2023 Australian Swimming Trials

2023 Australian Swimming Trials
2023 Australian Swimming Trials
Host city	Melbourne, Victoria
Date(s)	13–18 June
Venue(s)	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Events	56 (men: 28; women: 28)

The 2023 Australian Swimming Trials was held from 13 to 18 June 2023 at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Victoria to determine Australia's swimming team for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.^[1]

A host of Dolphins missed the event and World Championship selection due to injury, including 2020 Olympian Chelsea Hodges who required surgery to repair torn cartilage in her right hip.^[2] William Yang also missed the event after undergoing surgery to remove a benign tumour in his spinal canal.^[3] Breaststroker Jenna Strauch is another withdrawal from the event having not overcome a knee injury, while Zac Incerti will not compete after having commenced a shoulder rehabilitation program.^[4]^[5] Ben Armbruster was a late withdrawal from the meet with a rib injury.^[6]

On the final day of the event, Swimming Australia selected a 38-person team. The team consists of 31 aquatic swimmers and 8 open water swimmers. Moesha Johnson will swim in both disciplines, having qualified in the 1500m freestyle and 5km open water events. Bianca Crisp, Kai Taylor and Jack Wilson are set to make their Dolphins debut in Fukuoka.^[7]

Schedule

Legend
Key	H	½	F	TF
Value	Heats	Semifinals	Final	Timed final

M = Morning session, E = Evening session

Men^[8]
Date →	13 June		14 June		15 June		16 June		17 June		18 June
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle											H	F
100 m freestyle							H	F
200 m freestyle			H	F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle					TF	TF
1500 m freestyle									TF	TF
50 m backstroke							H	F
100 m backstroke			H	F
200 m backstroke									H	F
50 m breaststroke					H	F
100 m breaststroke	H	F
200 m breaststroke									H	F
50 m butterfly			H	F
100 m butterfly											H	F
200 m butterfly					H	F
200 m individual medley							H	F
400 m individual medley											H	F

Men Multi-Class^[8]
Date →	13 June		14 June		15 June		16 June		17 June		18 June
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle						TF
100 m freestyle		TF
200 m freestyle			TF
400 m freestyle			TF
50 m backstroke					TF
100 m backstroke	TF
50 m breaststroke		TF
100 m breaststroke			TF
50 m butterfly	TF
100 m butterfly				TF
200 m individual medley					TF

Women^[8]
Date →	13 June		14 June		15 June		16 June		17 June		18 June
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle											H	F
100 m freestyle									H	F
200 m freestyle					H	F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle							TF	TF
1500 m freestyle											TF	TF
50 m backstroke									H	F
100 m backstroke			H	F
200 m backstroke							H	F
50 m breaststroke							H	F
100 m breaststroke			H	F
200 m breaststroke									H	F
50 m butterfly					H	F
100 m butterfly	H	F
200 m butterfly							H	F
200 m individual medley	H	F
400 m individual medley											H	F

Women Multi-Class^[8]
Date →	13 June		14 June		15 June		16 June		17 June		18 June
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle						TF
100 m freestyle		TF
200 m freestyle			TF
400 m freestyle			TF
50 m backstroke					TF
100 m backstroke	TF
50 m breaststroke		TF
100 m breaststroke			TF
50 m butterfly	TF
100 m butterfly				TF
200 m individual medley					TF

Qualification criteria

Swimming Australia will select a 56-person team, with a maximum of 28 male athletes and 28 females athletes. The first and second placed swimmers in the open final of any individual Olympic event will be selected provided they meet qualification times set out below by Swimming Australia.^[9]^[10]

Men	Event	Women
21.83	50 m freestyle	24.70
47.96	100 m freestyle	53.61
1:46.06	200 m freestyle	1:56.87
3:46.47	400 m freestyle	4:06.44
7:47.46	800 m freestyle	8:26.71
14:56.86	1500 m freestyle	16:09.09
53.00	100 m backstroke	59.99
1:57.12	200 m backstroke	2:10.07
59.49	100 m breaststroke	1:06.40
2:09.68	200 m breaststroke	2:23.91
51.28	100 m butterfly	57.91
1:54.91	200 m butterfly	2:07.89
1:57.74	200 m IM	2:10.72
4:12.50	400 m IM	4:38.53

