Aussie Trials, Day 5, Finals: Mollie O’Callaghan 52.33 and Meg Harris 52.63 Deliver A 1-2 Punch In 100m Freestyle
Two-time world champion Mollie O’Callaghan has powered home to win the much-anticipated women’s 100m freestyle crown at the Australian Trials in Sydney – clocking in 52.33 – the third fastest time in the world this year.
O’Callaghan was out in 25.54 and trailed 50m freestyle world champion Meg Harris (Rackley, QLD) 26.19 and Shayna Jack (St Peters Western, QLD 25.31 at the 50m turn.
But it was Mollie O’s supreme underwater work off the wall that saw her surface alongside Harris and Jack, before powering home to add the 100m to her 200m title earlier in the week.
HAPPY CAMPER: Mollie O’Callaghan..Glasgow here we come. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)
There was no catching O’Calllaghan, leaving the next four swimmers to battle it out for the placings and it was Harris 52.63 (now 5th in the world) who finished second, securing her first individual 100m freestyle start for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
World and Olympic relay gold medallist Jack clocked 52.96 (6th in the world) was third and may still get an individual berth, as she was also under the Australian qualifying time with Alex Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD) a pb of 53.33pb (Equal 8th in the world), fourth; Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 53.47 (14th in the world) fifth – also both under the qualifying time of 53.51.
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MEGA: Meg Harris will contest her first 100m freestyle at a major meet alongside Mollie O in Glasgow. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)
It gives Australia four of the top eight fastest times in the world in another power-packed relay – O’Callaghan, Harris and Jack all part of Australia’s Olympic gold medal-winning team from Paris.
NAILED IT: Shayna Jack all class to finish third inn the 100m freestyle at the Trials Meet in Sydney. Will be joined by brother Jamie in Glasgow. . Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)
Jack joining brother Jamie (second in the 50m freestyle) for Glasgow – emulating the feats of brother and sister act Michael and Emma McKeon who were members of the last team in Glasgow in 2014.
Harris still has the 50m free, tomorrow as does third-placed finisher Jack.
And despite being an Olympic champion and current Australian record holder, Zac Stubblety-Cook who joined Nunawading, VIC under coach Jol Finck just seven weeks ago with partner Ella Ramsay, was tested for a ticket to Glasgow by his former training partner St Peters Western’s Bailey Lello in the 200m breaststroke final.
“There were certainly some nerves but tonight I had a job to do and I got it done,” Stubblety-Cook said.
ZAC ATTACK: Zac Stubblety-Cook getting back to his old self. . Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)
Lello led right from the blocks but with less than 50 metres to go could not hold off a charging Stubblety-Cook determined to defend his Commonwealth Games crown.
Stubblety-Cook touched in 2:08.92, just ahead of Lello (2:09.84) who missed qualifying for what would have been his first senior Dolphins team by half a second. Josh Yong finished third (2:10.31).
Then it was Ramsay’s turn to chase her place for Glasgow and it came down to the last lap with the Paris Olympian snatching her place by a fingernail.
Ramsay sneaking under the 2:24.10 QT in 2:24.04 as she raced to the finish stroke-for-stroke alongsideTara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre) who agonisingly missed the QT in 2:24.22, with 50 and 100m winner Sienna Toohey Albury, NSW) third in 2:25.24.
Ramsay praising Finck and the Nunawading club for revitalising her career and giving her back her love of swimming again.
RAMSAY STREAK: Ella Ramsay has her mojo back. . Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)
2026 Australian Trials and Australian Championships, After 5 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
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
200m
Will Petric (Nunawading, VIC) 1:57.55
Thomas Neill (Rackley, QLD)
Brendon Smith (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:59.11
WOMEN
Freestyle
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 freestyle
Lani Pallister (St Peters Western, QLD) 8:13.41
Molly Walker (Southern Performance, SA) 8:26.01
Tiana Kritzinger (Rackley, QLD) 8:32.60
Backstroke
50m
Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, QLD) 27.13
Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD) 27.19
Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 27.33
100m
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
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
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
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