 18-year-former phenom Isaac Cooper, it used to be indubitably Bradley Woodward and Joshua Edwards-Smith who were the fastest in prelims. This may occasionally perchance perchance be attention-grabbing to see whether or no longer Larkin and Cooper can dawdle advance their non-public bests and enact high 2 in finals, or if Woodward or Smith will pull off an upset. Equally, Brianna Throssell and Elizabeth Dekkers were expected dawdle 1-2 in the girls folks’s 200 cruise. Alternatively, 17-year-former Abbey Connor may perchance perchance potentially disrupt the 2 of them, as she swam a extensive non-public finest in prelims to qualifying into finals as the 2d seed whereas Throssell used to be first and Dekkers used to be third.
Samuel Willamson swam the fastest time in prelims by almost half a 2d in the boys’s 50 breast, and is the favourite to pick out the occasion in finals. Matthew Wilson, who had the quit entry time headed into the meet, will be missing this closing as he scratched the trudge in prelims.
Olympic Champions Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown are dwelling to steal on the girls folks’s 400 free and 200 IM respectively. Titmus used to be the quit qualifier in the 400 free by over two seconds, but used to be nicely off her finest time of three: 56.69 and her 2021-22 season-finest of 4: 00.03. Alternatively, concerned with that she alarmed the field file in the 200 free earlier this meet, there may be soundless hope that she used to be taking it easy in prelims and can honest catch critical faster in finals to shut off her meet.
McKeown used to be additionally off what she may perchance perchance on the total dawdle in the 200 IM, swimming a time of 2: 14.15 of prelims. She didn’t even swim the fastest time in the heats, as Jenna Forrester used to be in front of her by 0.01 of a 2d with a 2: 14.14. Alternatively, concerned with that McKeown has constantly dropped a gargantuan quantity of time from prelims to finals this meet, seek files from her to comprise a mountainous fall in finals.
Concluding the session can be the fastest heat of the boys’s 1500 free. Samuel Short comes in as the one swimmer that has an entry time beneath 15 minutes, being the quit seed with a 14: 57.22.
Girls’s 50 Free Finals
World Yarn: Sarah Sjostrom – 23.67 (2017)
World Junior Yarn: Cate Campbell – 23.99 (2009)
Australian Yarn: Cate Campbell – 23.78 (2018)
Commonwealth Yarn: Cate Campbell – 23.78 (2018)
FINA ‘A’ Decrease: 25.04
High 3:
Shayna Jack – 24.14
Meg Harris – 24.50
Mollie O’Callaghan – 24.52
Shayna Jack took honest beneath a tenth of a 2d off her prelims time of 24.50 to pick out this trudge in 24.14, surroundings one other non-public finest. She remains the third-fastest performer in this occasion for the 2021-22 season, honest behind Sarah Sjostrom’s 24.06 and Liu Xiang’s 23.97. With her pick, Jack becomes the first non-Campbell sister to pick out this occasion since 2011.
Making her first individual place, Meg Harris performed 2d in 24.50, a 0.01 2d enchancment from the 24.51 she swam at trials remaining year to dwelling a new lifetime finest. Mollie O’Callaghan used to be 0.02 seconds in need of getting a fifth individual berth at Worlds when she performed third with a time of 24.52, but she soundless improved a great deal from her previous finest time of 24.80
Madi Wilson additionally swam a sub-25 time of 24.91 to enact in fourth.
Men’s 100 Inspire Finals
World Yarn: Ryan Murphy – 51.85 (2016)
World Junior Yarn: Kilment Kolesnikov – 52.53 (2018)
Australian Yarn: Mitch Larkin – 52.11 (2015)
Commonwealth Yarn: Mitch Larkin – 52.11 (2015)
FINA ‘A’ Decrease: 54.03
High 3:
Isaac Cooper – 54.02
Mitch Larkin – 54.30
Joshua Edwards-Smith – 54.59
18-year-former Isaac Cooper certified for the Worlds team by a hair when he won this trudge, getting beneath the FINA ‘A’ reduce by 0.01 of a 2d. He used to be nicely off his finest time of 53.43, but used to be soundless mercurial adequate to lead the field from open to enact in this trudge, splitting 26.28/27.74. Right here is his 2d Australian title of the week, as he broke the national file in the 50 support earlier this meet.
