2026 Australian Swimming Trials: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALS

• Monday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
• Sydney, Australia
• Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
• LCM (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Commonwealth Selection Criteria
• Pan Pac Selection Criteria
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Storylines To Watch
• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2
  • Finals: Day 1
• Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet

The second night of action from the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials in Sydney is set to get underway with Commonwealth and Pan Pac roster spots on the line in six events, plus Para Pan Pac selection up for grabs across four multi-class events.

We’ll see the three women’s events run first, followed by the three men’s races (with the Para events sprinkled in between).

Leading off will be the women’s 100 breaststroke, where all eyes will be on 17-year-old Sienna Toohey, the top seed coming into the meet who set a new personal best of 1:06.43 in April, along with Ella Ramsay, who is coming off a strong runner-up finish in the 200 IM on Monday.

That will be followed by the women’s 50 fly, where Alexandria Perkins, the co-national record holder, will be the big favorite after a dominant showing on Monday in the 100 fly. Lily Price faded to 4th in the 100 fly, but was quick on the opening 50, so she’ll be dangerous as well.

All eyes will be on reigning Olympic and world champion Kaylee McKeown in the women’s 100 back, as the 24-year-old superstar is coming off winning the 50 back on Monday despite pulling out of the 200 IM due to illness. McKeown currently ranks 3rd in the world this season with her time of 58.06 from April, and she’ll be aiming to take over the top spot from rival and world record holder Regan Smith, who went 57.49 last month.

Iona Anderson, 20, led the way out of the heats in a time of 59.32, with McKeown following in 59.56.

• Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet

The men’s schedule will kick off with the 200 freestyle, which should be an exciting race with no clear-cut favorite and relay spots on the line for this summer. Edward Sommerville was the only Aussie man under 1:45 last year in 1:44.93, and he leads the national rankings again this season with his 1:45.34 clocking from the Japan Open in November.

The men’s 100 back will be headlined by 17-year-old standout Henry Allan, who recovered from a slow start to secure a runner-up finish last night in the 50 back final, showing impressive over-the-water form that’s a good indicator for the 100. Isaac Cooper, who won the 50 back, led Allan through the heats by a small margin, but has scratched the final.

Matt Temple has long been a dominant force on the domestic scene in the men’s 100 fly, and he popped off a stunning 50.60 swim in the prelims to move into 4th in the 2025-26 world rankings. Ben Armbruster has been impressive over the last year, breaking 51 last summer and clocking 51.22 at the Japan Open in November.

Kyle Chalmers set a new personal best of 51.04 in the prelims, but has scratched out of the final.

WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record: 1:04.13, Lilly King (USA) – 2017
• Commonwealth Record: 1:04.82, Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA) – 2021
• Australian Record: 1:05.09, Leisel Jones – 2006
• All Comers Record: 1:05.09, Leisel Jones (AUS) – 2006
• SA Qualifying Time: 1:06.17

‘A’ Final

1. Sienna Toohey (Albury), 1:05.97
2. Ella Ramsay (Nunawading,), 1:06.70
3. Sienna Harben (Griffith), 1:07.10
4. Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre), 1:07.94
5. Matilda Smith (Miami), 1:08.49
6. Lily Koch (Melbourne Vicentre), 1:08.55
7. Keahne Bergin (Rackley), 1:08.83
8. Isabella Johnson (Nudgee College), 1:09.11

Sienna Toohey went out like a rocket and never looked back in the final of the women’s 100 breaststroke, picking up a decisive win and breaking the 1:06 barrier for the first time.

The 17-year-old Albury product blasted out to an opening 50 of 30.58, not too far off her lifetime best in the 50 breast of 30.39, and then was still able to close well, splitting 35.39 on the way home to touch in a final time of 1:05.97.

The swim breaks Leisel Jones‘ Aussie Age Record for 17-year-old girls of 1:06.37, set in 2003, breaks Toohey’s own 17-year-old All-Comers Record of 1:06.43 set earlier this year, and moves her into 5th in the world this season.

Toohey also becomes the third-fastest Australian of all-time, only trailing Jones (1:05.09) and Sarah Katsoulis (1:05.86), after having previously been ranked 8th with her previous best of 1:06.43.

