2026 AUSTRALIAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
We saw day two of the 2026 Australian Short Course Championships unfold from the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, with the four-day competition representing the primary opportunity for swimmers to qualify for this year’s Short Course World Championships.
Multiple swimmers doubled up with events from the first day of racing, which is a positive scenario given that Swimming Australia has set its roster cap for Beijing at a relatively small number of 24 athletes. That’s the same roster size Australia carried into the 2024 edition of the Short Course World Championships, with the likes of Lani Pallister, Alex Perkins and Ed Sommerville already repeating with Beijing-worthy performances this time around.
We’ll continue to monitor those who notch qualification times in combination with placing among the top two positions in each event as this competition continues to progress.
Swimmers with SC Worlds Qualifying Times and Top Two Finishes Through Day Two
- Lani Pallister – women’s 200m free (1:51.99), 1500m free (15:18.68)
- Brittany Castelluzzo – women’s 200m free (1:53.07)
- Ed Sommerville – men’s 200m free (1:40.16), 100m free (46.06)
- Marcus Da Silva – men’s 200m free (1:41.91)
- Iona Anderson – women’s 100m back (55.57), 200m back (2:03.00)
- Mark Nikolaev – men’s 100m back (49.79)
- Alex Perkins – women’s 50m fly (24.78)
- Ben Armbruster – men’s 50m fly (21.90)
- Sam Short – men’s 800m free (7:25.55)
- Jenna Forrester – women’s 200m back (2:04.17), 400m IM (4:28.39)
- Stuart Swinburn – men’s 200m back (1:50.81)
- Olivia Wunsch – women’s 100m free (51.72)
- Flynn Southam – men’s 100m free (45.61)
- Amelie Smith – women’s 400m IM (4:30.87)
- William Petric – men’s 400m IM (3:59.27)
