2023 AUSTRALIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS
- Tuesday, June 13th – Sunday, June 18th
- Prelims at 10 a.m. local (8 p.m. previous day EDT)/Finals at 7 p.m. local (5 a.m. EDT)
- Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Center
- LCM (50m)
- World Championships Selection Criteria
- Meet Central
- Final Start List
- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap / Day 1 Finals Live Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap / Day 2 Finals Live Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Live Recap / Day 3 Finals Live Recap
- Day 4 Prelims Live Recap / Day 4 Finals Live Recap
- Day 5 Prelims Live Recap / Day 5 Finals Live Recap
- Day 6 Prelims Live Recap
- Live Results
- Livestream (9now)
MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – HEATS
- World Record: Cesar Cielo, 20.91 (2009)
- Australian Record: Ashley Callus, 21.19 (2009)
- Commonwealth Record: Ben Proud, 21.11 (2018)
- Swimming Australia QT: 21.83
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 22.12
Top 8 Qualifiers:
- Cameron McEvoy – 21.27
- Isaac Cooper – 22.03
- Thomas Nowakowski – 22.07
- Jamie Jack – 22.16
- Jezze Gorman – 22.21
- Michael Pickett – 22.43
- Flynn Southam – 22.59
- Ashton Brinkworth – 22.60
On Sunday morning at the 2023 Australian World Championship trials, 29-year-old Cameron McEvoy posted a time of 21.27 in the prelims of the 50 free. This swim marks his first personal best in the event since 2016, which was the year that he set his previous best time of 21.44.
Cam McEvoy 21.27 in the heats pic.twitter.com/6DQzWvAYRi
— Nick (@nicktehwalrus) June 18, 2023
He now ties Bruno Fratus and Vlad Morozov as the tenth-fastest performer of all-time in the men’s 100 free, and holds the fastest time in the world this year by 0.29 seconds.
2022-2023 LCM Men 50 Free
McEvoy
21.06
| 2 | Ryan Held | USA | 21.50 | 07/01 |
| 3 | Florent Manaudou | FRA | 21.56 | 06/15 |
| 4 | Jack Alexy | USA | 21.57 | 07/29 |
| 5 | Benjamin Proud | GBR | 21.58 | 07/29 |
McEvoy’s time from Sunday is faster than Ben Proud‘s 21.32 that won gold at the 2022 World Championships, and also beats out Caeleb Dressel‘s 21.29 which topped the 2022 World Rankings. In addition, he also would have been fast enough to win silver at the 2021 Olympics, only behind Dressel’s 21.07 that took gold. He’s now just 0.07 seconds off of Ashley Callus‘ Oceanic record time of 21.19 set back in 2009, though his swim was the fastest than any Australian has been since Callus set the record.
All-Time Top Performers, Men’s 50 Meter Freestyle (LCM):
- Cesar Cielo, Brazil — 20.91 (2009)
- Frederick Bosquet, France — 20.94 (2009)
- Caeleb Dressel, United States — 21.04 (2019/2021)
- Ben Proud, Great Britain — 21.11 (2018)
- Ashley Callus, Australia (2009)/Florent Manadou, France (2015) — 21.19
- None
- George Bovell, Trinidad and Trobajo — 21.20 (2009)
- Alain Bernard, France — 21.23 (2009)
- Amary Leveaux, France — 21.25 (2009)
- Bruno Fratus, Brazil (2017)/Vladmir Morozov (2019)/Cameron McEvoy (2023) — 21.27
Prior to 2023, McEvoy had struggled to return to the form that he was in during 2016, when he broke the Oceanic record in the 100 free in a time of 47.04 and clocked a 21.44 50 free at Australian Olympic trials. He then proceeded to swim significantly slower at the 2016 Olympic Games and never approached his best times for another six years.
However, after not racing at any major meets in 2022, McEvoy started to regain old form in May 2023, swimming a 21.85 free at the 2023 Sydney Open—his fastest 50 free time since 2017. In addition, earlier at Australian trials, he clocked his first personal best since 2016 when he went 23.08 in the 50 fly.
Three typos in the Top10 names
Frederick Bosquet > Bousquet
Florent Manadou > Manaudou
Amary Leveaux > Amaury
Some lost the letter U on their keyboard 🙂
How much bulk did he put on. I heard on the web that he is 20kg heavier? Really?
I thought the same after watching the video. His arms look twice as thicc as they used to.
He watched Chlorine Daddy and thought “…aight Imma do the opposite.”
I have no idea what he’s been doing in training but I assume it’s just “get jacked.”
#1 best approach always.
Isaac Cooper looks like he’s swimming backstroke on his front
Shows up and chokes. Same thing happened after the world was on his hype after the 47.04. Chalmers only male swimmer backing up his statements and in season in recent years.
Not related to this amazing performance (don’t downvote me too hard!), I regularly see Manaudou spelled “Manadou” but this time the “U”s are even missing from Amaury & Bousquet. Some kind of conspiracy against French” U”s?
Aaah, “la disparition” ! Lu, mais il y a un bail.
What’s odd about this guy is that back in the day he used to be a 100/200 swimmer, so leaning towards sprinting endurance rather than pure speed. Now he is a legitimate 50 free sprinter. Who would have thought.
Age and muscle. Some mature late and he’s focusing on 50.
Even further back when I was racing him he was huge in 400 free as well. There were some big boys in the 100/200 that killed the record books but never got anywhere
same as mckeon, they’re also the same age (11 days apart)
So rooting for him to win an individual Championship title!!