The 2019 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 7 to 12 April 2019 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide , South 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.[ 1] 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials will be held at the Brisbane Aquatics Centre in June 2019 and will be selection trials for the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju , South Korea.[ 2]
This event doubled up as the national trials for the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples , Italy and the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest , Hungary.[ 3]
There was an increase in the number of events contested from 63 to 64 from the 2018 National Championships with addition of the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay.[ 4] IOC announcing in June 2017 that this event as well as the men's 800 m freestyle and the women's 1500 m freestyle events will be added to the Olympic swimming program at the Tokyo 2020 Games .[ 5]
Emily Seebohm chose to miss this meet to participate in the inaugural FINA Champions Swim Series event in Guangzhou , China,[ 6] Thomas Fraser-Holmes was away competing at the Helsinki Swim Meet[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] Mack Horton was forced out due to a shoulder injury.[ 10]
During night three of the championships, Cate Campbell on behalf of Swimming Australia paid tribute to Kenneth To who died a few weeks prior.[ 11]
Defending women's 200 metre backstroke champion Kaylee McKeown was disqualified during the heats of the event. She was permitted to swim a time trial where she stopped the clock at 2:08.56 well ahead of Minna Atherton 's winning time of 2:11.18 in the final.[ 12]
The legends relay was a mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle event swum on the penultimate night of the meet. The team were:
Team Bramham - Andrew Abood , Brooke Hanson , Sam Bramham and Robert van der Zant
Team Klim - Michael Klim , Dimity Douglas , Sally Hunter , Phil Rogers
Team Trickett - Christian Sprenger , Linley Frame , Libby Trickett , Bill Kirby
Team Schipper - Brenton Rickard , Anna McVann , Jessicah Schipper , Craig Stevens The event was won by Team Bramham in a time of 1:47.14, followed by Team Schipper (1:49.72), Team Trickett (1:50.01) and Team Klim (1:52.54).[ 13]
Schedule
Legend
Key
H
½
F
TF
Value
Heats
Semifinals
Final
Timed final
M = Morning session, E = Evening session
Men[ 14]
Date →
7 Apr
8 Apr
9 Apr
10 Apr
11 Apr
12 Apr
Event ↓
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
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
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
Men's multiclass[ 14]
Date →
7 Apr
8 Apr
9 Apr
10 Apr
11 Apr
12 Apr
Event ↓
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
50 m freestyle
H
F
100 m freestyle
H
F
200 m freestyle
H
F
400 m freestyle
H
F
50 m backstroke
H
F
100 m backstroke
H
F
50 m breaststroke
H
F
100 m breaststroke
H
F
50 m butterfly
H
F
100 m butterfly
H
F
200 m individual medley
H
F
Mixed[ 14]
Date →
7 Apr
8 Apr
9 Apr
10 Apr
11 Apr
12 Apr
Event ↓
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
4 × 100 m medley relay
TF
Women[ 14]
Date →
7 Apr
8 Apr
9 Apr
10 Apr
11 Apr
12 Apr
Event ↓
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
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
Women's multiclass[ 14]
Date →
7 Apr
8 Apr
9 Apr
10 Apr
11 Apr
12 Apr
Event ↓
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
50 m freestyle
H
F
100 m freestyle
H
F
200 m freestyle
H
F
400 m freestyle
H
F
50 m backstroke
H
F
100 m backstroke
H
F
50 m breaststroke
H
F
100 m breaststroke
H
F
50 m butterfly
H
F
100 m butterfly
H
F
200 m individual medley
H
F
Mixed multiclass[ 14]
Date →
7 Apr
8 Apr
9 Apr
10 Apr
11 Apr
12 Apr
Event ↓
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
150 m individual medley
TF
Medal winners
The results are below.[ 15]
Mixed events
Mixed multiclass events
Legend: WR – World record ;CR – Commonwealth record ;OR – Oceanian record ;AR – Australian record ;ACR – Australian All Comers record ;Club – Australian Club record ;MR – Meet record
Records broken
During the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.
World records
Australian club records
All Comers records
Championship records
Men's 200 m breaststroke – Matthew Wilson , SOPAC (2:07.16) (final)[ 18]
Men's 50 m butterfly – William Yang , Ravenswood (23.23) (final)[ 21]
Men's 200 m individual medley – Mitch Larkin , St Peters Western (1:56.83) (final)[ 23]
Women's 100 m freestyle – Cate Campbell , Knox Pymble (52.35) (final)[ 9]
Women's 200 m freestyle – Ariarne Titmus , St Peters Western (1:54.30) (final)[ 19]
Women's 400 m freestyle – Ariarne Titmus , St Peters Western (3:59.66) (final)[ 20]
Women's 1500 m freestyle – Kiah Melverton , TSS Aquatic (15:58.09) (final)[ 23]
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay – Ariarne Titmus , Meg Harris , Abbey Harkin , Shayna Jack , St Peters Western (3:36.27) (final)[ 21]
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay – Shayna Jack , Michaela Ryan , Abbey Harkin , Ariarne Titmus , St Peters Western (7:57.03) (final)[ 22]
World Para Swimming Championships team
On 12 April 2019, the team for the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships was announced. 34 members were named with the nine making their international debut.[ 24]
Club points scores
The final club point scores are below. Note: Only the top ten clubs are listed.[ 25]
Overall club point score
Rank
Club
State
Points
1
St Peters Western
Qld
1,596
2
Nunawading
Vic
1,503
3
TSS Aquatic
Qld
1,117
4
Brisbane Grammar
Qld
856
5
USC Spartans
Qld
719
6
UWA-West Coast
WA
678.5
7
Knox Pymble
NSW
621
8
Marion
SA
602.5
9
Rackley
Qld
594
10
Bond
Qld
589
Broadcast
The morning sessions were streamed live on the website of Swimming Australia.[ 26] 7TWO .[ 27] [ 28] Basil Zempilas , Ian Thorpe , Giaan Rooney with poolside interviews conducted by Nathan Templeton .[ 29]
Notes
^ As at the time of the announcement
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