Olympic champions Ariarne Titmus and Zac Stubblety-Cook both rewrote the World Record books with historic performances, while strong performances across the board from fellow Olympic champions Kaylee McKeown and teen sensation Mollie O’Callaghan made for an electric week of swimming.

Zac continued to forge his legacy men’s 200m breaststroke legacy, becoming the first man in history to record a time under 2:06 to smash the World Record.

In a blistering final lap, Zac touched the wall to record a time of 2:05.95 and will enter the World Championships and Commonwealth Games later this year as the firm favourite.

Continuing his dominance in the pool, he went on to claim the breaststroke double, taking out the 100m event to round out his campaign.

Ariarne, a dual Tokyo Olympic gold medallist, made more history on the final night in the pool - backing up her earlier win in the women’s 200m freestyle by setting a new World Record in the women’s 400m.

Clocking a time of 3:56.40 ‘Arnie’ beat the existing World Record held by her fierce rival, America’s Katie Ledecky by 0.06.

With traditional freestyle powerhouses Emma McKeon and the Campbell sisters not competing at these titles, Mollie showed the future of Australian sprinters is in very strong hands.

The 18-year-old collected her first national title in the women’s 100m freestyle, recording both the fastest time by a teenager in history and world’s fastest time in 2022.

Mollie’s form carried into a second national title in the women’s 50m backstroke, clocking another Personal Best.

Her impressive performances continued, finishing second in the women’s 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke, beaten only by Olympic champion’s Ariarne and Kaylee respectively.

Kaylee replicated her form which saw her become a triple Olympic champion in Tokyo. She extended her unbeaten streak in backstroke by claiming both the women’s 100m and 200m national titles.

The 20-year-old continued to exhibit her dominance in claiming a third and fourth Australian title in the women’s 200m and 400m individual medley.

Other standout performances from the trials included Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Brendon Smith winning the men’s 400m individual medley title.

34-year old Holly Barratt proved age is just a number, once again claiming the women’s 50m butterfly crown and securing her ticket to her second Commonwealth Games.

Shayna Jack has fought her way back into the Dolphins team through taking out the women’s 50m freestyle. Her swim was not only a Personal Best, but shapes as the fastest time in the world this year and positions her well ahead of the upcoming major international meets.

16-year old Flynn Southam is a name to watch out for in the future, as he finished third in the men’s 100m freestyle final behind Australian champion William Yang and Zac Incerti.

Flynn will compete at both the upcoming World Championships and Commonwealth Games in the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays.

With the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships also serving as a selection event for the upcoming FINA World Championships in Budapest and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Swimming Australia has selected a team which features 11 rookies.

The upcoming teams for the World Championships and Commonwealth Games will feature 22-year old Elijah Winnington from the Gold Coast, who took out the hotly contested men’s 400m freestyle ahead of Rio 2016 Olympic Champion Mack Horton.

Griffith University’s Lani Pallister also managed to produce a remarkable performance in the women’s 800m freestyle, smashing her own Personal Best in a time which would have won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

The star-studded men’s 100m butterfly final saw Matthew Temple defend his national title ahead of Olympic freestyle champion Kyle Chalmers and Cody Simpson.

With strong performances from young rookies to experienced veterans, the Dolphins look in fantastic form for the upcoming World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

See the teams selected for the World Championships and Commonwealth Games here.

Nathan Katz