2024 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

2024 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS

Monday, June 10th – Saturday, June 15th
Brisbane Aquatic Center – Brisbane, Australia
Prelims at 11am local/9pm previous day ET; Finals at 7:30pm local/5:30am ET
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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
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WOMEN’S 200 BACK – FINAL

World Record – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
Australian Record – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown, 2023
Oceanic Record – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown, 2023
Commonwealth Record – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown, 2023
All Comers Record – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown, 2023
Swim Australia OQT – 2:09.74

GOLD – Kaylee McKeown, 2:03.30 *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – Jaclyn Barclay, 2:07.88 *OLY Qualifier
BRONZE – Hannah Fredericks, 2:08.25

22-year-old Kaylee McKeown unleashed a near-world record-setting time, ripping a winning effort of 2:03.30 to handily defeat the field en route to qualifying for her 3rd individual Olympic event.

Opening in 1:00.58 (29.08/31.50) and bringing it home in 1:02.72, (31.47/31.25) the reigning world record holder and Olympic champion just put up the 2nd-fastest 200m backstroke performance in history.

Top 5 Women’s LCM 200 Back Performances All-Time

2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, 2023
2:03.30 – Kaylee McKeown, 2024
2:03.35 – Regan Smith, 2019
2:03.69 – Regan Smith, 2019
2:03.70 – Kaylee McKeown, 2023

For her part, 17-year-old Jaclyn Barclay of St. Peters Western just qualified for her first Olympic Games, capturing silver in a time of 2:07.88. That easily cleared the Swimming Australia-mandated Olympic Qualification Time of 2:09.74 .

Her time was within striking distance of her best-ever outing, a result of 2:07.03 to snag silver at this year’s World Championships in Doha.

Hannah Fredericks bagged the bronze, producing a mark of 2:08.25, a new personal best by well over half a second.

Of note, 32-year-old Emily Seebohm placed 5th in a mark of 2:10.80, an impressive result less than a year after giving birth to her first child. As Seebohm missed qualification in the 100m back earlier, the veteran’s bid to appear at a 5th Olympic Games has concluded.

MEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

World Record – 1:54.00, Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
Australian Record – 1:55.72, Mitch Larkin, 2019
Oceanic Record – 1:55.72, Mitch Larkin 2019
Commonwealth Record – 1:55.28, Duncan Scott (GBR), 2021
All Comers Record – 1:54.98, Michael Phelps (USA), 2007
Swim Australia OQT – 1:57.23

GOLD – William Petric, 1:57.54
SILVER – Brendon Smith, 1:58.12
BRONZE – Se-Bom Lee, 2:00.11

19-year-old William Petric put up the swim of his life as he roared to the wall first in this men’s 200m IM.

The Nunawading ace captured gold in a time of 1:57.54, dipping under the 1:58 barrier for the first time in his young career.

Splitting 25.58/30.39/33.03/28.54, Petric outperformed his previous personal best of 1:58.95 from last month’s Sydney Open.

His outing this evening fell just .31 shy of the Swimming Australia-mandated OQT of 1:57.23. However, it did dip under the World Aquatics OQT of 1:57.94 and his PB might just sway selectors to add him to the roster via a provisional pick depending on how the remaining events shake out.

Petric is now Australia’s 4th-fastest 200m IM performer in history. We’ll see what he has in store in the 400m IM later in the competition.

All-Time Australian Men’s LCM 200 IM Performers All-Time

Mitch Larkin – 1:55.72, 2019
Leith Brodie – 1:56.69, 2009
Tommy Neill – 1:57.41, 2023
William Petric – 1:57.54, 2024
Daniel Tranter – 1:57.55, 2013

Olympic bronze medalist in the 400m IM, 23-year-old Brendon Smith was the only other racer to get beneath the 2:00 threshold.

Griffith’s Smith turned in a time of 1:58.12 to earn runner-up status while Se-Bom Lee rounded out the podium in 2:00.11.

MEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL

World Record – 46.80, Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
Australian Record – 47.04, Cameron McEvoy, 2016
Oceanic Record – 47.04, Cameron McEvoy, 2016
Commonwealth Record – 47.04, Cameron McEvoy, 2016
All Comers Record – 47.04, Cameron McEvoy, 2016
Swim Australia OQT – 48.06

GOLD – Kyle Chalmers, 47.75 *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – William Yang, 48.08
BRONZE – Flynn Southam, 48.11

Not to take anything away from these elite performers, but only one swimmer dipped under the 48-second barrier in tonight’s men’s 100m free final and just 6 were under the 49 threshold at an Olympic Trials affair.

