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:
Welcome to the last prelims session of the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials! There are just two sessions remaining, with swimmers looking to earn their way into tonight’s finals session as the last chance to earn a spot on the Commonwealth Games and Pan-Pacs rosters for this summer.
There have been some fast swims over the last five days, though most have come from finals sessions. This morning should be a relatively fast session with two 50s, but we also have a few longer events ahead with the 400 IMs and the women’s 1500 early heat.
Day 5 Schedule
- Women’s 50 Freestyle
- Women’s MC 100 Freestyle
- Men’s MC 100 Freestyle
- Men’s 400 IM
- Women’s 400 IM
- Men’s 50 Butterfly
- Women’s 1500 Freestyle — Early Heat
The women’s 50 freestyle will be led by Meg Harris and Shayna Jack, who both had strong swims during the 100 freestyle yesterday, and will be looking to carry that momentum into today’s session.
S14 swimmer Madeleine McTernan has the fastest seed time in the Multi-Class 100 freestyle while S10 athlete Rowan Crothers has the fastest seed time in the men’s MC event.
The men’s 400 IM will be led by 200 IM champion William Petric, who has not earned a priority one spot for this summer, and will be looking to change that with his swim in this event. In the women’s 400 IM, Jenna Forrester, who has been having a very strong meet, is the top seed by about three seconds over Ella Ramsay.
The final men’s event of the meet will be the 50 fly where Kyle Chalmers and Cameron McEvoy will meet as the 1st and 3rd seeds respectively. Ben Armbruster comes in between them as the 2nd seed, just a nine hundredths ahead of McEvoy.
The session will wrap up with the early timed-finals heat of the women’s 1500. Brazil’s Maria Fernanda Costa will be the top seed in the early heats, and will likely set a time that would finish in the top eight, but she will be capped at 9th since she is an international swimmer.
Women’s 50 Free — Prelims
- World Record: 23.61, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) — 2023
- Commonwealth Record: 23.78, Cate Campbell (AUS) — 2018
- Australian Record: 23.78, Cate Campbell — 2018
- All Comers Record: 23.78, Cate Campbell (AUS) — 2018
- SA Qualifying Time: 24.45
Top 8 Qualifiers
- Shayna Jack (STPET) — 24.45
- Meg Harris (RACKL) — 24.61
- Alexandria Perkins (USCS) — 24.85
- Hannah Casey (BOND) — 24.94
- Olivia Wunsch (CARL) — 24.95
- Milla Jansen (STPET) — 25.14
- Chloe Rowe-Hagans (STAND) — 25.24
- Sienna Walo (STHPT) — 25.25
Shayna Jack came out on top of the women’s 50 freestyle prelims, touching in 24.45 to finish a little under two tenths ahead of Meg Harris‘ 24.61 in 2nd place.
Jack’s swim was only five hundredths off her her season best time of 24.40. Her lifetime best is 2.99 from the 2024 Australian Trials.
Harris finished six tenths off her season best 24.02 and her lifetime best of 23.97 from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Alexandria Perkins (24.85), Hannah Casey (24.94), and Olivia Wunsch (24.95) also came in under 25 seconds to qualify 3rd, 4th, and 5th respectively.
Women’s MC 100 Free — Prelims
S7 swimmer Chloe Osborn scored the most points in the women’s 100 free Multi-Class prelims. She touched in 1:11.64 to pick up 856 points to be the only swimmer above 800 points.
Lakeisha Patterson (S9) finished 2nd, swimming 1:03.49 to rack up 798 points, 30 more than fellow S9 swimmer Victoria Belando Nicholson, who swam 1:04.44 to pick up 763 points.
Madeleine McTernan, who had the fastest seed time and won the women’s 100 backstroke last night, finished 6th in the prelims, touching in 1:00.05.
Men’s MC 100 Free — Prelims
Rowan Crothers (S10), an set the top time and scored the most points in the men’s 100 freestyle Mutli-Class prelims, stopping the clock in 52.16 to pick up 915 points for the win.
Callum Simpson (S8) finished 2nd with 843 points after touching in 59.12. He finished just three points ahead of Tom Gallagher (S10), who scored 840 points with his swim of 53.68. Just one points behind Gallagher was Alexander Tuckfield (S10), who swam 53.70 to pick up 839 points.
