A night after winning the 200m freestyle at the Swimming Australia Grand Prix in Townsville, national champion Emma McKeon has gone one better, clocking one of the fastest times over the distance in the world this year.
The recently turned 21-year-old from Brisbane stopped the timepiece at 1:56.15 at Long Tan Memorial Pool on Saturday night during the women's 400m freestyle final.
McKeon touched the wall, turned and then cruised through the final 200m, allowing 400m specialist and new 1500m Australian record holder Jess Ashwood to win her second event of the meet, clocking an impressive 4:08.55.
McKeon won the 200m freestyle final on Friday evening in 1:57.76 from Bronte Barratt (1:58.73) and Ashwood (2:00.92).
She is already sitting third in the world with a 1:55.88 effort in Sydney in April and her 1:56.16 becomes her second world top-eight time for 2015.
"I didn't feel like I went out after it fast enough last night and thought 'let's have another crack tonight'," said McKeon, one of the key members of the Australian Dolphins Team in far north Queensland preparing for this year's FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
"I'm delighted with that time - I'm very happy.
"We have just come off a solid training camp in Cairns and I am really enjoying my move to new coach Michael Bohl, it's fun and I'm really enjoy my swimming."
In Saturday's other events:
- Australian champion Cameron McEvoy produced a comfortable 1:47.73 to claim the 200m freestyle ahead of triple Olympian and former world record holder in the event Grant Hackett (1:49.23) with Thomas Fraser-Holmes third in 1:49.96.
- Fraser-Holmes won the men's 200m individual medley in 2:01.30 and finished third in the 800m freestyle in 8:05.29, won by Mack Horton in 7:59.61
- Olympic silver medallist Emily Seebohm completed the backstroke double, taking the 100m in 59.59, in what has been a successful return to racing after her dislocated knee.
- Cate Campbell added the 100m freestyle to her 50m win in 53.14, ahead of sister Bronte (53.50), Madi Wilson (54.57) and McKeon (54.61).
- Matt Abood, after his four-meet European tour, won the 50m freestyle in 22.81.
- World short course champion Mitch Larkin added the 200m backstroke in 1:57.04 to Friday's 100m win.
- Australian champion Tessa Wallace took out the 200m breaststroke in 2:24.51
- Maddie Groves produced an eye-catching 2:08.43 200m butterfly while Jayden Hadler did likewise in the 100m in 52.62
- Christian Sprenger won the 100m breaststroke in 1:02.47.
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