Ben Armbruster Sinks Two Olympic Champions at Aussie Trials

Aussie Trials, Day 6, Finals: Ben Armbruster Sinks Two Olympic Champions To Snatch Dolphins Team Selection For Glasgow And Irvine

Paris Olympian Ben Armbruster took simply 22.90 seconds to sink two Olympic champions and gatecrash his approach onto each the Australian Commonwealth Games and Pan Pac groups introduced in Sydney final evening.

The 24-year-old Queenslander from Bond University, QLD out-touched two of the largest names in Australian swimming – Cam McEvoy(Sommerville Aquatics, QLD) and  Kyle Chalmers  (Marion, SA) in a helter-skelter 50m butterfly ultimate within the final males’s occasion of the six-day Australian Selection Trials.

Meet Results

It was Armbruster’s final likelihood to make the Australian groups – and it was the final stroke, within the final occasion on the final evening that sealed the deal.

Just one metre from the end McEvoy seemed to be forward of Chalmers with Armbruster in third place – till  they launched themselves on the wall and it was a stream-lined contact from Armbruster who received his fingers on the wall first in 22.90, McEvoy second in 22.92 and Chalmers third in 22.97 simply 0.07 between the highest three.

The Chris Mooney coached all-round sprinter, who went to the final Commonwealth Games as a 50m backstroker and the Paris Olympics as a 50m freestyler – will now symbolize Australia as a 50m butterflier in Glasgow and Irvine.

And Ambruster goes to Glasgow on a Games redemption mission.

“I’m pretty excited, four years ago I went for the 50 backstroke and I don’t even train for backstroke…I was pretty disappointed with how I went last time so I’m out for redemption this year and I want to come back with some bling,” stated Armbruster.

Armbruster completed seventh within the 50m backstroke ultimate in Birmingham in 2022 and 14^th within the 50m freestyle gained by McEvioy in Paris.

But based mostly on the world rankings Ambruster, Chalmers and McEvoy might effectively sweep the rostrum in Glasgow – Chalmers 22.77 from the Australian Open ranks him third within the

world, Armbruster’s 22.90 locations him sixth and McEvoy’s 22.92 seventh – and 1,2,3 within the Commonwealth.

Armbruster will lose his two excessive profile workforce mates when the Australian workforce leaves Glasgow and heads to the US and the Pan Pacs in Irvine (August 10-15) – “superadds” Chalmers and McEvoy – are unavailable for the Pan Pac journey as is Shayna Jack who’s getting married later within the yr – with fellow Paris Olympians Flynn Southam(Bond, QLD) and Matt Temple (Marion, SA) additionally opting out with Games backstroke rookie Henry Allan (Bendigo East, VIC) in his ultimate yr of highschool additionally out of the Pan Pacs.

Allan is one in every of 15 rookies on the Games workforce for Glasgow (which begin on July 2) after he gained the 100m backstroke at Trials

But Shayna Jack and “baby brother” Jamie will share the Commonwealth Games collectively – the siblings each ending second of their respective 50m freestyles – Shayna confirming her particular person spot behind Meg Harris (Rackley, QLD) after Jamie had completed second behind world file holder McEvoy within the males’s 50m earlier within the week.

World champion and Olympic silver medallist Harris rocketed to the highest of the 50m freestyle world rankings in 24.08, efficiently defending her National title and overcoming the nerves of racing because the world champion.

Harris edging previous early chief Jack who was an in depth up second in 24.37, each women swimming underneath the 24.45 qualifying time for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, with Alex Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD) third in 24.63.

Shayna over the moon to have Jamie on the workforce to Glasgow.

“I’m such a proud sister…I really wanted to see Jamie succeed…I am very proud we can do this together now,” stated Shayna.

Meanwhile, Paris Olympic teammates Will Petric Nunawading, VIC) , Brendon Smith (St Peters Western, QLD),  and Se-Bom Lee (Sydney Olympic Swim Club, NSW) additionally secured their spots in each groups in a spectacular 400IM ultimate – Petric successful in 4:11.04 from Smith (4:12;70) and 200m backstroke winner Lee (4:13.00) third.

The 400IM went to Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western, QLD), one of many actual stars of the meet, clocking a brand new private finest time of 4:31.47 – her earlier finest swum again in 2023; along with her Paris workforce mate and 200m breaststroke winner Ella Ramsay (Nunawading, VIC) second in 4:39.23, with Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) third in 4:41.16.

