2018 AUSTRALIAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, October 25th – Saturday, October 27th
- Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre
- Heats at 10am local (9:30am Sat.)/Finals at 6:30pm local (4:30pm Sat.)
- SCM
- Qualifying meet for 2018 Short Course World Championships squad
- Aussie SC World C’ships Selection Criteria
- SwimSwam Meet Preview
- Entry List
- Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
- Live Results
- Live Stream
While competing on day 2 of the 2018 Australian Short Course Championships, multiple Commonwealth Games medalist Ariarne Titmus raced her way to a new All Comers in the women’s SCM 400m freestyle.
The equivalent to a U.S. Open Record in America, the All Comers Record in this event was previously held by Olympian Jess Ashwood with the 3:59.25 notched back in 2015. 18-year-old Titmus wiped that mark off the map with her winning time of 3:59.19 this evening to produce a time just shy of making Titmus a top-25 performer of all-time.
Splits for Titmus’ 3:59.19 tonight include: 57.04/59.70/1:01.20/1:01.25. Titmus now has the Aussie national record in her sights, with Blair Evan’s 3:58.31 mark from 2011 on notice.
Titmus already owns the Australian 400m and 800m free national records in long course and will soon begin to chip away at the SCM records as well.
“..Titmus is looking forward to racing this week as a means to keep honing her ‘skills’ in the pool, rather than just her ‘swimming’.” That was said commenting her statement before meet.
She likes talking but what actually she meant by that? That she isn’t good with underwater, dolphin kick, turns, broken rhythm … Or that she is in the process of preparation for the world championships and is not in good shape at this meet… Or that the only purpose of this meet is getting qualified for the coming soon SC world championships? Whatever it is despite breaking some records her race was significantly slower than could be expected from the swimmer who has broken 4 min barrier… Read more »
She is talking about how short course is more about starts/turns/finishes, streamlines, and breakouts than actual swimming.
Not sure what’s going on, but she has shown that she is the real deal on the big stage…so I am sure they know what they are doing.