By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS

• Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM
• Meet Site
• Swimming Australia 2019 World Championships – Selection Policy
• Start List
• Prelims Heat Sheets
• Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap
• Live Results
• Live Stream

WOMEN’S 200 FREE – FINAL

• GOLD – Emma McKeon, 1:54.55 * Worlds QT
• SILVER – Ariarne Titmus, 1:55.09 * Worlds QT
• BRONZE – Shayna Jack, 1:56.37

As you can read more about in our specific post here, 25-year-old Emma McKeon busted out her best 200m free time ever, clocking 1:54.55 to deny Ariarne Titmus her 2nd event win here in Brisbane. Instead, McKeon took her 2nd gold of these Trials, doubling up on her 100m fly World Championships qualifying effort from night 1.

McKeon split 55.35/59.20 to beat out even the 1:54.92 that earned her the bronze in this 200m free at the 2016 Olympic Games, making this her fastest performance in 3 years. She now moves into the 2nd slot in the season’s world rankings, only behind Titmus’ 1:54.30 newly-minted National Record she produced in April at Australian Nationals.

Shayna Jack missed out on individual qualification in this race, but put up the best time of her career in a bronze medal-worthy swi m of1:56.37. That hacked .4 off of her previous best ever of 1:56.77, a mark established as lead-off on on the St. Peters Western women’s 4x200m freestyle relay that won gold at Nationals.

Finishing 4th tonight for a relay spot in Gwangju was 23-year-old Western Australianer Brianna Throssell, the former fly specialist who finished 8th in the Olympic 200m fly final in Rio. Since, Throssell has been turning on the jets in the freestyle events, in addition to keeping up with fly, churning out a new personal best tonight.

Throssell’s 1:56.62 marks just the 2nd time ever the UWSC athlete has been under 1:57, giving Australian another powerful weapon in its 4x200m freestyle arsenal.

Shaking up the all-time Aussie list, Jack now enters the ranking as the 5th fastest ever, while Throssell now becomes the 7th fastest Aussie in history.

Fastest Aussie Women Performers All-Time in 200 Free:

1. 1:54.30 Ariarne Titmus 2000 Adelaide 09.04.19
2. 1:54.55 Emma McKeon TONIGHT
3. 1:55.25 Bronte Barratt 1989 Rio 09.08.16
4. 1:55.73 Kylie Palmer 1990 Sydney 04.04.11
5. 1:56.37 Shaya Jack TONIGHT
6. 1:56.60r Stephanie Rice 1988 Beijing 14.08.08
7. 1:56.62 Brianna Throssell TONIGHT

MEN’S 200 FLY – FINAL

• GOLD – David Morgan, 1:55.26 * Worlds QT
• SILVER – Grant Irvine, 1:55.89
• BRONZE – Matthew Temple,1:56.58

Things looked a little bleak after this morning’s prelims of the men’s 200m fly, with the fastest mark sitting 2 seconds off of the World Championships QT of 1:55.58. But, the men turned it on in the evening, led by Olympian David Morgan of TSS Aquatics.

Morgan earned a morning swim of 1:58.55, but hacked over 3 seconds off of that mark tonight to take gold in 1:55.26. That cleared the Gwangju QT set by Swimming Australia of 1:55.58 and punches the 25-year-old’s ticket to next month’s World Championships. His outing checks-in as a new personal best, beating the 1:55.63 he notched back in 2016 at his nation’s Olympic Trials.

His quickest in the past 18 months was the 1:56.36 he put up on the Gold Coast for Commonwealth Games silver, so the man threw down when needed to make it happen in tonight’s final.

Fellow Olympian Grant Irvine was right there with him, but ultimately finished just outside the Worlds QT in a still-solid 1:55.89. That’s within range of his 1:55.32 PB from way back in 2013 and crushes the 1:56.91 he produced last year on the Gold Coast for 4th behind Morgan at the Commonwealth Games.

MatthewTemple of Nunawading dipped under the 1:57 threshold for the first time of his career, nailing a new PB of 1:56.58 for bronze tonight.

Irvine now sits as the 6th fastest swimmer in the world this season.

2018-2019 LCM MEN 200 FLY

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2	Tamas KENDERESI	HUN	1.53.42	03/27
3	Gianluca URLANDO	USA	1:54.35	05/26
4	Daiya SETO	JPN	1.54.44	04/05
5	Federico BURDISSO	ITA	1.54.64	04/02

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MEN’S 800 FREE – FINAL

• GOLD – Jack McLoughlin, 7:46.79 * Worlds QT
• SILVER – Josh Parrish, 7:54.94
• BRONZE – Mack Horton, 8:01.30

Taking control of the men’s 800m free and never looking back was Olympian Jack McLoughlin, the 24-year-old Chandler standout who busted out the fastest time of his career tonight for the win.

Entering the meet, McLoughlin’s season-best was the 7:55.81 he produced at the Sydney Open meet last month. His fastest ever was the 7:47.31 he punched in Tokyo at the 2018 Pan Pacs for bronze.

As such, his mark tonight dips under the 7:47 threshold for the first time ever, crushing next closest competitor Josh Parrish, who registered 7:54.94 for silver, while Olympian Mack Horton missed another qualification opportunity with an 8:01.30 for bronze. Horton was 7:53.42 last year at Pan Pacs, for perspective.

McLoughlin’s time keeps hi as the 5th fastest Aussie performer in history, while he moves into the current world rankings at #7.

2018-2019 LCM MEN 800 FREE

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2	Fabian Wellbrock	GER	7:43.03	04/15
3	Henrik CHRISTIANSEN	NOR	7.45.11	04/15
4	Gabriele DETTI	ITA	7.43.83	04/04
5	Gregorio PALTRINIERI	ITA	7.45.35	04/04

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2019 Aussie World Trials: Day 3 Finals Recap

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

65-year old Jack Groselle, fresh off breaking the Masters World Record in the 100 short course meters freestyle at Canadian Nationals for his age group, has taken down the long course record as well. Swimming at the Bumpy Jones Classic in Sarasota, Florida this weekend, Groselle swam a 59.88 in the 100 LCM free – which makes him the oldest man to break 1 minute in that race in sanctioned competition.