Meanwhile Lani Pallister (St Peters Western, QLD) accomplished her spectacular week’s racing including the 1500m freestyle to her wins within the 400 and 800m freestyles and her private finest 200m second to membership mate Mollie O’Callaghan within the 200m freestyle.

Pallister, who’s the fifth quickest 1500m swimmer in historical past,  clocked her second quickest time ever of 15:40.01 (2:01.22; 4:06.63; 8:17.97), simply shy of her Australian file time of 15:39.14, adopted by Tiana Ktitzinger(Rackley) 16:10.59 and Molly Walker (Southern Performance, SA) in 16:13.59 – with the 1500m to be contested for the primary time at a Commonwealth Games.

There will likely be a 60-strong workforce of swimmers going to Glasgow – 42 in a position physique and 18 Para swimmers.

The Australian Commonwealth Games Swim Team for Glasgow will depart on July 11 for a coaching camp in Germany, arriving in Glasgow on July 21, with the 44-strong Pan Pac workforce of pool and open water swimmers then attending a staging camp in San Deigo, earlier than the Pan Pacs in Irvine.

 

2026 Australian Commonwealth Games Swimming Team, Glasgow (SCO):

Henry Allan (Bendigo East, VIC)

Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA)

Ben Armbruster (Bond, QLD)

Emily Beercoft (USC Spartans, QLD)

Victoria Belando Nicholson (Uni of QLD)

Hannah Casey (Bond, QLD)

Brittany Castelluzzo (Tea Tree Gully, SA)

Kyle Chalmers (Marion, SA)

Jessica Cole (Carlile, NSW)

Isaac Cooper (St Andrew, QLD)

Lizzy Dekkers (St Peters Western, QLD)

Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western, QLD)

Hannah Fredericks (St Peters Western, QLD)

Jasmine Fullgrabe (Marion, SA)

Matthew Galea (St Peters Western, QLD)

Alyssa Gillespie (Knox Pymble, NSW)

Ben Goedemans (St Peters Western, QLD)

Jasmine Greenwood (Woden Valley, ACT)

Meg Harris (Rackley, QLD)

Kirralee Hayes (Genesis, QLD)

Timothy Hodge (Blacktown, NSW)

Mia Hogan (Corowa, NSW)

Jack Ireland (University of QLD)

Jamie Jack (St Peters Western, QLD)

Shayna Jack (St Peters Western, QLD)

Jenna Jones (USC Spartans, QLD)

Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC)

Tiana Kritzinger (Rackley, NSW)

Se-Bom Lee (Sydney Olympic Swim Club, NSW)

Bailey Lello (St Peters Western, QLD)

Beau Matthews (Aquablitz Toongabbie, NSW)

Cam McEvoy (Somerville Aquatics, QLD)

Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, QLD)

Madeleine McTerrnan (Griffith Uni, QLD)

Inez Miller (Highlanders, WA)

Tommy Neil (Rackley, QLD)

Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD)

Lani Pallister (St Peters Western, QLD)

Lakeisha Patterson (USC Spartans, QLD)

Col Pearse (Nunawading, VIC)

Alex Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD)

Will Petric (Nunawading, VIC)

Ella Ramsay (Nunawading, VIC)

Alex Saffy (Woden Valley, ACT)

Gemma Sellick (Warringah, NSW)

Sam Short (Rackley, NSW)

Brendon Smith (St Peters Western, QLD)

Ed Sommerville (Brisbane Grammar, QLD)

Flynn Southam (Bond, QLD)

Zac Stubblety-Cook (Nunawading, VIC)

Kai Taylor St Peters Western, QLD)

Matt Temple (Marion, SA)

Liam Togher (Knox Pymble, NSW)

Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW)

Harrison Turner (Nudgee, QLD)

Harrison Vig (Uni of QLD)

Molly Walker Southern Performance, SA)

Amelia Weber St Peters Western, QLD)

Sam Williamsonn (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC)

Elijah Winninghton (St Peters Western, QLD)

 

2026 Australian Pan Pacs Swim Team, Irvine (USA):

Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA)

Ben Armbruster (Bond, QLD)

Hannah Casey (Bond, QLD)

Brittany Castelluzzo (Tea Tree Gully, SA)

Isaac Cooper (St Andrew, QLD)

