Lincoln Wearing Continues Record Breaking 800 Freestyle Assault

AUST AGE: Lincoln Wearing’s Record Breaking 800m freestyle Assault Continues on The Gold Coast

Queensland’s rising distance prodigy Lincoln Wearing has continued his record-breaking barrage, breaking his personal 16 years 800m freestyle mark on the second evening of the Australian Age Championships on the Gold Coast.

The Chandler product clocking 7:56.04 (27.15, 56.98, 1:57.64, 2:58.10, 3:58.71, 4:58.41, 5:58.47, 6:58.33) – to take 0.76secs off his personal earlier report.

A time set simply 5 months in the past on the Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships the place he swam an historic 7:56.80 to interrupt Kieren Perkins long-standing 35-year mark – swum by Australia’s Olympic legend on the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games.

 

Australian

16 Years Age Records

1994: Kieren Perkins (7:57.93)

2005: Lincoln Wearing (7:56.80)

2006: Lincoln Wearing (7:56.04)

But Wearing didn’t have issues all his personal manner as he set about difficult his personal splits.

In the early levels he was truly outdoors his December occasions for the primary 100m earlier than dipping underneath on the 200m mark, however with 100m to go he had once more drifted outdoors his personal report tempo once more and he had some work to do.

But the Tsuyoshi Kimura coached teenager dug deep and stormed house – the final 100m in 57.71 – his ultimate 50m cut up, 28.21 – in comparison with his ultimate 100m of 58.29 in December.

It was a efficiency that noticed National Youth Coach Simon Cusack stand and applaud.

Another spectacular displaying from Wearing forward of Singapore’s Russel Pang in 8:04.70 – and with fellow Chandler membership swimmers Jesse Hamilton (8:07.78) and Wearing’s twin brother Isaac (8:18.786) subsequent house in it assured the Chandler membership of a uncommon podium trifecta as the primary three Australians house.

Wearing saying: “I learnt so much at the National Event Camp a few months ago and it really has got me fit for this meet…. I just wanted to give myself the best chance of making the Junior Pan Pac team.”

Twelve months in the past, Lincoln gained this race as a 15-year-old to interrupt 2016 Olympic 400m champion Mack Horton’s 15-years 800m report from 2011. He then went on to win the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m free and the 200m again.

In all, 11 qualifying swims for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships had been recorded on the second evening together with two National Age data.

Albury, NSW’s Sienna Toohey, the Australian Open champion from final week, claiming gold within the ladies’ 17-years 100m breaststroke – in a private greatest time of 1:06.43 – an Australian All-Comers report and a Junior Pan Pacific qualifying time.

(The earlier All-Comers mark had been set by Japan’s Kanako Watanabe again in 2014 when she completed second on the Pan Pacs in the identical Gold Coast Aquatic Centre pool).

Toohey, 17, will contest the Commonwealth Games Trials in June with the Pan Pacific Championships additionally on her worldwide dance card.

Second house was opening evening 200IM winner, Amelie Smith (Rocky City, QLD) who touched in 1:08.65, including the 400m freestyle in 4:15.55 to come back house excessive of Ava Gaske (Chandler) 4:15.86 in a thriller with Tilly Fikkers (Dapto, NSW) third in 4:17.46.

Quinn Richards (Camberwell Grammar, VIC) turned the primary 14-year-old Australian to go underneath 1:04.00 within the 100m breaststroke.

Richards smashed the present boys National Age report of 1:04.21 (set final yr by Koa Stotz) with a brand new Australian report time of 1:03.65.

Raphael Taewoo Oh (Knox Pymble, NSW) completed second in 1:05.12 adopted by Gold Coast’s Levi Anderson (Somerset, QLD) in 1:05.79.

Record-breaking opening evening backstroker Henry Allan (Bendigo east, VIC) claimed his second National title in two days, stopping the clock at 1:48.80 and was the one finalist to go underneath the 1minute 50s mark within the boys’ 17 Years 200m freestyle Charlie Austin (Brisbane Jets) 1:50.01 was second house adopted by Oliver McCormack (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 1:51.57).

While Victorian Lucy Ma (MLC Aquatic) celebrated her 15^th birthday with a golden two-second PB within the girls’s 14 years 100m backstroke.

Ma, a standout performer in her age group, nonetheless 14 on the primary day of the meet, touched in 1:04.44 to say her second gold of the meet – after successful the 14 years 100m breaststroke on evening one.

In different outcomes:

Girls’ 18 Years 100m Breaststroke: Hayley Mackinder (Griffith University, QLD), coaching underneath embellished coach Mel Marshall, is a quickly rising title amongst Griffith’s wealthy breaststroke shares and who efficiently defended her 100m breaststroke National title. Mackinder claimed gold in 1:09.23 forward of Ava Rollason (Cruiz, ACT) 1:10.34 and  Ella Mounter (NUSwim, NSW) 1:11.04.

Boys’ 18 Years 200m Freestyle: It was anybody’s race on the ultimate flip within the 18-year boys’ 200m freestyle, particularly between Lucas Fackerell (Hale Aquatics Swim Club, WA) and native Gold Coast boys Tomo Shadforth (Miami, QLD) and Campbell Wilson-Moran (Bond, QLD). Shadforth touching in 1:50.05 adopted carefully by Fackerell (1:50.13) and Wilson-Moran (1:50.19).

Girls’ 16 Years 200m Butterfly:  Heidi Shumack (SOPAC, NSW) smashed out a 2:13.17 to win the 16-year ladies’ 200m butterfly by nearly 4 seconds. Queensland’s Brisbane Grammar clubmates Siena Gibson (2:16.64) and Madeline Field (2:16.73) completed second and third respectively.

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