Day 2: Aust A Team, Irvine TYR Pro Champs

IT was another stellar day for the Australia A Team with a medal claimed in every race our swimmers contested.

Day 2 of the TYR Summer Championships in Irvine, California, featured the 400m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m breaststroke, and 4x100m freestyle relays. Australia had finalists in every A final except the men’s 4x100m relay – and made their presence count with five golds, two silvers and a bronze.

Gold Coast-based swimmers Sienna Harben (Griffith) and Josh Collett (Bond) picked up their first gold medals of the four-day meet in the 200m breaststroke. Harben dominated her final, cruising to victory in 2:28.26 – nearly three seconds clear of Gabrielle Rose (2:30.83). Meanwhile in the men’s, Collett had a close finish with a winning time of 2:10.02 just in front of Jassen Yep’s 2:10.39.

Paris Olympian and Collett’s Bond clubmate Ben Armbruster powered to gold in the men’s 100m butterfly, clocking a 50.91 ahead of Aiden Hayes (51.24) and Trenton Julian (51.38).

Molly Walker upgraded her silver from the 1500m with a personal best of 4:07.22 to take gold in the 400m freestyle. Tiana Kritzinger finished 6th overall, while Amelia Weber swam a solid race to win the B Final.

In other events:

• Matt Galea claimed bronze in a stacked men’s 400m freestyle final. His 3:48.15 placed him behind US Olympians Aaron Shackell (3:45.03) and Tokyo bronze medallist Kieran Smith (3:45.73).
• In the women’s 100m butterfly, it was a double silver for Australia – Bella Grant and Isabella Boyd both clocked 58.63 to share second place behind Alex Schackell (57.34).
• Australia’s Jaimie De Lutiis, Isabella Boyd, Mia O’Leary, and Inez Millar delivered a dominant performance in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay, winning in 3:39.48. The Sandpipers, led by Singapore World Championships medallist Claire Weinstein, finished second (3:44.92), with the University of Pittsburgh taking bronze (3:45.01).

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MEDAL TALLY

GOLD

• Tiana Kritzinger – women’s 1500m freestyle
• Jamie Jack – men’s 50m freestyle
• Se-Bom Lee – men’s 200m backstroke
• Mia O’Leary – women’s 50m breaststroke
• Molly Walker – women’s 400m freestyle
• Ben Armbruster – men’s 100m butterfly
• Sienna Harben – women’s 200m breaststroke
• Josh Collett – men’s 200m breaststroke
• Australia – women’s 4x100m freestyle relay (Jaimie De Lutiis, Isabella Boyd, Mia O’Leary & Inez Miller)

SILVER

• Molly Walker – women’s 1500m freestyle
• Kayla Hardy – women’s 200m IM
• Jaimie De Lutiis – women’s 50m freestyle
• Bella Grant – women’s 200m backstroke
• Sienna Harben – women’s 50m breaststroke
• Bella Grant – women’s 100m butterfly
• Isabella Boyd – women’s 100m butterfly

BRONZE

• Isabella Boyd – women’s 200m IM
• Matt Galea – women’s 400m freestyle