His swim broke the old record of 1:00.38 that was set in 2010 by fellow American Richard Abrahams. Americans hold all but 1 long course world record in the men’s 65-69 age group.

In addition to his newest long course World Record and his short course record of 58.26 from March, he also holds both 100 free World Records in the 60-64 age group: a 57.79 in long course meters and a 55.87 in short course meters.

Groselle trains with the Sarasota Sharks Masters team.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Jack Groselle Becomes Oldest Man Under a Minute in 100 LCM Free

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2019 MARE NOSTRUM – CANET

• June 11-12, 2019
• Canet-en-Roussillon
• Psych sheet
• Schedule
• Mare Nostrum Records
• Results

Through just day 1 prelims of the Canet stop of the 2019 Mare Nostrum tour, already 2 meet records bit the dust, both on the men’s side. The crowd needed some excitement, as the weather in this outdoor meet is reportedly rainy, cold and anything but ideal.

First in the 50m back, American Michael Andrew blasted a top seeded effort of 24.79. That already beat the 24.82 he produced for the win in Monaco just days ago and represents the only sub-25 second time of the morning here in Canet.

Andrew, who is slated to swim this race at the World Championships, sits fourth in the world with a season-best of 24.66.

The next meet record to be wiped off the books came courtesy of Mr. Automatic himself, Adam Peaty of Great Britain. Doing his usual thing in the men’s 100m breaststroke, the man crushed a menacing 58.92 to lane lane 4 and set a new Mare Nostrum mark.

Peaty has already been as fast as 57.87 this year, which represents the mark he threw down at the British Championships to qualify for next month’s World Championships. It’s scary that he’s 58.92, under training, with the biggest meet of the year still several weeks away.

But behind Peaty was his British partner in crime James Wilby, who put up a super quick prelims time of his own. The Loughborough star also qualified in this event for World Championships and here already nailed a 2nd seeded time of 59.04 to flank Peaty tonight.

He’ll be joined by Japanese National Record holder Yasuhiro Koseki, who represented the other sub-minute breaststroker of the morning in 59.82.

Andrew was back in the pool later in the session to take the 4th seed in the men’s 50m free in 22.40, with British beast Ben Proud rocking 22.25 to take the pole position for tonight’s final.

Bruno Fratus, the Brazilian who turned heads with his 21.31 outing from Monaco, is in the mix with a 2nd seeded 22.34.

The Walsh sisters of the U.S. were in the pool with Gretchen Walsh earning the 6th seed in the 50m free in 25.57, tied with young Erin Gallagher of South Africa.

Gallagher made the semi-finals of this event at last year’s Commonwealth Games and holds the South African National Record at 25.03. Coincidentally, that’s also Walsh’s PB from 2018 U.S. Nationals, so there’s a separate min-dual happening between these 2 emerging talents tonight.

However, at the top of the women’s 50m free was Mariia Kameneva of Russia, holding the fastest spot in 25.05.

Sister Alex Walsh is the leader of the women’s 200 back, producing a morning swim of 2:10.03, her 2nd fastest time ever. That leads fellow American Phoebe Bacon, who is less than a second back in 2:10.59.

For Walsh, this morning’s effort sits only behind her 2:09.36 from last year, while Bacon has already been as quick as 2:09.36 in 2019.

The men’s 200m free is shaping up to be a super showdown, with the likes of American Kieran Smith (1:48.34), Brazilian Joao De Lucca (1:48.78) and Duncan Scott (1:49.10) all making the final, with several others sprinkled in.

Emerging Brit Tom Dean claimed the 7th seed in 1:49.17, while 2 Russians tied for 8th in 1:49,24 in Mikhail Vekovishchev and Aleksandr Krasnykh, necessitating a swim-off.

Additional Notes from Day 1 Prelims:

• Georgia Davies took the women’s top seed in the 50m back in 28.33, with Bacon right behind in 28.47. Bacon’s mark is just .06 shy of her own PB from the Knoxville Pro Swim earlier this year.
• Molly Renshaw is leading the women’s 100m breast in a time of 1:08.34.
• Katinka Hosszu was in the water this morning, taking lane 4 in the women’s 200m IM in 2:09.96, the only sub-2:10 swimmer.
• Young Carson Foster of the U.S. is sitting behind Japan’s weapon Daiya Seto in the men’s 400m IM, with Seto leading 4:18.03 to Foster’s 4:18.12.
• The women’s 100 fly saw Svetlana Chimrova lead the field in 58.90, while Canadian Olympic medalist in this event, Penny Oleksiak is right behind in 59.10.
• James Guy of GBR put up a strong showing in the men’s 100m fly heats, hitting the wall in 52.98. He took the British national title this past April in 51.97.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Adam Peaty 58.92, Alex Walsh 2:10 2Back On Day 1 Prelims In Canet

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2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS

• Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM
• Live Results

The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials are now halfway through and we saw some additional names added to the list of individual qualifiers tonight. With the Campbell sisters taking to the pool and Kyle Chalmers gearing up for 3 additional events, there’s sure to be more names added to the list before all is said and done.

Australian World Championships Individual Qualifiers Through Day 3:

Women:

• Emma McKeon, 100m fly (57.28); 200m free (1:54.55)
• Brianna Throssell, 100m fly (57.57)
• Kaylee McKeown, 200m IM (2:09.94); 100m back (59.28)
• Ariarne Titmus, 400m free (3:59.35); 200m free (1:55.09)
• Kiah Melverton, 400m free (4:05.30); 1500m free (15:56.46)
• Minna Atherton, 100m back (59.20)
• Maddie Gough, 1500m free (15:56.39)

Men:

• Jack McLoughlin, 400m free (3:44.34); 800m free (7:46.79)
• Mitch Larkin, 100m back (52.38)
• Kyle Chalmers, 200m free (1:45.76)
• Clyde Lewis, 200m free (1:45.88)
• David Morgan, 200m fly (1:55.26)

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Individual Aussie World C’ships Qualifiers Now Up To 12

By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS

• Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM
• Meet Site
• Swimming Australia 2019 World Championships – Selection Policy
• Start List
• Prelims Heat Sheets
• Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap
• Live Results
• Live Stream

As originally reported:

WOMEN’S 200 FREE – FINAL

• GOLD – Emma McKeon, 1:54.55 * Worlds QT
• SILVER – Ariarne Titmus, 1:55.09 * Worlds QT
• BRONZE – Shayna Jack, 1:56.37

As you can read more about in our specific post here, 25-year-old Emma McKeon busted out her best 200m free time ever, clocking 1:54.55 to deny Ariarne Titmus her 2nd event win here in Brisbane. Instead, McKeon took her 2nd gold of these Trials, doubling up on her 100m fly World Championships qualifying effort from night 1.

