The Tasmanian born swimmer clocked in at 3:59.35, which put her well under the world championship qualifying time of 4:06.48.
It’s just 2.89 seconds away from the World Record time in long course set by American Katie Ledecky. However, the 18-year-old believes there’s still plenty of room for improvement.
“We were pretty fired up for this race and I have been swimming really quick and I wanted to try and put together a really great swim,” Titmus said.
“To be honest I am a bit disappointed with the time, I have been training really well and I thought I might have a 3:58 in me.
“I definitely felt the sting a little bit in the last 100 metres and I know I went out hard so that is probably why. With a bit more of a rest leading into a meet hopefully, that will help me.”
Also touching under the magic number was Kiah Melverton, with a time of 4:05.30.
Kaylee McKeown pulled out a personal best in the 200m Individual Medley and finished in 2:09.94 – placing first and under the qualifying time of 2:10.45.
Speaking after the race, an excited McKeown was very pleased with her result.
“So much effort has…
