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:
- Day 3 Finals Heat Sheet
The third night of finals from the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials promising to be an exciting one with a star-studded lineup set to compete, including two reigning world champions.
Mollie O’Callaghan, the reigning Olympic and world champion in the women’s 200 freestyle, will kick tonight’s action off in her best event, and perhaps she’s got Ariarne Titmus‘ world record in her sights after producing a pair of 1:53-mids earlier this year.
O’Callaghan, who previously held the world record at 1:52.85, saw Titmus take down her mark at the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials in a time of 1:52.23, while O’Callaghan produced the second-fastest performance ever in 1:52.48 in the same heat.
So far this year, O’Callaghan has gone 1:53.52 in March and 1:53.69 in April, faster than she was throughout the entirety of 2025, which is a positive sign heading into tonight.
The women’s 50 breaststroke will be headlined by 17-year-old Sienna Toohey, who won the 100 breast last night in a new Aussie Age Record and her first time under the 1:06 barrier.
The men’s 50 freestyle will feature world record holder and reigning Olympic and world champion Cameron McEvoy, who took down the super-suited world record of 20.88 at the China Open in March. McEvoy may be looking to respond to Russia’s Egor Kornev clocking 21.06 at the Russian Swimming Championships on Tuesday.
We’ll then see three male swimmers riding the hot hand head up the last three able-bodied events of the night, with Harrison Turner in the 200 fly, Sam Williamson in the 50 breast and Sam Short in the 800 free.
Turner, the 2025 World Championship bronze medalist in the 200 fly, set a pair of best times en route to 3rd-place finishes in the 200 free and 100 fly on Tuesday, giving him some momentum entering his best event.
Williamson, coming off a knee injury that kept him out of action last year, won the 100 breast on Monday in a time of 59.07, which is a positive sign heading into the 50, which has historically been his better event.
The session will conclude with the fastest seeded heat of the 800 free, where Short will be the big favorite to make it three-for-three in terms of both victories and personal bests in Sydney after winning the 400 free on Monday and the 200 free on Tuesday.
South Korean Kim Woomin posted the fastest time out of the morning heats in 7:53.42, while Miami’s Tomo Shadforth was the top Australian in 8:02.68.
WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – FINAL
- World Record: 1:52.23, Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 2024
- Commonwealth Record: 1:52.23, Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 2024
- Australian Record: 1:52.23, Ariarne Titmus – 2024
- All Comers Record: 1:52.23, Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 2024
- SA Qualifying Time: 1:56.03
- Mollie O’Callaghan (St. Peters Western), 1:52.86
- Lani Pallister (St. Peters Western), 1:53.65
- Inez Miller (Highlanders), 1:56.41
- Hannah Casey (Bond), 1:56.85
- Brittany Castelluzzo (Tea Tree Gully), 1:57.01
- Milla Jansen (St. Peters Western), 1:57.13
- Jenna Forrester (St. Peters Western), 1:57.36
- Meg Harris (Rackley), 1:57.63
Reigning Olympic and world champion Mollie O’Callaghan flirted with the world record throughout the final of the women’s 200 freestyle, and despite the WR line pulling away from her over the last few meters, she still produced one of the fastest swims ever.
The 22-year-old put up a time of 1:52.86, the third-fastest swim of her career and the fifth-fastest in history to reset her world-leading time of 1:53.52 set at the China Open in March.
O’Callaghan has been quicker twice; she broke the super-suited world record at the 2023 World Championships in a time of 1:52.85, and then at the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials, she was the runner-up to the world record-breaking Ariarne Titmus with the second-fastest swim ever in 1:52.48.
All-Time Performances, Women’s 200 Freestyle (LCM)
- Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 1:52.23 – 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
- Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS), 1:52.48 – 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
- Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS), 1:52.85 – 2023 World Championships
- Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS), 1:52.86 – 2026 Australian Swimming Trials
- Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 1:52.98 – 2009 World Championships
O’Callaghan was well under Titmus’ world record pace through each of the three turns, including sitting more than half a second back at the 150 (1:23.43 to 1:23.95) before splitting 29.43 coming home, compared to Titmus, who closed in 28.28 when she broke the all-time mark.
Notably, O’Callaghan was a massive 1.57 seconds quicker than she was at the 2025 Trials (1:54.43).
Taking the runner-up position with a standout performance of her own was Lani Pallister, O’Callaghan’s St. Peter’s Western teammate who became just the eighth woman under 1:54 barrier.
Pallister had clearly established herself in the 2nd position at the final turn, and then threw down the fastest closing 50 in the field in 28.90 to clock a blistering 1:53.65, tying her with Canadian Summer McIntosh for 5th all-time in the event.
All-Time Performers, Women’s 200 Freestyle (LCM)
- Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 1:52.23 – 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
- Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS), 1:52.48 – 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
- Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 1:52.98 – 2009 World Championships
- Allison Schmitt (USA), 1:53.61 – 2012 Olympic Games
- Summer McIntosh (CAN) / Lani Pallister (AUS), 1:53.65 – 2023 World Championships / 2026 Australian Swimming Trials
Pallister also moves into #2 in the world this season behind O’Callaghan.
Nineteen-year-old Inez Miller, who is coming off her freshman year at the University of Texas, was back in 6th at the 150-meter mark, but charged home in 29.35 to pull up into 3rd in a time of 1:56.41, nearly a full second under the personal best time she set in the prelims of 1:57.30. Coming into the meet, her PB stood at 1:57.32.
