The Australian women’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ 400 Medley Relay squads went 1-2 with respective times of 4:04.97 and 4:12.23. The bronze went to the PASA women, who finished in 4:20.10.

The Aussie men duplicated the women’s 1-2 finish with combined times of 3:39.48 and 3:50.81. The former time establishing a new meet record. Team UL (University Laval) completed the medals in 3:54.68.

Canada’s Ryan Cochrane escaped the men’s 1500 Free with the gold medal effort of 15:06.70. Touching just after was John Koehler (15:07.08) and then further back Ryan Napoleon (15:16.66) for third.

Australia’s Katie Goldman won the women’s 800 Freestyle final with a 8:34.81. Longhorn’s Amber McDermott hit second in 8:36.85, just ahead of Kelsey Ditto’s 8:37.19.

Ryan Lochte took the first 50 out hard and pushed through to the finish to win, and hold off Michael Phelps 54.15 to 54.31. Australia’s Ashley Delaney also challenged for the win, making it to the wall in 54.41. Swimming from Lane 5, Matt Grevers just missed the podium with a 54.96 swim.

Kirsty Coventry posted a sizzling 2:06.99 to not only win the women’s 200 Back with a new meet record, but her time now serves as the fastest in the world so far this year. Meagan Nay, who previously held the top 2009 time to-date, hit second in 2:08.61, while Elizabeth Beisel notched 3rd in 2:12.86.

Top seed Brian Johns lived up to expectations winning the men’s 200 IM in 2:01.25. Jack Brown was the second place finisher with a 2:02.37 swim. Stephen Parkes took the final medal, stopping the clock at 2:03.90.

Ariana Kukors destroyed the meet record with a blistering 2:10.88 200 IM performance. Julia Smit secured another medal in 2:12.36 and World Record holder Stephanie Rice rounded out the top 3 with a 2:12.84 effort. All 3 medalists finished well below the previous meet record.

Brent Hayden fought off a late charge from Michael Phelps (48.87) to win the men’s 100 Free in 48.49. Nathan Adrian’s 48.94, the last sub-49 swim, was good enough for the bronze. Ryan Lochte (49.18) and Matt Grevers (49.58) went 4-5.