The 2024 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships are headed to South Australia this fall.
It’s been announced the elite affair will take place at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre spanning September 26th – September 29th. The competition represents a qualifying event for the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup and is a stepping stone in the lead-up to the World Aquatics World Short Course Championships in December.
Of the announcement, Swimming Australia high performance director Greg Shaw stated, “This is an important meet in this year’s racing calendar. It’s a prelude to the 2024 edition of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup and then the World Short Course Championships in Budapest.
“It’s the ideal lead-in to the year’s finale of international racing – and the frantic pace will suit the World Cup which features three Asian destinations in nine days of racing – Shanghai, Incheon and Singapore in October/November.”
The SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre has played host to multiple key national events in the past including the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Trials.
Upcoming Australian Competitions
- April 6th – 14th Australian Age Championships
- April 17th – 20th Australian Open Championships
- April 21st – 24th Oceanian Championships
- June 10th – 15th Australian Olympic Trials
The selection criteria is out for World Cups and the only athletes that can go are those invited by World Aquatics (expenses paid) or those who will self-fund the tour.
Makes sense to have it here. Lots of SwimSwammers used to claim it was a ‘short’ pool anyway lol
They’ll be claiming the Chandler pool is short later this year
The World Cup has qualifying events? I just kind of thought anyone could enter
Only if they want to pay all their own expenses.
Or their clubs if it’s decided that to send their elite squad (or significant quotient thereof). Certainly some rather curious wording given “previous practice”.
What will be curious is just how seriously SA approaches this years SC Worlds. There is usually a significant percentage who will say “thats it for me” or “holiday time” as soon as the swimming program finishes whereas there may well be a fair percentage thinking they may look for a bit of a pay-day.
There are quite a few young ones that might like the opportunity.