McKeon split 55.35/59.20 to beat out even the 1:54.92 that earned her the bronze in this 200m free at the 2016 Olympic Games, making this her fastest performance in 3 years. She now moves into the 2nd slot in the season’s world rankings, only behind Titmus’ 1:54.30 newly-minted National Record she produced in April at Australian Nationals.

Shayna Jack missed out on individual qualification in this race, but put up the best time of her career in a bronze medal-worthy swi m of1:56.37. That hacked .4 off of her previous best ever of 1:56.77, a mark established as lead-off on on the St. Peters Western women’s 4x200m freestyle relay that won gold at Nationals.

Finishing 4th tonight for a relay spot in Gwangju was 23-year-old Western Australianer Brianna Throssell, the former fly specialist who finished 8th in the Olympic 200m fly final in Rio. Since, Throssell has been turning on the jets in the freestyle events, in addition to keeping up with fly, churning out a new personal best tonight.

Throssell’s 1:56.62 marks just the 2nd time ever the UWSC athlete has been under 1:57, giving Australian another powerful weapon in its 4x200m freestyle arsenal.

Shaking up the all-time Aussie list, Jack now enters the ranking as the 5th fastest ever, while Throssell now becomes the 7th fastest Aussie in history.

Fastest Aussie Women Performers All-Time in 200 Free:

1. 1:54.30 Ariarne Titmus 2000 Adelaide 09.04.19
2. 1:54.55 Emma McKeon TONIGHT
3. 1:55.25 Bronte Barratt 1989 Rio 09.08.16
4. 1:55.73 Kylie Palmer 1990 Sydney 04.04.11
5. 1:56.37 Shaya Jack TONIGHT
6. 1:56.60r Stephanie Rice 1988 Beijing 14.08.08
7. 1:56.62 Brianna Throssell TONIGHT

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Watch Emma McKeon’s 1:54.55 PB-Setting 200 Free Race From Brisbane

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

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Bobby O’Donnell from Montgomery Village, Maryland has announced he plans to attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy beginning this fall. O’Donnell is a 2019 graduate of The Heights School and swims year-round with Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club.

“I’m excited to announce my commitment to study and swim at the United States Coast Guard Academy. Thank you to my parents, coaches, and teachers who have helped me so much along the way and have made this possible. Go Bears!!”

O’Donnell is an extremely versatile swimmer, who competes all events. He recently swam seven events at the 2019 NCSA Spring Championship in Orlando, Florida. He also competed for The Heights School and was an A finalist in 200 IM at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming & Diving Championships (“Metros”) and runner-up in 200 free at the National Catholic High School Championships. He was named a Potomac Valley Swimming Scholar Athlete for 2017-2018.

The Coast Guard men’s swimming and diving team, located in New London, Connecticut, competes in Division III’s New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference. The Bears placed second at the 2019 NEWMAC Championships, finishing in the runner-up position for the third straight year. O’Donnell would have been an A finalist in the 200 free, along with runner-up Devin McClure, Josh Roh (7th), and TaylorRowe (9th), at the 2019 conference meet. He also would have joined Eric Fuhs (3rd), Christian Lower (6th), and Colin Fenster (8th) in the A final of the 200 IM and Fenster (2nd), Lower (3rd), MaximilianMcCall (5th), and Owen Gibson (8th) in the A final of the 400 IM. O’Donnell will overlap three years with McClure and Lower, two years with Roh and Fuhs, and one year with McCall and Gibson.

Top SCY times:

• 200 free – 1:41.89
• 200 IM – 1:54.81
• 400 IM – 4:06.06
• 200 fly – 1:54.15
• 100 fly – 51.95
• 100 back – 52.78
• 200 back – 1:55.63
• 100 free – 47.79
• 50 free – 21.85
• 500 free – 4:43.39
• 100 breast – 1:00.96
• 200 breast – 2:13.14

O’Donnell becomes the 7th senior from the RMSC-Olney National Training Group to commit to swim in college, joining Quintin Cheadle (University of Maine), Natalie Dobrzykowski (University of Delaware), Andrew Loayza (York College of PA), Drew Munson (Towson University), Ryan Vipavetz (Virginia Tech), and Nathan Watts (U.S. Naval Academy).

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Versatile Bobby O’Donnell of RMSC to Swim for U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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UNIVERSIADI – NAPOLI 2019

• Napoli (ITA)
• Piscina Felice Scandone – Vasca Lunga
• Porzione nuoto 04/10 Luglio 2019
• sito web dell’evento
• Biglietti
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Courtesy of Universiadi Napoli 2019– press release

C’è anche Matteo Lamberti nella spedizione azzurra che prenderà parte alla 30^ Summer Universiade.

Inserito nella lista dei convocati dal Direttore Tecnico, Cesare Butini, il giovane figlio d’arte arriverà a Napoli con grandi ambizioni e legittime pressioni.

Pesa e tanto quel cognome ingombrante, la storia scritta dal papà Giorgio.

Giorgio Lamberti  è il capostipite della grande tradizione azzurra.

Primo italiano a laurearsi campione del mondo a Perth (1991) nelle gara dei 200 metri stile libero e primatista più longevo della storia del nuoto.

Il record di 1:46:69 nei 200 metri agli Europei di Bonn nel 1989 ha resistito per ben 10 anni.

Eclettico e polivalente, il giovanissimo Matteo gareggerà alla Scandone in diverse specialità. Le maggiori ambizioni di medaglia sono coltivate negli 800 metri, distanza mai particolarmente gradita da Giorgio Lamberti, papà e tecnico particolarmente esigente.

Matteo gareggerà a Napoli anche per Manuel Bortuzzo, lo sfortunato nuotatore veneto vittima di un drammatico incidente che lo costringe sulla sedia a rotelle.

