2018 AUSTRALIAN PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS
- Saturday, June 30th – Wednesday, July 4th
- SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre, Oaklands Park, South Australia
- LCM
- Pan Pacs Selection Criteria
- Qualifiers from Commonwealth Games
- Meet Site
- Start List
- Live Stream
- Live Results
Four-time Olympic medalist Emma McKeon swam an impressive preliminary in the women’s 100 fly at the 2018 Australian Pan Pac Trials, posting a time of 57.98. The 24-year-old showed some speed opening up, splitting 26.64 on the way out which is only three tenths off her opening split when she went her best time of 56.18 last summer at the World Championships. Having already qualified for the Pan Pacific Championships in multiple events, she is surely far from fully tapered, but has shown good form at the meet so far and it will be interesting to see what kind of performance she can put forth in the final. Her fastest swim this season has been a 56.78, done at the Commonwealth Games when she won the gold medal.
Korean An Sehyeon was the 2nd fastest swimmer in prelims in 59.24, and Commonwealth bronze medalist Brianna Throssell was 3rd in 59.90. Throssell has already been 57.30 this year, which qualified her for Tokyo (Australian standard in 57.64).
In the men’s 100 fly, Grant Irvine led the field in prelims in 52.55, with David Morgan (52.86) and Theodoros Benehoutsos (52.98) also under 53 seconds. Irvine and Morgan finished 3rd and 4th at the Commonwealth Games in times of 51.50 and 51.94, and will need to be under those to have a shot at Pan Pac qualification in the final (standard is 51.31). Morgan won the 200 fly on night 3, narrowly missing the qualifying time.
OTHER EVENTS
- World #2 Ariarne Titmus cruised to the top seed in the women’s 400 free, posting a time of 4:09.17. Kiah Melverton, who swam one of the world’s fastest 1500s on the opening day of the meet, qualified 2nd in 4:11.25, improving her previous season-best of 4:13.97. She’s already qualified for Pan Pacs in the 800 and 1500, and will look for the standard of 4:06.48 in the final.
- Commonwealth gold and silver medalists Mack Horton and Jack McLoughlin lead the way in the men’s 400 free, with McLoughlin leading the pack in 3:50.79. Horton sits 2nd in 3:51.88, and 18-year-old Elijah Winnington (3:52.04) is 3rd.
- Abbey Harkin (2:16.54) leads Taylor McKeown (2:17.37) and Blair Evans (2:17.56) into the women’s 200 IM final. No one has qualified for Pan Pacs in this event yet, and Evans had a narrow miss in the 400 IM a few nights ago. She’ll be looking for the 2:10.45 standard in the final, but will need a big swim with her PB at 2:11.14 (from 2016) and her fastest of the season 2:12.76.
- Clyde Lewis, who qualified for Tokyo in the 400 IM on the Gold Coast, leads the men’s 200 IM field in 2:01.25, with Travis Mahoney (2:01.50) a close 2nd. Lewis was 1:58.18 at the Commonwealth Games, just off the qualifying time of 1:57.81.
It’s clear SPW the only club getting real race practice here
PB for titmus in the 100 free. 55.37 in the lead off leg of the W4x100fr.
Cartwright 0.28 under the QT for the 100 free in the leadoff leg. He’ll likely get an individual berth.
Finally some information about Titmus’ sprinting qualities. Her 4:01.73 in 400 race tells us that she is in a good form – about the same as in CWG. But how is it possible to swim 1:54.8 in 200 if her personal best in 100 is just 55.37 sec? It is either she can be much faster in sprint races or her 1:54.8 is about all what we can possibly see of her in 200 or we are dealing with the exceptionally unique phenomenon.
I’d expect the100 faster without all the races she’s done perhaps, although Thorpe was decent at 100m but not really a 100m guy in all honesty
Thorpe’s 100 free relay split in 2000 was only .12 off the WR. That was when he only had to train up to the 400. Titmus said she’s only partially tapered, and she’s also had a heavy program this meet having to back up everyday. I think we’ll only see titmus’ real potential in the 100 if she drops the 800 and swims the 100 in a full taper.
1500 ( 16.09) 400im( 4.46) both new events 200 ( relay lead off 1.56 ) 400 ( 4.01.7) 100 relay 55.3 . Thats a good block of racing work that few in the world could do ,. The few being really only one – KL .
They are building up competition resilience .
These times are pretty much inline and remind me Leah Smith. Exactly this competition (Titmus vs Smith) will bring much excitement in a month.
There is some other thing that Adriarna Titmus is consistent with. That is slow reaction time.
McKeon just went 56.61 in the final! That apparently ties with Inge de Bruijn for the fastest ever swim on Australian soil. Assuming McKeon isn’t tapered here, wonder how low she can go at Pan Pacs. Her vs Ikee should be a great battle in any case.
Perhaps Worrell as well.
I think she tapered a little bit because its still trials. OBS no hate. 🙂
3-45.98 PB for Winnington also a great swim.
4-01.73 for Titmus is a great swim after a huge programme and no taper
Looks like not many swimmers are tapered enough to actually try and get under the pan pacific qualifying times.. therefore if the selectors stock by the rules then I’m expecting a small skeleton team of Aussie swimmers to contend in Japan
Commonwealth Games was also a trial for the team