Men’s 400 IM — Prelims
- World Record: 4:02.50, Leon Marchand (FRA) — 2023
- Commonwealth Record: 4:08.70, Lewis Clareburt (NZL) — 2022
- Australian Record: 4:09.27, Brendon Smith (AUS) — 2021
- All Comers Record: 4:06.22, Michael Phelps (USA) — 2007
- SA Qualifying Time: 4:13.59
Top 8 Qualifiers
- William Petric (NUN) — 4:15.14
- Thomas Neill (RACKL) — 4:18.41
- Se-Bom Lee (SOSC) — 4:20.42
- Brendon Smith (STPET) — 4:21.45
- Samuel Higgs (NUN) — 4:21.98
- Andre Labara (WGAA) — 4:23.59
- Cameron Ricchini (MIAMI) — 4:26.41
- Cael Eley (STPET) — 4:26.59
William Petric was one of two men under 4:20 during the 400 IM prelims, swimming 4:15.14 to pick up the top seed and middle lane for tonight’s final by a little more than three seconds over Thomas Neill‘s 4:18.41 in 2nd.
Petric got out first, splitting 56.98 on the fly leg to sit about a second ahead of Brendon Smith‘s 57.14 in 2nd and Thomas Neill‘s 57.78 in 2nd place.
Petric was 1:06.46 on the backstroke, maintaining his lead over Neill’s 1:06.42 and Smith’s 1:07.71. Se-Bom Lee had the fastest backstroke split in the field of 1:05.82.
On the breaststroke, Petric was 1:11.31, extending his lead over the field by about four seconds going into the final 100. He split 1:00.39 on the freestyle, a bit slower than Neill’s 59.65 on the freestyle leg to finish 2nd overall Petric’s best is 4:10.20 from April, and Neill’s best is 4:13.43 from December of 2023.
Lee split 58.43/1:05.82/1:15.32/1:00.85 to stop the clock in 4:20.42 for 3rd, a five second add from his best of 4:15.74 from August of 2025.
Women’s 400 IM — Prelims
- World Record: 4:23.65, Summer McIntosh (CAN) — 2025
- Commonwealth Record: 4:23.65, Summer McIntosh (CAN) — 2025
- Australian Record: 4:28.22, Kaylee McKeown – 2024
- All Comers Record: 4:28.22, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2024
- SA Qualifying Time: 4:38.31
Top 8 Qualifiers
- Jenna Forrester (STPET) — 4:41.56
- Tara Kinder (MVC) — 4:47.64
- Kayla Hardy (CRUIZ) — 4:47.66
- Julia Eve Spedding (GUSC) — 4:48.27
- Elizabeth Dekkers (STPET) — 4:49.95
- Ella Ramsay (NUN) — 4:49.96
- Amelie Smith (ROCKC) — 4:51.67
- Lexi Harrison (MNLY) — 4:53.28
The women’s 400 IM prelims were dominated by Jenna Forrester in 4:41.56, six seconds faster than the 2nd place qualifier in the event.
Forrester’s swim was about eight seconds of fher seed time of 4:33.26 and nine seconds off her lifetime best 4:32.30 from the 2023 World Championships.
She sat in 2nd after the first 100 fly, splitting 1:02.54 to turn only behind 200 fly champion Elizabeth Dekkers, who was 1:00.48 on the opening 100. Tara Kinders split 1:02.99 to turn in 3rd overall
From there, Forrester quickly took over the lead, splitting a massive 1:09.20 on the backstroke to turn five seconds ahead of Dekkers (1:16.22) in 2nd and Kinder (1:14.74) in 3rd overall.
On the breaststroke leg, Forrester was 1:22.21, two tenths slower than Kinder’s 1:22.04 and more than a second behind Kayla Hardy, who was 1:20.66.
Forrester was 1:07.61 on the freestyle, gaining two more thanths on Kinder’s 1:07.87. Hardy had one of the fastest prelims splits in the field of 1:06.93.
Kinder touched in 4:47.64 to miss her best time of 4:37.14 by about 10 seconds. Hardy finished 3rd in 4:47.66, a five second add from her 4:42.32, which she swam at last year’s Australian Trials.
Men’s 50 Fly — Prelims
- World Record: 22.27, Andrii Govorov (UKR) — 2018
- Commonwealth Record: 22.68, Ilya Kharun (CAN) — 2025
- Australian Record: 22.73, Matt Targett — 2009
- All Comers Record: 22.77, Kyle Chalmers (AUS) — 2026
- SA Qualifying Time: 22.91
Top 8 Qualifiers
- Ben Armbruster (BOND) — 22.96
- Kyle Chalmers (MARI) — 23.15
- Isaac Cooper (STAND) — 23.39
- Cameron McEvoy (SOMAQ) — 23.48
- Matthew Temple (MARI) — 23.57
- Joseph Hamson (KPSC) — 23.87
- Jack Carr (STAND) — 23.91
- Thomas Nankervis (GUSC) — 24.01
Ben Armbruster was the lone man under 23 seconds in this morning’s 50 fly prelims, earning the top seed for tonight’s final. This was a new personal best for him, marking his first time under 23 seconds as he dropped from the 23.00 he set last August.
