2023 Australian Swimming Trials Explained

2023 Australian Swimming Trials
Events:	56 (men: 28; women: 28)
Dates:	13 - 18 June

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

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
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

Men Multi-Class
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
class=event	50 m freestyle						class=timed-final	TF
class=event	100 m freestyle		class=timed-final	TF
class=event	200 m freestyle			class=timed-final	TF
class=event	400 m freestyle			class=timed-final	TF
class=event	50 m backstroke					class=timed-final	TF
class=event	100 m backstroke	class=timed-final	TF
class=event	50 m breaststroke		class=timed-final	TF
class=event	100 m breaststroke			class=timed-final	TF
class=event	50 m butterfly	class=timed-final	TF
class=event	100 m butterfly				class=timed-final	TF
class=event	200 m individual medley					class=timed-final	TF

Women
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
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

Women Multi-Class
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
class=event	50 m freestyle						class=timed-final	TF
class=event	100 m freestyle		class=timed-final	TF
class=event	200 m freestyle			class=timed-final	TF
class=event	400 m freestyle			class=timed-final	TF
class=event	50 m backstroke					class=timed-final	TF
class=event	100 m backstroke	class=timed-final	TF
class=event	50 m breaststroke		class=timed-final	TF
class=event	100 m breaststroke			class=timed-final	TF
class=event	50 m butterfly	class=timed-final	TF
class=event	100 m butterfly				class=timed-final	TF
class=event	200 m individual medley					class=timed-final	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

50 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	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	bgcolor=#F3F781	Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA)	47.44 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	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	bgcolor=#F3F781	Samuel Short Rackley (Qld)	3:43.38 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld)	3:43.48 Q	Mack Horton Griffith University (Qld)	3:46.71
800 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	Samuel Short Rackley (Qld)	7:40.39 ACR Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld)	7:45.75 Q	Matthew Galea SOPAC (NSW)	7:53.33
1500 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	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	bgcolor=#F3F781	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	bgcolor=#F3F781	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	bgcolor=#F3F781	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	bgcolor=#F3F781	Brendon Smith Griffith University (Qld)	4:10.64 Q	Thomas Neill Rackley (Qld)	4:15.57	Thomas Hauck All Saints (Qld)	4:19.07

Men multi-class

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

Women

50 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	Shayna Jack St Peters Western (Qld)	24.22 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Emma McKeon Griffith University	24.26 Q	Meg Harris Marion (SA)	24.30
100 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld)	52.48 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Emma McKeon Griffith University	52.52 Q	Shayna Jack St Peters Western (Qld)	52.64
200 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld)	1:53.83 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld)	1:54.14 Q	Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld)	1:56.03
400 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld)	3:58.47 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld)	4:02.43 Q	Kiah Melverton St Peters Western (Qld)	4:05.05
800 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld)	8:15.88 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld)	8:20.56 Q	Kiah Melverton St Peters Western (Qld)	8:26.65
1500 metre freestyle	bgcolor=#F3F781	Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld)	15:56.31 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	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	bgcolor=#F3F781	Kaylee McKeown Griffith University (Qld)	57.50 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld)	58.42 Q	Iona Anderson Breakers (WA)	1:00.05
200 metre backstroke	bgcolor=#F3F781	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	bgcolor=#F3F781	Emma McKeon Griffith University (Qld)	56.74 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Brianna Throssell St Peters Western (Qld)	57.66 Q	Lily Price Rackley (Qld)	57.78
200 metre butterfly	bgcolor=#F3F781	Elizabeth Dekkers Chandler (Qld)	2:05.26 ACR Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Abbey Connor Revesby Workers (NSW)	2:07.61 Q	Brianna Throssell St Peters Western (Qld)	2:07.68

200 metre individual medley	bgcolor=#F3F781	Kaylee McKeown Griffith University (Qld)	2:07.60 Q	bgcolor=#F3F781	Jenna Forrester St Peters Western (Qld)	2:09.29 Q	Ella Ramsay Chandler (Qld)	2:11.89
400 metre individual medley	bgcolor=#F3F781	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

Women multi-class

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

Records

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

All Comers and Championship records

width=150	Event	width=160	Name (Previous)	width=115	Time (Previous)	width=30	Year	width=160	Location	width=160	Name (New)	width=115	Time (New)	width=50	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]

width=180	Men	width=180	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]

Notes and References

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