2025 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- Monday, June 9th – Saturday, June 14th
- SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre, Oaklands Park, South Australia
- Prelims at 11am local (9:30pm ET night before)/Finals at 7:30pm local (6:00am ET) nights 1&2; 7pm local (5:30am ET) nights 3-6
- LCM (50m)
- Swimming Australia World Championships Selection Criteria
- Meet Central
- Livestream (VPN needed outside of Australia)
- Start List
- Heat Sheets
- Results
- Recaps
After six days of high-octane racing at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre, a squad of 40-strong pool and open water swimmers was announced by Swimming Australia for this summer’s World Championships.
The lineup includes a strong mix of steely veterans and keen newcomers who will represent the green and gold, with 10 headed to their first senior long course World Championships.
On the older end of the spectrum, 31-year-old Cam McEvoy remarkably qualified for his 7th Worlds appearance.
The father-to-be topped the men’s 50m freestyle podium in a season-best 21.30 to become the #1 swimmer in the world at the moment.
He’ll be joined by also father-to-be Kyle Chalmers who nabbed the 100m free and 50m fly victories while placing as runner-up behind McEvoy in the 50m free.
Olympic multi-gold medalist Kaylee McKeown successfully completed a sweep of the backstroke discipline to earn her spot on the roster, while Olympic teammate Mollie O’Callaghan made the cut in 4 individual events of the 100m free, 200m free, 50m back and 100m back.
O’Callaghan has a chance to become Australia’s most successful World Championships swimmer in history, with her current haul of 8 gold medals approaching Ian Thorpe‘s record-setting bounty of 11.
Lani Pallister was the unofficial MVP of the competition, reaping gold across the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events while also snagging runner-up in the 200m free.
Now training under Dean Boxall at St. Peters Western, 23-year-old Pallister took down Ariarne Titmus‘ Australian national record in the 800m free while also establishing a new Australian and Commonwealth Record to win the 1500m free on the final night of action.
16-year-old Sienna Toohey represents the youngest member of the World Championships squad, courtesy of her 100m breaststroke victory here.
Toohey was emotional after topping the podium in a lifetime best of 1:06.55.
Finally, 20-year-old Olympian Ella Ramsay was another multi-event qualifier, punching her ticket for the women’s 100m/200m breaststroke and 200m/400m IM.
Those left off the Singapore lineup include 28-year-old Olympic medalist Zac Incerti.
In hindsight, Incerti may have miscalculated his racing strategy, as he punched a super solid time of 1:45.80 to lead the men’s 200m freestyle heats, only to withdraw from the final.
He then took on the 100m free where he finished 6th in 48.46 but was left off the roster with several other swimmers already available to contest the men’s 4x100m and 4x200m free relays.
Other past Australian World Championships swimmers who missed making the roster include Olympic champion Shayna Jack and Elizabeth Dekkers.
Jack placed 6th in the 100m free and 5th in the 50m free while Dekkers finished 3rd in the 200m fly.
Relay Thoughts
- 18-year-old Milla Jansen was named to the team after finishing 5th in the women’s 100m free. This was a discretionary pick, as the selection criteria stated that only the top 2 finishers in the 100m and 200m freestyle events would be selected for relays while the remaining would be decided via the coaches. Jansen’s participation will help free up the big guns such as Mollie O’Callaghan from needing to race the relay prelims.
- Two men’s breaststrokers are on the team in the form of Nash Wilkes and Zac Stubblety-Cook. Wilkes won the 100m but missed the QT while ZSC won the 200m in a Singapore-worthy result. Both should be available for medley relay duties so we’ll see what transpires in Singapore.
- Elijah Winnington‘s sole individual event is the men’s 400m free, so he should be fresh for the men’s 4x200m free relay. Maximillian Giuliani also missed 1free and 2free individual qualification so will be a solid swimmer in the stable to help spread the workload. The same holds true for 200m freestyle victor Ed Sommerville in terms of the men’s 4x100m free relay.
Dolphins Head Coach Rohan Taylor said of the squad for Singapore, “I am excited by what this team can do over the next four years.
“This is the beginning of the third Olympic campaign I have been the head coach of, and this team has a strong nucleus in place. The end goal is LA … but to be great in LA this very young team, which boasts X rookies, is going to learn what is needed on the global stage in Singapore,” he said.
“This team is heading to Singapore to gain exposure to international competition … this is the start of our runway. I have watched our pathways develop, and our athletes grow internationally for the past 30 years.
“This is a very balanced program that I know can challenge the very best swimmers in the world. We have to be purposeful about what we do as we don’t have the abundance of numbers of the likes of US and China.
