2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS
- Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
- Brisbane Aquatic Centre
- LCM
- Meet Site
- Swimming Australia 2019 World Championships – Selection Policy
- Start List
- Heat Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream
SwimSwam Preview – General Start Lists Preview
SwimSwam Preview – Mack Horton’s Events
SwimSwam Preview – Maddie Groves Opts Out of 200 Fly
SwimSwam Preview – Jack Cartwright in 1500
SwimSwam Preview – Chalmers Adds 100 Fly
The 2019 Swimming Australia World Trials kick-off this weekend, not to be mistaken for the Australian National Championships, which already took place this past April.
The 6-day Trials meet taking place June 9th-14th at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre is the sole competition qualifying Australian swimmers for this summer’s World Championships in Gwangju, Korea. Per the official selection policy, the 1st and 2nd placed athletes in each Olympic event will be eligible for selection, provided they meet or exceed the minimum time standards included in the grid at the bottom of this post.
The team size is capped at 52 athletes – 26 males and 26 females, but the reality is that 40 or so athletes will most likely make up the squad.
Per Aussie Head Coach Jacco Verhaeharen, the philosophy for the nation’s QTs means that a swimmer’s time should be able to qualify him/her for a final at a World Championshps. Therefore, the QTs are set to the top 8 of the previous World Championships.
We already published several previews with highlighted schedules of key swimmers, but here are additional event lineups for Aussies to watch as the meet unfolds.
Men
- Kyle Chalmers – 50m/100m/200m free; 100m fly
- James Roberts – 50m/100m free
- Cameron McEvoy – 50m/100m/200m free
- Alex Graham – 100m/200m free
- Mack Horton – 200m/400m/800m free
- Mitch Larkin – 100m/200m back; 200m IM/400m IM
- William Yang – 100m back; 50m/100m free; 100m fly
- Elijah Winnington – 50m/100m/200m/400m/800m free; 100m/200m fly
- Grant Irvine – 100m/200m fly
- David Morgan – 100m/200m fly
- Jack McLoughlin– 200m/400m/800m/1500m free
- Matthew Wilson– 100m/200m breast
- Joshua Parrish – 400m/800m free
- Jack Cartwright – 1500m free
- Thomas Hauck (16) – 200m back; 200m/400m IM
- Thomas Neill (16) – 400m/800m free
- James Byliss (15) – 100m back; 100m fly
- Aleksandr Bell (17) – 200m free; 200m IM/400m IM; 100m/200m breast
Women
- Cate Campbell – 50m/100m free
- Bronte Campbell – 50m/100m free
- Emily Seebohm – 100m/200m back; 100m breast; 100m free
- Emma McKeon – 50m/100m/200m free; 100m fly
- Ariarne Titmus – 200m/400m/800m free
- Shayna Jack – 50m/100m/200m free
- Brianna Throssell – 100m/200m free; 100m/200m fly
- Maddie Groves – 100m free; 100m fly
- Madi Wilson – 100m back; 50m/100m/200m free
- Leah Neale – 50m/100m/200m/400m free
- Maddie Gough – 200m/400m/800m/1500m free
- Minna Atherton – 100m/200m back
- Kaylee McKeown (17) – 100m/200m back; 100m/200m free; 200m IM
- Taylor McKeown – 100m/200m breast
- Jenna Strauch – 100m/200m breast
- Abbey Harkin – 100m/200m breast; 200m free; 200m/400m IM
- Blair Evans – 200m/400m IM
- Kiah Melverton – 200m/400m/800m/1500m free
- Kareena Lee – 200m/1500m free
- Mikkayla Sheridan – 100m/200m/400m free; 100m/200m fly; 200m back
- Lani Pallister (17) – 200m/400m/800m/1500m free
- Gabriella Peiniger (17) – 100m fly; 200m IM; 100m back; 200m free
- Mollie O’Callaghan (15) – 50m/100m free; 100m/200m back
“The philosophy for the nation’s QTs means that a swimmer’s time should be able to qualify him/her for a final at a World Championshps. Therefore, the QTs are set to the top 8 of the previous World Championships”. Meaning the top 8 out of semifinals, I assume? Otherwise, it’s wrong.
Should be some some fast swimming!
Im really glad they ditched the semi finals format.. it really didn’t work for Australian circumstances in terms of depth. Hard racing between prelims and finals is what they needed for international standards (ie swim fast from the get-go to make the finals)
Exactly, for a country like ours, the semis gave swimmers the ability to take it easy in the prelims.
Now to just get rid of them at World/Olympic level !! Without them clogging up the program, you would conceivably have the space to then bring in the form-stroke 50s to Olympics. Intl swimming coped quite well without them during the 80’s & much of the 90s. It would certainly bring it home very explicitly to “bring your A game in the heats” or you’re watching the finals from the sidelines.
Agree wholeheartedly commonwombat. My brain switches off whilst watching semis
Emily has not swum a 100 breast since forever . I did wonder what she would do 100 lc with the 30.1 s/c .so thanks for taking ashot at it . Also, Kaylee in tbe 200 free is interesting . That squad trains good 200 free & shedidcome 2nd at sc nationals . . She’s listed as 2..02 or something & coach must think she has potential there/ showing good times in,practice .
Im more watching as to how the gaps will be filled for Tokyo . . I have a few potentials in mind . Plus another KL vs AT ‘ competition’ . This is exciting as its the 1st time for 5 years anything like this was… Read more »
No Stubblety-Cook?
He’s on the start lists for 100 and 200 breast but mustn’t have been deemed important enough to note in the article.
Meant to be highlights; can’t possibly include every swimmer.
A 2.07 isn’t worth a mention?
Also Josh Edwards-Smith age 16 and ranked 4th in 200 back with a 1.57.82 from age champs in April .
Jack Cartwright update?
Australian media is reporting that his camp says his entries will be changed, however, no new psych sheet has been released. So, we’ll just have to wait and see.
Thanks.
What I’d like to know is how the head coaches at Swimming Australia didn’t notice his absence from his primary events given his importance to the team. Seems like a failure at multiple levels.
It does help to enter & turnup at meets to get the little things correct like right event . Even the club secretary may have forgotten as that was he only event he swam since April 18 ?
I seriously doubt he was forgotten at his club or by head coaches at Swimming Australia if he hasn’t been forgotten by commenters at Swimswam. People noticed his absence here immediately.
Some have been mindful of his heart health & that he may only be doing aerobic work this year . That would be a logical conclusion .to non appearance .