Rounding out the top four and solidifying a spot on the Commonwealth and Pan Pac teams was Bond’s Hannah Casey, who was up in 3rd at the final turn and despite fading, held on for 4th in a time of 1:56.85. The 20-year-old owns a PB of 1:56.09 from last year.
MEN’S 200 IM MC– FINAL
Top Three
- Timothy Hodge SM10 (Blacktown), 2:13.82 – 960 pts
- Ricky Betar SM14 (UWA West Coast), 2:08.77 – 924 pts
- Samuel Gould SM9 (Griffith), 2:15.26
Reigning Paralympic champion Timothy Hodge topped the men’s multi-class 200 IM in a time of 2:13.82, scoring the SM10 swimmer 960 para points and qualifying him for the Para Pan Pacs. Hodge has already been named to the Para Commonwealth team.
Hodge won the SM9 gold medal in the men’s 200 IM at the 2024 Paralympics in a time of 2:13.31.
UWA West Coast’s Ricky Betar (SM14) posted the fastest time of the field in 2:08.77, good for 924 para points and 2nd place overall.
MEN’S 150 IM MC– FINAL
- Grant Patterson SM3 (Central Cairns), 3:11.43 – 586 pts
- Ahmed Kelly SM3 (Yarra Plenty), 3:12.71 – 574 pts
Central Cairns’ Grant Patterson edged out Yarra Plenty’s Ahmed Kelly in the men’s multi-class 150 IM, as the two SM3 athletes posted respective times of 3:11.43 and 3:12.71.
Kelly out-split Patterson on both the breaststroke and freestyle 50s, but his backstroke deficit (nearly five seconds) was too much to overcome. Both qualify for the Para Pan Pac team with these performances.
WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE MC – FINAL
WOMEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL
- World Record: 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 2023
- Commonwealth Record: 29.72, Lara van Niekerk (RSA) – 2022
- Australian Record: 30.05, Chelsea Hodges – 2022
- All Comers Record: 30.15, Chelsea Hodges (AUS) – 2022
- SA Qualifying Time: 30.37
MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – FINAL
- World Record: 20.88, Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 2026
- Commonwealth Record: 20.88, Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 2026
- Australian Record: 20.88, Cameron McEvoy – 2026
- All Comers Record: 21.19, Ashley Callus (AUS) – 2009
- SA Qualifying Time: 21.77
MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINAL
- World Record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN) – 2022
- Commonwealth Record: 1:52.96, Chad Le Clos (RSA) – 2012
- Australian Record: 1:54.17, Harrison Turner – 2025
- All Comers Record: 1:52.09, Michael Phelps (USA) – 2007
- SA Qualifying Time: 1:54.94
MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE MC – FINAL
MEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL
- World Record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017
- Commonwealth Record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017
- Australian Record: 26.32, Sam Williamson – 2024
- All Comers Record: 26.58, Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) – 2018
- SA Qualifying Time: 26.93
Support MC getting some prime coverage – representation matters across all society.
However, it will be past 8:15pm before the 2nd abled-bodied event. Way too late in winter for peak athlete performance.
Imagine being the 5th fastest all time in an event (where 3 of the other 4 are retired) but it’s not even an event you even bother to race individually
It’s giving Kaylee casually dropping 4:28.22 400IM’s
MOC’s reaction when told her 100m split!
I gather from that it probably wasn’t in The Plan. 🙂
Now a full day off before the 100 – bodes well for a legit. crack at a 51.
They should put the MC events either at the beginning or at the end of the able bodied program .. it’s a deliberate and conscious decision to make us sit through MC events sandwiched between the able bodied events
They are drastically hurting the viewing experience for casual viewers by doing so.
Ellie explaining the para rules yet again…yawn.. An IQ less than 75…… (Giaan?)
I’m still enjoying Giaan explaining what the 1st 3 heats mean, every event, every morning!
I’ll genuinely yearn for it this Sunday AM.
W200FR – thoughts on the others?
Miller the obvious stand-out. Was last at 100m.
Casey was off her PB, as was Jansen (from this morning).
Castelluzzo a small PB. Jenna – same??
Meg? Got slower…don’t know what to draw from that.
Excluding Perkins, Webb, DeLuitis (and maybe Wunsch) – still plenty of upside.
Such a strong event.
Wasn’t expecting that from Miller after her college season.
Casey’s front half was too quick.
Castelluzzo’s been slightly quicker
Thanks – yes Brittany has a 1:56.7 (’24).
153.6 is absolutely insane for Lani. It’s faster than Katie’s PB from Rio.
Katie is under even more serious threat in the 800 and 1500.
I think Ledecky will be fine for the 1500 for many more years. Like with Short, I think Lani’s best events are 2/4/8 rather than 4/8/15.
But I think Lani can beat Katie in the 800 by 2027 (assuming she’s peaking for Comm Games and not Pan Pac’s). She dropped 10s off her PB last year and I feel she would have another 2-3s drop in her by 2028
I agree she is more of a threat in the 800, but she is still in the conversation in the 1500, so I included it.
Katie is under serious threat in 800 but not 1500. She has sizeable cushions in 1500.
We just saw last year the 800 is basically a 3 way race if you include McIntosh in there too
Could Lani be our next individual Olympic champion?? Hot take for sure, but I think she’ll beat Katie.
Yes