What an amazing 6 days of competition we witnessed at the the 2022 Australian Age Championships held at the South Australian Aquatic & Leisure Centre where we saw the Mighty Blues NSW swimmers go head to head with other States in what is regarded as one of the toughest Age Championships in the World!
There were so many highlights, and NSW swimmers put the other States on notice when they won the first two events (Girls 16yrs and Boys 17yrs 100m Freestyle). There was also the very exciting finish that saw two NSW swimmers tie for Gold in the Girls 16yrs 200m Butterfly - both dipping under the 2:10 mark and under the Junior Pan Pac team Qualifying Time! We also had another eight NSW swimmers swim under the Junior Pan Pac team time but we must wait until after the trials to receive confirmation as there are still some swimmers to compete.
Medalists and Finalists
There were so many great swims from all NSW swimmers but following are the final statistics:
The total individual medal count was: 31 GOLD, 43 SILVER & 36 BRONZE = 110 medals…amazing!
To put this in perspective, in 2021 we had our best Age since 2013. In 2022 we won an extra 12 GOLD!
Here are some of the outstanding results from the next generation of Mighty Blues swimmers:
Swimmer Name & Age | Club | Coach | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicholas Stoupas (14) | Cranbrook | Kenrick Monk |
4 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke & 100m Freestyle |
2 200m IM & 200m Freestyle |
6 | |
Marcus Da Silva (15) | City of Sydney | Rebecca Wheatley |
3 50m, 100m, 200m Freestyle |
2 100m Butterfly & 400m Freestyle |
5 | |
Hayden Hoang (15) | MLC Marlins | Colman Wong |
3 50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke |
3 | ||
Bella Grant (16) | Trinity Grammar | Benjamin Tuxford |
2 100m & 200m Butterfly* |
2 100m & 200m Backstroke |
1 200m Freestyle |
5 |
Abbey Connor (16) | Revesby Workers | Alex Clarke |
2 200m Butterfly* & 400m IM |
1 400m Freestyle |
1 100m Butterfly |
4 |
Haig Buckingham (17) | SOPAC | Matthew Brown |
2 50m & 100m Breaststroke |
1 200m Breaststroke |
3 | |
Alexander Foreman (16) | Kincumber Pacific Dolphins | Debby Tattoli |
2 100m & 200m Backstroke |
1 50m Backstroke |
3 | |
Samuel Higgs (15) | Warringah | Cameron Gledhill |
2 200m & 400m IM |
2 | ||
Lillie McPherson (13) | Manly | Blake Medhurst |
1 50m Butterfly |
2 100m & 200m Freestyle |
1 50m Freestyle |
4 |
Kai Lilienthal (16) | Knox Pymble | Nicholas Dobson |
1 100m Butterfly |
2 50m Fly & 100m Backstroke |
3 | |
Bailey Screen (15) | Warringah | Cameron Gledhill |
1 200m Breaststroke |
2 50m & 100m Breaststroke |
3 | |
Jaimie Delutiis (16) | Wests Illawarra | James Greathead |
1 100m Freestyle |
2 50m Freestyle & 200m IM |
3 | |
Grayson Doig (14) | Trinity Grammar | Calum Timms |
1 200m IM |
1 100m Butterfly |
2 | |
Gus Gyllenhammer (16) | Carlile | Michaela Pattinson |
1 200m Butterfly |
1 50m Butterfly |
2 | |
Joshua Kerr (16) | Manly | Justin Rothwell |
1 200m IM |
1 200m Backstroke |
2 | |
Jamie Mooney (17) | Wagga Wagga | Gennadiy Labara |
1 100m Freestyle |
1 200m IM |
2 | |
Tane Bidois (17) | Knox Pymble | Nicholas Dobson |
1 50m Freestyle |
1 | ||
Caleb Cashman (14) | Bathurst City | Joshua Stapley |
1 400m IM |
1 | ||
Daniel McLoughlin (17) | Kincumber Pacific Dolphins | Debby Tattoli |
1 200m Butterfly |
1 |
Congratulations to all the above GOLD medalists and new 2022 Australian Age Champions and their respective coaches. Also, on top of the medalists we had another 266 final swims that placed from 4th – 10th showing the depth we are developing within the State.
