This web page was created programmatically, to learn the article in its authentic location you'll be able to go to the hyperlink bellow: https://swimswam.com/2026-australian-swimming-trials-day-3-prelims-live-recap/and if you wish to take away this text from our web site please contact us [ad_1] 2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALS HEAT SHEET (ALL PRELIMS) How ya goin’, Swim followers? It’s the third day of the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials, and whereas there's loads of quick swimming on faucet this morning, all eyes will probably be on the truthful dinkum Cameron McEvoy. The dash star and world file holder makes his first look on the meet, taking up his bread-and-butter occasion, the 50-free, the place he's the highest seed by .29. To be aware, McEvoy entered the meet with a seed of 21.14, and never his season finest (and world file) time of 20.88 from the China Open this previous March. McEvoy doubtless will probably be saving his finest for tonight however absolutely will probably be focusing on a mark higher than that of 20.81, as that's the time produced by Kristian Gkolomeev on the Enhanced Games, a contest that not solely allowed using banned super-suits but in addition World Aquatics-banned dietary supplements and drugs to enhance their performances. You can see the Aussie’s quick response to the consequence and the meet right here, as he creatively posted two Instagram tales, one quoting celeb chef Gordon Ramsay saying “Seriously?! Thats all you got!” and one other with no phrases however exhibiting basketball GOAT Michael Jordan squaring off towards the Monstars within the 1997 film Space Jam. McEvoy gained’t be the one one within the 50 free to attract consideration, as 2nd seed Jamie Jack can be entered with a time below the qualifying customary, with the 23 St. Peters Westerns product coming in with a seed of 21.43. Keep a watch on Isaac Cooper, who gained the 50 again two days in the past, however pulled out of the 100 again finals final night time. Also be looking out for Flynn Southam, who's slotted to be swimming within the 2nd warmth, however withdrew from his first race of the meet yesterday, the 200 free. While Mollie O’Callaghan additionally withdrew from her lone race yesterday, the 100 again, anticipate to see her within the very first race of the day, as reigning World and Olympic champion is the highest seed by a large margin. 400 Free champion Lani Pallister returns to the pool and can look so as to add one other occasion to her line-up. The pair aren’t the one swimmers below the qualifying customary of 1:56.03, because the third seed Meg Harris joins them within the sub-1:56 membership. More referred to as a sprinter, Harris, the reigning Olympic and Commonwealth Games silver medalist (and reigning World Champion), popped off this previous December with a brand new private better of 1:55.97. After a so-so efficiency within the prelims of the 100 breaststroke yesterday, Sienna Toohey blasted her technique to a brand new Age-Group file and win in finals, hitting a mark of 1:05.97. What’s extra necessary is she took the race out in 30.58, which is lower than .20 off her seed time on this morning’s 50 breaststroke, so if she appears a bit sluggish this morning, don’t fret, as she has proven the power to activate the facility within the ultimate. She, Mia O’Leary and Sienna Harben are the one entrants seeded below 31.00 and can have their work lower out for them to hit the 30.37 qualifying customary. The males’s 200 fly, 50 breaststroke and early heats of the 800 free spherical out this system. Harrison Turner has been turning heads this week, hitting new PBs within the 200 free and ending third within the 200 free final night time, doubtless incomes a berth on the 4×200 free relay and spot on the roster. This morning he returns to the pool in 200 fly, his finest occasion. The 2025 Singapore bronze medalist is the one athlete below the qualifying customary, as is Sam Williamson within the 50 breaststroke. Women’s 200 Freestyle – Prelims World Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western), 2024 Commonwealth Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western), 2024 Australian Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western), 2024 All-Comers Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western), 2024 SwimAustralia Qualifying Time: 1:56.03 Top 8: Mollie O’Callaghan (STPET) – 1:56.28 Lani Pallister (STPET) – 1:56.37 Milla Jansen (STPET) – 1:56.71 Inez