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2026 VICTORIAN OPEN LC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, February 13th – Sunday, February 15th Melbourne Sports Centres (MSAC) Outdoor Pool LCM (50m) Meet Central Psych Sheet SwimSwam Preview Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap Live ResultsThe 2026 Victorian Open Long Course Championships concluded tonight at the Melbourne Sports Centres (MSAC) outdoor pool with additional competition records biting the dust.
Although not a qualifying competition, this 3-day affair is an important benchmark on the way to the all-important Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships selection meet, the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials on the calendar for June 7th – June 13th in Sydney.
25-year-old Brittany Castelluzzo of Tea Tree Gully put on a show across two events, winning the women’s 200m butterfly and 200m freestyle races.
First in the 200m fly, Castelluzzo fired off a big-time swim of 2:07.89 to get to the wall nearly seven seconds ahead of the field.
She split 28.65/32.59/33.02/33.63 to get the job done, ripping her prelims time of 2:15.58 to shreds.
Tonight Vicentre’s Tara Kinder snagged the silver in 2:14.57 and Rafaela Kopellou of St. Andrew’s rounded out the podium in 2:17.42.
As for Castelluzzo, her outing this evening represents the 6th-fastest time of her rising career, one which boasts a lifetime best of 2:06.86 from last year’s Australian World Championship Trials. In Singapore, she just missed making the final in this event, settling for 9th place in a semi swim of 2:08.04 after posting 2:07.84 in the prelims.
Castelluzzo currently ranks 5th in the world in the women’s 200m fly, courtesy of the 2:06.96 logged at November’s Japan Open.
Next on Castelluzzo’s list here in Australia was the 200m free, where she nailed a new competition record time of 1:57.64 en route to victory.
Castelluzzo split 27.81/29.78/30.45/29.60 as one of two swimmers to clip the 2:00 barrier.
Joining her was 20-year-old Molly Walker, who clocked 1:59.79 for silver, and Lexi Harrison, who bagged the bronze in 2:01.62.
Castelluzzo’s time erased the meet mark of 1:58.24 Kotuku Ngawati put on the books in 2017.
The other competition record that went down came at the hands of visiting Kiwi Olympian Erika Fairweather.
22-year-old Fairweather registered a winning time of 16:06.97 to take the women’s 1500m freestyle, completing her trifecta of victories across the 400m, 800m and now this event.
Fairweather cleared the pack by well over a minute en route to handily taking over the meet mark from Sophie Caldwell‘s 16:27.61 from 2019.
Fairweather’s time represents a new personal best for the 2024 world champion and she sits just outside the list of top 5 performers on the season.
On the men’s side, Olympian Matt Temple was the top 100m fly performer, popping a solid in-season swim of 51.38.
That set himself apart from the field by a sizeable margin, with Joseph Hamson next to the wall in 53.13 followed by Callum Halloran-Lavelle‘s bronze medal-worthy 54.17.
Entering this competition, Temple already ranked 3rd in the world as a result of his 50.92 from last year’s Japan Open.
The exhibition swimmers in the men’s 1000m back final put up the swiftest times, led by 25-year-old Japanese athlete Riku Matsuyama.
Matsuyama stopped the clock at 54.65 for the top effort and sole outing under the 55-second barrier.
City of Sydney’s Stuart Swinburn earned the next-closest mark in 55.26 followed by Olympian Isaac Cooper who notched 55.69, despite logging 55.13 to lead the men out of the morning heats.
Additional Notes
28-year-old open water ace Nick Sloman was the decisive victor of the men’s 1500m free, with his time of 15:35.39 representing the sole time of the field under the 16:00 barrier. This was a positive result for Sloman who had to withdraw from last month’s Australian Open Water Championships due to illness. 17-year-old Lily Koch was too quick to catch in the women’s 50m breast, hitting 31.28 to beat her competitors by over a second and a half. She was even faster in the morning, posting 31.05, a new lifetime best by .04. According to Swimming Australia, Koch is now the #2 17-year-old Aussie girl in history. 21-year-old William Petric of Nunawading won two events on the night, taking the men’s 200m breast in 2:12.54 as well as the 400m IM in 4:17.31. His lifetime bests remain at 2:12.51 and 4:10.27, respectively. Cooper reaped gold in the 50m free, registering 22.46 to grab the top spot narrowly ahead of Temple who settled for silver in 22.55. Harry Klouwens was a fingernail behind in 22.56 for bronze. The women’s 200m IM saw Nunawading’s Isabella Boyd take the title, hitting 2:12.01, a new prsonal best by .12. Harrison turned in a time of 2:15.10 and 16-year-old SOPAC swimmer Heidi Shumack rounded out the podium in 2:17.12. Mackenzie Burns of St. Andrew’s topped the women’s 50m back podium, touching in 28.43. Alyssa Burgess landed on the podium as well in 28.90 for silver as Semra Olowoniyi touched in 28.95, good enough for bronze.Read the full story on SwimSwam: Castelluzzo Impresses With 200 Fly, 200 Free Double To Conclude 2026 Vic Open
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