2025 SOUTH AUSTRALIA STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, January 17th – Sunday, January 19th
- SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre
- LCM (50m)
- Live Results
The 2025 South Australia State Open Championships begin tomorrow, Friday, January 17th and will feature Olympians Matt Temple and Kyle Chalmers among the contenders.
They’re part of a host of Aussies from South Australia and beyond who are ready to rumble alongside a strong Japanese contingent featuring the likes of Mio Narita, Kasumi Nakamura and Taki Taniguchi.
15-year-old Sienna Toohey of New South Wales is heading up the women’s breaststroke events but will also try the 200 IM on for size.
24-year-old Brittany Castelluzzo of Tea Tree Gully, 18-year-old Marcus Da Silva and 18-year-old Olivia Wunsch are also slated to compete.
As for Temple, the 25-year-old Marion ace is entered in the 50m free and 100m fly while teammate Chalmers is expected to race the 50m free and 50m fly. This is a departure for Chalmers who has typically the off-event of the men’s 800m freestyle at the past two editions of this competition.
These championships represent a homecoming of sorts for Chalmers who returned to Marion late last year after a stint under the tutelage of Ash Delaney at St. Andrew’s. However, as we reported, the Olympic champion’s coach Peter Bishop is now the head coach of the Netherlands national team. According to the club’s website, Shaun Curtis is the current head coach at Marion.
Key Entrants
Isabella Boyd
Brittany Castelluzzo
Kyle Chalmers
Marcus Da Silva
Isumi Ishzuka
Katsumi Nakamura
Mio Narita
Makaha Ohwa
Kaiya Seki
Naoya Shiota
Ai Soma
Ruka Takezawa
Taka Taniguchi
Matt Temple
Sienna Toohey
Olivia Wunsch
Masaki Yura
Chalmers 22.01 50 free. Very close to his PB. Didn’t expect this.
Chalmers 22.18 is the only notable performance so far. Much better than I would expect from him in a heat!
Pretty speedy for a low-key in-season meet.
‘live’ results seem to be dead…
*sigh* what’s new?…
anyone here have meetmobile?
If we’re lucky they’ll remember to push them at the end of the session.
Managed to find it on Meet Mobile.
Top qualifiers:
W50 back: Isabel Sheldrick 29.30
M50 back: Masaki Yura 25.72
W200 BR: Sienna Toohey 2:34.37
M100 BR: Taka Taniguchi 62.09
W 400 FR: Ruka Takezawa 4:15.98
Definitely nothing noteworthy so far, Toohey being the only Australian to top the heats so far lol
Who is Shaun Curtis? Is a good coach? Anybody has any insights?
Sean is a great coach and has been a leader in South Australia for a number of years.
Peter Bishop’s assistant coach Craig Stewart, is now the Head Coach of the South Australian Institute Performance Hub after Bishop moved to the Netherlands.
Temple going to go 50.00 when it doesn’t matter and then sell at trials/worlds