Swimming Australia Selects 40-Athlete Roster for World Championships; A Mix of Veterans and Youth
Following six days of competition in Adelaide, Swimming Australia has named a 40-athlete roster that will compete at this summer’s World Championships in Singapore. The squad features a mix of veterans and youth, with Olympic gold medalist Cam McEvoy selected for his seventh edition of the World Champs – an Australian record. McEvoy earned his latest nod with a victory in the 50-meter freestyle, where he clocked a world-leading time of 21.30.
Individual Olympic champions Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O’Callaghan, Kyle Chalmers and Zac Stubblety-Cook will also represent the Dolphins when Worlds gets underway next month and runs into early August. At her last World Championships, McKeown swept the backstroke events, a feat she will try to replicate.
While experience will be a strength for the Aussies, youth will be developed at the global meet.
“I am excited by what this team can do over the next four years,” said head coach Rohan Taylor. “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 10 rookies, is going to learn what is needed on the global stage in Singapore.
“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 U.S. 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.”
| Pool Athletes | Age | Club |
| Abbey Connor | 20 | USC Spartans, QLD |
| Abbey Webb* | 24 | Cruiz, ACT |
| Alex Perkins | 24 | USC Spartans, QLD |
| Ben Goedemans* | 21 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Brad Woodward | 26 | Mingara, NSW |
| Brendon Smith | 24 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Brittany Castelluzzo | 24 | Tea Tree Gully, SA |
| Cam McEvoy | 31 | Somerville House, QLD |
| Charlie Hawke* | 22 | Hunter, NSW |
| David Schlicht | 25 | MLC Aquatic, VIC |
| Ed Sommerville | 20 | Brisbane Grammar, QLD |
| Elijah Winnington | 25 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Ella Ramsay | 20 | Griffith University, QLD |
| Flynn Southam | 20 | Bond, QLD |
| Hannah Casey* | 19 | Bond, QLD |
| Hannah Fredericks* | 22 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Harrison Turner | 21 | Nudgee College, QLD |
| Isaac Cooper | 21 | St Andrew’s, QLD |
| Jamie Perkins | 20 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Jenna Forrester | 22 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Jesse Coleman* | 20 | Bond, QLD |
| Josh Edwards-Smith | 22 | Griffith University, QLD |
| Kai Taylor | 21 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Kaylee McKeown | 23 | USC Spartans, QLD |
| Kyle Chalmers | 26 | Marion, SA |
| Lani Pallister | 23 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Lily Price | 22 | Rackley, QLD |
| Matt Temple | 25 | Marion, SA |
| Max Giuliani | 21 | TSS Aquatic, QLD |
| Meg Harris | 23 | Rackley, QLD |
| Milla Jansen | 18 | Bond, QLD |
| Moesha Johnson | 27 | Miam, QLD |
| Mollie O’Callaghan | 21 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Nash Wilkes* | 23 | Griffith University, QLD |
| Olivia Wunsch | 19 | Carlile, NSW |
| Sam Short | 21 | Rackley, QLD |
| Sienna Toohey* | 16 | Albury, NSW |
| Tara Kinder | 22 | Melbourne Vicentre, VIC |
| William Petric | 20 | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Zac Stubblety-Cook | 26 | Griffith University, QLD |
| Open Water
Athletes |
Age | Club |
| Chelsea Gubecka | 26 | Yeronga Park, QLD |
| Moesha Johnson | 27 | Miami, QLD |
| Kyle Lee | 23 | North Coast, WA |
| Nick Sloman | 27 | Melbourne Vicentre, VIC |
| Tayla Martin* | 26 | Carlile, NSW |
| Thomas Raymond* | 22 | Noosa, QLD |
*Dolphin Rookie
| COACHES | |
| Rohan Taylor | Head Coach |
| Dean Boxall | St Peters Western, QLD |
| Shaun Crow | Nudgee College, QLD |
| Shaun Curtis | Marion, SA |
| Craig Jackson | Melbourne Vicentre, VIC |
| Damien Jones | Rackley, QLD |
| Bobby Jovanovich | Brisbane Boys Grammar, QLD |
| Mel Marshall | Griffith University, QLD |
| Chris Mooney | Bond, QLD |
| Michael Sage | USC Spartans, QLD |
| Craig Stewart | SASI, SA |
| OPEN WATER COACHES | |
| Fernando Possenti | Head Coach |
| Ian Mills | Team Coach |