2023 MARE NOSTRUM TOUR – BARCELONA
- Wednesday, May 17th & Thursday, May 18th
- Club Natació Sant Andreu, Barcelona, Spain
- LCM (50m)
- World Championships Qualifier
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- Day 1 Prelims Recap
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WOMEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL
- Mare Nostrum Record – 52.08, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 2017
- World Championships ‘A’ cut – 54.25
GOLD – Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 52.50
SILVER – Marrit Steenbergen (NED), 53.45
BRONZE – Cate Campbell (AUS), 54.07
Siobhan Haughey continues to shine at the Mare Nostrum Tour as she swam a 52.50 100 LCM freestyle during night 1 finals in Barcelona.
That was Haughey’s third fastest time in the event ever, only sitting behind her 52.40 during semifinals and her personal best of 52.27 in finals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her 52.27 went on to win silver. Notably, her time from today would still have been fast enough for silver at the Tokyo Olympics.
Today’s swim was an in-season best time for Haughey. Notably, last week she set a personal best in the 50 LCM freestyle breaking her own Hong Kong national record as she swam a 24.56.
Haughey’s time today places her #1 in World Rankings so far during the 2022-2023 season.
Women’s LCM 100 Free World Rankings:
- Haughey (Hong Kong), 52.50 May 17th
- Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia), 52.63 April 17th
- Shayna Jack (Australia), 52.64 April 17th
- Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden), 52.99 April 16th
- Marrit Steenbergen (Netherlands), 53.10 April 8th
Haughey is entered in the 50 and 200 frees for tomorrow. Along with the 100 free, she also won silver in the 200 free at the Tokyo Olympics.
Hail to The Victors! Hail to The Victors!
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#altitudeworks
She will be hard to beat in the 200 if this 100 is any indication.
Titmus will run her down in the 200 free as usual.
Summer clears both, unfortunately.
But then MOC has Summer covered.
Please don’t compare that freestyle only swimmer to Summer.
She swims backstroke too sweetie.
She must not be good cus I don’t see her times anywhere??🔍
LCM
50BK 27.38
100BK 58.42
SCM
50BK 25.49 #2 all-time
100BK 55.62
she’s literally equal 2nd this year in the 50 tied with Masse, and 3rd in the 100 behind McKeown and Smith, she also medalled in both at short course worlds in december
Summer …… is amazing but she IS mortal. The reality is that she cannot realistically swim every event in which she is legitimately competitive …… and not run out of gas before the end of the meet.
200free is probably 4th, at best, of her events and she will also be co-opted for both FS relays. Whilst the only double-up with this race will be with the final being the same session as the 200fly semi; she does have only so many petrol tickets to burn and she still has the 200IM, 400free and 4×200 plus 200fly final.
Maybe she will swim it, maybe more likely she’ll look at the races where she is a more clear cut favourite.
Hear, hear!
If Haughey brings this level of form to Fukuoka then the only likely candidates to beat her in this race are McKeon and MOC (if either finish 1-2 at AUS Trials).
Sjostrom = an outside chance if she can still summon up some magic.
Jack could certainly finish 1-2 at AUS Trials, not sold on her bringing that to the biggest stage.
Not seeing any sub 52.5 from an American at this point but in a slower race scenario, its not out of the question that one could burgle their way onto the podium if the 2nd Australian falters.
Can certainly see Steenbergen in the final and potentially sub 53 but she is another that probably needs a… Read more »
Care to elaborate why you feel that way re: Shayna Jack? I feel that we just don’t have enough datapoints to support that either way, given 2017-2018 was so long ago and 2022 she dealt with an injury setback and still performed rather well at the beginning of Worlds + Commonwealths given the circumstances.
I’m not sold on McKeon grabbing an individual spot in the 100 if she’s not 100% for Trials. MOC looks tough to beat, Jack has looked great all season, and Harris also looks like she’ll have a great swim in store for Trials. I think McKeon will get the individual nod for the 50FR/100FL, but not sold on the 100 FR just yet. The 50 free… Read more »
Her relay outings (pre “mishap”) in Budapest, whilst presentable enough, were slower than her flat-start times at AUS Trials. Quite simply, she is at best the 3rd best Australian. In the 50, she’s possibly the 2nd however Harris will not make it easy nor do I see her having sub24 potential.
MOC has the greater top-side ….. with the ‘qualifier’ that she does need to improve her 50 speed if she’s going to take her times into 52lows.
We really don’t know where McKeon is at this year as, like Titmus, it seems they haven’t really “fired a shot in anger” so far. It could be that her LC IS “only” at 2022 level. If so; then she may clearly… Read more »
I’ll help correct this for you. If Mckeon near best, only Haughey & MOC can challenge her.
She is current World Champion & did so at 18 years old, very young for a sprinter, her upside is much bigger than Haughey & she is only .2 sec behind Haughey’s best time.
Fully concur with your second sentence. Whilst the 200 (both individual and relay) is likely to remain a WIP, I completely agree she has proven she’s the real deal internationally at 100 and deserves to be seen as one of the peak seeds.
DO think MOC has a very significant upside in this event but it is contingent on her finding those extra tenths from her opening 50.
