2023 Queensland Championships Day One: Multiple State All Comers Records Go Down
St. Andrew’s Isaac Cooper dove in on more than one occasion during day one of the 2023 Queensland Championships which began today.
17-Year-Old Maximus Williamson Breaks His Two-Day Old NAG Record in 200 Free (1:31.37)
Williamson is only a high school junior, but he’s already faster than the current Virginia school record (1:32.45) and ACC Championships record (1:32.23).
Anastasiia Kirpichnikova Shatters French Record In 1500 Free With #5 Swim All-Time
After attaining French citizenship earlier this year, Kirpichnikova has taken more than 22 seconds off the National Record in the women’s 1500 free.
Duncan Scott Clocks 1:50.98 British Record In 200 IM At European SC Championships
Duncan Scott scorched the field en route to a new British Record in the men’s 200m IM on night 4 of the 2023 European Short Course Championships.
Alex Shackell Breaks 100 Fly Winter Juniors Meet Record In Prelims (50.28)
All eyes will be on Shackell tonight, who qualified as the top seed by over a second. She now ranks #4 all-time among 17-18 girls.
Angelina Kohler Grabs 100 Fly Top Seed In New German Record
Already the 200m butterfly champion here in Romania, Angelina Kohler of Germany earned the top seed in the 100m fly in a new German Record.
Tes Schouten (NED) Drops Nearly Another Second En Route To 200 Breast Gold
Dutch ace Tes Schouten dropped almost another second off her newly-minted personal best and national record en route to grabbing 200m breaststroke gold.
15-Year-Old Charlotte Crush Annihilates NAG Record in 100 Back (49.53)
Only Claire Curzan has been faster than Charlotte Crush’s 49.53 among all American girls age 18 and under at 49.46 earlier this year.
17-Year-Old Maximus Williamson Blazes 1:41.18 200 IM to Break Nolan’s NAG Record From 2011
Maximus Williamson now owns the Winter Juniors meet record as well as the U.S. boys’ 17-18 NAG record previously set by David Nolan (1:41.39) in 2011.
16-Year-Old Thomas Heilman Lowers His Own NAG Record in 200 IM (1:41.41)
Most of Heilman’s improvement came on the opening fly leg of the 200 IM, where he split half a second faster (21.65) than his old NAG record from last year.
Great Britain Busts Out Golden Night To Lead European SC Championships Medal Table
Olympic finalist Ben Proud of Great Britain crushed a new European Record in the men’s 50 free on night three of the 2023 European Short Course Championships.
Tes Schouten Joins Sub-2:17 Club With New Dutch Record In SCM 200 Breast
Schouten put up a time of 2:16.98 to become just the 14th swimmer in history under the 2:17 barrier, slashing more than a second off her Dutch Record.
Daniel Wiffen Drops 14:09.11 1500 Free For #3 Swim In History At SC Euros
Wiffen became the fourth swimmer to eclipse the 14:10 barrier, coming just over two seconds shy of the 14:06.88 world record held by Florian Wellbrock.
Ben Proud Rattles Dressel’s World Record With 20.18 50 Free, #2 Swim All-Time
Proud shattered the European, British and Championship Records in a time of 20.18, falling just .02 shy of Caeleb Dressel’s world record set in 2020.
Lakeside Aquatic Downs Winter Juniors, 17-18, and 15-18 NAGs in 800 Free Relay with 6:20.34
Lakeside Aquatic Club’s Williamson (17), Lucas (18), Hatcher (17), and Paulk (18) broke the meet, 17-18, and 15-18 NAG records in the 800 free relay.