All-Time Australian Performers, Women’s 100 Breaststroke (LCM)

1. Leisel Jones, 1:05.09 – 2006
2. Sarah Katsoulis, 1:05.86 – 2009
3. Sienna Toohey, 1:05.97 – 2026
4. Chelsea Hodges, 1:05.99 – 2021
5. Tarnee White, 1:06.04 – 2008

Touching two-tenths under the SA qualifying time, Toohey books her ticket to the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships for the first time after making her senior debut at the World Championships last summer.

Nunawading’s Ella Ramsay had a solid swim to claim the runner-up spot in a time of 1:06.70, lowering her previous best time of 1:06.86 to move into 16th in the world this season. Ramsay also placed 2nd last night in the 200 IM.

Griffith University’s Sienna Harben, 22, was just eight one-hundredths off her lifetime best to round out the podium in 1:07.10, while Tara Kinder, 3rd in last night’s 200 IM, was the fourth woman sub-1:08 in 1:07.94. Her best time stands at 1:07.42, set last year.

WOMEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• World Record: 24.43, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2014
• Commonwealth Record: 25.20, Francesca Halsall (GBR) – 2014
• Australian Record: 25.31, Holly Barratt / Alexandria Perkins – 2019 / 2025
• All Comers Record: 25.33, Rikako Ikee (JPN) – 2024
• SA Qualifying Time: 25.62

‘A’ Final

1. Alexandria Perkins (USC Spartans), 25.60
2. Lily Price (Rackley), 25.91
4. Mackenzie Burns (St. Andrew’s) / Claudia Fydler (Bond), 26.21
5. –
6. Olivia Hine (Somerville House), 26.37
7. Isabella Boyd (Nunawading), 26.49
8. Josephine Crimmins (Somerville House), 26.59
9. Chloe Rowe-Hagans (St. Andrew’s), 26.83

USC Spartan Alexandria Perkins made it two-for-two through two nights of racing in Sydney, winning the women’s butterfly in a time of 25.60 after dominating last night’s 100 fly.

The 25-year-old’s time is just shy of her season-best of 25.44, set in March, while her lifetime best and co-Aussie Record of 25.31 was established at the 2025 World Championships where she claimed the silver medal.

Perkins said post-race that she was simply getting the job done and is happy to add the 50 to her schedule at the Commonwealth Games, having slipped under the qualifying time by two one-hundredths.

Rackley’s Lily Price, who showed she had speed to burn early in last night’s 100 fly final, had a decent showing to crack the 26-second barrier in 25.91, narrowly missing her season-best of 25.84 set in March. Price owns a PB of 25.61 from the 2025 World Championships.

Nineteen-year-old Mackenzie Burns and 24-year-old Claudia Fydler tied for 3rd in a time of 26.21, both establishing new lifetime bests.

WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY MC – FINAL

Top Three

1. Jasmine Greenwood S10 (Woden Valley), 1:06.63 – 829 pts
2. Kael Thompson S14 (USC Spartans), 1:07.26 – 805 pts
3. Montana Atkinson S14 (USC Spartans), 1:08.00 – 779 pts

Woden Valley’s Jasmine Greenwood, S10, topped the field in the women’s 100 fly multi-class, clocking 1:06.63 after already earning a Para Pan Pac spot with her 1:07.86 showing in the prelims. Greenwood won silver in this event at the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo.

USC Spartans Kael Thompson and Montana Atkinson both qualified for their first Para Pan Pac team by hitting the S14 qualifying time in 2nd and 3rd, while another USC swimmer, Emily Beecroft, S9, clocked 1:09.19 to punch her ticket to Irvine as well.

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY MC – FINAL

Top Three

1. Declan Budd S14 (Knox Pymble), 57.11 – 854 pts
2. Timothy Hodge S9 (Blacktown), 1:00.47 – 846 pts
3. Alex Saffy S10 (Woden Valley), 57.67 – 828 pts

Though a few of them had already done it in the prelims, five men hit Para Pan Pac qualifying times in the final of the multi-class 100 fly, led by Declan Budd.

