Jamie Jack & Meg Harris Grab Sprint Crowns On Day 4 Of Queensland Championships

2025 QUEENSLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Saturday, December 13th – Friday, December 19th
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap
• Live Results

Rackley’s Meg Harris was at it again on day four of the 2025 Queensland Championships, earning another gold, this time in the women’s 50m freestyle.

After setting the stage with a solid morning outing of 25.14, the 23-year-old Olympic gold medalist produced a stellar 24.48 to top the podium.

Harris managed to hold off fellow Olympian Shayna Jack of St. Peters Western who settled for silver .31 behind in 24.79 as the only other sub-25 second performer of the pack.

19-year-old Bond athlete Milla Jansen captured bronze in 25.14, just .02 ahead of visiting Dutch record holder Milou van Wijk who touched in 25.16.

Harris is the reigning Olympic silver medalist in this 50m free event, having notched a time of 23.97 to earn runner-up honors behind Swedish speedster Sarah Sjostrom who struck gold in 23.71.

That Paris outing represents Harris’ lifetime best and sole result under the 24-second barrier.

The Aussie now ranks 5th in the world this season.

The men’s edition of the splash n’ dash saw 23-year-old St. Peters Western ace Jamie Jack get it done for gold, hitting the only time of the final in the 21-second zone.

Jack stopped the clock at 21.74, tying the 5th-best time of his career en route to topping the podium.

St. Andrew’s 21-year-old Olympian Isaac Cooper was next to the wall in 22.22 followed by Korean national record holder Ji Yuchan who bagged the bronze a hair behind in 22.25.

Jack now ranks 6th in the world this season.

Popping a new lifetime best in the men’s 200m IM was 21-year-old Nunawading swimmer William Petric.

Petric led a trio of sub-2:00 performers, with New Zealand national record holder Lewis Clareburt next to the wall in 1:58.81 and Korea’s Yang Jaehoon capturing 3rd place in 1:59.30.

Entering this competition, Petric’s personal best rested at the 1:57.54 from last year’s Olympic Trials. In Paris, he ultimately finished in 10th place with a semi-finals result of 1:58.13.

Tonight Petric split 25.25/30.05 (55.30)/33.75/28.13 to get the job done. He sneaks into the world rankings in slot #5, although, he’ll need to be in the 1:55-zone in order to compete with top guns Hubi Kos of Hungary and Tomoyuki Matsushita and Kosuke Makino both hailing from Japan.

30-year-old veteran Lee Juho busted out a new Korean national record en route to capturing the gold in the men’s 200m backstroke.

Clocking a mark of 1:55.34, Lee’s time overtook his previous national benchmark of 1:55.60 put on the books just this past October at the Korea Sports Festival. Look for a follow-up post on Lee’s impressive swim which now ranks him #2 in the world at the moment.

Stuart Swinburn finished in 1:58.60 as the runner-up while 17-year-old Henry Allan rounded out the podium in 1:59.23.

Abbey Connor was too quick to catch in the women’s 200m butterfly, putting up a time of 2:10.05 to beat the field by over 2 seconds.

The 20-year-old USC Spartan touched with time to spare ahead of Elloise Doolan who earned silver in 2:12.38 and Poppy Stephen who took bronze in 2:13.88.

As a refresher, Connor made the Aussie team for this year’s World Championships but wound up withdrawing due to personal reasons.

World Championships bronze medalist Harrison Turner impressed once again, posting a winning effort of 1:55.07 to grab gold in his pet event of the 200m fly.

Turner split 25.61/29.16 (54.77)/29.81/30.49 to accomplish the victory, hitting the 3rd-best time of his young career in the process. This was after he clocked a new PB of 51.49 for 100m fly go9ld yesterday evening.

Turner was one of the breakout stars from Singapore this year, where he busted out a lifetime best and Aussie national record of 1:54.17 to take the bronze in the 200m fly. The World Championships represented his first-ever elite senior international roster slot and he took full advantage of the opportunity.

Tonight, Korea’s Kim Minseop touched in 1:58.66 as the silver medalist and Caio Gallo also landed on the podium in 1:59.35, good enough for bronze.

Harrison checks into slot #4 among the season’s best performers.

Finally, World Championships silver medalist in the 400m IM Jenna Forrester took on another tough double, this time featuring the women’s 200m IM and 200m back.

In the former, the versatile 22-year-old out of St. Peters Western turned in a time of 2:11.48 for the decisive victory.

Ella Ramsay touched next over 2 seconds behind in 2:13.82 and 15-year-old Eloise McLellan ro0unded out the podium in 2:16.23.

Ramsay’s lifetime best is represented by the 2:08.98 logged at the 2023 World Championships when she placed 4th overall.

Forrester dropped down to bronze in the 200m back tonight, with 18-year-old Jaclyn Barclay of St. Peters Western grabbing the gold in 2:11.62.

Alyssa Burgess was next in 2:13.00 and Forrester clocked 2:13.13 for the bronze.

Additional Notes

• We reported how 16-year-old Lincoln Wearing took down legendary Aussie Olympian Kieran Perkins‘ age record in the 800m freestyle. Wearing hit a lifetime best of 7:56.80 for his first-ever foray under the 8:00 barrier.
• There were some notable swims out of this morning’s heats which didn’t translate into tonight’s finals. For instance, Olympic campion in the 200m free from 2020, Tom Dean of Great Britain, snagged the 3rd seed in the men’s 200m IM in 2:00.71 but he wound up dropping the medal-contending race. Olympic medalist Daiya Seto of Japan was also in the 2IM heats, but registered just 2:06.34 to place 11th.
• Iona Anderson logged 2:12.84 to earn the top seed in the women’s 200m back but did not race the final.
• Additionally, Olympic multi-gold medalist Duncan Scott of Great Britain contested the 200m fly this morning where he nabbed the top seed in 1:58.88 before bowing out of the main event.