Miller (HLDR)/Meg Harris (RACKL) – 1:57.30 Hannah Casey (BOND) – 1:57.49 Maria Fernanda Costa (BRA) – 1:57.81 Jenna Forrester (STPET) – 1:57.95 Brittany Castelluzzo (TTG) – 1:57.98 With the heats being swum quick to sluggish, former World Record holder Mollie O’Callaghan obtained issues off to a quick begin, with the Olympic champion opening in 26.64 to steer the sphere. O’Callaghan continued to steer on the 100, hitting the midway mark in 56.75, however actually had slowed her tempo as her 2nd 50 was simply 30.11. Her slackening off the tempo allowed each Olivia Wunsch (29.32) and Jenna Forrester (29.89) to creep inside hanging vary because the pair touched .06 and .92 again. O’Callaghan and Wunsch had been nonetheless shut on the 150, however the expertise of the elder swimmer was an excessive amount of as she pulled forward of the group to take the win in 1:56.28, practically three seconds off her season finest and world main time of 1:53.52 from the China Swimming Open. Wunsch paid for her early velocity and was handed by each Forrester and a hard-charging Inez Miller, who touched 2nd at 1:57.30 with Forrester taking third at 1:57.95. The 2nd warmth was a really related story with Lani Pallister hitting the midway level in 56.63, after opening in 27.12. She was intently adopted at each of the primary two turns by Hannah Casey, who trailed by simply .12 on the 100-meter mark. Casey caught with Pallister, however the expertise of the gap star was an excessive amount of, and Pallister pulled her means into the lead, hitting the wall in 1:56.37, lower than half a second off her season better of 1:55.66, whereas Casey took 2nd within the warmth at 1:57.49. The final warmth noticed 50 free world champion Meg Harris open up in a swift 56.61 however not like the earlier heats, the highest seed was not within the lead as she was trailing the 19-year-old Milla Jansen, who, hit the midway mark at 56.54, with Harris again by simply .07. The two continued to battle over the following 50 however Jansen pulled away on the final 50 to take the warmth in in a time of 1:56.71, over half a second off her seed time and private better of 1:57.29, proving that her current transfer to the Boxall led St. Peters Western group has been fruitful as she now ranks tied for 18th within the World this season. Harris took 2nd within the warmth forward of Maria Costa, who's visiting from Brazil, 1:57.30 to 1:57.81. Men’s Multi Class 200 Individual Medley – Prelims The ultimate of males’s MC 200 IM tonight is seeking to form as much as be a barn burner as all eight finalists scored over 700 factors. Leading the way in which is Timothy Hodge, an SM9 athlete, whose 2:17.88 leads the way in which as he earned 878 factors. The six-time Paralympic medalist will probably be pressed by each Ricky Betar (SM14) and Callum Simpson (SM8), who joined Hodge with over 800 factors as they hit the wall in 2:11.44 (868pts.) and a couple of:29.83 (816pts.). Men’s Multi Class 150 Individual Medley – Prelims It was a duel between SM3 athletes Grant “Scooter” Patterson and Ahmed Kelly because the pair duked it out within the MC 150 IM. Kelly had the higher begin, however Patterson’s backstroke prowess was an excessive amount of as he pulled his means into the lead and by no means seemed again, hitting the wall at 3:10.98, incomes 590 factors. Kelly additionally was within the 500 factors vary, incomes 546 factors due to his 3:16.01. Women’s Multi Class 50 Freestyle – Prelims The splash and sprint is ready to be an exhilarating race tonight as Jasmine Greenwood, an S10 athlete, set a really excessive bar, incomes 884 factors due to her 28.24 prelims time. The reigning 200 IM Commonwealth Games champion was simply .40 off her seed time, a margin practically equaled by her nearest rivals, Kirralee Hayes (S13) and Madeline McTernan (S14), whose 28.30 and 28.16 earned them 827 and 790 factors respectively. Women’s 50 Breaststroke – Prelims World Record: 29.16 – Ruta Meilutytė (LTU), 2023 Commonwealth Record: 29.72 – Lara van Niekerk (RSA), 2022 Australian Record: 30.05 – Chelsea Hodges (AUS), 2022 All-Comers Record: 30.15 – Chelsea Hodges (AUS), 2022 SwimAustralia Qualifying Time: 30.37 Top 8: Sienna Toohey (ALBU) – 30.71 Mia O’Leary (GUSC) – 31.08 Lily Koch (MVC) – 31.22 Sienna Harben (GUSC) – 31.38 Sienna Walo (STHPT) – 31.71 Kyla Brown (BOND) – 31.72 Tilly King (BOND) – 31.84 Matilda Smith (MIAMI) – 31.91 We’ve hit some technical difficulties on the pool, with the occasion getting by means of solely the primary 