Emma McKeon & Daniel Smith Crack World Rankings In Melbourne

2017 VICTORIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Friday, January 20th – Sunday, January 22nd
• Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Center (MSAC)
• Prelims at 9am local/Finals at 6pm local
• LCM
• Meet Information
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results

After winning both the women’s 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle races yesterday, multiple Rio Olympic medalist Emma McKeon got the job done in two additional events today. The 22-year-old St. Peters Western swimmer held off a charging field in the 100m fly to kick things off on day 2, registering the win in the only sub-59-second time of the final. 58.41 is what McKeon registered tonight to position herself as the 4th-fastest swimmer in the world so far this season.

Notably, Carlile Swimming’s Emily Washer scored a personal best to finish runner-up to McKeon. Washer checked in with a 59.45, surpassing her previous personal record of 59.72 from last year’s Australian National Championships.

McKeon’s 2nd win tonight came in the women’s splash n’ dash, where she earned the top prize in a time of 25.66. That’s a solid mark for McKeon, who has been beneath the 25-second threshold 3 just times in her career. Other competitors tonight finished about a half a second behind, with Vicentre’s Ngawati Kotuku touching in 26.24 and 15-year-old Kaylee McKeown earning 26.56 for silver and bronze, respectively.

St. Peters Western’s newest squad member, 25-year-old comeback kid Daniel Smith, earned his 2nd individual win in two days, adding the 200m freestyle victory to his 100m free win from yesterday. Spitting 52.73/55.88, Smith threw down a 1:48.61 to establish himself within the list of top 10 performers thus far this season.