Relay Performance
NSW also picked up some medals in the Club Relays:
- Warringah – Boys 14-15yrs 4x50m Medley Relay – GOLD
- Knox Pymble – Boys 16-17yrs 4x50m Freestyle Relay – SILVER
- West Illawarra – Girls 13-16yrs 4x100m Freestyle Relay – SILVER
- Knox Pymble – Girls 13-14yrs 4x50m Freestyle Relay – SILVER
- Knox Pymble – Girls 13-14yrs 4x50m Medley Relay – BRONZE
- West Illawarra – Girls 15-16yrs 4x50m Medley Relay – BRONZE
- SOPAC – Boys 14-17yrs 4x100m Freestyle Relay – BRONZE
- Knox Pymble – Boys 14-15yrs 4x50m Freestyle Relay – BRONZE
This year Swimming Australia reintroduced the State Relays - State v’s State with 4 x 50m Freestyle & 4 x 50m Mixed Medley Relays. The Mighty Blues were the dominant State winning GOLD in 5 of the 8 relays plus 2 x Silver & 1 x Bronze medals!
Club Point Score
Congratulations to the following NSW Clubs that finished in the Top 25 of the Club Point Score:
- SOPAC 3rd
- Knox Pymble 5th
- West Illawarra 7th
- Warringah 10th
- Trinity Grammar 17th
- Revesby Workers 20th
- City of Sydney 22nd
- Carlile 23rd
A big thank you to Swimming NSW & asctaNSW for supplying our NSW Coaches with a Mighty Blues Polo shirt that we all wore at the first session of the meet and the evening sessions when the State relays were on. There is nothing like the Blue wall making a statement of support for our clubs and State teams.
Congratulations to all our Mighty Blues NSW swimmers who competed at the highest level; as we know Age swimming is just a part of your journey: learn from what you did well, work on what you can do better and acknowledge what didn’t work so well.
We now we move onto the Australian Championship and Trials that start on Wednesday 18th May in Adelaide. We would like to wish all the Mighty Blues NSW swimmers and their coaches all the best in their final preparations, and we are very excited to see them race!
Please find following the full list of NSW medalists from the 2022 Australian Age Championships
GO THE MIGHTY BLUES!
Jon Shaw M.Ed. | Coaching Director | Swimming NSW Ltd.
2022 National Age Medalists
- Gold Medalists
- Silver Medalists
- Bronze Medalists
Gender | Distance | Stroke | First | Surname | Age | Club | State | Finals Time | Place |
Boys | 400 | IM | CALEB | CASHMAN | 14 | BATHURST CITY | NSW | 04:50.6 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | Butterfly | GUS | GYLLENHAMMER | 16 | CARLILE | NSW | 02:05.1 | 1 |
Boys | 50 | Freestyle | MARCUS | DA SILVA | 15 | CITY OF SYDNEY | NSW | 00:23.5 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | Freestyle | MARCUS | DA SILVA | 15 | CITY OF SYDNEY | NSW | 01:50.7 | 1 |
Boys | 100 | Freestyle | MARCUS | DA SILVA | 15 | CITY OF SYDNEY | NSW | 00:50.3 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | Breaststroke | NICHOLAS | STOUPAS | 14 | CRANBROOK | NSW | 02:21.1 | 1 |
Boys | 100 | Freestyle | NICHOLAS | STOUPAS | 14 | CRANBROOK | NSW | 00:52.9 | 1 |
Boys | 50 | Breaststroke | NICHOLAS | STOUPAS | 14 | CRANBROOK | NSW | 00:30.0 | 1 |
