After the withdrawal of superstar Kaylee McKeown from the 2024 World Short Course Swimming Championships, Australia has replaced her with a rookie. Harrison Turner will join the men’s team for the December event in Budapest Hungary, becoming Dolphin pin number 868.
Turner, 20, is a short course specialist with big underwaters and is scheduled to swim the 200 fly at the meet. He is one of nine debutants for Australia at this meet.
The Nudgee College Swim product will swim all three legs of the World Cup starting later this month to warm up for the event.
He is having a breakout season, setting six personal bests at the 2024 Australian Short Course Championships in September. That includes gold in the 200 fly (1:52.95). That swim, a nearly-four second improvement off his previous best time from August, moves him into 8th-place all-time in the Australian rankings.
It took 1:50.89 to final in the 200 fly at the 2022 World Short Course Championships.
His long course best is 1:57.07.
Turner’s coach is Shaun Crowe.
The meet will be held from December 10-15 at Budapest’s Duna Arena.
Harrison Turner‘s Recent SCM Personal Bests
- 100 free – 47.08
- 200 free – 1:45.04
- 100 fly – 50.97
- 200 fly – 1:52.95
Full List of Australian Dolphins Rookies for the 2024 World Short Course Swimming Championships
- Joshua Collet #860
- Bella Grant #861
- Milla Jansen #862
- Tara Kinder #863
- Tiana Kritzinger #864
- Lily Price #865
- Enoch Robb #866
- Ed Sommerville #867
- Harrison Turner #868
Revised Australian roster for the 2024 Short Course World Championships:
| Athletes | |||
| First Name | Surname | Club | |
| Iona | Anderson | UWA West Coast | WA |
| Joshua | Collett | Bond | QLD |
| Isaac | Cooper | St Andrews | QLD |
| Elizabeth | Dekkers | Chandler | QLD |
| Joshua | Edwards-Smith | Griffith | QLD |
| Maximillian | Giuliani | Miami | QLD |
| Bella | Grant | Trinity | NSW |
| Kayla | Hardy | Cruiz | ACT |
| Meg | Harris | Rackley | QLD |
| Milla | Jansen | Bond | QLD |
| Moesha | Johnson | Griffith | QLD |
| Tara | Kinder | Melbourne Vicentre | VIC |
| Tiana | Kritzinger | Rackley | QLD |
| Leah | Neale | Rackley | QLD |
| Lani | Pallister | Griffith | QLD |
| Alexandria | Perkins | USC Spartans | QLD |
| Lily | Price | Rackley | QLD |
| Enoch | Robb | All Saints | QLD |
| David | Schlicht | MLC Aquatic | VIC |
| Edward | Sommerville | Brisbane Grammar | QLD |
| Matthew | Temple | Marion | SA |
| Harrison | Turner | Nudgee College | QLD |
| Elijah | Winnington | St Peters | QLD |
| Joshua | Yong | UWA West Coast | WA |
| Coaches | |||
| Simon | Cusack | Head Coach | |
| Ben | Higson | WAIS | WA |
| Craig | Jackson | Melb Vicentre | VIC |
| Bobby | Jovanovich | Brisbane Grammar | QLD |
| Janelle | Pallister | Griffith | QLD |
Watch this space, big things coming for this special athlete.