2021 Australian Swimming Championships

The 2021 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 14 to 18 April 2021 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Following Australia's performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics where 29 medals were won and finishing 10th on the medal tally, Swimming Australia announced in the February 2017 that the timing of the selection trials would be modified. Historically, the trials were held in April several months before the Olympics were held. This will be now changed to follow the American model where the trials are held six weeks before. The 2021 Australian Swimming Trials were then held at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre from 12 to 17 June and will be selection trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

With the 2020 Australian Championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Swimming Australia released the 2021 swimming competition calendar in July 2020. In September 2020, it was announced that Gold Coast would be hosting the event. This meet followed the structure of the Olympic program with heats in the evenings and finals in the morning. This follows the prescient set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where broadcaster NBC demanded this change so that the finals will be shown on primetime in the United States.

The event was held in a 10-lane pool with 10 lanes being used. This meant that two non-Australian swimmers could progress through the final. With the exception of the distance events, the heats were swum in reverse order with the fastest seeded heat first. Three finals for each event were held – men's 18–19 years, men's 21–21 years, women's 17–18 years, women's 19–20 years and men's and women's open.

There were no major withdrawals from the event with the exception of 2016 Olympian Georgia Bohl who pulled out due to a knee injury. During the Day 2 heats session, Mitch Larkin was disqualified in the heats of the 100 metre backstroke for a false start. Kyle Chalmers won the 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle events, defending his titles from 2019. By taking out the 50 metre butterfly event, Holly Barratt at the age of 33 became the oldest female Australian champion eclipsing the silver medallist from the 1912 Olympics Mina Wylie. Singer, songwriter Cody Simpson made his return to competitive swimming, reaching the final of the 50 metre butterfly event.

Schedule

M = Morning session, E = Evening session

+Men Date → 14 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 18 Apr Event ↓ – E M E M E M E M – 50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 800 m freestyle TF TF 1500 m freestyle TF TF 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 200 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 200 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 200 m butterfly H F 200 m individual medley H F 400 m individual medley H F 4 × 100 m freestyle relay TF 4 × 200 m freestyle relay TF 4 × 100 m medley relay TF +Mixed Date → 14 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 18 Apr Event ↓ – E M E M E M E M – 4 × 100 m medley relay TF

+Women Date → 14 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 18 Apr Event ↓ – E M E M E M E M – 50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 800 m freestyle TF TF 1500 m freestyle TF TF 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 200 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 200 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 200 m butterfly H F 200 m individual medley H F 400 m individual medley H F 4 × 100 m freestyle relay TF 4 × 200 m freestyle relay TF 4 × 100 m medley relay TF

Medal winners The medallist for the open events are below.

