Paris Olympian Alexandria Perkins is on a roll at the World Trials meet in Adelaide, taking down Cate Campbell’s seven-year-old Australian All-Comers 50m butterfly record, clocking a time of 25.46 in the day two heats session.
Four-time Olympian Campbell, who was in the commentary booth calling the race, set the previous mark of 24.57 in Brisbane in 2018, while Perkins time is the fifth fastest in the world this year.
Perkins showed no ill-affects from last night’s sizzling swim to qualify for the Singapore World’s in the 100m butterfly with her 56.42 – the second fastest time in the world this year and the third fastest time by an Australian, behind Emma McKeon and Jess Schipper.
Rackley’s Lily Price, second home last night in the 100m also clocking a qualifying time for her first World Championships, was also the second fastest qualifier today in another personal best of 25.99.
Women’s 50m Butterfly
SA QT: Q 25.72
=== Preliminaries ===
1 PERKINS, ALEXANDRIA 24 USC SPARTANS, QLD 25.46 (All Comers Rec)
2 PRICE, LILY 22 RACKLEYS, QLD 25.99
3 WUNSCH, OLIVIA 19 CARLILE, NSW 26.47
4 BOYD, ISABELLA 19 NUNAWADING, VIC 26.58
5 CRIMMINS, JOSEPHINE 20 SOMMERSET, QLD 26.65 r
6 BURNS, MACKENZIE 18 ST ANDREWS, QLD 26.71
7 ROWE-HAGANS, CHLOE 21 ST ANDREWS, QLD 27.02
8 DE LUTIIS, JAIMIE 19 WESTS ILLAWARRA, NSW 27.09
While the Mel Marshall affect was more than evident in the heats of the 100m breaststroke with three of her charges from the Griffith squad on the Gold Coast – Ella Ramsay (1:07.36), Hayley McKinder (1:07.71) and Sienna Harben (1:07.72) grabbing the three fastest lanes and a fourth member of the group, Mia O’Leary the eighth fastest in 1:09.31.
Women’s 100m Breaststroke
=== Preliminaries ===
1 RAMSAY, ELLA 20 GRIFFITH, QLD 31.66 1:07.36 (35.70)
2 MACKINDER, HAYLEY 17 GRIFFITH, QLD 32.26 1:07.71 (35.45)
3 HARBEN, SIENNA 21 GRIFFITH, QLD 32.07 1:07.72 (35.65)
4 TOOHEY, SIENNA 16 ALBURY, NSW 31.47 1:07.85 (36.38)
5 KOCH, LILY 16 NUNAWADING, VIC 32.13 1:08.11 (35.98)
6 KINDER, TARA 22 MELB VICENTRE, VIC 32.72 1:08.71 (35.99)
7 KING, TILLY 20 BOND, QLD 32.66 1:08.91 (36.25)
8 O’LEARY, MIA 22 GRIFFITH, QLD 31.87 1:09.31 (37.44)