4 of 13 heats earlier than being stopped for repairs. However, with the circle-seeded heats accomplished, we very doubtless have our high 8 for the ultimate tonight. After her very spectacular efficiency final night time within the 100 breaststroke, 17-year-old Sienna Toohey posted a mark of 30.71 within the first warmth. While .32 off her seed, Toohey was 30.58 opening her race final night time, so anticipate her to be quicker tonight as she chases the very stiff qualifying customary of 30.37. Toohey was the lone swimmer to interrupt 31.00 this morning, as Mia O’Leary and Lily Kock will look to hitch her below that mark tonight. The pair are set to flank her within the ultimate after qualifying 2nd and third with their 31.08 and 31.22 performances this morning. Sienna Harben was practically half a second off her seed, however safely made the ultimate in 4th together with her prelims time of 31.38 Men’s 50 Freestyle – Prelims Top 8: Jamie Jack (STPET) – 21.60 Cameron McEvoy (SOMAQ) – 21.72 Ollie Moclair (SOSC) – 21.83 Flynn Southam (BOND) – 21.97 Isaac Cooper (STAND) – 21.98 Ben Armbruster (BOND) – 22.02 Thomas Nowakowski (USCS) – 22.12 Jack Cartwright (STPET) – 22.36 After the mud settled, 5 swimmers broke the 22-second barrier this morning within the prelims of the boys’s 50 free, however the swimmer who earned lane 4 within the ultimate tonight was a bit sudden, as Jamie Jack posted the quickest time of the morning. The 2nd seed coming in, Jack, who trains at St. Peters Western, lower .11 off his season better of 21.71 from April’s Australian Open, and he now ranks eighth on the planet due to his 21.60. Jack, regardless of the sturdy swim, won't be the favourite within the ultimate tonight; Cameron McEvoy within the warmth prior posted a really easy 21.72. The World Record holder seemed very easy and seemed to be slicing by means of the water with ease and seemed to virtually step off the gasoline within the closing meters, particularly when in comparison with Ollie Moclair, who was one lane under him, and was wildly charging to the end, incomes the third seed along with his 21.83. Joining the aforementioned trio below 22 was Flynn Southam and Isaac Cooper, who had been 21.97 and 21.98, respectively. It’s a robust efficiency for Southam, as he lower .23 from his seed time, particularly contemplating that the 21-year-old Bond swimmer pulled out of the prelims of the 200 free yesterday. While Southam’s drop from seed was spectacular, it pales compared to the 27-year-old Jack Cartwright, who entered the meet because the forty fourth seed with a time of 23.23, and practically lower a full second off that as he earned the final spot within the ultimate tonight along with his prelims results of 22.36. Cartwright, if he had been to make the Pan-Pac group, could be one of many few returners for the Dolphins as he earned a trio of silver medals again in 2018. Men’s 200 Butterfly – Prelims World Record: 1:50.34 – Kristóf Milák (HUN), 2022 Commonwealth Record: 1:52.96 – Chad le Clos (RSA), 2012 Australian Record: 1:54.17 – Harrison Turner (AUS), 2025 All-Comers Record: 1:52.09 – Michael Phelps (USA), 2007 SwimAustralia Qualifying Time: 1:54.94 Top 8: Matthew Temple (MARI) – 1:55.78 Harrison Turner (NCOLL) – 1:56.30 Matt Sates (V.) (RSA) – 1:58.38 Se-Bom Lee (SOSC) – 1:59.46 Alex Quach (NCOLL) – 1:59.48 William Jordan (BGRAM) – 1:59.63 Caio Gallo (LOGVI) – 1:59.85 Caleb Dryer (CARL) – 2:00.07 Sean Alcorn (PAQ) – 2:00.19 Matthew Temple continued precisely the place he left issues off final night time, because the 100 fly introduced some early velocity to the 200 fly. The 4th total seed, Temple opened the race in 25.06 and 29.48 to hit the midway level in 54.54, forward of reigning World bronze medalist and Australian Record holder Harrison Turner, who hit the wall .30 again at 54.84. Turner used his 200 pedigree to tug himself into the lead, and was .02 forward with a 50 left, however Temple discovered one other gear and used an awesome flip to return house within the subject’s lone sub-31 final 50 of 30.73 to take the warmth win and publish the general quickest time within the subject, going 1:55.78. His time this morning is simply half a second shy of his private finest from the 2021 Olympic Trials. Temple has eschewed the occasion just lately, not contesting it at trials final 12 months. Turner will take lane 5 tonight, as he completed simply behind Temple at 1:56.30. Men’s Multi Class 50 Freestyle – Prelims The crowd was handled to a World Record as Benjamin Hance, an