25-year-old multi-Olympic medalist Kyle Chalmers took this men’s 100m freestyle out in 22.81 and closed in 24.94 to stop the clock in 47.75. That scored the sole time of the field under the OQT of 48.06 to send ‘King Kyle’ to his 3rd Olympic Games.

Although Chalmers has been faster this season, owning a time of 47.63 from April’s Open Championships, he got the job done tonight after having changed coaches from Peter Bishop to Ash Delaney.

More on Chalmers’ Coaching Change

Of note, Chalmers uncharacteristically led the field on the first 50, holding off a charging William Yang and Flynn Southam at the wall.

Less than a year after undergoing back surgery for a benign tumor, 25-year-old Yang proved his mettle with a stellar silver in 48.08.

Yang was 23.18/24.90 to the wall, painstakingly falling just .02 outside of the OQT. His result represents a new personal best, slicing .12 off the 48.20 put up in April.

He’ll be joined by 19-year-old Southam (48.11) and Jack Cartwright (48.40) on the men’s 4x100m free relay. Southam owns a PB of 47.77 but couldn’t get in that realm this evening, while 25-year-old Cartwright owns a PB of 47.84 from leading off the men’s 4x100m free relay at last year’s World Championships.

Cartwright has been bubbling under the surface for some time now and took advantage of this opportunity to qualify for his first Olympic games in the relay.

The remaining final unfolded as follows:

5th –Kai Taylor, 48.57
6th – Zac Incerti, 48.73
7th – Jamie Jack, 49.01
8th – Maximillian Giuliani, 49.17

WOMEN’S 200 FLY – FINAL

World Record – 2:01.81, Liu Zige (CHN), 2009
Australian Record – 2:03.41, Jessicah Schipper, 2009
Oceanic Record – 2:03.41, Jessicah Schipper, 2009
Commonwealth Record – 2:03.41, Jessicah Schipper, 2009
All Comers Record – 2:05.20, Elizabeth Dekkers, 2024
Swim Australia OQT – 2:07.72

GOLD – Elizabeth Dekkers, 2:06.01 *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – Abbey Connor, 2:06:82 *OLY Qualifier
BRONZE – Bella Grant, 2:08.86

20-year-old Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dekkers busted out a strong back half to take this women’s 200m fly, getting to the wall in a final time of 2:06.01.

She overtook Abbey Connor after 100m mark and didn’t look back, with Connor scoring silver 2:06.82, just off her morning swim of 2:06.43. Bella Grant collected bronze in 2:08.86.

Dekkers earned silver in this event at the 2023 World Championships, putting up a time of 2:05.46 in Fukuoka. She dropped that PB down to 2:05.20, the current All Comers Record she put on the books at this year’s Open Championships to check in as the #3 Australian performer in history.

As for Connor, her morning swim of 2:06.43 represented a new lifetime best, overtaking her previous PB of 2:06.59. Tonight’s 2:06.82 effort is just her 3rd-ever foray under the 2:07 barrier.

At one time, Connor hinted at retirement but did an about-face and came back to the pool. She just qualified for her first Olympic Games with tonight’s performance.

WOMEN’S 800 FREE – FINAL

World Record – 8:04.79, Katie Ledecky (USA), 2016
Australian Record – 8:13.59, Ariarne Titmus, 2022 & 2023
Oceanic Record – 8:13.59, Ariarne Titmus, 2022 & 2023
Commonwealth Record – 8:11.39, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2024
All Comers Record – 8:11.35, Katie Ledecky (USA), 2014
Swim Australia OQT – 8:22.20

GOLD – Ariarne Titmus, 8:14.06 *OLY Qualifier
SILVER – Lani Pallister, 8:18.46 *OLY Qualifier
BRONZE – Jamie Perkins, 8:30.18

After a near-world record in the women’s 400m free, a new world record in the 200m free, Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus added a 3rd invidual event to her Paris lineup as she topped this 800m free podium.

The Dean Boxall-trained superstar punched a time of 8:14.06 to win decisively, with Lani Pallister also qualifying in 8:18.46.

Titmu’s effort now ranks her 3rd in the world on the season and came within half a second of her own national record of 8:13.59 clocked in both 2022 and 2023.

Pallister remains ranked 4th in the world, courtesy of the 8:15.11 notched during last year’s World Cup in Budapest.