By Retta Race on SwimSwam
2024 BRISBANE SENIOR METRO CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, March 8th – Sunday, March 10th
- Brisbane Aquatic Center
- LCM (50m)
- Results
Opting out of next weekend’s New South Wales State Championships, Aussie megastars Cate Campbell, Meg Harris and Zac Stubblety-Cook took to Brisbane waters to compete at the Senior Metro Championships.
With the Australian National Championships happening next month and then the all-important Aussie Olympic Trials taking place in June, these Metro Championships serve as an in-season tune-up for the athletes.
To kick things off, Campbell raced in the women’s 100, freestyle where she notched a solid mark of 53.42.
However, it was Rackleys’ Meg Harris who got to the wall first, capturing gold in a mighty 53.17.
C1 was faster on the front half, opening in 25.59 to Harris’ 25.86; however, Harris busted out a head-turning back half of 27.31 to C1’s 27.83 to get the job done.
Harris result would overtake C1’s Brisbane Record of 53.33 put on the books over a decade ago in 2013. Her performance this evening represents the 3rd-fastest time of her career, one which boasts a PB of 52.92 from 2021.
Harris now checks in as the 9th-fastest performer in the world this season. C1 remains in the 10th spot with her season-best 53.23 notched at last December’s Queensland Championships.
2023-2024 LCM Women 100 Free
HAUGHEY
52.02
| 2 | Marrit STEENBERGEN |
NED | 52.26 | 02/16 |
| 3 | Shayna JACK |
AUS | 52.76 | 12/11 |
| 4 | Emma MCKEON |
AUS | 53.00 | 02/23 |
| 5 | Kate DOUGLASS |
USA | 53.02 | 02/16 |
| 6 | Meg HARRIS |
AUS | 53.03 | 12/11 |
| 7 | Anna HOPKIN |
GBR | 53.09 | 02/16 |
| 8 | Junxuan YANG |
CHN | 53.11 | 09/26 |
| 9 | Torri HUSKE |
USA | 53.17 | 12/02 |
| 10 | Cate CAMPBELL |
AUS | 53.23 | 12/11 |
As for former world record holder Stubblety-Cook, the 25-year-old Chandler ace posted a time of 59.97 to top the men’s 100m breaststroke podium.
ZSC split 28.71/31.26 to grab the gold, surpassing Olympian Christian Sprenger‘s Brisbane Record in the process. Sprenger previously held the benchmark at 1:00.15 from 2008.
Additional Notes
- 18-year-old Edward Sommerville of Brisbane Grammar earned gold in his age group’s 100m freestyle final. He clocked 49.50, a time which crushed Isaac Cooper‘s former Brisbane Record of 50.33 from 2022.
- Tommy Neill registered a time of 49.94 to win the men’s 19&O 100m free after hitting 49.37 in the prelims. He produced the sole sub-50-second time of the pack.
- The women’s 18-year-old 100m breaststroke saw Tiana Kritzinger post a time of 1:11.72 for the victory. Although her time of 1:11.28 from the morning was swifter, both outings overtook the previous Brisbane Record of 1:12.05 Piper Brien turned in last year.
- 19-year-old Ella Ramsay produced a time of 1:08.01 to take the women’s 19&O 100m breast event.
SwimSwam: Meg Harris Bests Cate Campbell In 100 Free On Day 1 Of 2024 Brisbane Championships
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