“We have to find the talent like a Sienna Toohey, and these are the stories we love, the ones that inspire Australia through swimming.”
| POOL ATHLETES | AGE | CLUB |
| Abbey Connor | 20 |
USC SPARTANS
|
| Abbey Webb* | 24 | CRUIZ |
| Alex Perkins | 24 |
USC SPARTANS
|
| Ben Goedemans* | 21 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Brad Woodward | 26 | MINGARA |
| Brendon Smith | 24 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Brittany Castelluzzo | 24 |
TEA TREE GULLY
|
| Cam McEvoy | 31 |
SOMERVILLE HOUSE
|
| Charlie Hawke* | 22 | HUNTER |
| David Schlicht | 25 | MLC AQUATIC |
| Ed Sommerville | 20 |
BRISBANE GRAMMAR
|
| Elijah Winnington | 25 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Ella Ramsay | 20 |
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
|
| Flynn Southam | 20 | BOND |
| Hannah Casey* | 19 | BOND |
| Hannah Fredericks* | 22 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Harrison Turner | 21 |
NUDGEE COLLEGE
|
| Isaac Cooper | 21 | ST ANDREW’S |
| Jamie Perkins | 20 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Jenna Forrester | 22 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Jesse Coleman* | 20 | BOND |
| Josh Edwards-Smith | 22 |
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
|
| Kai Taylor | 21 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Kaylee McKeown | 23 |
USC SPARTANS
|
| Kyle Chalmers | 26 | MARION |
| Lani Pallister | 23 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Lily Price | 22 | RACKLEY |
| Matt Temple | 25 | MARION |
| Max Giuliani | 21 | TSS AQUATIC |
| Meg Harris | 23 | RACKLEY |
| Milla Jansen | 18 | BOND |
| Moesha Johnson | 27 | MIAMI |
| Mollie O’Callaghan | 21 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Nash Wilkes* | 23 |
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
|
| Olivia Wunsch | 19 | CARLILE |
| Sam Short | 21 | RACKLEY |
| Sienna Toohey* | 16 | ALBURY |
| Tara Kinder | 22 |
MELBOURNE VICENTRE
|
| William Petric | 20 |
ST PETERS WESTERN
|
| Zac Stubblety-Cook | 26 |
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
|
| OW ATHLETES | AGE | CLUB |
| Chelsea Gubecka | 26 |
YERONGA PARK
|
| Moesha Johnson | 27 | MIAMI |
| Kyle Lee | 23 | NORTH COAST |
| Nick Sloman | 27 |
MELBOURNE VICENTRE
|
| Tayla Martin* | 26 |
CARLILE SWIMMING CLUB
|
| Thomas Raymond* | 22 | NOOSA |
*Dolphins rookie
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Crazy to leave off Incerti when he’s the second fastest 200 but seems like they were making a point that you need to swim the final
Selection seems strict this time since it is the world champs. Maybe, coaches are not pleased with him pulling out of the 200 free final
I think they sent a strong signal to those who try attempt the same thing next year or more importantly 2028:
You can’t expect to be automatically included just because you swim fast heat.
So what message does this send to Tiana Kritzinger who swam into 2nd in the 1500 and bettered the QT but was left off the team for someone who didn’t bother to turn up at trials at all 🤷.
What’s good for 1, has to be good for all!!
I’d agree if he didn’t also make top six in the 100 only a few hundredths slower than fifth place. I think the combination should’ve been enough.
Based on the times posted at the Aussie swim trials, the men will be hard-pressed to even medal in the non-freestyle events.
Have Kaylee McKeown and Brendon Smith broken up?!?!?
After both leaving the Griffith University swim club on the Gold Coast last year, they now represent different clubs — Brendon at St Peters Western in Brisbane, and Kaylee USC Spartans on the Sunshine Coast. Those clubs are over 100km apart! Can someone dish the tea on that …
Ages ago. After the Olympics.
This was confirmed in like August last year
Who are the coaches?
rohan taylor
dean boxall
shaun crow (harrison turner)
shaun curtis (kyle chalmers)
craig jackson
damien jones
bobby jovanovich (edward sommerville)
mel marshall
chris mooney
michael sage
craig stewart (matt temple)
happy to see Jack miss the team
the Jacks*
It’s unfortunate that Jamie Jack (Shayna’s younger brother) didn’t make the team this year. He’s been improving rapidly in the sprint freestyle and had a really solid showing at both States and Nationals earlier this year. But alas, there’s still more work to do. Hopefully, this makes him even hungrier heading into the upcoming LA Olympic cycle.
Why?
She’s been an extraordinary representative for Australia — always stepping up, especially in the relays. She even admitted she was really “undercooked to make the team this year” after taking a significant break following Paris.
If you’re referring to the drug suspension — that was never proven to be her fault. The levels were minuscule, and it’s firmly in the past. So please don’t be unfair about it.
It was also acknowledged by the World Anti-Doping Agency that the positive result may have been due to accidental cross-contamination. The minuscule levels were detected during an Australian team training camp, where the entire squad had been using a public gym and swimming pool. Something as simple as touching a weight and then licking your lips could have caused it.
No one is going to deliberately dope at a national team camp. She was an unfortunate victim of circumstance, and full credit to her for bouncing back the way she has. What she’s overcome would have broken most people.
I am too but for a different reason. She said she basically hasn’t prioritised swimming or trained properly this year. With that attitude I want younger people to get a chance instead of a veteran who didn’t give 100% and will just swim a relay heat