2022 NEW SOUTH WALES STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, March 4th – Sunday, March 6th
- Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
- LCM (50m)
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- Day 1 Recap
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Competing on day two of the 2022 New South Wales State Open Championships, 21-year-old Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus powered her way to another impressive time in the women’s 400m free.
Titmus stopped the clock tonight in a speedy mark of 4:00.03, beating the field by 3 seconds en route to registering the 7th fastest time of her career.
Behind her this evening was Kiah Melverton, who chased Titmus all the way to a new lifetime best of 4:03.43.
For Titmus, the woman who took down American icon Katie Ledecky in Tokyo owns a career-quickest of 3:56.69 from those Olympic Games. As such, her performance here was not terribly far off that Olympic Record-setting swim.
As for Melverton, the 25-year-old swimmer who also trains at St. Peters Western entered this meet with a PB of 4:04.78. She found another gear in this race to knock over a second off of that mark en route to becoming Australia’s 4th fastest performer all-time in this women’s 400m free race.
Splits for Titmus & Melverton:
Elijah Winnington took on a tough double, racing both the men’s 200m free and 800m free tonight. In the former, the 21-year-old punched a solid 1:47.09 for the victory while in the latter his 7:57.86 proved too quick to catch.
Winnington’s time checks in as the 4th fastest of his still-evolving career and was enough to beat out fellow Olympian Mack Horton by nearly 10 seconds. Horton settled for silver in 8:07.25.
Mitch Larkin looked at ease in the men’s 200m back with a winning mark of 1:57.42 while Matt Temple got it done for gold in the men’s 50m fly in 23.75.
Seemingly unstoppable Kaylee McKeown was also in the water tonight, following up her 200m back monster swim with another head-turner in the 100m distance.
The 20-year-old punched a mark of 58.35 to represent one of two swimmers to get under a minute. Joining McKeown was Mollie O’Callaghan who notched 59.97.
McKeown’s time here nearly matched her fastest of 2022, a time of 58.31 registered at the Victorian Open last month.
Shayna Jack made some noise here again on day 2, this time topping the women’s 50m free. Jack wound up taking gold in 24.53 but was even quicker in the heats, putting up a time of 24.42. That AM effort sits just .04 outside of her 24.38 lifetime best from April 2019.
Lani Pallister upsets more favoured swimmers to win the 1500 in a reasonable 16-03. Hope she can step up at Nationals.
The team scores after yesterday had the highest ranked NSW club at #7.
Yes – there probably wouldn’t be a NSW person up for ‘swimmer of the meet’ either. Forbes Carlisle & many others would be rolling in their graves.
Any word on the M50 Free/400IM or W200IM/50 back? Results website seems to have stopped updating for me
https://imgur.com/a/rRLXQPX
Thank you! Nothing really exciting in there I guess.
I just realised the volume is over the times for the 50 free. They weren’t interesting anyway.
Olympic Champ Zac Stubblety-Cook (2-08.38) takes out his pet event while another – Ariarne Titmus (1-54.66) – swims fast to beat O’Callaghan (1-56.29), Melverton (1-56.89), Wilson (1-56.90) and Throssell (1-57.38)
Did you see how quick O’Callaghan came home to tie the time she swam in trials last year.
Sadly not watching it – just following live results.
She came home in the last 50 in 28.86. Titmus came home in Tokyo in 28.80.
Mollie came home in 28.41 in her PB from Tokyo.
OK thanks, didn’t know that is how she swims it. Haven’t seen enough of her 200 free.
Excellent 200 performance from the women overall. Mollie definitely will be on the 200 relay next time (and she could have got us gold in Tokyo…)
I try not to remember that
australia women relay 4 x 200fs was the most stupid decision by coach, their line up from fastest to slowest, titmus or mckeon should swam for 3rd and 4th leg and the poor leah neale madi wilson should not given chance fir final, it should be moolie and mag harris, i deeply blamed and critic for stupidity decision by coach, australia lost coz of poor leah neale and unquality swim. by madi wilson, dont ever put these swimmer. in final, they did good result at heat and choke in final
please be reminded at Birmingham comm games the line up should be moly, mag hariis, mckeon and titmus otherwise will be beaten by canadian
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With that swim Ledecky and Titmus share the top of the rankings so far this year.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Titmus is top rank for 200, 400 and 800 while Ledecky is second for 400 and 800, but she didn’t swim the 200 did she? Is Mollie #2 this year?
Check nuoto’s rankings. Ledecky is #1 in 800 from earlier in February and she swam the same time as Titmus in the 200 at the same meet.
Ha yes of course. So they’re tied for the 200, Titmus ahead in 400 and Ledecky ahead in 800. Interesting start to the year!
Board sweetheart Dekkers wins the 200fly in 2-08.85. Matt Temple takes the 100fly in 51,83
Hodges swims a PB in the 50 breast with 30.17. Only 0.03 better than her last best time, but an improvement in season.
Her last PB was in season too so maybe she can get under 30 if she swims it at a major championship.
Australian record is 30.16, so it would be an Australian record too, if she got under 30.
Her 1:05.57 split tells me she can definitely improve her 1:05.99 PB in the 100 as well. But still quite a ways to go before she beats Leisel’s 1:05.09.
Mitch Larkin only just pipped Josh Edwards-Smith in the 200 back final. Wasnt a cruise at all
And that was with Mitch putting a gap on Josh each wall.
Surprise surprise…..Australian women’s swimming has so much talent and so much depth.
Nothing new here.
Hahaha but at least it’s swimming news! This is at least harder hitting swimming journalism than “Dressel signs a fan’s head who looked like Katie Ledecky in a wig”
Well in sprint freestyle and maybe backstroke anyway. Good news for out Aussie relays with Cate. Em & possibly Bronte missing over the next year (and at the end of their careers in any case).
Has anyone got results for today’s heats? The results website hasn’t updated.
You’re not really missing anything.
I see now some events have updated but others haven’t.
I’m mainly interested in Kaylee’s 200IM and Brendon’s 400IM.
2:16 for Kaylee in 200 IM. Everyone’s just cruising the heats.