Jacqueline Davison-McGovern

Lizzy Dekkers (St Peters Western, QLD)

Chelsea Douyere-nee-Gubecka (Yeronga Park, QLD)

Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western, QLD)

Hannah Fredericks (St Peters Western, QLD)

Matthew Galea (St Peters Western, QLD)

Max Giuliani (Miami, QLD)

Ben Goedemans (St Peters Western, QLD)

Meg Harris (Rackley, QLD)

Charlie Hawke (Rackley, QLD)

Jamie Jack St Peters Western, QLD)

Milla Jansen (St Peters Western, QLD)

Moesha Johnson (Miami, QLD)

Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC)

Tiana Kritzinger (Rackley, NSW)

Se-Bom Lee (Sydney Olympic Swim Club, NSW)

Bailey Lello (St Peters Western, QLD)

Euan Liney (Knox Pymble, NSW)

Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, QLD)

Inez Miller (Highlanders, WA)

Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD)

Lani Pallister (St Peters Western, QLD)

Alex Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD)

Will Petric (Nunawading, VIC)

Ella Ramsay (Nunawading, VIC)

Sam Short (Rackley, NSW)

Nic Sloman (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC)

Brendan Smith (St Peters Western, QLD

Ed Sommerville (Brisbane Grammar, QLD)

Zac Stubblety-Cook (Nunawading, VIC)

Stuart Swinburn (City of Sydney, NSW)

Kai Taylor St Peters Western, QLD

Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW)

Harrison Turner (Nudgee, QLD)

Molly Walker

Amelia Weber (St Peters Western, QLD)

Sam Williamsonn (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC)

Elijah Winninghton (St Peters Western, QLD)

Olivia Wunsch (Carlile)

 

LIVE RESULTS

2026 Australian Trials and Australian Championships, After 6 Days:

 MEN

 Freestyle

 50m

Cameron McEvoy (Somerville Aquatics, QLD) 21.32

Jamie Jack ((St Peters Western, QLD) 21,52

Flynn Southam (Bond, QLD) 21.72

100m

Kyle Chalmers (Marion, SA) 47.59

Flynn Southam (Bond, QLD) 47.94

Kai Taylor (St Peters Western, QLD) 48.21, QLD)

Harrison Turner (Nudgee Aquatics, QLD) 48.22

200m

Sam Short (Rackley, QLD) 1:45.16

Kai Taylor (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:45.30

Harrison Turner (Nudgee College, QLD) 1:45.71

Ed Sommerville (Brisbane Grammar, QLD) 1:45.72

 400m

Sam Short (Rackley, QLD) 3:40.67

Elijah Winnington (St Peters Western, QLD) 3:44.17

Benjamin Goedemans (St Peters Western, QLD) 3:45.85

800m

Sam Short (Rackley, QLD) 7:36.73 (Commonwealth, Australian Record)

Benjamin Goedemans (St Peters Western, QLD) 7:477.62

Matt Galea (St Peters Western, QLD) 7:49.09

1500m freestyle

Sam Short (Rackley, QLD) 14:42.09

Matt Galea (St Peters Western, QLD) 14:50.22

Ben Goedemans (St Peters Western, QLD) 14:50.67

Backstroke

 50m

Isaac Cooper (St Andrews, QLD) 24.46

Henry Allan (Bendigo East, VIC) 24.59

Mark Nikolaev (Somerset, QLD) 25.33

100m

Henry Allan (Bendigo East, VIC) 53.52

Stuart Swinburn (City of Sydney, NSW) 54.62

Adam Graham (Manly, NSW) 54.64

 200m

Se-Bom Lee (Sydney Olympic SC, NSW) 1:56.75

Josh Edwards-Smith (Griffith, QLD) 1:57.50

Stuart Swinburn (City Of Sydney, NSW) 1:57.54

 Breaststroke

 50m

Sam Williamson (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 26.61

Gideon Burnes (Bond, QLD) 27.37

Joshua Anderson (Brisbane Grammar, QLD) 27.60

 100m

Sam Williamson (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 59.07

Bailey Lello (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:00.33

Joshua Anderson (Brisbane Grammar, QLD) 1:00.42

 200m

Zac Stubblety-Cook (Nunawading, VIC)

Bailey Lello (St Peters Western, QLD)

