Psych Sheets Released For 2026 Australian Swimming Trials; McEvoy Doesn’t Enter 100 Free

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

The entry lists for the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials have dropped less than two weeks before the action gets underway from the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Monday, June 8.

The six-day meet will serve as the sole qualifier for both the 2026 Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

WOMEN’S FIELD

The women’s field is headlined by reigning world champions Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O’Callaghan and Meg Harris, who have all entered their standard lineups for the selection meet.

McKeown, the most dominant female backstroker in the world and reigning Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the 100 and 200 back, has entered the women’s 50, 100 and 200 back, along with the 200 IM, owning the top entry time in all four.

Last year, McKeown said she was dropping the 200 IM from her program at international meets, meaning that even if she swims and wins the event in Sydney, she’ll likely drop it from her lineup at the Commonwealth and Pan Pacs (if she stays true to her word).

O’Callaghan, the reigning world champion in the 200 free and defending Commonwealth gold medalist in the 100 free, has entered the women’s 50, 100 and 200 free at the Trials, along with the 50 and 100 back. That schedule doesn’t include any doubles throughout the six-day meet, meaning she could very well swim all five, as she did at last year’s Trials when she won the 100 and 200 free and was the runner-up to McKeown in the 50 and 100 back.

Harris is entered to swim the women’s 50, 100 and 200 free, coming off a breakout year that saw her win the world title in the 50 free and climb the all-time rankings with a 52.56 clocking in the 100 free at the end of 2025.

Last year, Harris only swam one final at the Aussie Trials, winning the 50 free, and scratched the 100 free final after leading the prelims.

The other marquee name in the women’s field is Lani Pallister, who swept the 400, 800 and 1500 free at last year’s Trials while also placing 2nd to O’Callaghan in the 200 free, setting new lifetime bests across the board.

Pallister’s momentum carried over to the World Championships, where she was the surprise silver medalist in the women’s 800 free over Summer McIntosh, dropping nearly five seconds off her newly minted Australian Record in 8:05.98, while also winning bronze in the 1500 free and placing 4th in the 400 free.

Pallister has added the 100 free to her schedule this year, throwing in the sprint event to go along with the 200, 400, 800 and 1500 free.

The rest of the women’s field features the vast majority of last year’s World Championship roster, with only Moesha Johnson and Jamie Perkins missing. Johnson appears to have shifted her focus solely to open water, while Perkins is recovering from shoulder surgery.

Notably on the entry list who wasn’t at the 2025 World Championships is Shayna Jack, the 2024 Olympic gold medalist who had a strong showing at the Australian Open in April.

Key Women’s Entries:

• Mollie O’Callaghan – 50/100/200 free, 50/100 back
• Kaylee McKeown – 50/100/200 back, 200 IM
• Lani Pallister – 100/200/400/800/1500 free
• Meg Harris – 50/100/200 free
• Iona Anderson – 50/100/200 back
• Ella Ramsay – 100/200 breast, 200/400 IM
• Elizabeth Dekkers – 100/200 fly, 400 IM
• Alexandria Perkins – 50/100 free, 50/100 fly
• Jenna Forrester – 200/400 free, 200 back, 200/400 IM
• Sienna Toohey – 50/100/200 breast, 200 IM
• Olivia Wunsch – 50/100/200 free, 50/100 fly
• Abbey Webb – 50/100/200 free
• Shayna Jack – 50/100 free
• Jaclyn Barclay – 50/100/200 back
• Hannah Fredericks – 50/100 free, 50/100/200 back
• Hannah Casey – 50/100/200 free
• Brittany Castelluzzo – 100/200 free, 100/200 fly
• Milla Jansen – 50/100/200 free
• Tara Kinder – 200 free, 100/200 breast, 200/400 IM
• Lily Price – 50/100 free, 50/100 fly

MEN’S FIELD

The biggest story on the men’s side is the fact that 50 freestyle world record holder Cameron McEvoy has not entered the 100 free after saying he was curious about potentially adding the 4×100 free relay to his schedule come the 2028 Olympics.

McEvoy has entered the 50 free and 50 fly in Sydney, obviously owning the top seed in the 50 free as the world record holder (though he’s entered with his 21.14 from last year’s World Championships, not his 20.88 world record), while he ranks 3rd in the 50 fly, with Kyle Chalmers leading the way.

Chalmers registered a new All Comers Record in the 50 fly in April, clocking 22.77 to narrowly miss Matt Targett‘s super-suited Aussie Record of 22.73 from 2009. In Sydney, Chalmers has entered his pet event, the 100 free, along with the 50 fly and 100 fly, notably opting out of the 50 free.

Both Chalmers and McEvoy have stated publicly that they’re targeting the Commonwealth Games and plan on skipping the Pan Pacific Championships this summer.

Along with McEvoy’s gold in the 50 free and Chalmers’ bronze in the 100 free, the only other two Aussie men who won individual medals at the 2025 World Championships were Sam Short and Harrison Turner.

Short, who won silver in the 400 free in Singapore and was forced to withdraw from the 800 free final as a medal favorite due to illness, has entered his standard lineup of 200, 400, 800 and 1500 free. Last year, Short swept the 400, 800 and 1500 free at the Trials while placing 2nd to Edward Sommerville in the 200 free.

Turner, on the other hand, is missing from the entry lists, which is a surprise after he was competing as recently as at the Australian Open in early April, which showed he was rounding into form.

Last year, he broke out by winning a surprise bronze medal in the 200 fly at the World Championships, lowering the super-suited Aussie record in the process.

In addition to Turner, the only other man who represented Australia at the 2025 World Championships but hasn’t entered the 2026 Trials is Jesse Coleman, who was 10th in the 100 fly and 23rd in the 50 fly in Singapore.

The breaststroke field brings plenty of intrigue as both Zac Stubblety-Cook and Sam Williamson return after injuries forced them out of the 2025 World Championships. Stubblety-Cook qualified for Singapore but was forced to pull out due to a back injury, while Williamson missed the Trials with a knee injury.

Both have been rounding back into form this season, and will go head-to-head in the 100 breast in Sydney, while their specialty events are on opposite ends of the spectrum, with Williamson the favorite and Australian Record holder in the 50 breast and Stubblety-Cook the former world record holder and Olympic gold medalist in the 200 breast.

Stubblety-Cook, along with girlfriend Ella Ramsay, notably split with coach Mel Marshall just over a month ago, having made the move to the Nunawading Swimming Club on an interim basis.

Key Men’s Entries:

• Kyle Chalmers – 100 free, 50/100 fly
• Cameron McEvoy – 50 free, 50 fly
• Sam Short – 200/400/800/1500 free
• Isaac Cooper – 50 free, 50/100 back, 50 fly
• Flynn Southam – 50/100/200 free
• Edward Sommerville – 100/200 free, 50 breast
• Matt Temple – 100 free, 50/100/200 fly
• Elijah Winnington – 100/200/400/800 free
• Jamie Jack – 50/100 free
• Henry Allan – 50/100/200 back
• Zac Stubblety-Cook – 100/200 breast
• Sam Williamson – 50/100 breast
• Joshua Edwards-Smith – 100/200 back
• Max Giuliani – 100/200 free
• Ben Goedemans – 400/800/1500 free
• Charlie Hawke – 100/200/400 free, 50 fly
• David Schlicht – 200 breast, 200/400 IM
• Brendon Smith – 200/400 free, 200/400 IM
• Kai Taylor – 50/100/200 free
• Nash Wilkes – 50/100 breast
• Bradley Woodward – 50/100/200 back