For one it is their fourth Commonwealth Games, for 15 others it is their first.

Swimming Australia congratulated the 60-strong Dolphins team to compete at the 2026 Commonwealth Games from 23 July to 2 August.

Forty-two Dolphins were named alongside their 18 Para swimming teammates to showcase a powerful mix of proven performers and emerging stars.

Eleven New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship holders – including two Para Unit supported athletes – were selected, with six making their Dolphins debut.

Together, the Dolphins will look to better the Birmingham haul of 25 gold medals spearheaded by super dads – Cameron McEvoy and Kyle Chalmers.

Prolific champions Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O’Callaghan, Lakeisha ‘Lucky’ Patterson, and the in-form Sam Short, Lani Pallister and Tim Hodge headline a balanced Australian Team.

Chalmers, a seven-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, is looking to defend his 100m freestyle title, and world record-holder McEvoy is seeking his first individual Commonwealth Games gold.

Glasgow will see the return to international competition of Sam Williamson, returning to the pool  after a ruptured patella tendon and surgery, which saw him having to learn to walk again, with Glasgow 2026 driving his remarkable recovery.

Record-breaking Short – who set a Commonwealth Games record in the 800m free – will head to Glasgow chasing another slice of history after becoming the first man since Grant Hackett in 2005 to win the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events at the Australian Swimming Trials.

And for the first time in her long career, Dolphin stalwart Shayna Jack will head to Glasgow alongside her brother Jamie, with the siblings earning selection together in a special milestone for the family and Australian swimming.

Making her Commonwealth Games debut is Sienna Toohey, although 17 is not the youngest wearing green and gold in Glasgow with 14-year-old Mia Hogan taking the baton. Hogan, visually impaired, will swim freestyle in the S13 category.

Swimming Australia head coach of the Olympic Program Rohan Taylor said: “Commonwealth Games is an opportunity. For one, it’s a great competition for Australia and the chance to compete alongside multiple sports in the green and gold is embraced,” he said.

“Our team is almost 25 per cent rookies, and they will learn the valuable skills of travel, different training environment and the pressure to perform – with expectation.

“And then one of greats – Kaylee McKeown has said this will be her last Games … you are going to see some very exciting and special moments in Glasgow.”

Swimming Australia head coach of the Paralympic Program Mel Tantrum said she was excited about the balance of the Para athletes.

“There is so much experience and youth in this team … from Tim and Lucky through to Mia and all our debutants, and the likes of Kirralee Hayes returning to the team – her first Australian team since Birmingham,” Tantrum said.

“For us we’re expecting a full medal sweep in some events and across the board we are expecting to be a very competitive team.”

2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games Athletes

  • Henry Allan*
  • Iona Anderson
  • Ben Armbruster
  • Emily Beecroft
  • Victoria Belando Nicholson*
  • Hannah Casey
  • Brittany Castelluzzo
  • Kyle Chalmers
  • Jessica Cole* (NSWIS)
  • Isaac Cooper
  • Lizzy Dekkers
  • Jenna Forrester
  • Hannah Fredericks
  • Jasmin Fullgrabe*
  • Matthew Galea*
  • Alyssa Gillespie* (NSWIS)
  • Ben Goedemans
  • Jasmine Greenwood (NSWIS)
  • Meg Harris
  • Kirralee Hayes
  • Timothy Hodge (NSWIS)
  • Mia Hogan* (NSWIS)
  • Jack Ireland
  • Jamie Jack*
  • Shayna Jack
  • Jenna Jones
  • Tara Kinder
  • Tiana Kritzinger
  • Se-Bom Lee (NSWIS)
  • Bailey Lello*
  • Beau Matthews* (NSWIS)
  • Cam McEvoy
  • Kaylee McKeown
  • Madeleine McTernan
  • Inez Miller*
  • Tommy Neill
  • Mollie O’Callaghan
  • Lani Pallister
  • Lakeisha Patterson
  • Col Pearse
  • Alexandria Perkins
  • William Petric
  • Ella Ramsay
  • Alex Saffy (NSWIS)
  • Gemma Sellick* (NSWIS Para Unit supported)
  • Sam Short
  • Brendon Smith
  • Edward Sommerville
  • Flynn Southam
  • Zac Stubblety-Cook
  • Kai Taylor
  • Matt Temple
  • Liam Togher* (NSWIS Para Unit supported)
  • Sienna Toohey (NSWIS)
  • Harrison Turner
  • Harrison Vig
  • Molly Walker*
  • Amelia Weber*
  • Sam Williamson
  • Elijah Winnington

* Dolphins debut

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