{"id":614429,"date":"2025-06-08T19:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=614429"},"modified":"2025-06-09T04:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T11:45:13","slug":"australian-trials-day-1-prelims-alex-perkins-flying-start-in-the-100m-butterfly-with-a-world-championship-qualifier-of-56-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-trials-day-1-prelims-alex-perkins-flying-start-in-the-100m-butterfly-with-a-world-championship-qualifier-of-56-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Trials, Day 1 Prelims: Alex Perkins\u2019 Flying Start In 100 Fly With World Championship Qualifier of 56.78"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Australian Trials, Day 1 Prelims: Alex Perkins\u2019 Flying Start In 100 Fly With World Championship Qualifier of 56.78<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queensland rising star <strong>Alex Perkins<\/strong> has given the 2025 Australian Swimming Trials a flying start in Adelaide today, with a World Championship qualifier and a personal best time of 56.78 , the women\u2019s 100m butterfly &#8211; the first preliminary heat of the opening session.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was Perkins\u2019 her first time under 57 seconds, the fifth fastest time in the world for 2025 and the fifth fastest time by an Australian. She&#8217;s the sixth Australian under 57 seconds and is well under the World Championship qualifying time for Singapore of 57.90.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-swimming-trials-how-to-watch-live-full-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Trials Meet Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/liveresults.swimming.org.au\/sal\/2025Trials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Trials Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> (55.72), <strong>Jessicah Schipper<\/strong> (56.23), <strong>Libby Trickett<\/strong> (56.73) and <strong>Brianna Throssell<\/strong> (56.77) have swum faster than 24-year-old Perkins (USC Spartans, QLD).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second fastest qualifier, <strong>Lily Price<\/strong> (Rackley, QLD), also clocked a World Championship qualifying time of 57.78, with Paris Olympian <strong>Olivia Wunsch<\/strong> (Carlile, NSW) returning to competition from glandular fever the third fastest in 58.50.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Top five in the world for 2025 are: <strong>Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> (USA) 56.60, <strong>Angelina Kohler<\/strong> (GER)\u00a0 56.42, <strong>Torri Huske<\/strong> (USA) 56.59,<strong> Mizuki Kirai<\/strong> (JPN) 56.74, <strong>Alex Perkins <\/strong>(AUS) 56.78 and <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> (USA) 56.85.<\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s 400m freestyle heats saw Paris Olympian and 2023 world champion <strong>Sam Short<\/strong> (Rackley, QLD) continue his return to competition in 2025, clocking the second fastest time of the year in the 400m freestyle, clocking a time of 3:43.21 &#8211; beaten only bye Lukas Martens&#8217; world record of 3:39.96 &#8211; a time that would have won him the US Nationals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0Event 1\u00a0 Women 13 &amp; Over 100 LC Metre Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">==================================================================<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 World: W 54.60\u00a0 3\/05\/2025 GRETCHEN WALSH, USA<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Commonwealth: C 55.59\u00a0 27\/07\/2021MARGARET MACNEIL, CAN<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Australian: A 55.72\u00a0 27\/07\/2021EMMA MCKEON, GRIFFITH UNI<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Allcomers: ! 55.93\u00a0 12\/06\/2021EMMA MCKEON, GRIFFITH UNI<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>SA QT: Q 57.90<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 === Preliminaries ===\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 1 PERKINS, ALEXANDRIA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24 USCSPARTANS QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 56.78Q<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a026.55\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 56.78 (30.23)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 2 PRICE, LILY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22 RACKLEY QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 57.78Q<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 26.66\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 57.78 (31.12)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 3 WUNSCH, OLIVIA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19 CARLILE\u00a0 NSW\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.50<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 27.30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.50 (31.20)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 4 GRANT, BELLA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20 TRINITY GRAMMAR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.54<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a027.70\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.54 (30.84)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 5 DEKKERS, ELIZABETH\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21 ST PETERS QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.65<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a027.70\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.65 (30.95)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 6 CASTELLUZZO, BRITTANY\u00a0 24 TEA TREE GULLY SA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.67<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=\u00a0 27.70\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.67 (30.97)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 7 CONNOR, ABBEY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20 USCSPARTRANS QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.79<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a027.43\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.79 (31.36)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 8 CRIMMINS, JOSEPHINE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20 SOMERSET QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.92<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 27.34\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58.92 (31.58)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>AUSTRALIAN ALL-TIME TOP TEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>100 Metres Butterfly (World Record 54.60 Gretchen Walsh)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">55.72 Emma McKeon, Tokyo 26.07.21<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">56.23 Jessicah Schipper, Rome 27.07.09<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">56.73 Lisbeth Trickett, Beijing 11.08.08<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">56.77 Brianna Throssell, Gold Coast 17.04.24<\/p>\n<p><strong>56.78 Alex Perkins Adelaide 9.06.25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">56.85 Alicia Coutts, London 28.07.12<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57.08 Madeline Groves, Adelaide 08.04.16<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57.36 Petria Thomas 1975 Sydney 28.03.04<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57.60 Felicity Galvez 1985 Barcelona 10.06.08<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57.67 Stephanie Rice 1988 Sydney 20.03.09<\/p>\n<h4>Women&#8217;s 400 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Paris Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay gold medallist and 2023 World Short Course champion <strong>Lani Pallister, <\/strong>now at St Peters Western, QLD under new coach <strong>Dean B0xall,<\/strong> coasted into tonight&#8217;s final, under the World Championship qualifying time with her 4:05.63. SPW teammate and Olympic finalist <strong>Jamie Perkins<\/strong> was second fastest in 4:10.66, and Amelia Weber was third in 4:10.98.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Event 6\u00a0 Women 13 &amp; Over 400 LC Metre Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">==================================================================<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 World: 3:54.18 07\/06\/2025 SUMMER MCINTOSH, CAN<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Commonwealth: \u00a03:54.18 \u00a007\/06\/2025 SUMMER MCINTOSH, CAN<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Australian: \u00a03:55.38\u00a0 23\/07\/2023ARIARNE TITMUS, AUS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0All-comers: 3:55.44\u00a0 10\/06\/2024ARIARNE TITMUS, SPW<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SA QT: Q 4:10.23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 === Preliminaries ===\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 1 PALLISTER, LANI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23 STPETERS QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:05.63Q<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27.61\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 57.48 (29.87)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:27.87 (30.39)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:58.65 (30.78)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:30.35 (31.70)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:02.40 (32.05)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:34.09 (31.69)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:05.63 (31.54)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 2 PERKINS, JAMIE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20 STPETERS QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:10.66<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28.06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59.10 (31.04)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:30.49 (31.39)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:02.16 (31.67)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:34.40 (32.24)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:06.70 (32.30)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:38.98 (32.28)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:10.66 (31.68)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 3 WEBER, AMELIA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19 STPETERS QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:10.98<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28.11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59.05 (30.94)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:30.41 (31.36)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:02.42 (32.01)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:33.56 (31.14)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:06.07 (32.51)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:38.23 (32.16)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:10.98 (32.75)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 4 WALKER, MOLLY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19 SOPE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04:11.86<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28.86\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59.59 (30.73)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:31.63 (32.04)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:03.43 (31.80)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:35.62 (32.19)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:07.77 (32.15)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:40.36 (32.59)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:11.86 (31.50)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 5 NEALE, LEAH\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29 RACKLEY QLD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:13.25<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28.59\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:00.41 (31.82)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:32.01 (31.60)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:04.39 (32.38)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2:36.46 (32.07)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:08.93 (32.47)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:41.29 (32.36)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:13.25 (31.96)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 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