Boys | 100 | Breaststroke | NICHOLAS | STOUPAS | 14 | CRANBROOK | NSW | 01:04.8 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | Backstroke | ALEXANDER | FOREMAN | 16 | KINCUMBER PACIFIC DOLPHINS | NSW | 02:03.0 | 1 |
Boys | 100 | Backstroke | ALEXANDER | FOREMAN | 16 | KINCUMBER PACIFIC DOLPHINS | NSW | 00:57.8 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | Butterfly | DANIEL | MCLOUGHLIN | 17 | KINCUMBER PACIFIC DOLPHINS | NSW | 02:01.2 | 1 |
Boys | 100 | Butterfly | KAI | LILIENTHAL | 16 | KNOX PYMBLE | NSW | 00:53.9 | 1 |
Boys | 50 | Freestyle | TANE | BIDOIS | 17 | KNOX PYMBLE | NSW | 00:22.9 | 1 |
Girls | 50 | Butterfly | LILLIE | MCPHERSON | 13 | MANLY | NSW | 00:28.3 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | IM | JOSHUA | KERR | 16 | MANLY | NSW | 02:07.0 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | Backstroke | HAYDEN | HOANG | 15 | MLC MARLINS | NSW | 02:06.5 | 1 |
Boys | 50 | Backstroke | HAYDEN | HOANG | 15 | MLC MARLINS | NSW | 00:27.0 | 1 |
Boys | 100 | Backstroke | HAYDEN | HOANG | 15 | MLC MARLINS | NSW | 00:57.8 | 1 |
Girls | 200 | Butterfly | ABBEY | CONNOR | 16 | REVESBY WORKERS | NSW | 02:10.0 | 1 |
Girls | 400 | IM | ABBEY | CONNOR | 16 | REVESBY WORKERS | NSW | 04:50.2 | 1 |
Boys | 100 | Breaststroke | HAIG | BUCKINGHAM | 17 | SOPAC | NSW | 01:02.4 | 1 |
Boys | 50 | Breaststroke | HAIG | BUCKINGHAM | 17 | SOPAC | NSW | 00:28.3 | 1 |
Girls | 200 | Butterfly | BELLA | GRANT | 16 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 02:10.0 | 1 |
Girls | 100 | Butterfly | BELLA | GRANT | 16 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 00:59.7 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | IM | GRAYSON | DOIG | 14 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 02:10.6 | 1 |
Boys | 100 | Freestyle | JAMIE | MOONEY | 17 | WAGGA WAGGA | NSW | 00:50.4 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | IM | SAMUEL | HIGGS | 15 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 02:09.6 | 1 |
Boys | 400 | IM | SAMUEL | HIGGS | 15 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 04:34.6 | 1 |
Boys | 200 | Breaststroke | BAILEY | SCREEN | 15 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 02:20.1 | 1 |
Girls | 100 | Freestyle | JAIMIE | DELUTIIS | 16 | WESTS ILLAWARRA | NSW | 00:55.6 | 1 |
Gender | Distance | Stroke | First | Surname | Age | Club | State | Finals Time | Place |
Girls | 1500 | Freestyle | TILLY | FIKKERS | 13 | BERKELEY | NSW | 18:17.4 | 2 |
Girls | 200 | Freestyle | OLIVIA | WUNSCH | 15 | CARLILE | NSW | 02:00.5 | 2 |
Girls | 100 | Freestyle | OLIVIA | WUNSCH | 15 | CARLILE | NSW | 00:54.8 | 2 |
Girls | 50 | Freestyle | OLIVIA | WUNSCH | 15 | CARLILE | NSW | 00:25.1 | 2 |
Boys | 200 | Backstroke | DALE | RODDA | 15 | CARLILE | NSW | 02:08.0 | 2 |
Boys | 50 | Freestyle | CALEB | YAGO | 15 | CASTLE HILL | NSW | 00:23.7 | 2 |
Boys | 400 | IM | DANIEL | CARTER | 14 | CASTLE HILL | NSW | 05:51.2 | 2 |
Boys | 100 | Butterfly | MARCUS | DA SILVA | 15 | CITY OF SYDNEY | NSW | 00:55.8 | 2 |
Boys | 400 | Freestyle | MARCUS | DA SILVA | 15 | CITY OF SYDNEY | NSW | 03:59.1 | 2 |
