2024 NEW SOUTH WALES STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Racing on the ultimate day of the 2024 New South Wales State Open Championships, 22-year-old world file holder Kaylee McKeown placed on a present throughout a tricky triple to shut out the competitors.
Griffith’s McKeown took on the 200m free, 200m IM and 50m again occasions, posting stable in-season outcomes throughout every at this non-selection meet.
First within the 200m free, McKeown positioned 4th in a time of 1:56.06. That represented a brand new private finest for the star, overtaking her earlier career-quickest results of 1:56.14.
Then within the 200m IM, McKeown stopped the clock in a speedy 2:08.84, a time which might have gained bronze at this 12 months’s World Championships.
McKeown’s 2IM private finest rests on the 2:07.19 nabbed ultimately 12 months’s Sydney Open to develop into the #2 Australian in historical past behind nationwide file holder Stephanie Rice. Her season-best sits on the 2:07.54 produced at December’s Queensland Championships.
Lastly, McKeown busted out a profitable effort of 27.25 within the 50m again as the only competitor underneath the 28-second threshold to cap off the night. That registered as McKeown’s Seventh-fastest efficiency in her already storied profession.
All instructed, McKeown wracked up the next spectacular swims all through these championships:
2:04.21 – 200m again, gold
57.57 – 100m again, gold
1:56.06 – 200m free, 4th
2:08.84 – 200m IM, gold
27.25 – 50m again, gold
