2022 Australian Swimming Championships Explained

2022 Australian Swimming Championships
Events:41 (men: 20; women: 20, mixed: 1)
Dates:18 - 22 May
Next:2023

The 2022 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 18 to 22 May 2022 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide, South Australia.

Originally scheduled for April, the meet was pushed back to May after the announcement of the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary scheduled for June 2022. This event doubled up as the national trials for the FINA World Championships, as well as the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Emma McKeon chose to miss this meet as under a new rule from Swimming Australia, McKeon was pre-selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games after her successful 2021 Olympics campaign.[2]

During the Day 1 finals session, Cody Simpson finished third behind Matthew Temple and Kyle Chalmers. It was initially thought Simpson had qualified for the World Aquatics Championships as Chalmers was not going to swim, however Chalmers backflipped on his decision which ultimately pushed Simpson out of the team.[3]

Schedule

M = Morning session, E = Evening session

Men[4]
Date → 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E
class=event 50 m freestyle class=heats H class=final F
class=event 100 m freestyle class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m freestyle class=heats H class=final F
class=event 400 m freestyle class=heats H class=final F
class=event 800 m freestyle class=timed-final TF class=timed-final TF
class=event 1500 m freestyle class=timed-final TF class=timed-final TF
class=event 50 m backstroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 100 m backstroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m backstroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 50 m breaststroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 100 m breaststroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m breaststroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 50 m butterfly class=heats H class=final F
class=event 100 m butterfly class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m butterfly class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m individual medley class=heats H class=final F
class=event 400 m individual medley class=heats H class=final F
class=event 4 × 100 m freestyle relay class=timed-final TF
class=event 4 × 200 m freestyle relay class=timed-final TF
class=event 4 × 100 m medley relay class=timed-final TF
Mixed
Date → 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E
class=event 4 × 100 m medley relay class=timed-final TF
Women
Date → 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E
class=event 50 m freestyle class=heats H class=final F
class=event 100 m freestyle class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m freestyle class=heats H class=final F
class=event 400 m freestyle class=heats H class=final F
class=event 800 m freestyle class=timed-final TF class=timed-final TF
class=event 1500 m freestyle class=timed-final TF class=timed-final TF
class=event 50 m backstroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 100 m backstroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m backstroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 50 m breaststroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 100 m breaststroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m breaststroke class=heats H class=final F
class=event 50 m butterfly class=heats H class=final F
class=event 100 m butterfly class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m butterfly class=heats H class=final F
class=event 200 m individual medley class=heats H class=final F
class=event 400 m individual medley class=heats H class=final F
class=event 4 × 100 m freestyle relay class=timed-final TF
class=event 4 × 200 m freestyle relay class=timed-final TF
class=event 4 × 100 m medley relay class=timed-final TF

Medal winners

The medallist for the open events are below.[5]