Tra i due, fin dall’età di tredici anni, si sono consumati straordinari duelli testa a testa. Una competizione stimolante nei 1500 e negli 800 metri, con una fantastica alternanza di vittorie.

Avversari fieri e combattivi, mai nemici.

Sincero il pensiero che Matteo Lamberti ha rivolto al coetaneo Manuel poco dopo il terribile incidente.

“Non deve abbattersi, sebbene dirlo da qui sia facile. Ho sempre rispettato molto la forza interiore e la trasparenza di Manuel, avversario ma mai nemico. Deve mostrarla anche adesso, perché sono convinto che la sua vita sportiva non sia ancora finita”.

APPROFONDIMENTI

• La nazionale Italiana
• Le immagini della nuova Scandone
• Candidature come volontari da tutto il mondo 
• Massimiliano Rosolino nell’organizzazione
• 100 giorni alle Universiadi
• La Piscina Scandone 
• Criteri di Selezione
• Universiadi Napoli – pronta la squadra USA

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Universiadi Napoli 2019-Matteo Lamberti: “Gareggerò Anche Per Manuel Bortuzzo”

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

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Niamh Hofland has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Connecticut’s class of 2024. Hofland lives in England and swims for The Royal School Wolverhampton. Internationally, she represents Netherlands and was named to the Dutch squad competing at European Junior Championships at the beginning of July. This will be her fifth international selection for Netherlands.

“I chose UCONN because I liked the coach and his attitude towards academics as well as swimming.  I am looking forward to being a member of the Huskies!”

Hofland swims a wide range of events, from the mile to the 200 IM. At the 2019 Eindhoven Cup in April, she went a lifetime best in the 1500 free (16:52.81), taking 2nd in the timed finals. She also finished 4th in the 400 IM (4:57.04) and 21st in the 200 IM (2:20.64). Last month she swam at the Plymouth Leander May National Qualifier Long Course Meet and picked up new PBs in the 50/200 free, 50 back, 50 breast and 50/100 fly.

Top LCM times (converted to SCY):

• 200 free – 2:05.10 (1:49.81)
• 400 free – 4:18.38 (4:49.50)
• 800 free – 8:51.77 (9:55.82)
• 1500 free – 16:52.81 (16:32.95)
• 100 back – 1:05.26 (57.71)
• 200 back – 2:19.26 (2:03.29)
• 200 IM – 2:19.61 (2:02.89)
• 400 IM – 4:55.64 (4:20.57)

Hofland’s best converted times would have scored for the Huskies at the 2019 American Athletic Conference Championships, making the A finals of the 200/1650 free and 400 IM and the B finals of the 500 free, 200 back, and 200 IM. She will overlap one year with Ryan Dulaney, the Huskies’ top freestyler at all distances.

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Netherlands’ Niamh Hofland Makes Verbal Commitment to UConn for 2020-21

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Belle Hinshaw from Zionsville, Indiana has announced her verbal commitment to swim for Purdue University beginning with the 2020-21 school year. She joins Abby Jahns, Abigail Harter, and Hayley Pike who have also committed to the Boilermakers’ class of 2024.

“I am thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at Purdue University! Purdue offers everything I was looking for in a swim program and school, and I cannot wait to join such an amazing group of swimmers and coaches! A huge thank you to my family, friends, teammates and all of my coaches for their support and guidance. I cannot wait to be a Boilermaker! Boiler Up!!!”

Hinshaw is a junior at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. While she did not participate in high school swimming this past season, she did swim at the 2018 IHSAA Girls State Meet as a sophomore, competing in the 100 free and the 200 free. Hinshaw swims year-round for Zionsville Swim Club and focuses mainly on freestyle and backstroke events. She had a particularly strong showing at the 2019 Indiana Swimming LSC Senior Short Course Stata Championships in March. There, she updated her lifetime bests in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, and 200 back. She was an A finalist in the 100 free (4th) and 200 free (3rd) and a B finalist in the 100 back (14th) and 200 back (14th).

Top SCY times:

• 50 free – 24.03
• 100 free – 51.23
• 200 free – 1:51.90
• 100 back – 57.65
• 200 back – 2:03.88

Hinshaw will have one year of overlap with freestylers Maizie Seidl, Greta DeCoursey, and Megan Johnson and backstroker Cassidy Sampson, and two years with free/back specialist Tessa Wrightson.

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Purdue Picks Up Verbal Commitment from In-state Standout Belle Hinshaw

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam

Your coach has likely told you to trust and follow the process. Here’s an illustration of just how powerful this mindset can be when it comes to stepping up on the blocks.

I talk a lot about the process in the newsletter, on my website, in my articles for SwimSwam, and even over the dinner table.

Why?

Because I deeply believe that a process-based approach can help solve a lot of the struggles that swimmers face in the water.

Everything from overthinking, comparison-making, pre-race anxiety, and basically any other mindset hazard that we conjure up to sabotage our swimming.

But what does a process-based approach actually look like?

What does it smell like?

(Chlorine and success, if I had to guess.)

Instead of just talking about how cool being process-focused is, today I wanted to give you an example of what a process-based mindset looks like when compared to an outcome-based mindset.

Process Based Mindset vs. Outcome Based Mindset

For our example we have two swimmers.

They are the same height, weight, have the same amount of talent. They go to the same workouts. Give the same effort in training. They even share the same goofy cat memes on the ‘gram that get the same number of likes.

The only difference? One has a process-based mindset and the other has an outcome-based mindset. That’s it.

Our example swimmers both have a clear goal: they want to go 1:50 for the 200 freestyle at the big championship meet.

They’ve been training all season for this opportunity, and in the moments before the start, as they approach the blocks, we get a peek at what’s going on under their swim caps.

Behind the blocks…

Outcome focused:

• “I have to go a 1:50 to be successful.”
• “What happens if I don’t go 1:50? What if I did all that training and hard work for nothing?”

Process-focused:

• “Keep it loosey goosey.”
• “I’m excited to see what I can do.”

First 50m

Outcome:

• “The guy in the next lane shouldn’t be so far ahead of me…”
• “I’m probably not on pace for that 1:50…”

Process:

• “Easy sprint…”
• “Surf into the first turn…”

Third 50m

Outcome:

• “I’m beating the swimmer on my left, but the swimmer on my right is way ahead of me… I hope he is going like a 1:45…”
• “My coach is going to be disappointed in me if I don’t swim well…”

Process:

• “Accelerate! Accelerate! Accelerate!”

