Day 3: Aust A Team, Irvine TYR Pro Champs

A FLURRY of four golds for Australia A on penultimate night of finals at the TYR Summer Championships in Irvine, California.

Made up of experienced Australian representatives and rising stars vying for a position at next year’s Commonwealth Games, the Australia A team has faced tough international competition in Irvine – including nine-time US Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel – with the meet also serving as a key selection event for the US team for 2026 Pan Pacific Championships.

Fresh off his 100m butterfly gold, Ben Armbruster doubled down with a win in the 50m butterfly. The Dolphin from Stanthorpe in rural Queensland set a TYR Pro allcomers record of 23.00, edging out Tokyo Olympic champion Dressel (23.28) and Aiden Hayes (23.57).

It was another dominating performance from our women’s relay team who took the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay gold by more than 20-seconds.

Molly Walker, Amelia Weber, Jaimie De Lutiis and Inez Miller flew the flag for the Australia A team to win in 7:52.82. Boilermaker Aquatics placed second at 8:13.19 following by University of Pittsburgh (8:15.96).

Rising stars Jaimie De Lutiis and Layla Day also claimed their first golds of the meet. West Illawarra’s De Lutiis, who won silver in the 50m freestyle, upgraded to gold in the 100m freestyle, touching in 54.36 ahead of US swimmer Bella Sims (54.45).

Other highlights from Day 3:

• In the women’s 100m backstroke, Layla Day shone with a winning time of 1:00.16, holding off Erika Pelaez (1:00.29) and Rhyan White (1:00.65). Australia’s Semra Olowoniyi and Alyssa Burgess also reached the A final, finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
• Kayla Hardy claimed silver in the 400m individual medley (4:43.72), behind Justina Kozan (4:40.44). The pair also took gold and silver respectively in the 200 IM on Day 1.
• Se-Bom Lee had a gutsy swim in the men’s 400 IM, finishing fourth. His time of 4:15.74 only a couple of seconds behind third-place Kieran Smith (4:13.67).
• Isabella Boyd flew to bronze in the women’s 50m butterfly, behind Lismar Lyon (26.44) and Miriam Sheehan (26.56).

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MEDAL TALLY

GOLD

• Tiana Kritzinger – women’s 1500m freestyle
• Jamie Jack – men’s 50m freestyle
• Se-Bom Lee – men’s 200m backstroke
• Mia O’Leary – women’s 50m breaststroke
• Molly Walker – women’s 400m freestyle
• Ben Armbruster – men’s 100m butterfly
• Sienna Harben – women’s 200m breaststroke
• Josh Collett – men’s 200m breaststroke
• Australia – women’s 4x100m freestyle relay (Jaimie De Lutiis, Isabella Boyd, Mia O’Leary & Inez Miller)
• Jaimie De Lutiis – women’s 100m freestyle
• Ben Armbruster – men’s 50m butterfly
• Layla Day – women’s 100m backstroke
• Australia – women’s 4x200m freestyle relay (Molly Walker, Amelia Weber, Jaimie De Lutiis & Inez Miller)

SILVER

• Molly Walker – women’s 1500m freestyle
• Kayla Hardy – women’s 200m IM
• Jaimie De Lutiis – women’s 50m freestyle
• Bella Grant – women’s 200m backstroke
• Sienna Harben – women’s 50m breaststroke
• Bella Grant – women’s 100m butterfly
• Isabella Boyd – women’s 100m butterfly
• Kayla Hardy – women’s 400m IM

BRONZE

• Isabella Boyd – women’s 200m IM
• Matt Galea – women’s 400m freestyle
• Isabella Boyd – women’s 50m butterfly