Medal winners

The medallist for the open events are below.^[11]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle	Cameron McEvoy Somerville House (Qld)	21.41 Q	Thomas Nowakowski Somerset (Qld)	21.89	Isaac Cooper St Andrew's (Qld)	22.00
100 metre freestyle	Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA)	47.44 Q	Flynn Southam Bond (Qld)	47.77 Q	Jack Cartwright St Peters Western (Qld)	48.50
200 metre freestyle	Kai Taylor St Peters Western (Qld)	1:46.25	Alexander Graham Miami (Qld)	1:46.68	Thomas Neill Rackley (Qld)	1:46.82
400 metre freestyle	Samuel Short Rackley (Qld)	3:43.38 Q	Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld)	3:43.48 Q	Mack Horton Griffith University (Qld)	3:46.71
800 metre freestyle	Samuel Short Rackley (Qld)	7:40.39 ACR Q	Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld)	7:45.75 Q	Matthew Galea SOPAC (NSW)	7:53.33
1500 metre freestyle	Samuel Short Rackley (Qld)	14:46.67 Q	Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld)	15:08.28	Nick Sloman Noosa (Qld)	15:11.72

50 metre backstroke	Isaac Cooper St Andrew's (Qld)	24.56	James Bayliss Chandler (Qld)	25.32	Lewis Blacburn St Andrew's (Qld)	25.38
100 metre backstroke	Isaac Cooper St Andrew's (Qld)	53.46	Bradley Woodward Mingara (NSW)	53.85	Joshua Edwards-Smith Griffith University (Qld)	54.52
200 metre backstroke	Bradley Woodward Mingara (NSW)	1:56.04 Q	Joshua Edwards-Smith Griffith University (Qld)	1:57.29	Ty Hartwell Chandler (Qld)	1:58.88

50 metre breaststroke	Samuel Williamson Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	27.17	Haig Buckingham SOPAC (NSW)	27.53	Nash Wilkes Southport (Qld)	27.72
100 metre breaststroke	Zac Stubblety-Cook Chandler (Qld)	59.68	Samuel Williamson Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	59.86	Joshua Yong UWA West Coast (WA)	1:00.34
200 metre breaststroke	Zac Stubblety-Cook Chandler (Qld)	2:07.86 Q	Haig Buckingham SOPAC (NSW)	2:12.95	Angus Menzies Knox Pymble (NSW)	2:13:13

50 metre butterfly	Cameron McEvoy Somerville House (Qld)	23.07	Shaun Champion Abbotsleigh (NSW)	23.46	Matthew Temple Marion (SA)	23.47
100 metre butterfly	Matthew Temple Marion (SA)	51.35	Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA)	51.61	Shaun Champion Abbotsleigh (NSW)	51.88
200 metre butterfly	Bowen Gough Griffith University (Qld)	1:56.01	Harrison Turner Chandler (Qld)	1:57.77	William Petric Nunawading (Vic)	1:58.24

200 metre individual medley	Thomas Neill Rackley (Qld)	1:57.74 Q	Brendon Smith Griffith University (Qld)	1:58.84	William Petric Nunawading (Vic)	1:59.29
400 metre individual medley	Brendon Smith Griffith University (Qld)	4:10.64 Q	Thomas Neill Rackley (Qld)	4:15.57	Thomas Hauck All Saints (Qld)	4:19.07
WR World record \| CR Commonwealth record \| OR Oceania record \| AR Australian record \| ACR Australian All Comers record \| Club Australian Club record \| MR Meet record

Men multi-class

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle	Benjamin Hance S14 St Andrew's (Qld)	23.53	Tom Gallagher S10 Somerset (Qld)	23.85	Ricky Betar S14 Cruiz (ACT)	25.06
100 metre freestyle	Tom Gallagher S10 Somerset (Qld)	53.19	Alexander Tuckfield S10 Southern Sydney (NSW) Ricky Betar S14 Cruiz (ACT)	55.48 55.48
200 metre freestyle	Samuel Gould S14 Helensvale (Qld)	2:04.96	Ricky Betar S14 Cruiz (ACT)	2:07.16	Alexander Tuckfield S10 Southern Sydney (NSW)	2:01.74
400 metre freestyle	Callum Simpson S8 Flinders Phoenix (Qld)	4:40.55	Harrison Vig S9 University of Queensland (Qld)	4:34.03	Beau Matthews S8 SLC Aquadot (NSW)	4:42.55