S14 athlete, hit the wall in 22.94, slicing .02 off the previous mark that was set again in April of this 12 months. Hance, whose consequence scored 1003 factors, simply led the sphere, however Rowan Crothers and Tom Gallagher weren't far again, because the pair of S10 rivals had been separated by simply .07, with Crothers recording a mark of 23.57 (949 pts) to Gallagher’s 23.64 (940 pts) Men’s 50 Breaststroke – Prelims World Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty (GBR), 2017 Commonwealth Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty (GBR), 2017 Australian Record: 26.32 – Samuel Williamson (AUS), 2024 All-Comers Record: 26.58 – Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), 2018 SwimAustralia Qualifying Time: 26.93 Top 8: Samuel Williamson (MVC) – 26.68 Gideon Burnes (BOND) – 27.44 Joshua Anderson (BGRAM) – 27.68 James McKechnie (STP) – 27.70 Grayson Bell (SOMAQ) – 27.73 Joshua Collett (BOND) – 27.73 Christ Montana (TRGR) – 27.77 Matthew Loffler (RVA) – 27.81 Like Temple within the occasion earlier than, Samuel Williamson didn’t appear to skip any beats from his earlier race. The winner of the 100 breaststroke on day 1, Williamson completely dominated the heats of the 5o breaststroke, because the 2024 World champion within the occasion posted a brand new season better of 26.68, undercutting his 27.00 from final month’s Sydney Open and launching himself up the rankings, going from twenty fourth on the planet this season all the way in which to sit down tied for sixth with South Africa’s Chris Smith. 2SimoneCERASUOLOITA26.5104/183MelvinIMOUDU GER26.5704/254Michael HoulieRSA26.6305/285Adam PEATYGBR26.6404/156Chris SmithRSA26.6804/177IvanKozhakinRUS26.6905/248 Emre SAKCI TUR26.7105/219HaiyangQIN CHN26.7511/1210YAMATOOKADOME JPN26.7606/05View Top 26» Similiar to how the leads to the 100 breaststroke performed out, Williamson’s time is the stand-out mark within the subject, as he was practically a full second forward of Gideon Burnes’ 27.44 and Joshua Anderson’s 27.68. In reality the .76 distinction between the highest two is over double the distinction between 2nd and eighth, that means, that competitors will probably be fierce behind Williamson for the silver. Of be aware, third seed Nash Wilkes had a tough swim including .55 to his seed ending 14th total. Women’s Multi Class 200 Individual Medley – Prelims Three swimmers eclipsed the 700-point barrier this morning, with Steph Bruzzese and her 2:33.06 main the way in which. The SM14 athlete earned 739 factors due to her swim and presently sits lower than a second off her entry time of two:32.27. Behind her, however by lower than 25 factors, had been Lake Patterson and Jasmine Fullgrabe, who had been locked in battle within the closing meters, with Patterson charging house to earn the 2nd-most factors this morning, amassing 716 factors due to her time of two:42.29. Men’s 800 Freestyle – Time Final (Early Heats) World Record: 7:32.12 – Zhang Lin (CHN), 2009 Commonwealth Record: 7:37.76 – Samuel Short (AUS), 2023 Australian Record: 7:37.76 – Samuel Short (Rackley), 2023 All-Comers Record: 7:40.39 – Samuel Short (Rackley), 2023 SwimAustralia Qualifying Time: 7:46.36 Top 8: Kim Woomin (V.) (KOR) – 7:53.42 Tomo Shadforth (MIAMI) – 8:02.68 Kyle Lee (NCT) – 8:04.56 Alessio Macri (NCT) – 8:10.88 Harry Hay (MVC) – 8:13.41 Cameron Ricchini (MIAMI) – 8:16.07 Brayden Woodford (ENGA) – 8:17.11 James Smith (DAR) – 8:17.43 Braden Fyneman (UWSC) – 8:18.20 Despite getting into because the 4th seed, Korea’s Kim Woomin was relegated to the preliminary heats of the boys’s 800, as visiting athletes are prevented from swimming within the A-final, regardless of the occasion being a timed ultimate. Kim shortly established himself because the front-runner, opening his race up in 1:54.38, the lone swimmer below 1:58, and the Korean by no means seemed again as he continued to carry 29 highs and 30 lows all through the rest of the race, finally hitting the at 7:53.42, seven seconds off his season finest of seven:46.41 from March’s Korean Nationals. Tomo Shadforth put forth a really sturdy effort to take second within the heats and his new obvious private better of 8:02.68 presently stands because the time to beat. [ad_2] This web page was created programmatically, to learn the article in its authentic location you'll be able to go to the hyperlink bellow: https://swimswam.com/2026-australian-swimming-trials-day-3-prelims-live-recap/and if you wish to take away this text from our web site please contact us