Men's events 50 m freestyle Kyle ChalmersMarion (SA) 22.30 Maxim Lobanovszkij 22.43 Jack CartwrightSt Peters Western (Qld) 22.47 100 m freestyle Kyle ChalmersMarion (SA) 48.04 Jack CartwrightSt Peters Western (Qld) 48.81 Louis TownsendRackley (Qld) 49.10 200 m freestyle Kyle ChalmersMarion (SA) 1:47.03 Alexander GrahamBond (Qld) 1:47.47 Elijah WinningtonSt Peters Western (Qld) 1:47.55 400 m freestyle Elijah WinningtonSt Peters Western (Qld) 3:45.69 Thomas NeillRackley (Qld) 3:46.35 Brendon SmithNunawading (Vic) 3:51.04 800 m freestyle Thomas NeillRackley (Qld) 7:51.65 Jack McLoughlinChandler (Qld) 7:59.33 Nicholas SlomanNoosa (Qld) 8:00.68 1500 m freestyle Nicholas SlomanNoosa (Qld) 15:02.19 Thomas NeillRackley (Qld) 15:07.23 Jack McLoughlinChandler (Qld) 15:20.95 50 m backstroke Mitch LarkinSt Peters Western (Qld) 24.75 Andrew RiceSt Andrew's (Qld) 25.87 Jye CornwellYeronga Park (Qld) 26.00 100 m backstroke Tristan HollardSouthport Olympic (Qld) 54.83 Bradley WoodwardMingara (NSW) 55.34 Thomas HauckAll Saints Gold Coast (Qld) 55.69 200 m backstroke Tristan HollardSouthport Olympic (Qld) 1:56.40 Ty HartwellChandler (Qld) 1:58.73 Bradley WoodwardMingara (NSW) 1:58.76 50 m breaststroke Matthew WilsonSOPAC (NSW) 27.55 Jake PackardUSC Spartans (Qld) 27.76 James McKechnieStarplex (SA) 28.00 100 m breaststroke Zac Stubblety-CookChandler (Qld) 59.87 Matthew WilsonSOPAC (NSW) 1:00.27 Jake PackardUSC Spartans (Qld) 1:00.87 200 m breaststroke Zac Stubblety-CookChandler (Qld) 2:08.28 Matthew WilsonSOPAC (NSW) 2:09.44 Daniel CaveMelbourne Vicentre (Vic) 2:14.22 50 m butterfly Shaun ChampionAbbotsleigh (NSW) 23.94 William YangLoreto Normanhurst (NSW) 24.08 Edward MarksCarlile (NSW) 24.25 100 m butterfly Matthew TempleNunawading (Vic) 51.83 Shaun ChampionAbbotsleigh (NSW) 53.01 Bowen GoughNunawading (Vic) 53.01 200 m butterfly Bowen GoughNunawading (Vic) 1:57.08 Matthew TempleNunawading (Vic) 1:57.92 David MorganTSS Aquatic (Qld) 1:58.87 200 m IM Mitch LarkinSt Peters Western (Qld) 1:56.74 Louis TownsendRackley (Qld) 2:02.98 Thomas HauckAll Saints Gold Coast (Qld) 2:03.23 400 m IM Brendon SmithNunawading (Vic) 4:15.48 Elliott RogersonNunawading (Vic) 4:21.09 Thomas HauckAll Saints Gold Coast (Qld) 4:21.17 4 × 100 m freestyle relay SOPAC A (NSW)Tomas Kapocius (51.00)Joshua Hertz (49.87)Joshua Simat (51.07)Angus McDonald (50.38) 3:22.32 Nunawading A (Vic)Matthew Temple (49.18)Bowen Gough (50.96)Elliot Rogerson (50.73)Brendon Smith (51.57) 3:22.44 TSS Aquatic A (Qld)Cameron McEvoy (50.52)David Morgan (50.94)Grayson Bell (51.73)Zach Maher (50.04) 3:23.23 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Sydney University A (NSW)Daniel Perez (1:53.16)James Koch (1:49.12)Ryan Wilkes (1:51.44)Jack Wilson (1:55.68) 7:29.40 Nunawading A (Vic)Matthew Temple (1:49.45)Silas Harris (1:52.63)Elliot Rogerson (1:56.51)Brendon Smith (1:53.40) 7:31.99 TSS Aquatic A (Qld)Cameron McEvoy (1:54.26)Kai Edwards (1:54.00)David Morgan (1:52.12)Zach Maher (1:51.82) 7:32.20 4 × 100 m medley relay TSS Aquatic A (Qld)Connor O'Neill (58.78)Grayson Bell (1:03.57)David Morgan (52.91)Zach Maher (49.55) 3:44.81 Moreton Bay A (Qld)Conor Daff (57.40)Josh Hardess (1:03.10)Peter Mills (54.23)Alexander Grant (51.39) 3:46.12 Nunawading A (Vic)Will Sharp (58.03)Calvin Reed (1:03.33)Ryan Bicknell (57.63)Nicholas Wu (50.94) 3:49.93

