Kaylee McKeown, beginning from her 200m backstroke apple record, has nudged her own 100m backstroke mark, clocking the fastest time this year.
The 21-year-old from the Gold Coast clocked a time of 57.84 abnormal – alone 0.39 alfresco her apple record, set at the 2021 Olympic Trials in Adelaide, on night two of the 2023 NSW State Open Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.
It was once alone 0.08 faster than US battling Regan Smith who clocked the antecedent best time for 2023 of 57.92 at the US Pro Series Meet in Fort Lauderdale aftermost week.
McKeown flew bottomward the first 50m in 28.2, alone 0.17 alfresco her own apple almanac split, afore powering bottomward the 2nd lap in 29.57 to alarm her fourth fastest time anytime – her sixth time beneath 58 seconds.
It is the fastest time she has swum back her Tokyo advance in 2021 which saw her win gold in an Olympic almanac time of 57.47.
McKeown will complete off her NSW affairs on Sunday with the 200m alone assortment – an accident she and drillmaster Michael Bohl are holding in the admixture as they adapt for this year’s World Championships and abutting year’s Paris Olympics.
Second home was once World and Commonwealth 100m bathe best Mollie O’Callaghan in 59.41 – abetment up afterwards her third abode complete to Ariarne Titmus in the women’s 400m freestyle.
Titmus led from begin to complete to win in a decent 4:01.94 – the fourth fastest time in the apple this year abaft American superstar Katie Ledecky (3:59.71).
The Tokyo brilliant went by the 200m break up in a adequate 1:59.18 advanced of World Short Course best Lani Pallister afore pond abroad over the alternate end, abrogation Pallister in 2nd abode in 4:06.15 with O’Callaghan demography the brownish in 4:07.21.
Olympic brownish champ in Tokyo, Emma McKeon clocked the 2nd fastest time of the year of 57.07 to win the women’s 100m butterfly.
And the abyss in Australia’s men’s 4x200m bathe band alike afresh with 17-year-old Commonwealth Games gold champ Flynn Southam appearing his ability to animation alternate from aftermost night’s 100m bathe while he break up his bathe clothing afore the final to affirmation the win in 1:47.08 from Elijah Winnington.
In the closing stages of the men’s 800m freestyle, 400m bathe champ Winnington swam abroad from the acreage to win the appellation in 7:57.25 from Matthew Galea and Lachlan Walker.
Olympic and apple championship argent champ Jenna Strauch led all the way to add the 200m breaststroke in 2:25.68 to her 100m win.
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