2023 AUSTRALIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS
Kaylee McKeown put on a show en route to winning the women’s 200m backstroke on day four of the 2023 Australian World Championship Trials.
21-year-old McKeown of Griffith University fired off a monster time of 2:03.70 to beat the field by nearly 7 seconds. Runner-up was Jenna Forrester who clocked 2:10.37 while Hannah Fredericks rounded out the top 3 in 2:10.84.
Splitting 1:00.72/1:02.98, McKeown was just over half a second off her World Record-setting mark of 2:03.14 notched at this year’s New South Wales State Open Championships.
Her 2:03.70 tonight represents the 4th swiftest performance in history. McKeown now owns 7 of the top 10 women’s LCM 200 backstroke performances of all time.
Top 5 Women’s LCM 200 Backstroke Performances All-Time
- 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2023
- 2:03.35 – Regan Smith (USA) 2019
- 2:03.69 – Regan Smith (USA) 2019
- 2:03.70 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2023
- 2:04.06 – Missy Franklin (USA) 2012
- 2:04.28 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2021
- 2:04.31 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2021
- 2:04.18 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2023
- 2:04.49 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2020
- 2:04.64 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2022
Splits for her 2:03.70 performance this evening versus her 2:03.14 World Record are as follows:
| McKeown’s WR | McKeown’s 2:03.70 |
| 29.34 | 29.22 |
| 31.39 | 31.50 |
| 31.11 | 31.49 |
| 31.30 | 31.49 |
| 2:03.14 | 2:03.70 |