Last 15m

Outcome:

• “My legs feel like cement…”
• “I really hope that I swim that 1:50… I mean, I deserve it…”

Process:

• “Hulk smash!”
• “Finish fast!”

Okay, the race is over.

Both swimmers are holding onto the wall, panting, looking back at the scoreboard.

Based on the thoughts and mindsets you just read, who do you think was more likely to have swum a 1:50?

Who do you think experienced less anxiety?

Who do you think felt like they were in control of their performance from beginning to end?

A great process takes the result out of the picture

I suspect that one of the main reasons swimmers have a hard time going all in on being process-focused is that it seems counter-intuitive…

Pretty much, yeah.

In the example above, you’ll notice that our process-based swimmer didn’t even think about the time. The final time wasn’t the goal—executing a deadly race was the goal.

From staying loose and relaxed before the race using some simple self-talk (“Loosey goosey”) to reframing anxiety as excitement (“I’m excited to see what I can do here”).

Our process-based swimmer also used performance cues to keep them on point (“Easy speed!”, “Accelerate!”) and some motivational self-talk (“Hulk smash!”) to help nail each part of their race.

The sum of which, we can reasonably guess, was a fast swim. Or at the very least, a swim that came close to what the swimmer is capable of.

They created the outcome they wanted without focusing on the outcome at all. (How is that for some brain Jiu-Jitsu?)

Our outcome-focused swimmer, on the other hand, was mentally all over the place.

He rode a roller coaster of doubt during the race as swimmers around him sped ahead or lagged behind. He focused on what others might be thinking, taking him mentally out of what he was supposed to be focusing on to perform well.

The added anxiety and stress chipped away at performance, and although the swimmer probably felt like they gave a full effort, they likely realize that the time on the scoreboard was well short of their potential.

At the end of the day, the difference in performance wasn’t all about talent. Or who had trained harder at practice. It wasn’t even about who wanted it more.

It came down simply to mindset.

Start by using this mindset in practice

Spend a few minutes before your next practice writing out some simple phrases and performance cues that will keep you process-oriented.

The next time you get a monster set at swim practice, deploy them to help you swim well and fast.

The more often you use this kind of mindset, the less you will find yourself thinking about the things that cause performance to crash in the water.

Things like:

• The pain of the rest of the set still to come…
• How fast other swimmers are swimming…
• Where this practice lines up in relation to your season-end goals…

And so on.

Morale of the fairy tale is pretty simple: If it’s awesome outcomes and results you want, build yourself an awesome process.

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: This is How Powerful a Process-Based Mindset Can Be

By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS

• Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM
• Meet Site
• Swimming Australia 2019 World Championships – Selection Policy
• Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap/Day 3 Finals Recap
• Day 4 Prelims Recap
• Live Results
• Live Stream

MEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL

• GOLD – Kyle Chalmers, 47.35 *Worlds QT
• SILVER – Clyde Lewis, 48.46
• BRONZE – Cameron McEvoy, 48.66

King Kyle Chalmers blasted the fastest 100m freestyle time of his career tonight, a monster 47.35 to take gold in a World Championships-qualifying outing. That takes over his previous PB of 47.48 from Aussie Nationals in April and also moves the 20-year-old Marion swimmer back on top of the world rankings throne for this season.

You can read about Chalmers’ statement-making performance in the separate post here.

Behind Chalmers tonight was 21-year-old St. Peters Western standout Clyde Lewis, the swimmer who already nailed World Championships qualification in the 200m free behind Chalmers in a new personal best of 1:45.88.

Lewis took gold in the men’s 400m IM on the Gold Coast at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as well as bronze in the 200m IM, but he opted to focus on freestyle this meet and it paid off. Although his new lifetime best of 48.46 falls short of individual qualification on paper, the fact he’s already qualified in the 200m free may make Swimming Australia give Lewis the nod in this event as well.

At minimum, he’s made it onto the men’s 4x200m free relay, along with bronze medalist here Cameron McEvoy and 4th place finisher Alex Graham. 

McEvoy touched in 48.66, his fastest since the 48.44 from last year’s Commonwealth Games.

WOMEN’S 200 FLY – FINAL

• GOLD – Brianna Throssell, 2:07.39 *Worlds QT
• SILVER – Laura Taylor, 2:08.42
• BRONZE – Brittany Castelluzzo, 2:10.83

Olympic finalist in this women’s 200 fly event, Brianna Throssell of Western Australia, notched her name onto the World Championships roster in event #3, taking this women’s 200 fly tonight in a Gwangju-worthy time of 2:07.39.

Throssell had already nailed relay qualification with her 4th place finish in the women’s 200m free and silver in the 100m fly. Tonight she sealed the deal in a 2nd individual event with this solid 200m fly win.

Her time tonight positions her just inside the top 10 performers in the world this season.

As for Commonwealth Games silver medalist Laura Taylor, the 19-year-old TSS Aquatics standout missed out in this event, finishing in 2:08.42 for silver when a minimum of 2:07.82 was needed for Worlds. Taylor holds a PB of 2:06.80 from February of last year, a mark which made her the 8th fastest Aussie ever, but the magic just didn’t happen for her tonight.

MEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

• GOLD – Mitch Larkin, 1:55.72 *Worlds QT; New Aussie & Commonwealth Record
• SILVER – Thomas Fraser-Holmes, 1:58.76
• BRONZE – Jared Gilliland, 1:59.86

Just one man qualified for the World Championships in this 200m IM event, but he did it in a world-shaking way. 25-year-old St. Peters Western star Mitch Larkin followed up his massive 52.38 100m back gold medal-winning performance here with a ground-shaking 200m IM effort of 1:55.72 for his 2nd win.

His time tonight overtakes his previous Aussie National Record and Commonwealth Record. You can read more about Larkin’s historic swim here.

As for the rest of the pack tonight, the men came up short, with runner-up Thomas Fraser-Holmes hitting 1:58.76, a very respectable time for the 27-year-old, but outside the 1:57.81 QT.

WOMEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

• GOLD – Blair Evans, 4:40.40
• SILVER – Meg Bailey, 4:41.61
• BRONZE – Jenna Forrester, 4:44.39

Western Australia’s Blair Evans got the job done in terms of winning gold in this women’s 400m IM, but the veteran fell short of the Worlds QT tonight.

Hitting the wall in 4:40.40, Evans was unable to dip under the 4:40 threshold, as a 4:37.14 was needed to punch her ticket to Gwangju.

Behind her was Ohio State’s Meg Bailey who registered 4:41.61 for silver, while 15-year-old Jenn Forrester produced the fastest swim of her young career in 4:44.39 for bronze.

WOMEN’S 800 FREE – FINAL

• GOLD – Ariarne Titmus, 8:18.23 *Worlds QT
• SILVER – Kiah Melverton, 8:22.83 *Worlds QT
• BRONZE – Lani Pallister, 8:25.66

In a remarkable women’s 800m free race, the top 4 finishers all dipped under the 8:30.66 World Championships qualifying mark, led by freestyle ace Ariarne Titmus.

The 18-year-old holds the Aussie National Record in this event with the 8:17.07 she nailed at Pan Pacs to finish with the silver behind American legend Katie Ledecky. She was already 8:18.61 this year en route to taking the Aussie National title back in April and was on course with that performance here, nailing 8:18.23 for gold.

Titmus has already qualified for the 400m free in a new Aussie Record, as well as the 200m free, so this teen is well on her way to a packed schedule for GWangju when the 4x200m free relay is added in as well.

Behind Titmus tonight was TSS Aquatics swimmer Kiah Melverton, the 22-year-old who already punched her ticket to Gwangju behind Titmus in the 400m free as well. Tonight Melverton crossed the finish line in 8:22.83, a new personal best by just under 3 seconds. In fact, Melverton’s outing tonight enters her onto the all-time Aussie list in slot #4.

Rounding out the top 3 was 17-year-old Lani Pallister, the 3-time Junior Pan Pacs champion who laid waste to the Aussie Age Group medal board earlier this year at Age Championships. Pallister has a bright future ahead of her with her 8:25.66 bronze medal finish tonight, a time that would have qualified her for Worlds had she finished top 2.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2019 Aussie World Trials Day 5 Finals Recap

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

TRIALS MONDIALI AUSTRALIA 2019

• Domenica 9 Giugno – Venerdì 14 Giugno 2019
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM
• Meet Site
• Criteri di Selezione Australiani Mondiale Gwangju
• Start List
• Batterie
• Risultati  Live
• Live Stream
• Arniane Titmus 400 sl Recap
• Swimswam Italia Highlights Day2
• Highlights Day3 – swimswam Italia

Per il report completo in inglese clicca qui

Nella quinta giornata di Trials Australiani, sono due le prestazioni di maggior rilievo.

Il campione Olimpico dei 100 metri stile libero Kyle Chalmers si riprende il trono del world ranking stagionale, mentre Mitch Larkin abbassa il suo stesso record nazionale nei 200 metri misti, svettando in cima alla classifica mondiale.

100 METRI STILE LIBERO UOMINI

1. Kyle Chalmers 47.35 qualificato
2. Clyde Lewis 48.46
3. Cameron McEvoy 48.66

Con un passaggio ai 50 metri di 23.13 ed un ritorno a 24.22, Kyle Chalmers tocca la piastra fermando il tempo a 47.35, qualificandosi per i Mondiali FINA di Gwangju.

Secondo con il tempo di 48.46 Clyde Lewis, mentre Cameron McEvoy non va oltre il bronzo, chiudendo terzo in 48.66.

Il precedente miglior tempo stagionale di Chalmers risale ai Campionati Nazionali dove chiuse in 47.48 salendo al secondo posto della classifica mondiale stagionale.

Classifica nella quale ora occupa la vetta, detronizzando il russo Vladislav Grinev 

Ora Kyle Chalmers occupa anche la quarta posizione della classifica all time australiana.

200 metri misti uomini

1. Mitch Larkin 1:55.72 qualificato
2. Holmes Fraser 1:58.76
3. Jare Gilliland 1:59.86

Mitch Larkin vince la finale dei 200 metri misti con il tempo di 1:55.72 e si qualifica per i Mondiali coreani fissando anche il nuovo Record Australiano nella distanza.

Il 25enne ha fatto segnare una frazione a dorso di 52,38 per toccare la piastra per la prima volta nella sua carriera sotto l’1:56.

Il tempo è il nuovo record nazionale australiano, record del Commonwealth Record, e miglior tempo al mondo in questa stagione. Larkin è il primo quest’anno a rompere la barriera dell’1:56.

2018-2019 LCM MEN 200 IM

DuncanGBR
Scott

04/20
1.56.65

2	Shun WANG	CHN	1.56.66	03/28
3	Daiya SETO	JPN	1.56.69	04/06
4	Mitchell LARKIN	AUS	1.56.83	04/09
5	Jeremy DESPLANCHES	SUI	1.56.89	04/19

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Australia: Kyle Chalmers Primo Al Mondo 100SL 47.35-Larkin Record 200Mx

By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS

• Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM
• Live Results

Day 4 rolled on in Brisbane with some major swims from the nation’s key swimmers. Kyle Chalmers produced his fastest 100m free to date in 47.35 while Mitch Larkin crushed a new Aussie National Record in the men’s 200m IM. Read on to see the composition of the Aussie World Championships roster through day 4 of the World Trials.

Australian World Championships Individual Qualifiers Through Day 4:

Women:

• Emma McKeon, 100m fly (57.28); 200m free (1:54.55)
• Brianna Throssell, 100m fly (57.57)
• Kaylee McKeown, 200m IM (2:09.94); 100m back (59.28)
• Ariarne Titmus, 400m free (3:59.35); 200m free (1:55.09); 800m free (8:18.23)
• Kiah Melverton, 400m free (4:05.30); 1500m free (15:56.46); 800m free (8:22.83)
• Minna Atherton, 100m back (59.20)
• Maddie Gough, 1500m free (15:56.39)

Men:

• Jack McLoughlin, 400m free (3:44.34); 800m free (7:46.79)
• Mitch Larkin, 100m back (52.38); 200m IM (1:55.72)
• Kyle Chalmers, 200m free (1:45.76); 100m free (47.35)
• Clyde Lewis, 200m free (1:45.88)
• David Morgan, 200m fly (1:55.26)

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Aussie World C’ships Qualifiers Through Day 4 Of Trials

By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

2019 MARE NOSTRUM – CANET

• June 11-12, 2019
• Canet-en-Roussillon
• Psych sheet
• Schedule
• Mare Nostrum Records
• Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
• Results

Heats Highlights

American Michael Andrew snagged up two #1 seeds on day 2 of the Mare Nostrum meet in Canet. First the 20-year-old collected the top time in the men’s 50m fly, hitting the wall in 23.37 to lead the field by .23

Next up in the 100m back the Race Pace Club star stopped the clock in 54.64 to land lane 4 for tonight’s final. He already nailed a new meet record yesterday in the 50m back in a mark of 24.53.

