Swimmers' Six Pack: Day 4 Open Championships

It’s now or never for Australia’s Olympians, Paralympians and LA potentials competing on the last day of the 2025 Australian Open Championships at Brisbane Aquatic Centre.

Olympic medallists Matt Temple, Flynn Southam, Mollie O’Callaghan and Moesha Johnson join Paralympic medallists Jake Michel and Jasmine Greenwood in the final heats session.

DAY 4 SWIMMERS’ SIX PACK

Jake Michel | Carina Leagues, QLD – 100 BR MC

The friendly 6ft 7′ giant Jake Michel holds the Australian record for the 100m breaststroke SB14 class which he set in Tokyo, while winning the silver medal. In Paris, it took a world record from Japan’s Naohide Yamaguchi (1.03.77) to outswim Michel, who won his back-to-back silver hitting the wall less than a second later (1.04.28). Fresh off his gold medal win in the men’s 50m breaststroke MC, Michel is looking to back it up in his pet event tonight.
David Schlicht | MLC Aquatic, VIC – 400 IM

Trained under Bob Bowman, the legendary coach of Michael Phelps, at Arizona State University. Now back in Oz, David Schlicht’s experience at ASU, including training with Olympians Leon Marchand and Ryan Held, has made him a better racer. The CSCAA All-American in the 200 & 400 IM will be gunning for a serious hit out ahead of Trials where he is looking to book his ticket to Singapore.

Jamie Jack | St Peters Western, QLD – 100 FR

Following in his older sister’s strokes, Jamie Jack is a rising sprint star training under Dean Boxall at St Peters Western alongside his Olympic champion sibling Shayna. Jack finished second to Cam McEvoy in the men’s 50m freestyle to signal he has a serious chance ahead of Trials to make his first senior Dolphins team. At the QLD State Championships last December, Jack won the 100m freestyle with a personal best time of 48.27 and is in top shape to win a medal again.

Jasmine Greenwood | Woden Valley, ACT – 100 FLY MC

When Jasmine Greenwood was six she survived two strokes but acquired a brain injury that left her left-side weak and prone to tremors, so she started swimming as a part of her rehabilitation. At 14, Greenwood made her Paralympic debut in Tokyo and won silver in the women’s 100m butterfly (S10). Since then she has been a consistent force within the Para Dolphins team. At this meet Greenwood has already taken out the women’s 100m breaststroke multi-class national title and is a favourite for her pet event today – the 100m fly mc.

Tara Kinder | Melbourne Vicentre, VIC – 200 FR

A 14-month hiatus was just the catalyst that Tara Kinder (pictured) needed to reignite her swimming career and bolster herself for senior honours at 2024 Budapest World Short Course Championships. Kinder conquered the women’s 200m breaststroke and posted a world-class time of 4:37.14 in the 400m individual medley. She also won silver in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, proving herself as a talented versatile swimmer to watch.

Abbey Connor | USC Spartans, QLD – 100 FLY & 200 FR

At 20, the Paris Olympian almost feels like a veteran after bursting on to the scene as a 15-year-old. She booked her ticket to her first Olympics in Paris when she finished second in the 200m butterfly at the Australian trials in Brisbane in June, in a time of 2:06.82, after clocking a PB in her heat swim. Connor is now on the Sunshine Coast working with USC coach Michael Sage. She won silver in 200m fly earlier this meet and is one of the favourites for the 100m fly today.

LAST DAY OF RACING
> Heats start 10am AEST
> Finals from 6pm AEST
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