Harrison Turner Hits 1:54.90 200 Fly To Become #2 All-Time Australian | SwimSwam

By Will Baxley on SwimSwam

2025 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALS

• Monday, June 9th – Saturday, June 14th
• SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre, Oaklands Park, South Australia
• Prelims at 11am local (9:30pm ET night before)/Finals at 7:30pm local (6:00am ET) nights 1&2; 7pm local (5:30am ET) nights 3-6
• LCM (50m)
• Swimming Australia World Championships Selection Criteria
• Meet Central
• Start List
• Heat Sheets
• Results
• Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2  | Day 3

Men’s 200 Butterfly- Finals

• World Record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2022)
• Australian Record: 1:54.46 – Nick D’Arcy, (2009)
• AllComers Record: 1:52.09 – Michael Phelps, USA (2009)
• 2024 Trials Winner: Bown Gough – 1:56.18
• SwimAustralia Qualifying Time: 1:56.03

RESULTS:

1. Harrison Turner – 1:54.90
2. William Petric – 1:57.94
3. Sean Alcorn – 1:59.45
4. William Jordan – 2:00.47 (TIE)
5. Charlie Lutton – 2:00.47 (TIE)
6. Caio Gallo – 2:01.27
7. Joshua Moore – 2:01.33
8. Caleb Dryer – 2:01.35

Tonight, Harrison Turner had a big breakout swim in the men’s 200 fly. The 21-year-old posted a head-turning 1:54.90 to qualify for his first long course international team and become the second fastest Australian of all time.

Turner shattered his previous best mark, which stood at 1:57.07 from last year’s Olympic Trials. Further, he now sits within a half second of Nick D’arcy’s national record. D’arcy’s 1:54.46 performance from 2009 Australian Nationals remains one of the few supersuit era NRs in the book. Among textile performers from the country, D’arcy also leads the way with a 1:54.61 from 2010 with Turner now claiming second.

All-Time Australian Performers, Men’s 200 Fly

1. 1. Nick D’arcy — 1:54.46 (2009)
   2. Harrison Turner — 1:54.90 (2025)
   3. Matthew Temple — 1:55.25 (2021)
   4. David Morgan — 1:55.26 (2019)
   5. Bowen Gough — 1:55.88 (2021)

Turner’s first taste of international championship experience came last winter at the Short Course World Championships when he was tapped to fill a roster vacancy caused by Kaylee McKeown dropping out of the meet. There, he placed 17th in the 200 fly and took part in his country’s silver medal, national-record-setting 800 free relay.

Now, the Nudgee College swimmer has punched his ticket to the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. His time currently places him at #9 in the world this season.

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