2024 Australian Olympic Trials: Day 6 Finals Recap

By Nicole Miller on SwimSwam

2024 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS

Monday, June 10th – Saturday, June 15th
Brisbane Aquatic Center – Brisbane, Australia
Prelims at 11am local/9pm previous day ET; Finals at 7:30pm local/5:30am ET
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Good Morning, Good Evening, and Good Afternoon to wherever you are. It’s the last session, the Final Countdown, if you will, of the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials. After tonight, we should know everyone who has been nominated to take the trip to Paris.

It’ll be an interesting session as we start with the shortest event on the women’s program and end with the longest. Starting us off is the Women’s 50 free, where Shayna Jack will have the middle lane tonight. Her time this morning, 24.02, represented the second fastest time of her career, with her best standing only being .01 faster. For reference, she won the silver medal at the 2023 World Champs in the 50 free in 24.10.

With her swim this morning, Jack improved upon her previous season’s best of 24.09 but remains the fourth fastest in the world.

If she could drop a little more tonight, she could enter the rarefied sub-24:00 territory. Looking to chase Jack down are Meg Harris and Bronte Campbell. Harris had a great 100 prelims swim, qualifying first into finals, but faltered in the final, adding time and placing 3rd. Harris will be looking for her first individual berth at an Olympics after having won two medals for her relay contributions.

Having a resurgence, the 3rd seed for tonight is Bronte Campbell, the younger sister of Cate Campbell. C2’s prelim time of 24.56 was under the Swim Australia Qualifying time of 24.67, but must first pass Harris. As for C1, this represents her last chance of making her 5th Olympic team. Campbell has a season-best of 24.10 but has reportedly been dealing with illness.

The last event swings completely in the opposite direction as Lani Pallister will look to add another event to her 400 and 800 free as well as her expected 4×200 free relay berth. Moesha Johnson is the only other swimmer with an entry time under the standard, and, as the 6th place finisher at the 2023 World Champs, she should be in good stead to book her ticket to Paris.

Sandwiched between the two events are the men’s and women’s 400 IM and the men’s 100 fly. Australian Record holder Brendon Smith took things easy this morning, cruising into tonight’s final in a 4:21.84, 11 seconds slower than his seed. Taking top billing ahead of him this evening will be Will Petric. Petric won the 200 IM but was .31 off the qualifying cut, so will be looking to push it tonight.

The women’s 400 IM tonight will be led by 2023 bronze medalist Jenna Forrester. Forrester has struggled a little this meet, having an off-200 IM on day one and never really getting it going from there. She was 4:43.53 this morning and has a personal best well under the Qualifying time, but she will need to ensure that she’s firing on all cylinders. On the other hand, Ella Ramsay, who got the better of Forrester in the 200 IM, is qualified in second and will look to add another event to her growing list.

With the absence of Kyle Chalmers from this morning’s prelims, the 100 fly feels more open, especially considering that .32 is all that separates 1st from 5th. Leading the charge is Matt Temple, who entered as the # 1 seed but must feel some pressure as Ben Armbruster, Jesse Coleman, Shaun Champion, and Cody Simpson are in such close striking distance.

WOMEN’S 50 FREE – Finals

World Record – 23.61, Sarah Sjostrom, 2023
Australian Record – 23.78, Cate Campbell, 2018
Oceanian Record – 23.78, Cate Campbell, 2018
Commonwealth Record – 23.78, Cate Campbell, 2018
All Comers Record – 23.78, Cate Campbell, 2018
Swim Australia OQT – 24.67

MEN’S 400 IM – Finals

World Record – 4:02.50, Leon Marchand, 2023
Australian Record – 4:09.27, Brendon Smith, 2021
Oceanian Record – 4:08.70, Lewis Clareburt, 2022
Commonwealth Record – 4:08.70, Lewis Clareburt, 2022
All Comers Record – 4:06.22, Michael Phelps, 2007
Swim Australia OQT – 4:12.50

Top 8:

WOMEN’S 400 IM – Finals

World Record – 4:24.38, Summer McIntosh, 2024
Australian Record – 4:28.22, Kaylee McKeown, 2024
Oceanian Record – 4:28.22, Kaylee McKeown, 2024
Commonwealth Record – 4:24.38, Summer McIntosh, 2024
All Comers Record – 4:28.22, Kaylee McKeown, 2024
Swim Australia OQT – 4:38.53

MEN’S 100 FLY – Finals

World Record – 49.45, Caeleb Dressel, 2021
Australian Record – 50.25, Matthew Temple, 2023
Oceanian Record – 50.25, Matthew Temple, 2023
Commonwealth Record – 50.06, Joshua Liendo, 2024
All Comers Record – 50.45, Matthew Temple, 2021
Swim Australia OQT – 51.17

Top 8:

WOMEN’S 1500 FREE – Fastest Heats

World Record –15:20.48, Katie Ledecky, 2018
Australian Record – 15:46.13, Madeleine Gough, 2021
Oceanian Record – 15:40.14, Lauren Boyle, 2015
Commonwealth Record – 15:40.14, Lauren Boyle, 2015
All Comers Record – 15:28.36, Katie Ledecky, 2014
Swim Australia OQT – 16:01.95

Top 8:

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