March 20, 2021
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Emma McKeon is one of the most well-rounded swimmers on the planet, busting out world-class performances in the 100m fly and 50m free at NSW Championships.
March 19, 2021
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Not missing a beat, Kyle Chalmers ranks among the top three 200 freestylers while Kaylee McKeown looks backstroke-strong at NSW Championships.
March 15, 2020
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Kyle Chalmers (Marion) may well consider adding the 100m butterfly to his Tokyo Olympic program according to his coach Peter Bishop – who says it’s not off the table. The Rio Olympic 100m freestyle gold medallist showed his hand in Sydney overnight with an eye-catching personal best time of 51.37 – the third fastest time in the world this year. It was his fourth victory in three days as the successful NSW State Open Championships w ...
March 15, 2020
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In addition to Kyle Chalmers ripping a 51.37 lifetime best in the 100m fly to become Australia’s 3rd fastest performer all-time, there were several other head-turning swims that wrapped up the 2020 New South Wales State Open Championships. For starters, 25-year-old Olympian Emma McKeon turned some heads with her stellar gold medal-worthy time of 1:55.38 tonight in Sydney. After playing it cool in the morning heats with a casual 1:59.65, the Griffith University swimmer unleashed splits of 55.63/59.75 to beat the field by over a second en r ...
March 14, 2020
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A record breaking “Mac Attack” from Queensland girls Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown set the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre alight tonight on a sizzling second finals session at the NSW State Open Championships. With swimming’s immediate competition future cancelled these NSW Championships continue to produce red hot races – with NSW and Australian records tumbling in world best times. In a nutshell, these were the night two highlights: Four-time Rio Olympic medallist McKeon started the night when she finally erased Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medallist Inge de Bruijn’s name from the 100m ...
March 14, 2020
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Swimming is still going on strong down under, as we saw day 2 action of the 2020 New South Wales State Open Championships. Kyle Chalmers , Emma McKeon , and Kaylee McKeown were among the elite performers who brought the heat during day 1 and the trio, plus more, were back in action today at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center (SOPAC). For 25-year-old Olympian McKeon, we reported how she nailed a new Aussie All Comers Record in the women’s 100m fly to take tonight’s gold in that event. Hitting the wall in 56.36, McKeon logged the 3rd fastest tim ...
March 8, 2020
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Leah Smith consistently held 31s throughout the majority of the race, coming home in 30.46 to clock in a season best of 8:23.46. Tying her seed time for second place was Hali Flickinger , clocking in an 8:29.96. Touching in for third was Kaersten Meitz , coming in just off her SB (8:31.85) at 8:32.21. Smith now is the 3rd-fastest swimmer in the world this season just behind Kiah Melverton (8:22.24) and Katie Ledecky (8:14.59). Flickinger’s swim now puts her at #13 for the 2019-2020 season while Meitz’s season best remains at #16.
Dec. 18, 2019
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17-year-old multi-World Junior Championships medalist Thomas Neill nailed a 200m IM time of 2:01.76 to log a new Queensland Age Record.
Dec. 17, 2019
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Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans) is one half of an exciting new teenage pairing in the Australian women’s backstroking ranks and tonight in Brisbane the 18-year-old Sunshine Coaster showed why she
Dec. 16, 2019
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Rio Olympian Jack McLoughlin and prospective 2020 Olympians Kiah Melverton and Zac Stubblety-Cook showed they mean business in Brisbane tonight in what is shaping up as a frantic fight to
June 14, 2019
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Swimming Australia has named a 27-athlete strong team to take on the World Swimming Championships in July in Gwangju, South Korea in 37 days.
June 30, 2018
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Kiah Melverton took the women’s 1500m freestyle in South Australia, marking the 2nd time ever an Australiam woman has dipped under the 16-minute barrier.