Australian Short Course Championships

The Australian Short Course Championships run Wednesday, July 13 through Sunday, July 17, in Melbourne. Because of the time difference, prelims are already underway Down Under, even though it is still Tuesday night in America. Top finishers from this meet will qualify to represent Australia at the World Short Course Championships this December in Dubai, but many swimmers are simply using this meet as a tune-up for the upcoming Pan Pacs and Commonwealth Games. Full session recaps will be available at Swimming Australia's website, and live results can be found here. I will predict event winners for the meet.

Wednesday, July 13

Men's 200 Free - Tomasso D'Orsogna

Women's 50 Breast - Sarah Katsoulis

Men's 100 Back - Hayden Stoeckel

Women's 200 Fly - Jessicah Schipper

Men's 100 Breast - Brenton Rickard

Women's 100 Back - Emily Seebohm

Men's 100 Fly - Adam Pine

Women's 400 IM - Ellen Fullerton

Men's 800 Free - Travis Nederpelt

Thursday, July 14

Women's 100 Free - Emily Seebohm

Men's 400 IM - Thomas Fraser-Holmes

Women's 50 Fly - Yolane Kukla

Men's 50 Free - Ashley Callus

Women's 100 IM - Emily Seebohm

Friday, July 15

Men's 50 Back - Daniel Arnamnart

Women's 200 Back - Belinda Hocking

Men's 50 Fly - Geoff Huegill

Women's 100 Breast - Leisel Jones

Men's 400 Free - Robert Hurley

Men's 200 IM - Leith Brodie

Women's 400 Free - Kylie Palmer

Men's 200 Breast - Brenton Rickard

Saturday, July 16

Women's 50 Back - Marieke Guehrer

Men's 100 Free - Eamon Sullivan

Women's 100 Fly - Felicity Galvez

Men's 100 IM - Leith Brodie

Women's 50 Free - Cate Campbell

Women's 200 IM - Emily Seebohm

Men's 50 Breast - Karl Wurzer

Sunday, July 17

Men's 200 Back - Bobby Jovanovich

Women's 200 Breast - Leisel Jones

Men's 200 Fly - Nick D'arcy

Women's 200 Free - Kylie Palmer

Men's 1,500 Free - Robert Hurley

Women's 1,500 Free - Belinda Bennett

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Other upcoming meets include the Open Water World Championships, which begin Saturday with the women's 10k in Roberval, Canada, as well as the Southeastern Sectional meet in Athens, Georgia, which will feature Auburn sprint stars Cesar Cielo and Fred Bousquet, as well as Amanda Weir, which runs Thursday, July 15 through Sunday, July 18. Full session recaps will be available on Swimming World.com after each session of both meets, and I will post a blog about the Open Water Worlds this weekend.