Joshua Yong (Highlanders, WA) 2:10.31

Butterfly

 50m

Ben Armbruster (Bond, QLD) 22.96

Cam McEvoy (Somerville Aquatic, QLD) 22.92

Kyle Chalmers (Marion, SA) 22.97

 100m

Matt Temple (Marion, SA) 50.50

Ben Armbruster (Bond, QLD) 51.00

Harrison Turner (Nudgee College, QLD) 51.47

200m

Harrison Turner (Nudgee, QLD) 1:55.18

Se-Bom Lee (Sydney Olympic SC, NSW) 1:57.85

Alex Quach (Nudgee. QLD) 1:58.49

 Individual medley

 Will Petric (Nunawading, VIC) 1:57.55

Thomas Neill (Rackley, QLD)

Brendon Smith (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:59.11

400m

Will Petric (Nunawading, VIC) 4:11.04

Brendon Smith (St Peters Western, QLD) 4:12.70

Se-Bom Lee (Sydney Olympic Swim Club, NSW) 4:13.00

WOMEN

 Freestyle

 50m

Meg Harris (Rackley, QLD) 24.08

Shayna Jack (St Peters Western, QLD) 24.37

Alex Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD) 24.63

 

100m

Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD) 52.33

Meg Harris (Rackley, QLD) 52.63

Shayna Jack (St Peters Western, QLD) 52.96

Alex Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD) 53.33

200m

Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:52.86

Lani Pallister (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:53.65

Inez Miller (Highlanders, WA) 156.41

Hannah Casey (Bond, QLD) 1:56.85

 400m

Lani Pallister (St Peters Western, QLD) 3:59.72

Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western, QLD) 4:04.30

Amelia Weber (St Peters Western, QLD) 4:05.79

 800m

Lani Pallister (St Peters Western, QLD) 8:13.41

Molly Walker (Southern Performance, SA) 8:26.01

Tiana Kritzinger (Rackley, QLD) 8:32.60

1500m

Lani Pallister (St Peters Western, QLD) 15.40.01

Tiarna Kritzinger (Rackley, QLD) 16:10.59

Molly Walker (Southern Performance, SA) 16:13.59 

 Backstroke

 50m

Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, QLD) 27.13

Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD) 27.19

Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 27.33

 00m

Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, QLD) 57.77

Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 58.60

Hannah Fredericks (St Peters Western, QLD) 59.79

200m

Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, QLD) 2:03.98

Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 2:07.59

Hannah Fredericks (St Peters Western, QLD) 2:07.99

Breaststroke

 50m

Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW) 30.57

Lily Koch (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 30.97

Mia O’Leary (Griffith, QLD) 31.23

 100m

Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW) 1:05.97

Ella Ramsay

 (Nunawading, VIC) 1:06.70

Sienna Harben (Griffith, QLD) 1:07.10

 200m

Ella Ramsay (Nunawading, VIC) 2:24.04

Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 2:24.22

Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW) 2:26.24

Butterfly

 50m

Alex Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD) 25.60

Lily Price (Rackley, QLD) 25.91

Mackenzie Burns (St Andrews, QLD) 26.21 dh

Claudia Fydler (Bond, QLD) 26.21

100m

Alex Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD) 56.88

Brittany Castelluzzo (Tea Tree Gully, SA) 57.88

Isabella Boyd (Nunawading, VIC) 57.98

 200m

Elizabeth Dekkers (St Peters Western, QLD) 2:04.95

Brittany Castelluzzo (Tea Tree Gully, SA) 2:06.95

Jess Cole (Carlile, NSW) 2:08.81

 Individual medley

 200m

Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western, QLD) 2:09.07

Ella Ramsay (Nunawading, VIC) 2:09.40

Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 2:10.14

400m

Jenn Forrester (St Peters Western, QLD) 4:31.47

Ella Ramsay (Nunawading, VIC) 4:39.23

Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 4:41.16

MULTI-CLASS

MEN
Freestyle

 50m

Tom Gallagher (St Peters Western, QLD) 23.62

Rowan Crothers (Marion, SA) 23.72

Alex Tuckfield (Aquablitz Toongabbie, NSW) 24.27

100m

Callum Simpson (Flinders Phoenix, QLD) 56.86

Tom Gallagher (St Peters Western, QLD) 52.08

Rowan Crothers (Marion, SA) 52.13

200m

Declan Budd (Knox Pymble, NSW) 1:56.37

Jak Ireland (University of QLD) 1:56.47

Darren Sisman (Cronulla, NSW) 1:57.17

400m

Callum Simpson (Flinders Phoenix, QLD)

