Elizabeth Dekkers Breaks Own 200 Fly All Comers Record with 2:04.95 at Australian Swimming Trials

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:
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• World Record: 2:01.81, Liu Zige (CHN) – 2009
• Commonwealth Record: 2:01.99, Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 2025
• Australian Record: 2:03.41, Jessicah Schipper – 20009
• All Comers Record: 2:05.20, Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS) – 2024
• SA Qualifying Time: 2:07.95

‘A’ Final

1. Elizabeth Dekkers (St. Peters Western), 2:04.95 *All Comers Record*
2. Brittany Castelluzzo (Tea Tree Gully), 2:06.95
3. Jess Cole (Carlile), 2:08.81
4. Poppy Stephen (Brisbane Grammar), 2:09.38
5. Bella Grant (USC Spartans), 2:10.96
6. Elloise Doolan (USC Spartans), 2:11.32
7. Lucy Dring (USC Spartans), 2:14.32
8. Rafaela Kopellou (St. Andrew’s), 2:14.92

Elizabeth Dekkers delivered a tremendous performance in the women’s 200 fly on night four of the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials, breaking her own All Comers Record in the event with a time of 2:04.95.

The St. Peters Western swimmer, 22, shaved .25 off of the record, which she last set back in 2024 with a time of 2:05.20 and which also stood as her previous lifetime best.

After clocking a time of 2:06.65 during the morning session, Dekkers turned up the heat in the final to break the 2:05 barrier for the first time and smash her All Comers Record, which signifies the fastest time that a swimmer from any nation has ever produced on Australian soil.

Despite being 2nd at the 50-meter mark, Dekkers had the fastest opening 100 of anyone in the field, taking it out in 1:00.21. The first half of the race saw her locked in a close battle with Brittany Castelluzzo, who turned at the 100 in 1:00.39, but Dekkers pulled away on the back half, hitting the wall over a second ahead of Castelluzzo at the 150 mark before splitting 1:04.74 on the second 100 to stop the clock a full two seconds ahead of runner-up Castelluzzo.

Dekkers was out over half a second faster tonight than she was during the opening 100 of her last record-breaking performance, which made up for the fact that her second 100 was a few tenths slower tonight.

Split Comparison

Dekkers’s performance makes her just the 13th woman in history to go sub-2:05 in the 200 fly and only the third Australian, joining countrywomen Jessicah Schipper and Madeline Groves on the all-time ranking.

All-Time Performers, Women’s 200 Butterfly (LCM)

1. Zige Liu (CHN), 2:01.81 – 2009
2. Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2:01.99 – 2025
3. Jessicah Schipper (AUS), 2:03.41 – 2009
4. Regan Smith (USA), 2:03.84 – 2024
5. Yufei Zhang (CHN), 2:03.86 – 2021
6. Liuyang Jiao (CHN), 2:04.06 – 2012
7. Mary E. Descenza (USA), 2:04.14 – 2009
8. Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2:04.27 – 2009
9. Natsumi Hoshi (JPN), 2:04.69 – 2012
10. Mireia Belmonte Garcia (ESP), 2:04.78 – 2013
11. Ellen Gandy (GBR), 2:04.83 – 2009
12. Madeline Groves (AUS), 2:04.88 – 2016
13. Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS), 2:04.95 – 2026
14. Aurore Mongel (FRA), 2:05.09 – 2009
15. Tess Howley (USA), 2:05.20 – 2025

Dekkers’ victory in the 200 fly marks a notable step up from last year’s results, as she was 3rd at the 2025 Australian Swimming Trials in 2:07.36 before placing 3rd at the World Championships in 2:06.12. Her performance at the 2026 Australian Open in April (2:05.39) was the first time she had been under 2:06 since 2024.

Earlier in the competition, Dekkers placed 5th in the women’s 100 fly with a time of 58.53, just over half a second off of her lifetime best (57.99).