Still think Haughey is a very major factor and that we may not have seen ‘all she has to give’. Her existing PB, should she match it, or even a very incremental PB, could most likely only be matched by McKeon on top form or MOC, should she find that extra 50… Read more »
Like you said she has a huge upside, she is just 2 tenths behind Haughey’s best, I’m sure MOC & her coach are working on that extra speed as she gets stronger (older).
She is a big player here.No-one can match her closing speed.
I think Jack hinted in a recent interview that the 100m at the trials will be very fast….and that’s exactly what I’d expect
MOC, Emma, Jack, Megs in any order
I wouldn’t say in any order. I will be shocked if Meg is top 3. The top 3 in my mind are clearly MOC, McKeon and Jack, with Harris and Wilson a clear 4th and 5th. The final relay slot is up for grabs with both Campbells announcing they won’t attend Worlds even if they qualify.
I’m picking Jack and McKeon in some order to finish top two.
After last year, in my mind MOC and Emma were both my clear top 2 but it actually might be better if the love gets shared around a bit more.
You might argue that the best result for the country overall for the freestyles would be (putting aside any notions of individual glory):
Jack – 50/100 Free
Emma – 100 Free and 100 Fly (making it more likely she’ll swim the 200 free and making her more fresh for overall relay duties)
MOC – 200 Free and 50/100 Back
Harris – 50 Free (if she can nab a spot)
Watch the trolls come out on this with all their Jack issues.
Yeah I feel wombat is ….I don’t know…….not all in on Mollie. I’d Be quite a shock if she doesn’t come up another level or two.
Emma turns up when it counts……I have big faith in her getting it right on the night……very much like Ledecky.
Jack seems have developed some Endurance…..her early speed should have her right in the finish.
And Megs is still quite young. Her going to another level is definitely possible….maybe even probable
And then there’s Maddie…always there or there abouts.
Exactly, not really understanding his thinking,
Haughey at 23 years old in the Olympic final peak physical condition swims 52.27 can improve slightly, yes I agree. Best time still 2 years ago
MOC at 18 years old swims 52.49, improvement from 53.08 at Olympics as 17 years old, needs to improve speed to gain an improvement, doubting that her & Boxall not working on this???? Improved her best time as you would expect from young girl over .5 a second since 2 years ago.
Wrong !!! Have major wraps on MOC, both as a freestyler and backstroker. I certainly think both her 100 and 200 free have more to give but for the big drops to happen, her front end speed will need to pick up …. without compromising her back half.
When ?? Could be this year, could be next … who knows ? What I do know is that career progression in rarely linear.
FYI; the one to whom I’m indifferent is Jack. If she makes the team then so be it; if she doesn’t … likewise. Just happen to prefer the other 4 you mentioned.
Agree RE Harris’ potential – I have been banging that drum for what feels like a bloody age. Unfortunately injury disruption has crept in, but I really feel she could scare the big girls sooner rather than later. She has all the tools.
For me 100 free in fukuoka
1. Siobhan haughey
2. Australian (mollie, shayna, Emma)
3. Steenbergen
4. Other australian/ sjostrom
1. MOC
2. Haughey
3. Jack, who I presume will be the 2nd Australian, although Meg Harris could surprise at Trials
So you think Steenbergen will beat 1 of the 2 Australians, but you’re not sure which one?
Exactly hahaha
Dropping half a second is a pretty big ask. She could notionally find her way onto a podium in another ‘slow race” scenario (ala 2022) where 52high medals; the issue is likely to be that she may be up against plenty of others who can hit that time range.
Don’t get me wrong; I rate Steenbergen and hey, I live and work in the Netherlands these days ! It certainly could happen but its definitely more possibility than liklihood.
Don’t get me wrong, just by statistics I think there were no two Australians left on the podium and it will be Steenbergen who will snatch the bronze (I have nothing against them, my favorite swimmer is Emma Mckeon)
Can’t see McKeon not being on the podium & MOC is still very very young for sprinter, she will only improve. So my money on 2 on the podium for the Aussies.
For me:
1. Haughey
2. An American (quirky, I know)
3. Sjostrom
For me, only Torri Huske (like american) could be the surprise for bronze like Budapest last year.
One australian is security in the podium 95%
Tragic. But it’s not pass them to sneak a medallist 😂
Funniest comment I have read, are you a comedian?
Ignore him. He literally just exists to troll Australian swimmers. Yesterday he was saying that Kaylee has never had a fast swim outside Australia… despite Tokyo lol
Quit crying!
I’m not crying. I’m laughing at you.
You’ll be crying yourself to sleep when Haughey destroys the Ozzy women
Crying, over you!!!! Crying. Roy Obison
Orbison
Thanks.
I would love to see Steenbergen on the podium, but she’d need to drop 0.46 off her PB just to be top 3 for in-season times. Even assuming no one else improves at worlds, that’s a big ask.
personally I’d swap sjostrom and steenbergen
I love her consistency!! She will definitely shine in coming world champ and Asian game!!!✨✨✨
She’s getting ready to throw down a ridiculous 200 free time
Well done.