# 2023 Australian Swimming Trials

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.
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. William Yang also missed the event after undergoing surgery to remove a benign tumour in his spinal canal. 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. Ben Armbruster was a late withdrawal from the meet with a rib injury.
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.

## Schedule

Legend :
| Key | H | ½ | F | TF |
| Value | Heats | Semifinals | Final | Timed final |
M = Morning session, E = Evening session
Men :
| Date → | 13 June | 13 June | 14 June | 14 June | 15 June | 15 June | 16 June | 16 June | 17 June | 17 June | 18 June | 18 June |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | TF | TF | | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | TF | TF | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 50 m butterfly | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
Men Multi-Class :
| Date → | 13 June | 13 June | 14 June | 14 June | 15 June | 15 June | 16 June | 16 June | 17 June | 17 June | 18 June | 18 June |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | TF | | | | | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | TF | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | TF | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | | | TF | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | TF | | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | TF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | TF | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | TF | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | TF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | TF | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | TF | | | | | | | |
Women :
| Date → | 13 June | 13 June | 14 June | 14 June | 15 June | 15 June | 16 June | 16 June | 17 June | 17 June | 18 June | 18 June |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | TF | TF | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | TF | TF |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 50 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
Women Multi-Class :
| Date → | 13 June | 13 June | 14 June | 14 June | 15 June | 15 June | 16 June | 16 June | 17 June | 17 June | 18 June | 18 June |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | TF | | | | | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | TF | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | TF | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | | | TF | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | TF | | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | TF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | TF | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | TF | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | TF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | TF | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | 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.
| 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.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 metre freestyle | 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 | Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA) | 47.44 Q | 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 | Samuel Short Rackley (Qld) | 3:43.38 Q | Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld) | 3:43.48 Q | Mack Horton Griffith University (Qld) | 3:46.71 |
| 800 metre freestyle | Samuel Short Rackley (Qld) | 7:40.39 ACR Q | Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld) | 7:45.75 Q | Matthew Galea SOPAC (NSW) | 7:53.33 |
| 1500 metre freestyle | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Brendon Smith Griffith University (Qld) | 4:10.64 Q | Thomas Neill Rackley (Qld) | 4:15.57 | Thomas Hauck All Saints (Qld) | 4:19.07 |
| WR World record | CR Commonwealth record | OR Oceania record | AR Australian record | ACR Australian All Comers record | Club Australian Club record | MR Meet record |||||| |

### Men multi-class

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 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 | None awarded | None awarded | 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 |
| WR World record | CR Commonwealth record | OR Oceania record | AR Australian record | ACR Australian All Comers record | Club Australian Club record | MR Meet record |||||| |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 metre freestyle | Shayna Jack St Peters Western (Qld) | 24.22 Q | Emma McKeon Griffith University | 24.26 Q | Meg Harris Marion (SA) | 24.30 |
| 100 metre freestyle | Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld) | 52.48 Q | Emma McKeon Griffith University | 52.52 Q | Shayna Jack St Peters Western (Qld) | 52.64 |
| 200 metre freestyle | Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:53.83 Q | Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:54.14 Q | Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld) | 1:56.03 |
| 400 metre freestyle | Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld) | 3:58.47 Q | Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld) | 4:02.43 Q | Kiah Melverton St Peters Western (Qld) | 4:05.05 |
| 800 metre freestyle | Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld) | 8:15.88 Q | Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld) | 8:20.56 Q | Kiah Melverton St Peters Western (Qld) | 8:26.65 |
| 1500 metre freestyle | Lani Pallister Griffith University (Qld) | 15:56.31 Q | 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 | Kaylee McKeown Griffith University (Qld) | 57.50 Q | Mollie O'Callaghan St Peters Western (Qld) | 58.42 Q | Iona Anderson Breakers (WA) | 1:00.05 |
| 200 metre backstroke | 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 | Emma McKeon Griffith University (Qld) | 56.74 Q | Brianna Throssell St Peters Western (Qld) | 57.66 Q | Lily Price Rackley (Qld) | 57.78 |
| 200 metre butterfly | Elizabeth Dekkers Chandler (Qld) | 2:05.26 ACR Q | Abbey Connor Revesby Workers (NSW) | 2:07.61 Q | Brianna Throssell St Peters Western (Qld) | 2:07.68 |
| 200 metre individual medley | Kaylee McKeown Griffith University (Qld) | 2:07.60 Q | Jenna Forrester St Peters Western (Qld) | 2:09.29 Q | Ella Ramsay Chandler (Qld) | 2:11.89 |
| 400 metre individual medley | 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 |
| WR World record | CR Commonwealth record | OR Oceania record | AR Australian record | ACR Australian All Comers record | Club Australian Club record | MR Meet record |||||| |

### Women multi-class

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 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 |
| WR World record | CR Commonwealth record | OR Oceania record | AR Australian record | ACR Australian All Comers record | Club Australian Club record | MR Meet record |||||| |
Highlighted swimmers achieved the qualification time to be included in the team in the respective event.

## Records

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

### All Comers and Championship records

| Event | Name (Previous) | Time (Previous) | Year | Location | Name (New) | Time (New) | 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.
| Men | 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. The commentary team will be led by Matt Welsh, with every heat and final available to be streamed.