Boys | 200 | IM | NICHOLAS | STOUPAS | 14 | CRANBROOK | NSW | 02:12.4 | 2 |
Boys | 200 | Freestyle | NICHOLAS | STOUPAS | 14 | CRANBROOK | NSW | 01:56.8 | 2 |
Boys | 400 | IM | OSCAR | KREUTZBERGER | 15 | GT AQUATICS | NSW | 04:39.1 | 2 |
Boys | 50 | Backstroke | ALEXANDER | FOREMAN | 16 | KINCUMBER PACIFIC DOLPHINS | NSW | 00:26.5 | 2 |
Boys | 100 | Backstroke | KAI | LILIENTHAL | 16 | KNOX PYMBLE | NSW | 00:57.9 | 2 |
Boys | 50 | Butterfly | KAI | LILIENTHAL | 16 | KNOX PYMBLE | NSW | 00:24.6 | 2 |
Boys | 50 | Backstroke | NICHOLAS | GLADEN | 15 | MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY | NSW | 00:27.3 | 2 |
Boys | 100 | Backstroke | NICHOLAS | GLADEN | 15 | MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY | NSW | 00:58.7 | 2 |
Girls | 100 | Freestyle | LILLIE | MCPHERSON | 13 | MANLY | NSW | 00:58.5 | 2 |
Girls | 200 | Freestyle | LILLIE | MCPHERSON | 13 | MANLY | NSW | 02:05.8 | 2 |
Boys | 50 | Backstroke | CAMERON | GAWN | 14 | NOVOCASTRIAN | NSW | 00:28.2 | 2 |
Girls | 400 | Freestyle | ABBEY | CONNOR | 16 | REVESBY WORKERS | NSW | 04:15.3 | 2 |
Girls | 200 | Butterfly | RAFAELA | KOPELLOU | 14 | REVESBY WORKERS | NSW | 02:18.4 | 2 |
Boys | 50 | Butterfly | JAXSON | SMITH | 14 | REVESBY WORKERS | NSW | 00:26.2 | 2 |
Boys | 800 | Freestyle | KAI | TAYLOR | 15 | SANS SOUCI | NSW | 8:28.21 | 2 |
Boys | 200 | Breaststroke | HAIG | BUCKINGHAM | 17 | SOPAC | NSW | 02:16.4 | 2 |
Boys | 50 | Butterfly | JAMES | GAUCI | 15 | SOPAC | NSW | 00:25.7 | 2 |
Boys | 100 | Freestyle | JAMES | GAUCI | 15 | SOPAC | NSW | 00:52.0 | 2 |
Girls | 100 | Breaststroke | ISABELLA | JOHNSON | 16 | SOPAC | NSW | 01:10.4 | 2 |
Girls | 200 | Breaststroke | ISABELLA | JOHNSON | 16 | SOPAC | NSW | 02:38.0 | 2 |
Girls | 100 | Butterfly | SOFIA | BISELLO | 14 | SOPAC | NSW | 01:02.7 | 2 |
Girls | 50 | Freestyle | ASHA | RING | 13 | SOPAC | NSW | 00:26.7 | 2 |
Boys | 200 | Breaststroke | CHRISTIAN | TOIA | 16 | SOPAC | NSW | 02:23.1 | 2 |
Girls | 200 | Breaststroke | MIA | BURDACK | 14 | SOPAC | NSW | 02:40.9 | 2 |
Girls | 100 | Backstroke | BELLA | GRANT | 16 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 01:02.7 | 2 |
Girls | 200 | Backstroke | BELLA | GRANT | 16 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 02:14.4 | 2 |
Girls | 50 | Butterfly | BELLA | GRANT | 16 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 00:27.6 | 2 |
Boys | 100 | Breaststroke | BAILEY | SCREEN | 15 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 01:05.3 | 2 |
Boys | 50 | Breaststroke | BAILEY | SCREEN | 15 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 00:30.1 | 2 |
Boys | 100 | Butterfly | RHYS | THOMAS | 14 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 00:58.2 | 2 |
Girls | 1500 | Freestyle | DOMINIQUE | MELBOURNE | 15 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 17:27.9 | 2 |
Boys | 100 | Breaststroke | ALISTAIR | GORGIJOVSKI | 17 | WESTS ILLAWARRA | NSW | 01:03.1 | 2 |
Boys | 200 | IM | BRAYDEN | WOODFORD | 15 | WESTS ILLAWARRA | NSW | 02:10.0 | 2 |
Gender | Distance | Stroke | First | Surname | Age | Club | State | Finals Time | Place |