The S14 swimmer was within a tenth of the qualifying time in the prelims in 57.70, but left no doubt tonight by blasting his way to a time of 57.11 to get comfortably under the mark. His 854 para points edged out Timothy Hodge, S9, who clocked 1:00.47 for 846 points. He had already gotten under the S9 qualifying time with his 1:01.15 prelim swim.

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record: 57.13, Regan Smith (USA) – 2024
• Commonwealth Record: 57.16, Kaylee McKeown  (AUS)– 2025
• Australian Record: 57.16, Kaylee McKeown – 2025
• All Comers Record: 57.41, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2024
• SA Qualifying Time: 59.56

‘A’ Final

1. Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartns), 57.77
2. Iona Anderson (Highlanders), 58.60
3. Hannah Fredericks (St Peters Western), 59.79
4. Alyssa Burgess (Highlanders), 1:00.09
5. Emily Jones (Hunter), 1:00.99
6. Jaclyn Barclay (Griffith), 1:01.04
7. Heidi Shumack (SOPAC), 1:01.22
8. Zoe Ammundsen (Nudgee College), 1:01.24

Iona Anderson got out to the early lead, but it was all Kaylee McKeown coming home in the final of the women’s 100 backstroke, as the reigning Olympic and world champion delivered a blistering closing split to book the victory with a new season-best time.

McKeown split 28.52/29.25 en route to a time of 57.77, marking her first swim under 58 seconds this season after previously going 58.06 in April. She remains the third-fastest woman in the world behind Americans Regan Smith (57.49) and Isabelle Stadden (57.55).

McKeown won the 2025 Aussie Trials in a very similar time, having gone 57.71 last June.

Asked again about the illness that resulted in her dropping the 200 IM, McKeown said post-race she’s still feeling nowhere near 100%, but “a lot of people are in the same boat.”

As for Anderson, the 20-year-old Highlanders swimmers had a very impressive swim, splitting 28.46/30.14 en route to a time of 58.60, putting her under the SA qualifying time by nearly a full second.

After missing last year’s Trials due to a back injury, Anderson delivered the second-fastest swim of her career to move into 4th in the world this season, overtaking countrymate Mollie O’Callaghan (58.64) who scratched the event this morning.

Anderson set her personal best of 58.43 at the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials.

St. Peter’s Western’s Hannah Fredericks made it three women under one minute, clocking 59.79 to snag 3rd place and move into 20th in the world this season. She represented Australia in this event at the 2025 World Championships, where she set her lifetime best of 59.25.

MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – FINAL

• World Record: 1:42.00, Paul Biedermann (GER) – 2009
• Commonwealth Record: 1:44.06, Ian Thorpe (AUS) – 2001
• Australian Record: 1:44.06, Ian Thorpe – 2001
• All Comers Record: 1:44.06, Ian Thorpe (AUS) – 2001
• SA Qualifying Time: 1:45.60

‘A’ Final

1. Sam Short (Rackley), 1:45.16
2. Kai Taylor (St. Peters Western), 1:45.30
3. Harrison Turner (Nudgee College), 1:45.71
4. Edward Sommerville (Brisbane Grammar), 1:45.72
5. Charlie Hawke (Rackley), 1:45.99
6. William Petric (Nunawading), 1:46.76
7. Cameron Blade (Tigersharks), 1:47.25
8. Elijah Winnington (St. Peters Western), 1:48.48

WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE MC – FINAL

Top Three

MEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE MC – FINAL

Top Three

MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record: 51.60, Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 2022
• Commonwealth Record: 51.85, Pieter Coetze (RSA) – 2025
• Australian Record: 52.11, Mitch Larkin – 2015
• All Comers Record: 52.38, Mitch Larkin (AUS) – 2019
• SA Qualifying Time: 52.57

‘A’ Final

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• World Record: 49.45, Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 2019
• Commonwealth Record: 49.99, Josh Liendo (CAN) – 2024
• Australian Record: 50.25, Matt Temple – 2023
• All Comers Record: 50.45, Matt Temple (AUS) – 2024
• SA Qualifying Time: 50.88

‘A’ Final