Women's events 50 m freestyle Cate CampbellKnox Pymble (NSW) 24.28 Emma McKeonGriffith University (Qld) 24.39 Bronte CampbellKnox Pymble (NSW) 24.75 100 m freestyle Emma McKeonGriffith University (Qld) 52.49 Cate CampbellKnox Pymble (NSW) 52.85 Madison WilsonMarion (SA) 53.56 200 m freestyle Ariarne TitmusSt Peters Western (Qld) 1:55.43 Madison WilsonMarion (SA) 1:56.26 Brianna ThrossellUWA West Coast (WA) 1:57.29 400 m freestyle Ariarne TitmusSt Peters Western (Qld) 4:01.34 Leah NealeChandler (Qld) 4:08.26 Kareena LeeNoosa (Qld) 4:09.23 800 m freestyle Ariarne TitmusSt Peters Western (Qld) 8:23.13 Madeleine GoughTSS Aquatic (Qld) 8:25.24 Kiah MelvertonTSS Aquatic (Qld) 8:32.84 1500 m freestyle Madeleine GoughTSS Aquatic (Qld) 16:00.18 Kareena LeeNoosa (Qld) 16:08.28 Kiah MelvertonTSS Aquatic (Qld) 16:12.43 50 m backstroke Kaylee McKeownUSC Spartans (Qld) 27.45 MR Emily SeebohmGriffith University (Qld) 27.94 Madison WilsonMarion (SA) 28.13 100 m backstroke Kaylee McKeownUSC Spartans (Qld) 58.60 Emily SeebohmGriffith University (Qld) 59.22 Jessica UnicombGriffith University (Qld) 1:01.32 200 m backstroke Emily SeebohmGriffith University (Qld) 2:07.46 Jessica UnicombGriffith University (Qld) 2:13.27 Tahlia ThorntonRackley (Qld) 2:16.97 50 m breaststroke Chelsea HodgesSouthport Olympic (Qld) 30.20 ACR, MR Tessa WallaceUSC Spartans (Qld) 31.22 Abbey HarkinSt Peters Western (Qld) 31.43 100 m breaststroke Chelsea HodgesSouthport Olympic (Qld) 1:07.14 Abbey HarkinSt Peters Western (Qld) 1:07.27 Zoe DeaconNunawading (Vic) 2:27.20 200 m breaststroke Abbey HarkinSt Peters Western (Qld) 2:25.26 Jenna StrauchBond (Qld) 2:25.54 Jessica HansenCruiz (ACT) 1:07.41 50 m butterfly Holly BarrattRockingham (WA) 25.75 Madison WilsonMarion (SA) 26.92 Sasha Touretski 27.16 100 m butterfly Emma McKeonGriffith University (Qld) 56.44 MR Brianna ThrossellUWA West Coast (WA) 57.76 Alexandria PerkinsUSC Spartans (Qld) 59.01 200 m butterfly Brianna ThrossellUWA West Coast (WA) 2:07.20 Elizabeth DekkersNewmarket Racers (Qld) 2:07.82 Meg BaileyHunter (NSW) 2:09.72 200 m IM Kaylee McKeownUSC Spartans (Qld) 2:09.78 Tessa WallaceUSC Spartans (Qld) 2:13.14 Meg BaileyHunter (NSW) 2:13.29 400 m IM Jenna ForresterSt Peters Western (Qld) 4:39.46 Meg BaileyHunter (NSW) 4:39.59 Blair EvansUWA West Coast (WA) 4:48.73 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Nunawading A (Vic)Kayla Costa (56.67)Isabel Ekelmans (56.34)Gabriella Peiniger (56.49)Julia Hawkins (55.67) 3:45.17 Nudgee College A (Qld)Brittany Courtney (57.64)Mikayla Messer (56.69)Nicole Sanders (57.98)Charlotte Mitchell (58.02) 3:50.33 TSS Aquatic A (Qld)Kiah Melverton (56.49)Alice Stuart (1:00.06)Tanya Stovgaard (57.16)Laura Taylor (57.26) 3:50.97 4 × 200 m freestyle relay TSS Aquatic A (Qld)Kiah Melverton (1:59.85)Laura Taylor (2:04.12)Moesha Johnson (2:01.59)Madeleine Gough (2:00.83) 8:06.39 Nunawading A (Vic)Isabel Ekelmans (2:04.18)Kayla Costa (2:02.19)Gabriella Peiniger (2:02.88)Chanelle Underwood (2:05.33) 8:14.58 Nudgee College A (Qld)Mikayla Messer (1:59.82)Jade Starr (2:05.81)Charlotte Mitchell (2:04.28)Jessica Mouatt (2:08.26) 8:18.17 4 × 100 m medley relay Marion A (SA)Madison Wilson (1:00.73)Leiston Pickett (1:08.83)Ellysia Oldsen (1:01.31)Bethan Mounfield (54.85) 4:05.72 Nunawading A (Vic)Olivia Lefoe (1:04.71)Mikayla Smith (1:08.94)Gabriella Peiniger (1:02.17)Isabel Ekelmans (56.86) 4:12.68 TSS Aquatic A (Qld)Tanya Stovgaard (1:04.27)Kiah Melverton (1:11.81)Alice Stuart (1:01.17)Laura Taylor (57.08) 4:14.33

Mixed events 4 × 100 m medley relay Nunawading A (Vic)Olivia Lefoe (1:04.22)Zoe Deacon (1:08.91)Bowen Gough (52.71)Nicholas Wu (51.18) 3:57.02 Nunawading B (Vic)Will Sharp (57.06)Calvin Reed (1:03.29)Gabriella Peiniger (1:01.68)Julia Hawkins (55.78) 3:57.81 TSS Aquatic A (Qld)Cameron McEvoy (58.27)Grayson Bell (1:03.70)Alice Stuart (1:01.68)Laura Taylor (57.47) 4:00.14

Legend:

Records broken During the 2021 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.

All Comers and Championship records Women's 50 m breaststroke – Chelsea Hodges, Southport Olympic (30.20) (final) Women's 100 m butterfly – Emma McKeon, Griffith University (56.44) (final)

Club points scores The final club point scores are below. Note: Only the top ten clubs are listed.

Overall club point score Rank Club State Points 1 Nunawading Vic 1,890.5 2 St Peters Western Qld 1,432 3 Rackley Qld 1,048.50 4 TSS Aquatic Qld 860 5 Griffith University Qld 815.5 6 St Andrew's Qld 677 7 USC Spartans Qld 598 8 Chandler Qld 547 9 UWA West Coast WA 526.5 10 Marion SA 492.5

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