British beast Adam Peaty was also in the pool this morning to wake up the world with a big-time 50m breast outing of 26.87. That’s just under .40 away from the 26.49 Peaty produced for the British title back in April, but here he’s hunted by South American Record holder Felipe Lima.

Lima crushed a new SA Record of 26.33 in Monaco to sit behind Peaty as the 2nd fasts performer of all-time in this event, so look for the pair to get ultra-heated come tonight’s final.

Anther rivalry about to take shape in their 2nd event is a showdown in the women’s 400m free between Hungary’s Ajna Kesely and Argentina’s Delfina Pignatiello. The former got her hand on the wall first in last night’s 800m free battle, but Pignatiello didn’t go down without a fight, registering a new Argentine National Record before all was said and done.

This morning it was Pignatiello leading the field in 4:09.37, while Kesely clocked 4:10.66 to flank the South American. Hungarian Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu will be on Pignatiello’s other side tonight, collecting the 3rd seed in 4:11.63.

Hossue later unsurprisingly snagged the 400m IM top time of 4:41.04.

Japan’s Daiya Seto staked his claim on the men’s 200m fly event with an easy morning swim of 1:57.67, while France’s Charlotte Bonnet got her hand on the wall first in the women’s 100m free heats with 54.21. That mark sits only .02 ahead of Swede Michelle Coleman , with French swimmer Beryl Gastaldello right behind in 54.40.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Michael Andrew Takes 2 Top Seeds, While Peaty Hits Canet Record In 50 Breast

By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS

• Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM
• Meet Site
• Swimming Australia 2019 World Championships – Selection Policy
• Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap/Day 3 Finals Recap
• Day 4 Prelims Recap
• Live Results
• Live Stream

National Record holder Mitch Larkin lowered his own Aussie standard tonight in Brisbane in the men’s 200m IM, throwing down his fastest time by nearly half a second.

The 25-year-old St. Peters Western star has already shown he’s in his best form, nailing a winning mark of 52.38 in the 100m back to qualify for the World Championships, hitting his best time since 2015.

This morning he established himself as the man to beat in this 200m IM with the only sub-2:00 mark of the morning in 1:59.93, a cruising effort for the Pan Pacs silver medalist in this event.

Tonight, however, Larkin took things to entirely new territory, venturing under the 1:56 barrier for the first time of his career to win in a massive 1:55.72.

That effort checks-in as the new Australian National Record, Commonwealth Record, as well as the top time in the world this year. In fact, Larkin now sits atop the world rankings thrown by almost a second, with British ace Duncan Scott’s 1:56.65 appearing a mile away when sitting the times side-by-side.

2018-2019 LCM MEN 200 IM

DuncanGBR
Scott

04/20
1.56.65

2	Shun WANG	CHN	1.56.66	03/28
3	Daiya SETO	JPN	1.56.69	04/06
4	Mitchell LARKIN	AUS	1.56.83	04/09
5	Jeremy DESPLANCHES	SUI	1.56.89	04/19

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Splits for Larkin tonight include 25.03/29.46/33.55/27.68. Compare that to his previous NR splits from 2018 of 25.14/29.75/33.56/27.76 and Larkin was quicker on the back half this time around that made all the difference.

The man’s time tonight now checks him in on the all-time performers list worldwide at #9 with his outing now just sitting .32 away from American Chase Kalisz‘s personal best.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Mitch Larkin Blasts 1:55.7 200 IM National Record To Make All-Time Top 10

By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS

• Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
• Brisbane Aquatic Centre
• LCM
• Meet Site
• Swimming Australia 2019 World Championships – Selection Policy
• Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap/Day 3 Finals Recap
• Day 4 Prelims Recap
• Live Results
• Live Stream

Taking back over the #1 swimmer in the world status in the men’s 100m free is Kyle Chalmers, the reigning Olympic champion in the event.

Competing on night 5 of the 2019 Aussie World Trials, the 20-year-old delivered big-time to rack up his 2nd World Championships qualifying event, hitting the wall in a massive 47.35 for gold.

His time overtakes his recent 47.48 thrown down at Aussie Nationals as his new career-fastest, displacing Russian Vladislav Grinev who had beaten out Chalmers’ previous PB in 47.48 just days later to take over the world rankings throne.

Splits for Chalmers tonight include a massive 23.13/24.22, keeping the Marion swimmer in the #4 slot among all-time Australians.

All-Time Aussie Men Performers in 100 Free:

47.04 Cameron McEvoy Adelaide 11.04.16
47.05 Eamon Sullivan  Beijing 13.08.08
47.10 James Magnussen  Adelaide 19.03.12
47.35 Kyle Chalmers TONIGHT

Chalmers’ 47.35 world-leading mark now also inserts the World Championships-bound athlete on the list of all-time top 10 performers in the event worldwide. His time makes him the #10 swimmer, ahead of Americans Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian and Jason Lezak.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Kyle Chalmers Fires 47.35 Worlds Warning Shot For Fresh PB

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Sitka, Alaska-native Kyleigh McArthur signed a National Letter of Intent this spring and will swim for the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the fall. Associate head swimming coach Becca Weiland announced the addition of McArthur to the Nanooks’ program, saying:

“We are thrilled to announce that we will add Kyleigh McArthur to our roster for the 2019-20 season. Kyleigh will be an incredibly advantageous in-state pick up for us. Coming up from Sitka, Kyleigh will graduate for a 4.0 GPA and times that will score some major points for us in the sprint freestyle events, as well as help our relays get to the national level. With the tenacious work ethic that I’ve already seen from this young lady, I am confident that she will be a game changer for the Nanook swim program.”

