Cam McEvoy, Kyle Chalmers, Kaylee McKeown Headline 40-Strong Aussie Worlds Roster ...Middle East

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2025 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALS

After six days of high-octane racing at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre, a squad of 40-strong pool and open water swimmers was announced by Swimming Australia for this summer’s World Championships.

The lineup includes a strong mix of steely veterans and keen newcomers who will represent the green and gold, with 10 headed to their first senior long course World Championships.

On the older end of the spectrum, 31-year-old Cam McEvoy remarkably qualified for his 7th Worlds appearance.

The father-to-be topped the men’s 50m freestyle podium in a season-best 21.30 to become the #1 swimmer in the world at the moment.

He’ll be joined by also father-to-be Kyle Chalmers who nabbed the 100m free and 50m fly victories while placing as runner-up behind McEvoy in the 50m free.

Olympic multi-gold medalist Kaylee McKeown successfully completed a sweep of the backstroke discipline to earn her spot on the roster, while Olympic teammate Mollie O’Callaghan made the cut in 4 individual events of the 100m free, 200m free, 50m back and 100m back.

O’Callaghan has a chance to become Australia’s most successful World Championships swimmer in history, with her current haul of 8 gold medals approaching Ian Thorpe‘s record-setting bounty of 11.

Lani Pallister was the unofficial MVP of the competition, reaping gold across the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events while also snagging runner-up in the 200m free.

Now training under Dean Boxall at St. Peters Western, 23-year-old Pallister took down Ariarne Titmus‘ Australian national record in the 800m free while also establishing a new Australian and Commonwealth Record to win the 1500m free on the final night of action.

16-year-old Sienna Toohey represents the youngest member of the World Championships squad, courtesy of her 100m breaststroke victory here.

Toohey was emotional after topping the podium in a lifetime best of 1:06.55.

Finally, 20-year-old Olympian Ella Ramsay was another multi-event qualifier, punching her ticket for the women’s 100m/200m breaststroke and 200m/400m IM.

Those left off the Singapore lineup include 28-year-old Olympic medalist Zac Incerti.

In hindsight, Incerti may have miscalculated his racing strategy, as he punched a super solid time of 1:45.80 to lead the men’s 200m freestyle heats, only to withdraw from the final.

He then took on the 100m free where he finished 6th in 48.46 but was left off the roster with several other swimmers already available to contest the men’s 4x100m and 4x200m free relays.

Other past Australian World Championships swimmers who missed making the roster include Olympic champion Shayna Jack and Elizabeth Dekkers.

Jack placed 6th in the 100m free and 5th in the 50m free while Dekkers finished 3rd in the 200m fly.

Dolphins Head Coach Rohan Taylor said of the squad for Singapore, “I am excited by what this team can do over the next four years.

“This is the beginning of the third Olympic campaign I have been the head coach of, and this team has a strong nucleus in place. The end goal is LA … but to be great in LA this very young team, which boasts X rookies,  is going to learn what is needed on the global stage in Singapore,” he said.

“This team is heading to Singapore to gain exposure to international competition … this is the start of our runway. I have watched our pathways develop, and our athletes grow internationally for the past 30 years.

“This is a very balanced program that I know can challenge the very best swimmers in the world. We have to be purposeful about what we do as we don’t have the abundance of numbers of the likes of US and China.

“We have to find the talent like a Sienna Toohey, and these are the stories we love, the ones that inspire Australia through swimming.”

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