2025 SYDNEY OPEN & UNISPORT NATIONALS
- Friday, May 16th – Sunday, May 18th
- Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Start List
The 2025 Sydney Open & UniSport Nationals is headed to Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre beginning on Friday, May 16th. The three-day affair is a non-selection competition, however, it is an important milestone along the path to next month’s all-important World Championship Trials.
In the past, we’ve seen foreign talent to the tune of Daiya Seto, Lewis Clareburt and Erika Fairweather race at this meet. Although they are absent this time around, there is still a host of Aussie big guns ready to tune-up before putting it all on the line in the hopes of making the green and gold squad for Singapore.
Among them is 31-year-old Cameron McEvoy who is entered in the 50m free and 50m fly events. The Olympic champion currently ranks 3rd in the world in the former, courtesy of the 21.48 notched at the Australian Open Championships last month. There he also posted an effort of 23.09 to check in as the 8th-swiftest 50m fly performer this season.
Maximillian Giuliani, Flynn Southam and Olivia Wunsch also highlight the entries for this weekend.
Key Entries
- Bond Swim Club – Mikayla Bird, Milla Jansen, Flynn Southam
- Bond University – Ben Armbruster, Hannah Casey, Jesse Coleman, Joshua Collett, Maximillian Giuliani
- Griffith University Swim Club – Hayley Mackinder
- Japan – Ai Soma
- Macquarie University – Olivia Wunsch
- Mingara – Bradley Woodward
- Queensland University of Technology – Edward Sommerville
- Somerville House Aquatics – Grayson Bell, Cameron McEvoy
- SOPAC – Matthew Galea
- Sydney University Swim Club – William Yang
- University of Technology Sydney – Marcus Da Silva, Se-Bom Lee
Not expecting any mindblowing times here. Would be nice to see another in-season PB from Cam. Wunsch isn’t swimming the 100 so won’t get any answers there, but she posted in Insta she has had glandular fever. That basically kills any chance of us defending the 100 free relay.
I’m actually most interested in seeing what Jansen has to offer considering she had decent times last year and this is her first year as a full time athlete.
I’m not expecting Cam to be quicker than nationals.
Doesn’t look like there is any streaming option? So annoying. Can someone just do an Instagram live for us please.. …………?
Olivia Wunsch entered in the 50 and 200 Free but not the 100 Free. Strange.
Bond are sending a big group down from Queensland including: Giuliani, Southam, Armbruster, Milla Jansen and Hannah Casey. I hope Hannah can build on her recent improvement and get in the conversation for the 4×100 Free; if not this year maybe next year.
The Women’s 50 is Friday, the 200 is Saturday, and the 100 is Sunday. Maybe she just needs to get some stuff done on Sunday.
She entered in 4 events and they’re all Friday/Saturday.
It does seem like an odd choice but you could be right. Maybe she just isn’t available Sunday for whatever reason
Wait, what……..Giuliani is at Bond now? That’s news to me and worthy of its own story……..tell me more?
Oh I get it, representing a uni he studies at, still training with Scarce at TSS though?
Yep
BORING
Not a stacked field. That’s basically the Australian version of Sacramento.