Men's events

50 m freestyleThomas Nowakowski
Somerset (Qld)
21.86Grayson Bell
Somerset (Qld)
22.08Isaac Cooper
Rackley (Qld)
22.33
100 m freestyleWilliam Yang
Loreto Normanhurst (NSW)
48.55Zac Incerti
Marion (SA)
48.65Flynn Southam
Bond (Qld)
48.76
200 m freestyleZac Incerti
Marion (SA)
1:45.80Elijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:46.01Mack Horton
Griffith University (Qld)
1:46.70
400 m freestyleElijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld)
3:43.10Mack Horton
Griffith University (Qld)
3:44.06Samuel Short
Rackley (Qld)
3:44.34
800 m freestyleElijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld)
7:45.30Samuel Short
Rackley (Qld)
7:48.65Joshua Staples
St Peters Western (Qld)
7:58.26
1500 m freestyleSamuel Short
Rackley (Qld)
15:05.55Alec Mander
Perth City (WA)
15:15.02Kieren Pollard
North Coast (WA)
15:16.39
50 m backstrokeIsaac Cooper
Rackley (Qld)
24.44 AR, ACRBen Armbruster
Bond (Qld)
25.13Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW)
25.35
100 m backstrokeIsaac Cooper
Rackley (Qld)
54.02Mitch Larkin
Chandler (Qld)
54.30Joshua Edwards-Smith
Griffith University (Qld)
54.33
200 m backstrokeJoshua Edwards-Smith
Griffith University (Qld)
1:56.71Mitch Larkin
Chandler (Qld)
1:56.79Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW)
1:57.38
50 m breaststrokeSamuel Williamson
Melbourne VicCentre (Vic)
27.05Jake Packard
USC Spartans (Qld)
27.67Nash Wilkes
Southport (QLD)
27.75
100 m breaststrokeZac Stubblety-Cook
Chandler (Qld)
59.60 Joshua Yong
USC Spartans (Qld)
1:00.04Samuel Williamson
Melbourne VicCentre (Vic)
1:00.52
200 m breaststrokeZac Stubblety-Cook
Chandler (Qld)
2:05.95 WRMatthew Wilson
SOPAC (NSW)
2:10.14Adam Selwood
Western Melbourne (Vic)
2:13.68
50 m butterflyKyle Chalmers
Marion (SA)
23.21William Yang
Loreto Normanhurst (NSW)
23.50Isaac Cooper
Rackley (Qld)
23.53
100 m butterflyMatthew Temple
Melbourne (Vic)
51.50Kyle Chalmers
Marion (SA)
51.67Cody Simpson
Griffith University (Qld)
51.96
200 m butterflyBowen Gough
Griffith University (Qld)
1:56.74Charlie Hawke
Hunter (NSW)
1:58.00David Morgan
Miami (Qld)
1:58.39
200 m IMBrendon Smith
Griffith University (Qld)
1:58.59 Se-Bom Lee
Carlile (NSW)
1:59.48Joshua Collett
Bond (Qld)
2:00.59
400 m IMBrendon Smith
Griffith University (Qld)
4:11.88Se-Bom Lee
Carlile (NSW)
4:14.77Kieren Pollard
North Coast (WA)
4:14.78
4 × 100 m freestyle relaySOPAC A (NSW)3:24.05Sydney University A (NSW) 3:24.44Southside Penrhos A (WA) 3:30.13
4 × 200 m freestyle relaySydney University A (NSW) 7:33.04City of Sydney A (NSW) 7:47.11None awarded
4 × 100 m medley relayCarlile A (NSW)3:41.84MLC Aquatic A (Vic) 3:46.48Sydney University A (NSW) 3:46.79