50 metre backstroke	Tom Gallagher S10 Somerset (Qld)	28.54	Ethan Blockey S14 Macksville Marlins (NSW)	32.90	Harrison Vig S9 University of Queensland (Qld)	32.56
100 metre backstroke	Benjamin Hance S14 St Andrew's (Qld)	56.73	Tom Gallagher S10 Somerset (Qld)	1:02.70	Ricky Betar S14 Cruiz (ACT)	1:03.56

50 metre breaststroke	Beau Matthews S8 SLC Aquadot (NSW)	37.53	Ahmed Kelly S3 Yarra Plenty (Vic)	1:01.29	Riley Blitz S19 Geelong (Vic)	34.93
100 metre breaststroke	Samuel Gould S14 Helensvale (Qld)	1:16.36	Beau Matthews S8 SLC Aquadot (NSW)	1:27.21	Riley Blitz S19 Geelong (Vic)	1:19.52

50 metre butterfly	Nicholas Layton S15 Propulsion (Vic)	25.37	Alex Saffy S10 Bunbury (Qld)	27.48	Samuel Gould S14 Helensvale (Qld)	29.43
100 metre butterfly	Alex Saffy S10 Bunbury (Qld)	57.95	Ricky Betar S14 Cruiz (ACT)	1:01.27	Nicholas Layton S15 Propulsion (Vic)	56.49

150 metre individual medley	Ahmed Kelly S3 Yarra Plenty (Vic)	3:12.24	None awarded
200 metre individual medley	Ricky Betar S14 Cruiz (ACT)	2:18.61	Samuel Gould S14 Helensvale (Qld)	2:24.38	Callum Simpson S8 Flinders Phoenix (Qld)	2:39.47
WR World record \| CR Commonwealth record \| OR Oceania record \| AR Australian record \| ACR Australian All Comers record \| Club Australian Club record \| MR Meet record

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle	Shayna Jack St Peters Western (Qld)	24.22 Q	Emma McKeon Griffith University	24.26 Q	Meg Harris Marion (SA)	24.30
100 metre freestyle	Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld)	52.48 Q	Emma McKeon Griffith University	52.52 Q	Shayna Jack St Peters Western (Qld)	52.64
200 metre freestyle	Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld)	1:53.83 Q	Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld)	1:54.14 Q	Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld)	1:56.03
400 metre freestyle	Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld)	3:58.47 Q	Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld)	4:02.43 Q	Kiah Melverton St Peters Western (Qld)	4:05.05
800 metre freestyle	Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld)	8:15.88 Q	Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld)	8:20.56 Q	Kiah Melverton St Peters Western (Qld)	8:26.65
1500 metre freestyle	Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld)	15:56.31 Q	Moesha Johnson Griffith University (Qld)	16:03.02 Q	Madeleine Gough Carlile (NSW)	16:21.68

50 metre backstroke	Bronte Job Rackley (Qld)	27.73	Iona Anderson Breakers (WA)	28.03	Layla Day Bond (Qld)	28.47
100 metre backstroke	Kaylee McKeown Griffith University (Qld)	57.50 Q	Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld)	58.42 Q	Iona Anderson Breakers (WA)	1:00.05
200 metre backstroke	Kaylee McKeown Griffith University (Qld)	2:03.70 Q	Jenna Forrester St Peters Western (Qld)	2:10.37	Hannah Fredericks St Peters Western (Qld)	2:10.84

50 metre breaststroke	Abbey Harkin St Peters Western (Qld)	31.14	Talara-Jade Dixon St Hilda's (WA)	31.19	Mikayla Smith Griffith University (Qld)	31.26
100 metre breaststroke	Abbey Harkin St Peters Western (Qld)	1:07.20	Mikayla Smith Griffith University (Qld)	1:07.94	Talara-Jade Dixon St Hilda's (WA)	1:08.64
200 metre breaststroke	Abbey Harkin St Peters Western (Qld)	2:23.93	Mikayla Smith Griffith University (Qld)	2:26.08	Ella Ramsay Chandler (Qld)	2:28.85

