Australian Age Championship, Evening 4: Nationwide Information Fall in Quick And Livid Finals Evening At Brisbane Aquatic Centre
2025 AUSTRALIAN AGE – Full Outcomes
The Nationwide information have continued to tumble in a quick and livid evening 4 of the Australian Age Swimming Championships on the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.
Each marks got here in 50m type stroke occasions simply days after the 50m breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke had been added to the LA28 Olympic program – which will probably be 27 years after they had been swum at their first World Championships in 2001.
REACHING OUT: Koa Stotz at full stretch in Brisbane. Koa Stotz (Somerset, QLD) units new Aust 14 years document 1200 breast 25 Aust Age Photograph Courtesy Bec Ohlwein/Swimming Australia.
Gold Coast-based schoolboy Koa Stotz (Somerset, QLD; Coach Chris Urquhart) even stunned himself, firstly hitting the two-metre mark in peak after which utilizing each centimetre of that body to assert his first Nationwide document, clocking 29.52 to win the 14 years 50m backstroke. The time taking 0.32 seconds off the 2022 mark of 29.84 set by Cranbrook NSW’s Nicholas Stoupas.
“That was unbelievable … I simply can’t consider it. That is my first Age Nationals … I hit two metres (tall) final week, now I simply have to begin filling out … and I’m simply so excited in regards to the 50 free in a few days,” Stotz mentioned.
Later within the evening Stotz received silver behind Hudson Hegarty (Knox Pymble, NSW) who set a private greatest time to win the boys 14 years 100m freestyle in 52.34 seconds, touching simply 0.04 seconds forward Stotz (52.38), with Cael Engelbrecht (St Peters Western, QLD; Coach Cameron Gledhill) 53.19) third.
Within the second Nationwide document of the evening; Toowoomba’s Bryce Krause (Fairholme, QLD; Coach Micheal Smart) shaved 0.02 off his personal mark clocking 26.65 within the lead off in Queensland’s State 13-14 years’ medley relay victory to kick begin his meet and persevering with a record-breaking season.
Then lower than 24 hours after his first gold Lincoln Carrying (Chandler, QLD), adopted his Nationwide Age document within the 15 years’ 800m, touched first within the 200m backstroke in 2:04.72.
Carrying, coached by Tsuyoshi Kimura, and his twin brother Isaac will swim 15 occasions between them at this meet with Lincoln including the 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly and 400IM to his busy freestyle program of 100 by means of to 1500m.
In the meantime Sam Higgs (Warringah Aquatic, NSW; Coach: Angelo Basalo) reeled off a 2:01.49 to win the 18 years 200m IM, following his evening three win within the 200m breaststroke.
And in an actual household affair, his youthful brother Luke Higgs, 16, clocked 15:42.88 to win gold in 16 years 1500m free.
In different occasions:
Albury’s Sienna Toohey, (Coached by Wayne Gould) and sizzling off her Australian Age document of 1:07.04 within the women’ 16-years 100m breaststroke, claimed the 200m particular person medley in 2:16.28).
Trinity Grammar’s Grayson Doig (2:04.71) was additionally one of many evening’s shock packets, enhancing his warmth time by virtually 5 seconds to assert the 17 years 200m particular person medley, making it the fourth consecutive yr of proudly owning this occasion in his age group.
Olivia Hine edged out New Zealand customer Zoe Pedersen by 0.03 seconds to win her first gold medal of the meet. Hine (Somerville Home, QLD; Coach Tim Lane), touched the wall in 25.56 within the Women 17 years’ 50m butterfly. Pedersen was second in 26.69, the customer sharing silver medal with Mikayla Chicken (Bond, QLD; Coach Chris Mooney) in 27.46 with bronze going to Alice Monaghan (Griffith College, QLD) in 27.53.
Within the boys 15 years 100m freestyle, Lukas Dunn (Knox Pymble, NSW) son of triple OlympianMatt Dunn defended his 2024 Nationwide title in 51.17 to take the win after a stroke-for-stroke battle with teammate Ethan Haegebaert in 51.58.
Maxwell Cunningham (Brisbane Grammar, QLD) clocked 52.03 to take bronze.
Far North Queenslander Amelie Smith (Rocky Metropolis, QLD) dominated the Women 16 years 1500m freestyle, main from begin to end, touching in 16:51.70 from Delta Cross (Highlanders, WA) clocking 17:13.34 for second with Charlotte Bowmer (Trinity Grammar, NSW) was third in 17:30.02.
Sunshine Coast QLD, backstroke prodigyJack Morrow took out his first gold in a stellar vogue within the boys 17 years 50m backstroke. The St Andrew’s swimmer successful in 25.54 seconds, adopted carefully by Caulfield VIC’sCampbell Wilson-Moran (25.89) and Morrow’s fellow teammate Money Milner (26.22).
Within the women 17-years Julia Remington (All Saints, QLD) the silver medallist within the 200 breaststroke on day three, received gold with a time of two:16.38 within the 200IM from Rafaela Kopello (SOPAC, NSW) touched in second at 2:17.80 so as to add one other silver to her tally, (one other silver) of the meet with Ava Rollason (Cruz, ACT), the daughter of Olympic gold medal coach Shannon Rollason, the bronze medallist in 2:19.55.
Whereas Hudson Hegarty (Knox Pymble, NSW) set a private greatest time in successful the boys 14 years 100m freestyle in 52.34 seconds, touching simply 0.04 seconds forward of Somerset’s Koa Stotz (52.38), adopted by Cael Engelbrecht from St Peters Western (53.19).