Women's events

50 m freestyleShayna Jack
St Peters Western (Qld)
24.14Meg Harris
Marion (SA)
24.50Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
24.52
100 m freestyleMollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
52.49Shayna Jack
St Peters Western (Qld)
52.60Meg Harris
Marion (SA)
53.09
200 m freestyleAriarne Titmus
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:53.31Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:54.94Madison Wilson
Marion (SA)
1:55.86
400 m freestyleAriarne Titmus
St Peters Western (Qld)
3:56.40 WRLani Pallister
Griffith University (Qld)
4:02.21Kiah Melverton
St Peters Western (Qld)
4:04.49
800 m freestyleLani Pallister
Griffith University (Qld)
8:17.77Kiah Melverton
St Peters Western (Qld)
8:22.64Moesha Johnson
Griffith University (Qld)
8:26.35
1500 m freestyleLani Pallister
Griffith University (Qld)
15:55.40Moesha Johnson
Griffith University (Qld)
16:00.74Maddy Gough
Chandler (Qld)
16:08.31
50 m backstrokeMollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
27.46Bronte Job
Rackley (Qld)
27.63Minna Atherton
Bond (QLD)
28.31
100 m backstrokeKaylee McKeown
Griffith University (Qld)
58.49Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
59.12Minna Atherton
Bond (QLD)
1:00.62
200 m backstrokeKaylee McKeown
Griffith University (Qld)
2:05.31Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:08.48Minna Atherton
Bond (QLD)
2:10.20
50 m breaststrokeChelsea Hodges
Southport (Qld)
30.15 AR, ACRJenna Strauch
Miami (Qld)
30.82Mia O'Leary
Bond (Qld)
31.31
100 m breaststrokeJenna Strauch
Miami (Qld)
1:06.69Abbey Harkin
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:06.88Chelsea Hodges
Southport (Qld)
1:06.94
200 m breaststrokeJenna Strauch
Miami (Qld)
2:23.26Abbey Harkin
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:24.85Taylor McKeown
Griffith University (Qld)
2:25.32
50 m butterflyHolly Barratt
Rockingham (WA)
26.02Alexandria Perkins
USC Spartans (Qld)
26.18Abigail Schoorl
Miami (Qld)
26.45
100 m butterflyBrianna Throssell
USC Spartans (Qld)
57.31Alexandria Perkins
USC Spartans (Qld)
58.39Brittany Castelluzzo
Tea Tree Gully (SA)
Gemma Cooney
Brisbane Grammar (Qld)
58.93
200 m butterflyElizabeth Dekkers
Newmarket Racers (Qld)
2:07.62Abbey Connor
Revesby Workers (NSW)
2:08.58Brianna Throssell
USC Spartans (Qld)
2:08.71
200 m IMKaylee McKeown
Griffith University (Qld)
2:09.15Ella Ramsay
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:12.12Abbey Harkin
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:12.74
400 m IMKaylee McKeown
Griffith University (Qld)
4:31.74Jenna Forrester
St Peters Western (Qld)
4:36.77Kiah Melverton
St Peters Western (Qld)
4:39.78
4 × 100 m freestyle relayManly A (NSW) 3:52.48Marion A (SA) 3:54.82Nunawading A (Vic) 3:54.87
4 × 200 m freestyle relayNunawading A (Vic) 8:33.34Marion A (SA) 8:49.22None awarded
4 × 100 m medley relayNunawading A (Vic) 4:09.67Manly A (NSW) 4:18.81Surrey Park A (Vic) 4:19.58

Mixed events

4 × 100 m medley relaySouthport A (Qld) 3:56.51Nunawading A (Vic) 3:56.81Knox Pymble A (NSW) 3:58.89

Legend:

Records broken

During the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.

All Comers and Championship records

Club points scores

The final club point scores are below. Note: Only the top ten clubs are listed.

Overall club point score
Rank Club State Points
1 St Peters Western Qld 1355.5
2 Griffith University Qld 990
3 Rackley Qld 719
4 Bond Qld 625
5 Nunawading Vic 540
6 USC Spartans Qld 535.5
7 Marion SA 524
8 Chandler Qld 500
9 Nudgee College Qld 384
10 Southport Qld 344

Broadcast

In February 2021, it was announced that Amazon Prime Video had secured an exclusive, two-year live broadcast streaming deal with Swimming Australia.[6] [7] Like in 2021, both the heat sessions and final sessions were streamed live on Prime Video and on Swimming Australia's digital platform SwimTV. The commentary team consisted of Grant Hackett, Giaan Rooney, Nicole Livingstone and Annabelle Williams. Journalist Matt White hosted the coverage, while Jon Harker called the action.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 Australian Swimming Championships. UWA West Coast Swimming Club. 25 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Swim star McKeon to miss Comm Games trials. PerthNow. Larkin. Steve. 12 May 2022. 20 August 2022.
  3. Web site: 'Cleared the air': Simpson lifts lid on Chalmers conversation after Olympian's shock backflip. Fox Sports. Conrad. Alex. 21 May 2022. 24 August 2022.
  4. Web site: 2022 Australian Swimming Championships Program of Events. 25 July 2022.
  5. Web site: 2022 Australian Swimming Championships. Swimming Australia. Hy-Tek. 18 May 2022. 24 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Amazon Prime Video and Swimming Australia announce live broadcast streaming deal. Mediaweek. 4 February 2021. 2 April 2023.
  7. Web site: Amazon dives into sports streaming battle with first Australian rights. Sydney Morning Herald. Samios. Zoe. 4 February 2021. 2 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Commentary Team Announced For 2022 Australian Swimming Championships. SwimSwam. 12 April 2022. 2 April 2023.