50 metre butterfly	Alexandria Perkins USC Spartans (Qld)	25.92	Lily Price Rackley (Qld)	25.97	Emma McKeon Griffith University (Qld)	26.09
100 metre butterfly	Emma McKeon Griffith University (Qld)	56.74 Q	Brianna Throssell St Peters Western (Qld)	57.66 Q	Lily Price Rackley (Qld)	57.78
200 metre butterfly	Elizabeth Dekkers Chandler (Qld)	2:05.26 ACR Q	Abbey Connor Revesby Workers (NSW)	2:07.61 Q	Brianna Throssell St Peters Western (Qld)	2:07.68

200 metre individual medley	Kaylee McKeown Griffith University (Qld)	2:07.60 Q	Jenna Forrester St Peters Western (Qld)	2:09.29 Q	Ella Ramsay Chandler (Qld)	2:11.89
400 metre individual medley	Jenna Forrester St Peters Western (Qld)	4:34.89 Q	Kiah Melverton St Peters Western (Qld)	4:39.65	Ella Ramsay Chandler (Qld)	4:39.96
WR World record \| CR Commonwealth record \| OR Oceania record \| AR Australian record \| ACR Australian All Comers record \| Club Australian Club record \| MR Meet record

Women multi-class

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle	Jasmine Greenwood S10 Cruiz (ACT)	28.68	Keira Stephens S9 Southport (Qld)	28.79	Alexa Leary S9 St Hilda's (Qld)	28.14
100 metre freestyle	Alexa Leary S9 St Hilda's (Qld)	1:00.85	Jasmine Greenwood S10 Cruiz (ACT)	1:03.31	Victoria Belando Nicholson S9 Yeronga Park (Qld)	1:05.82
200 metre freestyle	Kael Thompson S14 Sunshine Coast Grammar (Qld)	2:22.58	Montana Atkinson S14 Helensvale (Qld)	2:23.27	Grace Brimelow S8 Sunshine Coast Grammar (Qld)	2:34.94
400 metre freestyle	Grace Brimelow S8 Sunshine Coast Grammar (Qld)	5:11.26	Hannah Price S10 Campbelltown (NSW)	5:04.73	Holly Warn S7 St Hilda's (Qld)	5:41.98

50 metre backstroke	Hannah Price S10 Campbelltown (NSW)	34.89	Montana Atkinson S14 Helensvale (Qld)	34.22	Victoria Belando Nicholson S9 Yeronga Park (Qld)	36.89
100 metre backstroke	Holly Warn S7 St Hilda's (Qld)	1:27.32	Hannah Price S10 Campbelltown (NSW)	1:13.75	Montana Atkinson S14 Helensvale (Qld)	1:14.41

50 metre breaststroke	Keira Stephens S9 Southport (Qld)	35.71	Tegan Reder S11 UWA West Coast (WA)	44.15	Jordan Berryman S8 UWA West Coast (WA)	42.61
100 metre breaststroke	Keira Stephens S9 Southport (Qld)	1:19.42	Tegan Reder S11 UWA West Coast (WA)	1:37.12	Amelie Springett-Kelly City of Sydney (NSW)	1:49.67

50 metre butterfly	Montana Atkinson S14 Helensvale (Qld)	31.62	Victoria Belando Nicholson S9 Yeronga Park (Qld)	34.13	Jasmine Greenwood S10 Cruiz (ACT)	31.48
100 metre butterfly	Jasmine Greenwood S10 Cruiz (ACT)	1:10.23	Jasmin Fullgrabe S9 Marion (SA)	1:16.33	Montana Atkinson S14 Helensvale (Qld)	1:13.77

200 metre individual medley	Jasmine Greenwood S10 Cruiz (ACT)	2:36.93	Amelie Springett-Kelly City of Sydney (NSW)	3:28.28	Montana Atkinson S14 Helensvale (Qld)	2:46.12
WR World record \| CR Commonwealth record \| OR Oceania record \| AR Australian record \| ACR Australian All Comers record \| Club Australian Club record \| MR Meet record

Highlighted swimmers achieved the qualification time to be included in the team in the respective event.

Records

During the 2023 Australian Swimming Trials the following records were set.