Brenden Hall (USC Spartans, QLD) 4:20.30

Harrison Vig (Uni of QLD) 4:20.61

 Backstroke

50m

Ben Hance (St Andrews, QLD) 25.88

Liam Togher (Knox Pymble, NSW) 30.21

Eli Kerr (Warnambool, VIC) 33.50

 100m

Benjamin Hance (St Andrews, QLD) 57.40

Timothy Hodge (Blacktown, NSW) 1:03.49

Declan Budd (Knox Pymble, NSW) 1:00.76

Breaststroke

50m

Ahmed Kelly (Yarra Plenty Water, VIC) 53.60

Grant Patterson (Central Cairns, QLD) 1:01.71

Knox Gibson (Orange, NSW) 34.46

 100m

Jake Michel (Carina Leagues, QLD) 1:05.28

Timothy Hodge (Blacktown, NSW) 1:12.73

Riley Moore (Woden Valley, ACT)1:10.49

 Butterfly

 50m

Alex Saffy (Woden Valley, ACT) 26.27

Daniel Rigby (Knox Pymble, NSW) 28.13

Will Martin (Sunshine Coast Grammar, QLD) 27.92

 100m

Declan Budd (Knox Pymble, NSW) 57.11

Tim Hodge (Blacktown, NSW) 1:00.47

Alex Saffy (Woden Valley, ACT) 57.67

  Individual Medley

 150m

Grant Patterson (Central Cairns, QLD) 3:11.43

Ahmed Kelly (Yarra Plenty Water, VIC) 3:12.71

 200m

Timothy Hodge (Blacktown, NSW) 2:13.82

Ricky Betar (USC Spartans, QLD) 2:08.77

Samuel Gould (Griffith, QLD) 2:15.26

WOMEN

Freestyle

 50m

Jasmine Greenwood (Woden Valley, ACT) 28.00

Kirralee Hayes (Genesis, QLD) 28.12

Madeleine McTernan (Griffith, QLD) 27.95

 100m freestyle

Chloe Osborn (Blacktown, NSW) 1:11.49

Lakeisha Patterson (USC Spartans, QLD) 1:03.14

Emily Beecroft (USC Spartans, QLD) 1:04.36

200m

Madeline McTernan (Griffith Uni, QLD) 2:10.87

Ruby Storm (USC Spartans, QLD) 2:12.82

Chloe Osborn (Blacktown, NSW) 2:32.59

 400m

Lakeisha Patterson (USC Spartans, QLD) 4:36.79

Chloe Osborn (Blacktown, NSW) 5:19.24

Annabel Moloney (Cotton Tree, QLD) 4:57.42

 Backstroke

 50m

Madeline McTernan (Griffith Uni, QLD) 32.63

Michelle Fawer (Engadine, NSW) 36.95

Giselle Tapfield (Tivoli Swim Club/Rose Bay, NSW) 37.21

 100m

Madeline McTernan (Griffith, QLD) 1:08.18

Chloe Osborn (Blacktown, NSW) 1:28.80

Gemma Sellick (Warringah, NSW) 1:15.54

 Breaststroke

 50m

Sahrah Hancock (Darwin, NT) 47.42

Ruby Halliday (MLC Aquatic, VIC) 46.06

Keira Stephens (Griffith, QLD) 37.20

 100m

Stephanie Bruzzese (PLC Sydney, NSW) 1:20.46

Keira Stephens (Griffith, QLD) 1:20.67

Sahrah Hancock (Darwin, NT) 1:44.06

 Butterfly

 50m

Kael Thompson (USC Spartans, QLD) 30.55

Jordan Berryman (UWA-West Coast, WA) 39.28

Sarah Howe (St Hildas, QLD) 32.21

 100m

Jasmine Greenwood (Woden Valley, ACT) 1:06.63

Kael Thompson (USC Spartans, QLD) 1:07.26

Montana Atkinson (USC Spartans, QLD) 1:08.00

 Individual medley

200m

Stephanie Bruzzese (PLC Sydney, NSW) 2:32.23

Jasmine Fullgrabe (Marion, SA) 2:40.86

Ruby Storm (USC Spartans, QLD) 2:43.13