After taking the Australian title in the men’s open 10km event in Perth, world championship representative Jarrod Poort took top spot again today at the Australian Open Water Championships, finishing first in the men’s open 5km at eastern Beach in Geelong, to take the 5 and 10km open water double for 2014.
The Wollongong based swimmer who trains under Ron McKeon hit the gate in 59:14.39, successfully defending his crown from 2013 and proving he is in good form ahead of the Pan Pacific Championships on the Gold Coast in August this year.
Queensland training partners Sam Sheppard (59:19.25) and George O’Brien (59:21.30) rounded out the top three, taking silver and bronze in the open category respectively.
In the men’s Multi Class event, Brenden Hall demonstrated his dominance, defending his title to finish in first place with a time of 1:01:48.10 ahead of Guy Harrison-Murray (1:06:22.04) and Joshua Alford (1:11:07.60).
In the corresponding women’s event, Yeronga Park swimmer Rakiya Thomas won gold in 1:20:40.56.
The women’s open 5km saw Sacha Downing add to her medal haul returning to the top of the podium in a time of 1:05:27.42.
The silver medal went to Zoe Elkerton in 1:05:41.50 with Alessandria Colombini bagging the bronze in 1:05:52.44.
For full results and information are available at http://www.swimming.org.au.
Top three in other events:
Men’s Open 5km
1 Jarrod Poort, NSW, 59:14.39
2 Sam Sheppard, QLD, 59:19.25
3 George O’Brien, QLD, 59:21.30
Men’s Open Multi Class 5km
1 Brenden Hall, QLD, 1:01:48.10
2 Guy Harrison-Murray, Visitor, 1:06:22.04
3 Joshua Alford, NSW, 1:11:07.60
Boy’s 17-18 years 5km
1 Evangelos Tsirapidis, Visitor, 59:24.57
1 Lachlan Colquhoun, QLD, 59:46.57
2 Ethan Owens, 59:49.22
3 Marcus Hall, QLD, 1:01:13.38
Boy’s 16 years 5km
1 Cody Paterson, QLD, 1:01:17.58
2 Brett Fielding, WA, 1:01:49.28
3 Dean Wilson, VIC, 1:01:55.88
Women’s open 5km
1 Sacha Downing, WA, 1:05:27.42
2 Zoe Elkerton, NSW, 1:05:41.50
3 Alessandria Colombini, QLD, 1:05:52.44
Women’s Multi Class open 5km
1 Rakiya Thomas, QLD, 1:20:40.56
Girl’s 17-18 years 5km
1 Emily Seymour, QLD, 1:05:52.65
2 Emma Payne, NSW, 1:07:06.25
3 Sarah McNevin, NSW, 1:07:40.16
Girl’s 16 years 5km
1 Sacha Downing, WA, 1:05:27.42
2 Alessandria Colombini, QLD, 1:05:52.44
3 Kiana Tiller, QLD, 1:07:41.92
Boy’s 14 years 5km
1 Jack Brazier, QLD, 1:03:57.13
2 Callum Lauriston, WA, 1:03:59.85
3 Cormac Guthrie, NSW, 1:04:01.74
Boy’s 15 years 5km
1 Bradley Woodward, NSW, 1:03:48.36
2 Alexander Freeman, WA, 1:03:54.13
3 Daniel McConnell, QLD, 1:03:55.00
Girl’s 14 years 5km
1 Siobhan O’Leary, NSW, 1:08:37.78
2 Adelaide Wood, VIC, 1:10:00.91
3 Bianca Crisp, QLD, 1:11:15.75
Girl’s 15 years 5km
1 Sarah Thompson, QLD, 1:08:24.34
2 Phoebe Hines, QLD, 1:08:25.99
3 Grace Hull, WA, 1:08:28.64
The is an unedited press release. Thank you to Swim Australia for providing SwimSwam with this information.