Boys | 50 | Butterfly | GUS | GYLLENHAMMER | 16 | CARLILE | NSW | 00:25.3 | 3 |
Girls | 50 | Butterfly | OLIVIA | WUNSCH | 15 | CARLILE | NSW | 00:27.5 | 3 |
Girls | 200 | IM | OLIVIA | WUNSCH | 15 | CARLILE | NSW | 02:21.9 | 3 |
Boys | 100 | Breaststroke | NED | CANE | 14 | CASTLE HILL | NSW | 01:08.5 | 3 |
Girls | 200 | Butterfly | ISABELLE | HANGER | 14 | CITY OF SYDNEY | NSW | 02:22.3 | 3 |
Girls | 400 | IM | RACHEL | ALLEN | 14 | GINNINDERRA | NSW | 05:05.3 | 3 |
Girls | 200 | Breaststroke | RACHEL | ALLEN | 14 | GINNINDERRA | NSW | 02:41.1 | 3 |
Boys | 50 | Backstroke | CASH | MILNER | 14 | KINCUMBER PACIFIC DOLPHINS | NSW | 00:28.3 | 3 |
Boys | 200 | Butterfly | CASH | MILNER | 14 | KINCUMBER PACIFIC DOLPHINS | NSW | 02:14.1 | 3 |
Girls | 50 | Backstroke | ELLIE | BECK | 15 | KNOX PYMBLE | NSW | 00:29.9 | 3 |
Girls | 50 | Freestyle | LILLIE | MCPHERSON | 13 | MANLY | NSW | 00:26.7 | 3 |
Boys | 200 | Backstroke | JOSHUA | KERR | 16 | MANLY | NSW | 02:05.9 | 3 |
Boys | 100 | Freestyle | KOBY | BUJAK-UPTON | 16 | NARRABEEN | NSW | 00:51.7 | 3 |
Boys | 200 | Backstroke | SEBASTIAN | KING | 15 | NEWINGTON | NSW | 02:08.9 | 3 |
Girls | 100 | Butterfly | ABBEY | CONNOR | 16 | REVESBY WORKERS | NSW | 00:59.8 | 3 |
Girls | 200 | Backstroke | TAMEEKA | JOHNSON | 16 | SANS SOUCI | NSW | 02:16.4 | 3 |
Boys | 100 | Butterfly | JAMES | GAUCI | 15 | SOPAC | NSW | 00:56.0 | 3 |
Boys | 50 | Freestyle | JAMES | GAUCI | 15 | SOPAC | NSW | 00:23.8 | 3 |
Boys | 200 | Butterfly | JAMES | GAUCI | 15 | SOPAC | NSW | 02:05.9 | 3 |
Girls | 50 | Breaststroke | ISABELLA | JOHNSON | 16 | SOPAC | NSW | 00:32.6 | 3 |
Girls | 200 | Freestyle | SOFIA | BISELLO | 14 | SOPAC | NSW | 02:05.9 | 3 |
Girls | 100 | Freestyle | ASHA | RING | 13 | SOPAC | NSW | 00:58.6 | 3 |
Girls | 200 | Freestyle | BELLA | GRANT | 16 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 02:01.6 | 3 |
Boys | 100 | Butterfly | GRAYSON | DOIG | 14 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 00:58.4 | 3 |
Boys | 200 | Butterfly | CALEB | DRYER | 17 | TRINITY GRAMMAR | NSW | 02:02.9 | 3 |
Girls | 1500 | Freestyle | CHLOE | BRODRICK | 15 | TUGGERANONG VIKINGS | NSW | 17:44.3 | 3 |
Girls | 200 | Butterfly | AVA | JANKOVIC | 16 | VALLEY AQUATIC | NSW | 02:15.9 | 3 |
Girls | 1500 | Freestyle | AVA | JANKOVIC | 16 | VALLEY AQUATIC | NSW | 17:34.5 | 3 |
Boys | 200 | IM | JAMIE | MOONEY | 17 | WAGGA WAGGA | NSW | 02:07.1 | 3 |
Boys | 50 | Butterfly | RHYS | THOMAS | 14 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 00:26.3 | 3 |
Boys | 50 | Butterfly | MATTHEW | HARRIS | 15 | WARRINGAH | NSW | 00:25.8 | 3 |
Girls | 50 | Freestyle | JAIMIE | DELUTIIS | 16 | WESTS ILLAWARRA | NSW | 00:26.3 | 3 |
Girls | 200 | IM | JAIMIE | DELUTIIS | 16 | WESTS ILLAWARRA | NSW | 02:20.2 | 3 |
Boys | 50 | Breaststroke | ALISTAIR | GORGIJOVSKI | 17 | WESTS ILLAWARRA | NSW | 00:29.3 | 3 |
Girls | 100 | Butterfly | JESSICA | COLE | 15 | WESTS ILLAWARRA | NSW | 01:00.9 | 3 |
Boys | 1500 | Freestyle | BAILEY | KRSTEVSKI | 17 | WESTS ILLAWARRA | NSW | 15:56.48 | 3 |