All Comers and Championship records

Event	Name (Previous)	Time (Previous)	Year	Location	Name (New)	Time (New)	Difference
800 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe	7:41.59	2001	Hobart, Australia	Samuel Short	7:40.39	-1.20
200 m butterfly	Madeline Groves	2:05.41	2015	Sydney, Australia	Elizabeth Dekkers	2:05.26	-0.15

Team Selection

The following 38 swimmers were selected as part of the Dolphins team which was finalised on 18 June 2023.^[7]

Men	Women
Bailey Armstrong Jack Cartwright Kyle Chalmers Shaun Champion Isaac Cooper Alexander Graham Kyle Lee Cameron McEvoy Thomas Neill Samuel Short Nicholas Sloman Brendon Smith Flynn Southam Zac Stubblety-Cook Kai Taylor Matthew Temple Samuel Williamson Jack Wilson Elijah Winnington Bradley Woodward	Abbey Connor Bianca Crisp Elizabeth Dekkers Jenna Forrester Maddy Gough Chelsea Gubecka Abbey Harkin Meg Harris Shayna Jack Moesha Johnson Emma McKeon Kaylee McKeown Kiah Melverton Mollie O'Callaghan Lani Pallister Brianna Throssell Ariarne Titmus Madison Wilson

Broadcast

In April 2023, it was announced that the Nine Network's streaming service 9Now had secured an exclusive broadcast streaming deal with Swimming Australia, after the network had previously committed to broadcasting the next five Olympic Games as well as the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.^[12] The commentary team will be led by Matt Welsh, with every heat and final available to be streamed.^[13]

References

^ "2023 Australian Swimming Trials". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ Overend, Riley (17 April 2023). "Australian Olympic Gold Medalist Chelsea Hodges Will Miss World Champs After Hip Surgery". SwimSwam. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ Race, Retta (27 May 2023). "World Championships Medalist William Yang (AUS) to Undergo Back Surgery". SwimSwam. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ Hanson, Ian (31 May 2023). "Australia Loses Olympic Breaststroke Ace Jenna Strauch For World Champs; Cate Campbell Also Out Of Trials". Swimming World. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ Race, Retta (5 June 2023). "Olympian Zac Incerti Choosing Shoulder Rehab Over Aussie World Trials". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^ Race, Retta (15 June 2023). "All Comers Record Holder Ben Armbruster Out With Rib Injury". SwimSwam. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Worlds at Their Feet". Swimming Australia. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2023 Australian Swimming Trials Program of Events" (PDF). Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Swimming Australia reverting to stiffer qualification times for Fukuoka". SwimSwam. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "2023 FINA World Championships Selection Criteria" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ Hy-Tek. "2023 Australian Swimming Trials". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ Perry, Kevin (14 September 2022). "Channel 9 unveils new and returning slate of programming for 2023". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "Swimming World Championships Trials to be Shown on 9Now". Swimming Australia. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[1] "2023 Australian Swimming Trials". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[2] Overend, Riley (17 April 2023). "Australian Olympic Gold Medalist Chelsea Hodges Will Miss World Champs After Hip Surgery". SwimSwam. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[3] Race, Retta (27 May 2023). "World Championships Medalist William Yang (AUS) to Undergo Back Surgery". SwimSwam. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[4] Hanson, Ian (31 May 2023). "Australia Loses Olympic Breaststroke Ace Jenna Strauch For World Champs; Cate Campbell Also Out Of Trials". Swimming World. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[5] Race, Retta (5 June 2023). "Olympian Zac Incerti Choosing Shoulder Rehab Over Aussie World Trials". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

[6] Race, Retta (15 June 2023). "All Comers Record Holder Ben Armbruster Out With Rib Injury". SwimSwam. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

[team_selection-7] "Worlds at Their Feet". Swimming Australia. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

[eventprogram-8] "2023 Australian Swimming Trials Program of Events" (PDF). Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[9] "Swimming Australia reverting to stiffer qualification times for Fukuoka". SwimSwam. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[10] "2023 FINA World Championships Selection Criteria" (PDF). Swimming Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[11] Hy-Tek. "2023 Australian Swimming Trials". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[12] Perry, Kevin (14 September 2022). "Channel 9 unveils new and returning slate of programming for 2023". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

[13] "Swimming World Championships Trials to be Shown on 9Now". Swimming Australia. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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