Mitch Larkin, who has long been the staple backstroker for the Australian men, performed in 2d place. Alternatively, his time used to be slower than the FINA ‘A’ reduce, that ability that he aren’t in a location to swim this occasion at worlds. Thomas Neill, who did no longer qualify for his most critical mid-distance freestyle events earlier this meet, performed sixth in the 100 support and dwelling a finest time of 55.67. Right here is an enchancment from the 55.93 he swam in prelims, which used to be already a extensive soar from his pre-meet lifetime finest of 56.67
Girls’s 200 Wing Finals
World Yarn: Liu Zije – 2: 01.81 (2009)
World Junior Yarn: Jiao Liuyang – 2: 04.72 (2008)
Australian Yarn: Jessicah Shipper – 2: 03.41 (2009)
Commonwealth Yarn: Jessicah Shipper – 2: 03.41 (2009)
FINA ‘A’ Decrease: 2: 09.21
High 3:
Elizabeth Dekkers – 2: 07.62
Abbey Connor – 2: 08.58
Brianna Throssell – 2: 08.71
Brianna Throssell, who used to be the favourite to pick out this trudge, took the lead out early and used to be first the 100 designate. Alternatively, 18-year-former Elizabeth Dekkers had a super support half and ended up winning the occasion by almost a 2d. This trudge used to be a 2d of redemption for her, as she ignored the Olympic team by 0.14 seconds remaining year.
One other teenager, 17-year-former Abbey Connor, reduce up 33.73 on her remaining 50 to overtake Throssell on the the relaxation lap. She picks up the 2d qualifying time to execute her first senior worldwide team. Connor dwelling all over all yet again one other finest time, shedding 0.46 seconds from her prelims time of 2: 09.04. Correct from this meet, her finest time went from a 2: 09.98 to a 2: 08.58. Throssell ended up falling to third with a time of 2: 08.71.
Brittany Castelluzo performed honest open air the quit three, inserting fourth with a time of 2: 08.79. She swam a extensive non-public finest although, bettering on her designate of 2: 09.55 from the total procedure support in 2019.
Men’s 50 Breast Finals
World Yarn: Adam Peaty – 29.95 (2017)
World Junior Yarn: Nicolo Martinenghi – 26.97 (2017)
Australian Yarn: Christian Sprenger – 26.74 (2014)
Commonwealth Yarn: Adam Peaty – 29.95 (2017)
FINA ‘A’ Decrease: 27.33
High 3:
Samuel Williamson – 27.05
Jake Packard – 27.67
Nash Wilkes – 27.75
After leading the prelims heats by a substantial margin, Samuel Williamson won the 50 breast finals by 0.62 seconds to develop into the fourth-fastest Australian of all time in the occasion, behind Christian Sprenger (26.74), James McKechnie (26.78), and Brenton Rickard (26.95).
Passe Jake Packard improved from his prelims time of 28.00 to steal 2d in 27.67, whereas Nash Wilkes used to be quite behind him in third.
The 50 breast is no longer any longer a different occasion for World Championship and Commonwealth Game qualification, that ability Williamson does no longer execute the team fully from winning this occasion.
