Seebohm Answers Kylie Masse's Call Down Under, Drops 58.62 100m Backstroke
Seebohm Answers Kylie Masse's Call Down Under, Drops 58.62 100m Backstroke
Highlights from Monday night finals at the 2017 Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane include Emily Seebohm 58.62 100 backstroke, Emma McKeon in the 100 butterfly, and Matthew Wilson in the 200 breaststroke.
Emily Seebohm responded to the challenge from Canada's Kylie Masse at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane on Monday night by dropping a swift 58.62 in the 100m backstroke -- winning her 10th national title in the event. On Thursday in Victoria, British Columbia, Masse torched a blazing fast 58.21 to claim a new Canadian record, scaring Gemma Spofforth's world record of 58.12 from the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
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Seebohm still holds the Australian record with a 58.23 from the 2012 London Olympic Games, but she did break the all-comers record on Monday, which is the fastest performance ever on Australian soil regardless of nationality.
After a disappointing seventh-place finish in the 100m backstroke at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Seebohm will look to carry this momentum to take on Masse and company at the World Championships later this summer. As one of the last super-suit world records still on the books that has been scared many times over the last eight years, look for this one to go down in Budapest. There are multiple ladies, such as Masse, Seebohm, Kathleen Baker, Katinka Hosszu, and even Missy Franklin, if she can get back on track, who are capable of a 57-second performance.
Other notable swims from Monday's finals in Brisbane included the women's 100m butterfly and the men's 200m breaststroke. In the women's 100 fly, Emma McKeon followed up her strong 100m freestyle Sunday to take the win with a 57.27. Her time was under Australia's qualifying time standard of 58.05 for the World Championships. McKeon swam a great race splitting 26.58 on the way out and 30.69 on the way home, touching for a time that places her third so far in the 2017 world rankings.
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In the men's 200m breaststroke, Matthew Wilson stole the show with a quick 2:09.29 -- under Australia's qualifying time standard of 2:09.64 for the World Championships. That swim keeps him in fifth place in the 2017 world rankings -- Italy's Luca Pizzini and Germany's Marco Koch are just ahead of him with a 2:09.23 and 2:09.07, respectively.
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For full results of Monday night's finals session, as well as the rest of the meet, please refer to the LIVE RESULTS.
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Seebohm still holds the Australian record with a 58.23 from the 2012 London Olympic Games, but she did break the all-comers record on Monday, which is the fastest performance ever on Australian soil regardless of nationality.
After a disappointing seventh-place finish in the 100m backstroke at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Seebohm will look to carry this momentum to take on Masse and company at the World Championships later this summer. As one of the last super-suit world records still on the books that has been scared many times over the last eight years, look for this one to go down in Budapest. There are multiple ladies, such as Masse, Seebohm, Kathleen Baker, Katinka Hosszu, and even Missy Franklin, if she can get back on track, who are capable of a 57-second performance.
Other notable swims from Monday's finals in Brisbane included the women's 100m butterfly and the men's 200m breaststroke. In the women's 100 fly, Emma McKeon followed up her strong 100m freestyle Sunday to take the win with a 57.27. Her time was under Australia's qualifying time standard of 58.05 for the World Championships. McKeon swam a great race splitting 26.58 on the way out and 30.69 on the way home, touching for a time that places her third so far in the 2017 world rankings.
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In the men's 200m breaststroke, Matthew Wilson stole the show with a quick 2:09.29 -- under Australia's qualifying time standard of 2:09.64 for the World Championships. That swim keeps him in fifth place in the 2017 world rankings -- Italy's Luca Pizzini and Germany's Marco Koch are just ahead of him with a 2:09.23 and 2:09.07, respectively.
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For full results of Monday night's finals session, as well as the rest of the meet, please refer to the LIVE RESULTS.