2026 Australian Swimming Trials: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALS

Welcome to the ultimate session of the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials, which is able to begin with the shortest occasion on the schedule within the girls’s 50 free, and finish with the longest within the girls’s 1500 free.

There is, maybe unsurprisingly, no crossover between the 2 finals, however Lani Pallister can be going for her fourth medal of the week within the latter whereas Meg Harris, 2025 world champion, can be aiming to struggle previous prelims chief Shayna Jack within the former.

Pallister clocked a brand new Australian, Oceanian, and Commonwealth report of 15:39.14 within the 1500 final one, one in all a number of marquee swims for her in 2025, though if her ways this week are something to go by we’re in for a blazing first half of the race from her. She was lower than 5 seconds off her finest on the Australia Open Championships two months in the past, clocking 15:44.07 for her third-fastest swim ever.

Shayna Jack leapfrogged Meg Harris within the 50 free world rankings with a 24.45 to guide the heats this morning forward of Harris’ 24.61, though Harris was 24.48 on the Queensland Championships in December. Both girls certified for the Commonwealth group within the 100 free yesterday, clocking 52.93  and 52.63 respectively.

Between these two occasions, we can have the lads’s and girls’s MC 100 free, the lads’s and girls’s 400 IM, and the lads’s 50 fly.

Ben Armbruster made an announcement within the latter of these this morning, breaking 23 seconds to guide prelims in 22.96 forward of prime seed Kyle Chalmers, who clocked 23.15. Isaac Cooper (23.39), 50 free world report holder Cam McEvoy (23.48), and 100 fly Australian report holder Matt Temple (23.57) make this an eye catching last.

William Petric has the IM double in his sights as the highest seed into the lads’s 400 IM last in 4:15.14, three seconds forward of Thomas Neill‘s 4:18.41. Petric clocked 4:10.20 in April, which ranks him seventh on the planet thus far this season and is beneath the 4:13.59 qualifying time for Commonwealths and Pan Pacs this summer season.

Ella Ramsay will look to do the identical for the ladies, having gained the 200 IM in 2:09.07 on day 1. She doubled up on Monday with a 4:04.30 within the 400 free, and her 4:32.30 PB might be in peril. She led the heats by greater than six seconds in 4:41.56 regardless of shutting it down early. Second seed Tara Kinder has taken silver behind Ramsay twice thus far this week, within the 200 IM and 200 breast, and will make it a trio of podiums for her this week.

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE  – FINAL

‘A’ Final

1. Meg Harris – 24.08
2. Shayna Jack – 24.37
3. Alexandria Perkins – 24.63
4. Olivia Wunsch – 24.88
5. Hannah Casey – 24.95
6. Sienna Walo – 25.02 (TIE)
7. Milla Jansen – 25.02 (TIE)
8. Chloe Rowe-Hagans – 25.09

24-year-old Meg Harris popped the quickest time on the planet this yr, successful the ladies’s 50 free in 24.08. It was a spectacular race out of Harris, who holds a profession better of 23.97, which she set on the Paris Olympics in 2024. Harris, who was the world champion on this occasion final yr, was additionally nicely beneath the SA qualifying time of 24.45.

Shayna Jack, who led prelims this morning with a 24.45, got here in 2nd in tonight’s last with a 24.37. That marks a season finest for Jack, in addition to the Eleventh-fastest time on the planet this yr. The 27-year-old holds a profession better of 23.99, which she swam on the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials. Jack was additionally beneath the SA qualifying time of 24.45.

Alexandria Perkins got here in third with a 24.63, a season finest. Perkins now ranks twenty first on the planet this yr.

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE MC – FINAL

Top 3

1. Chloe Osborn – 1:11.49 (862 MCPS)
2. Lakeisha Patterson – 1:03.14 (811 MCPS)
3. Emily Beecroft – 1:04.36 (766 MCPS)

22-year-old Chloe Osborn led the way in which within the girls’s 100 free multi-class last tonight. Osborn clocked a 1:11.49, which wasn’t the quickest time within the area, nonetheless, it resulted within the highest quantity of factors within the MCPS. Keep in thoughts, para swimming isn’t scored strictly by time. Instead, there’s a scoring system (MCPS), which generates a rating based mostly on how shut the swimmer is the the World Record for his or her class of para swimming.

Lakeisha Patterson clocked the quickest time within the area tonight, a 1:03.14. Patterson wound up 2nd in scoring, incomes a rating of 811 to Osborn’s 862.

Emily Beecroft rounded out the highest 3 with a rating of 766. Her last time was 1:04.36.

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE MC – FINAL

Top 3

1. Callum Simpson – 56.86 (947 MCPS)
2. Tom Gallagher – 52.08 (919 MCPS)
3. Rowan Crothers – 52.13 (917 MCPS)

Callum Simpson claimed victory within the males’s 100 free multi-class last tonight. His time of 56.86 resulted in 947 factors, incomes him the victory.

Tom Gallagher got here in 2nd with a 52.08, which was the quickest time within the area. Rowan Crothers rounded out the highest 3 with a 52.13.

MEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

‘A’ Final

1. William Petric – 4:11.04
2. Brendon Smith – 4:12.70
3. Se-Bom Lee – 4:13.00
4. Thomas Neill – 4:15.55
5. Samuel Higgs – 4:17.75
6. Andre Labara – 4:22.35
7. Cameron Ricchini – 4:22.63
8. Cael Eley – 4:25.27

21-year-old William Petric gained the lads’s 400 IM last tonight with a 4:11.04. The swim was a spark off his season better of 4:10.20, which he set on the Australian Open in April and stands as his profession finest as nicely. Petric swam a balanced race tonight, splitting 56.60 on fly, 1:05.24 on again, 1:10.11 on breast, and 59.09 on freestyle. He was additionally beneath the SA qualifying time of 4:13.59. Petric’s season better of 4:10.20 stands at seventh on the planet this yr.

25-year-old Brendon Smith clocked a 4:12.70 to complete 2nd tonight. His efficiency marks a brand new season finest, and lifts him as much as thirteenth on the planet this yr. Smith holds a profession better of 4:09.27, which he swam on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. That time additionally stands because the Oceanic Record within the occasion.

Se-Bom Lee rounded out the highest 3, swimming a 4:13.00, which now ranks him thirteenth on the planet this yr. Lee was notably sturdy on the backstroke leg tonight, splitting a 1:04.13 on that 100.

Petric, Smith, and Lee had been all beneath the SA qualifying time within the occasion.

WOMEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

‘A’ Final

1. Jenna Forrester – 4:31.47
2. Ella Ramsay – 4:39.23
3. Tara Kinder – 4:41.16
4. Amelie Smith – 4:42.62
5. Kayla Hardy – 4:44.69
6. Lexi Harrison – 4:46.79
7. Julia Spedding – 4:48.31
8. Elizabeth Dekkers – 4:50.91

22-year-old Jenna Forrester ripped a brand new profession finest en path to dominating the ladies’s 400 IM last tonight. Forrester clocked a 4:31.47, taking a second off her earlier finest. Forrester was glorious all through the race, splitting 1:01.89 on fly, 1:08.18 on again, 1:17.86 on breast, and 1:03.53 on free. Her time tonight marks the 2nd-fastest time on the planet this yr, solely behind Summer McIntosh‘s 4:27.31 from somewhat over per week in the past.

Ella Ramsay got here in 2nd tonight with a 4:39.23, however was a few second off the SA qualifying time of 4:38.31. Ramsay was very sturdy on the breaststroke leg, splitting 1:17.40.

Tara Kinder got here in third tonight with a 4:41.16.

MEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

‘A’ Final

1. Ben Armbruster – 22.90
2. Cam McEvoy – 22.92
3. Kyle Chalmers – 22.97
4. Isaac Cooper – 23.27
5. Matt Temple – 23.34
6. Joseph Hanson – 23.53
7. Thomas Navikonis – 23.97
8. Jack Carr – 24.00

Ben Armbruster is aware of six hundredths of a second off his finest tonight to storm house for the win, dipping beneath the qualifying time for this summer season by a single hundredth.

Having missed his end barely on the 100 fly earlier within the week, he completely nailed it tonight to out-touch a pair of Olympic champions in Cam McEvoy and Kyle Chalmers. McEvoy broke 23 seconds for the primary time as he positioned 2nd in 22.92, whereas Chalmers was two tenths off the 22.77 he clocked in April.

Armbruster strikes as much as sixth on the planet rankings along with his swim tonight, and cements his spot on the Pan Pac and Commonwealth groups. McEvoy now sits in seventh, and with Chalmers sitting third there are three Australians within the prime seven.

Isaac Cooper was simply off his 2024 better of 23.12 in 4th, whereas Matt Temple sliced 0.06 seconds off his PB from 2023 with a 23.34 for fifth.

WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – FINAL

Top Eight 

1. Lani Pallister – 15:40.01
2. Tiana Kritzinger – 16:10.59
3. Molly Walker – 16:13.59
4. Davidson-McGovern – 16:37.07
5. Tayla Martin – 16:43.05
6. Georgie Roper – 16:49.60
7. Molly Young – 17:05.47
8. Dakoda Mathers – 17:07.22

Lani Pallister polished off her first take a look at beneath supercoach Dean Boxall with a win within the girls’s 1500 free to wrap the Australian Trials.

Her 15:40.01 is the second-best time of her profession, a few second behind her time ultimately yr’s Australian Trials. It was additionally a few second sooner than her bronze medal time ultimately yr’s World Championships.

While she additionally had a 1500 bronze from the 2022 World Championships, her 2025 season was a considerable levelling up on this occasion. She dropped from a 15:48.9 to a 15:39.1, and thus far beneath Boxall she appears to be persevering with her high quality on this occasion.

She touched roughly 30 seconds forward of Tiana Kritzinger, who was 2nd in 16:10.59, with Molly Walker ending third in 16:13.59. Kritzinger and Walker completed within the reverse order within the 800.

That time for Kritzinger was a five-and-a-half second enchancment on her finest type final yr’s Trials. Walker additionally dropped a finest time.