Girls’s 400 Free Finals
World Yarn: Katie Ledecky – 3: 56.46 (2016)
World Junior Yarn: Katie Ledecky – 3: 58.37 (2014)
Australian Yarn: Ariarne Titmus – 3: 56.69 (2021)
Commonwealth Yarn: Ariarne Titmus – 3: 56.69 (2021)
FINA ‘A’ Decrease: 4: 10.57
High 3:
Ariarne Titmus – 3: 56.40 (WORLD RECORD)
Lani Pallister – 4: 02.21
Kiah Melverton – 4: 04.49
After turning into the first to beat Katie Ledecky in the 400 free at a most critical worldwide meet, Ariarne Titmus is now the first swimmer to interrupt one amongst Katie Ledecky’s world records. She honest got beneath the American’s 5-year designate of three: 56.46 by 0.06 seconds to swim a time of three: 56.40. Titmus, who is healthier known for her support half, indubitably opened the trudge faster than Ledecky: splitting 1: 56.99 on her first 200 in comparison with Ledecky’s 1: 57.11. Titmus used to be indubitably beneath world file hotfoot for the extensive majority of the trudge, and although the street almost escaped her on her closing lap, she held out to develop into the fastest-ever.
Titmus now has three out of the four fastest instances ever in the 400 free, and has now been beneath 3: 57 three various time whereas Ledecky has only been beneath that designate once.
The the relaxation of this trudge used to be impressive as nicely, as Lani Pallister turned the 2d-fastest Australian of all time when she performed 2d with a time of 4: 02.21, an enchancment from her finest time of 4: 05.42 from 2019. She qualifies for her third individual occasion after winning the 800 and 1500 free earlier this meet. Kiah Melverton used to be third in 4: 04.49, only quite off her finest time of 4: 03.43.
Girls’s 200 IM Finals
World Yarn: Katinka Hosszu – 2: 06.12 (2015)
World Junior Yarn: Ye Shiwen – 2: 07.57 (2012)
Australian Yarn: Stephanie Rice – 2: 07.03 (2009)
Commonwealth Yarn: Stephanie Rice – 2: 07.03 (2009)
FINA ‘A’ Decrease: 2: 12.98
High 3:
Kaylee McKeown – 2: 09.15
Ella Ramsay – 2: 12.12
Abbey Harkin – 2: 12.74
Kaylee McKeown had a itsy-bitsy lead over the the relaxation of the field after the butterfly leg, but essentially pulled ahead on backstroke and breaststroke, splitting 28.42/32.31/37.39/31.03 to pick out in a time of2: 09.15. She used to be honest beneath a 2d slower than her non-public finest time of 2: 08.19 dwelling remaining year.
McKeown’s time is the 2d-fastest on this planet this year, honest behind Alex Walsh‘s 2: 07.84 from U.S. trials this year.
Correct getting beneath the FINA ‘A’ reduce by about a tenths, Ella Ramsay performed in 2d with a time of 2: 12.12 to additionally qualify for the Worlds team. She had a shut war with third-place finisher Abbey Harkin on the freestyle leg, out-splitting Harkin with a 31.89 in comparison alongside with her 32.22 on the the relaxation name.
Men’s 1500 Free Finals:
World Yarn: Sun Yang – 14: 31.02 (2012)
World Junior Yarn: Franko Grigic – 14: 46.09 (2019)
Australian Yarn: Grant Hackett – 14: 34.56 (2001)
Commonwealth Yarn: Grant Hackett- 14: 34.56 (2001)
FINA ‘A’ Decrease: 15: 04.64
High 3:
Samuel Short – 15: 05.55
Alec Mander – 15: 15.02
Kieren Pollard – 15: 16.30
Samuel Short led from open to enact in the longest occasion of the night, but had a mishap in the trudge when he miscounted and briefly stopped on the wall on the 1400-meter designate. He ended up ending with a time of 15: 05.55, missing the FINA ‘A’ reduce. Short is already on the team in the 800 free, but his dwelling for Commonwealth Games is up in the air as the boys’s 800 free is no longer any longer swum at that meet.
Alec Mander performed 2d with a 15: 15.02, shedding a most critical quantity of time from his previous finest of 15: 40.68. Kieren Pollard had a disappointing third place enact, failing to execute worlds team all over all yet again after he ignored by honest 0.01 of a 2d in the 400 IM the day past.
In This Yarn
Ariarne TitmusAriarne TitmusBrianna ThrossellBrianna ThrossellJake PackardJake PackardKaylee McKeownKaylee McKeownKiah MelvertonKiah MelvertonShayna JackShayna Jack