Warrnambool Swimming Club's Sebastian Christie-Crane says from now until June's Australian Olympic Trials he will "be head down in the pool".
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The 20-year-old and fellow WSC member Sophie Thomas competed at the Australian Swimming Championships this past week.
Athletes hoping to represent Australia at this year's Tokyo Olympics swam at the event at Gold Coast Swimming and Aquatic Centre, which hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Christie-Crane, who attended his third senior national championships, swam in the 50-metre backstroke on Wednesday, finishing 31st in a time of 27.45 seconds.
He then swam 53.18 in the 100-metre freestyle to finish 92nd and then finished 48th in 100m backstroke in a time of one minute and one second on Thursday.
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Thomas touched the wall in four minutes and 32.69 seconds to finish 57th in the 400m freestyle on Friday. World champion Ariarne Titmus went on to the win the event.
Christie-Crane said his focus now turned the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials in South Australia from June 12-17.
The Hamilton-raised swimmer felt he wasn't at his peak fitness for the national championships but was committed to training hard to ensure he was ready for the Olympic trials.
He hopes to swim in the 50m and 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle.
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Christie-Crane, who jumps in the pool at least eight times a week in Warrnambool, said a lack of racing didn't help his chances at the national championships.
The talented swimmer has only had two meets post-COVID with the country championships in Warragul in January and the Victorian championships in February.
"I was a bit rusty form not racing for a while," he said. "It has been two years since I've been at national level."
Christie-Crane said it was good to be back in the pool against some of Australia's best swimmers.
"It is good weather up there and the pool was good with the open air in night sessions," he said of the week.
"It is good to see how far you have got to go and how far in front of you they are."
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