This swim will move him up to tie for 6th in the world this season with Egor Yurchenko and Noe Ponti.
2025-2026 LCM Men 50 FLY
KORNEV
22.59
| 2 | Ilya Kharun | USA | 22.64 | 05/24 |
| 3 | Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 22.77 | 04/07 |
| 4 | Maxime GROUSSET | FRA | 22.78 | 03/14 |
| 5 | Oleg KOSTIN | RUS | 22.79 | 06/11 |
Kyle Chalmers took 2nd in 23.15, four tenths off his season and lifetime best of 22.77 from the Australian Open in April.
The 3rd spot went to Isaac Cooper in 23.39, a two tenth add from his lifetime best 23.19, which he swam in October of 2023.
Cameron McEvoy qualified 45h after touching in 23.48, a four tenth add from his best of 23.07, which he set at the 2023 Australian Trials.
Women’s 1500 Free — Timed Final (Early Heat)
- World Record: 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (USA) — 2018
- Commonwealth Record: 15:39.14, Lani Pallister (AUS) — 2025
- Australian Record: 15:39.14, Lani Pallister — 2025
- All Comers Record: 15:28.36, Katie Ledecky (USA) — 2014
- SA Qualifying Time: 16:08.19
Early Heat Results
- Molly Young (CARL)– 17:05.47
- Dakoda Mathers (NUN) — 17:07.22
- Felicity Walker (ALST) — 17:08.73
- Charlotte Bowmer (SYDU) — 17:16.67
- Emily Broun (KAWTR) — 17:26.51
- Lucy Doyle (NUN) — 17:29.48
Molly Young, a 13-year-old, swam the top time in the early heat of the women’s 1500 freestyle, touching in a new lifetime best 17:05.47.
She took almost four seconds off her lifetime best of 17:09.16 from the 2026 Australian Age Championships in April. She split 5:39.34/5:43.91/5:42.22 to finish two seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher Dakoda Mathers, who swam 17:07.22 to finish 2nd.
Mathers dropped two seconds off her best of 12:12.57, which she swam in April at the Australian Open. She split 5:39.49/5:44.58/5:43.15 on her 500s, touching about a second ahead of Felicity Walker in 3rd.
Walker split 5:40.25/5:47.80/5:40.68 to stop the clock in 17:08.73, a seven second add from her lifetime best of 17:01.64, which she swam in April at the Australian Open.
Maria Fernanda Costa, who was supposed to be the top seed in prelims, scratched the event this morning.
So many empty seats. What were the ticket prices
It feels like trials has slowly gotten a bit less impressive as it went on. First two days were fantastic then it’s slowly dropped level a bit. I think we knew days 5 and 6 had our least impressive events anyway but oh well.
Can’t wait for the major meets to actually start now.
This basically happens at worlds and Olympics too. We’re top of the medal tally until the final 2-3 days when our golds dry up (apart from 50 free)
That’s because Kaylee has run out of events LOL and the repeated Sam/Lani distance events have been the same story each time (although “textile” 800m WR was huge a few days ago).
But on that note, we are basically seeing the same names swim again so it’s hard to stay interested when all the unique specialist swimmers (like McEvoy and Sam Williamson) were put so early in the week.
Personally my interest and excitement for trials began decreasing when certain swimmers started scratching out of events many of them for no apparent reason .. we can say theyre resting for other races sure but it removes the excitement when you’re denied seeing the match ups like in men’s 100 fly 100 back and 200 fly for example .. you need the top tier swimmers racing against each other regularly to get fans excited about the sport .. and the MC events where I have no idea who qualifies for what and heats that don’t need to be there are not helping the excitement levels
I forgot McKeown went a 4:28…insane
That record is faster than our short course record for the same event lol. She needs to just swim it once to fix that.
The biggest thing for me is going a 4:28 400IM while also being the world record holder in the 50 back. When else has someone gone a medal worthy time in a 400 while being a 50 WR holder? Possibly never?
Probably Shane Gould.
WR on the 100/200/400/800/1500/400IM at age 15 is absurd
I remember watching her compete on Australian survivor at age 62 and she just zoomed past young fit guys
When McKeown swam that, she was the WR in 50/100/200 and 3rd fastest all time in 200/400IM
WILLIAM YANG LETS GO
13 heats tho ðŸ«
After Kyle’s 100 Fly, I’m predicting a national record in 50.
Tonight.
Dekkers didn’t quite time her back to breast turn 😅
Forrester could probably conserve more energy.
Is already on team, only needs top 3 tonight.
Better to practice: swim fast heat and backup in finals for future WC & Olympics.
Nice to see young gun Labara make the 400IM final. Hopefully he can lower his PB tonight.