McArthur’s older sister Whitney McArthur is a rising sophomore on the women’s swimming team at UAF. The Nanooks will also welcome Makayla Suominen and Sydney Gulon into the class of 2023 this fall.

McArthur swam for Sitka High School and picked up three Alaska School Activities Association State Swimming and Diving Championship titles during her prep career. At the 2018 ASAA High School Championships during her senior season, she contributed to all three of the girls’ relay events, earning the state title in the 200 medley relay. She also scored a second-place finish in the 400 free relay and a fifth in the 200 free relay, helping the Sitka Wolves girls’ team finish second in the team standings. McArthur had qualified individually in the 50 free and 100 free. She raced in the 50 and finished sixth with 25.09. Throughout her four-year career at SHS, McArthur made 13 event appearances at the state championships, placing in the top-10 in eight of them. In addition to her 2018 gold medal in the medley relay, she earned state titles in the 200 free relay in 2017 and 2016.

McArthur swims year-round with Baranof Barracuda Swim Club. She plans to study Fishers and Ocean Sciences when arriving on campus.

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Kyleigh McArthur to Join Sister Whitney at Alaska Fairbanks in 2019-20

By Fernando Cicutti on SwimSwam

La última jornada del Meeting Internacional deCanet-en-Roussillon, en Francia, válido por la segunda etapa del circuito Mare Nostrum, volvió a entregarle a la natación argentina nuevos índices nacionales con su estrella del momento, Delfina Pignatiello, y uno de los nadadores de mayor crecimiento en los últimos cuatro años, Santiago Grassi.

La atleta de 19 años, nacida en San Isidro, batió el récord argentino de los 400 libre con un tiempo de 4:06.61, que mejora en más de un minuto y medio su pasado registro de 4:08.33. Como sucedió un día antes en los 800 libre, cuando olvidó quitarse los auriculares inalámbricos para nadar, Pignatiello volvió a bajar sus marcas del Mundial Juvenil de Indianápolis 2017, una cuenta pendiente de la temporada pasada.

Nuevamente Ajna Kesely fue la ganadora de la prueba, esta vez en los 400 libre, con un tiempo de 4:06.55, sólo 6 centésimas por delante de la argentina, que sigue sin poder superarla tras su paso por Canet, sumado a las dos carreras de los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud Buenos Aires 2018, cuando la húngara la superó en las dos finales de los 400 y los 800 libre.

Pignatiello, que tuvo el tiempo más rápido de la clasificación y por momentos lideró la carrera final, tuvo que conformarse otra vez con la medalla plateada. Igualmente, sus 4:06.61 la ubican entre las primeras 15 nadadoras del mundo de la presente temporada. Y también le aseguran una nueva plaza olímpica para Tokio 2020, después de su clasificación en 800 libre ayer  y en 1500 libre hace dos meses.

Santiago Grassi, récord argentino en 50 mariposa con 23.65 (Foto: cortesía Prensa CADDA)

En el mismo escenario, Santiago Grassi también batió un récord argentino que viene cambiando de manos muy seguido en este 2019. Se trata de los 50 metros mariposa, que hoy vuelven a tener como recordman nacional al santafecino de 22 años, ahora con un índice de 23.65, producto de su 5° puesto en la final que ganó el británico Benjamin Proud (23.09).

La temporada 2019 arrastraba un récord vigente en esta prueba del jujeño Roberto Strelkov, que en su momento en 2018 ya le había arrebatado el tope histórico al propio Grassi con un tiempo de 23.82. En abril, el representante de la Universidad de Auburn en los Estados Unidos aprovechó la etapa de las TYR Swim Series en Richmond para batir esa marca con un registro de 23.74.

Pero una semana después, Strelkov se tomaría revancha con dos récords en cuatro días: primero llegó a 23.71 en el Trofeo María Lenk, nadando como invitado en la final de los 50 mariposa, y luego mejoró por una centésima su propio tope nacional con 23.70 en el Nacional Abierto de Argentina. Con esos tiempos, Roberto Strelkovse aseguró un lugar en el Mundial de Gwangju 2019 para nadar específicamente esta prueba, antes de viajar a Lima para competir en los 100 mariposa de los Juegos Panamericanos. De hecho, es el único nadador argentino que estará en las dos citas internacionales.

Santiago Grassi, que ya fue medallista panamericano en Toronto 2015 con apenas 18 años, cuando se llevó la medalla plateada en los 100 mariposa, también es el dueño del récord argentino en esta prueba. En Canadá había registrado 52.09 para quedar sólo detrás del estadounidense Giles Smith, y en 2018 mejoró en 5 centésimas esa marca en una toma de tiempos en el marco del Bulldog Grand Slam de Athens, Georgia, en los Estados Unidos.

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Annie Walls, a junior at Parkland Senior High School and Parkland Aquatic Club in Pennsylvania, has announced her verbal intent to swim at Penn State University in the fall of 2020. A distance freestyle specialist, Walls will be joining a Nittany Lions team that will be fresh off of the graduation of NCAA mile champion Allyson McHugh.

“I am super excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and swimming career at Penn State University, a dream of mine since I’ve been a little girl. I’d like to thank my family, coaches, friends, and teammates for all their support throughout the process. I can’t wait to represent my home state and be a nittany lion!” 

At the 2019 Middle Atlantic Senior Short Course Championship meet Walls took 8^th place in the 1000 yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly, going 10:27.93 and 2:06.37 respectively. Her last high school state championship meet was in 2018; as a sophomore, she won a bronze medal in the 500-yard freestyle with a career PR time of 4:52.22.

Best Times in Yards:

• 200 free – 1:52.87
• 500 free – 4:52.22
• 1650 free – 16:50.80

It took times of 4:49.02 and 16:40.40 in the 500 and 1650 yard freestyles, respectively, to qualify for the ‘C’ final at the 2019 Big Ten Championship meet. Walls will be joining Abby Henderson, Catherine Stanford, Kylie Rydland, Lizzie Danforth, Mary Brinker, and Morgan Rinn as members of the class of 2024 for the Nittany Lions and will be the only distance freestyler in both her class and the one prior to her.

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