Silver lining for NSWIS Swimmers

Four Silver medals highlighted the NSWIS’s opening to the 2016 Australian Shortcourse championships in Brisbane.

Matthew Wilson (SOPAC) finished his final HSC exam just in time to make the starting blocks and he left it all in the pool with a 26.96 in 50m breastroke. Ellie Cole (Castle Hill) posted a strong 1:02.94 in the 100m Free Multi Class, Mikkayla Sheridan (SOPAC) lead early to deliver a personal best time of 4:36.21 and Chrissy Licciardi (SOPAC) delivered the final medal of the day with fierce and fast 26.21 in the 50m Butterfly.

Coach Adam Kable was calm and philosophical in his appraisal of the days action, citing ” Swimmer was the winner today, 100%.

 Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers was a last minute withdrawal from tonight’s 100 metres freestyle final at the Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course Championships in Brisbane tonight with a sudden attack of Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).

In other events tonight dual long course world champion Emily Seebohm started a great night for David Lush’s Brisbane Grammar team when she won the 200m backstroke final – her second gold of the day and her ninth Australian Short Course title in a World Championship qualifying time of 2:01.82 from 18-year-old Amy Forester (Bond) 2:04.78 and 15-year-old Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans) 2:05.42.

Earlier in the day Seebohm won the 50m butterfly and will line up in the 50 and 100m backstroke events over the next two days of competition. Seebohm’s Rio teammate, relay golden girl Brittany Elmslie won the women’s 100m freestyle in 52.36 from fellow Olympic medallists Maddie Groves (SPW) 53.10, Madison Wilson (SPW 53.19) and Bronte Campbell (Commercial) 53.21.

While fellow 17-year-old Grammar girl Calypso Sheridan took out the 400 IM in 4:38.94 from Mikkayla Sheridan (SOPAC) 4:36.21 with Tianni Gilmour USC Spartans) 4:39.21 third.

Paralympic stars Lakeisha Patterson (Lawnton) 1:06.62) and Ellie Cole (Castle Hill RSL) 1:02.94) went 1-2 in the 100m freestyle multi-class while their Rio team mate Daniel Fox (Chandler) won the 100m multi-class for men in 53.20 from Mitchell Kilduff (SLC Aquadot) 53.29 and Braeden Jason (USC Spartans) 53.51.

Kilduff beat Fox and Jason in the 50 freestyle with Taylor Corry (MLC Marlins, NSW) take the women’s multi-class 50m freestyle in 27.99 from Keira Stephens (Fraser Coast) 28.92 and Cole (29.62).

Story courtesy of Swimming Australia.