2025-26 Snr State Age Wrapped!

2025-26 Senior State Age Championships – Wrap Up

Our Senior State Championships campaign has come to an end, and what a phenomenal meet it was for our club. With 41 swimmers competing across 311 individual events and 14 relays, the team delivered an outstanding performance, producing over 70 finals swims, 5 NSW Records and an impressive 212 personal bests!

The depth, consistency, and resilience shown across the week was a credit to both the athletes and coaching staff, with swimmers stepping up in heats, finals, and super finals alike.

Finalists & Standout Performances

We had a strong presence across finals sessions, with athletes achieving podium finishes, top-10 placings, and multiple NSW Records.

Major highlights included:

Multiple gold medal performances across freestyle, IM, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly events
Several NSW Records broken throughout the meet
Dominant distance swimming displays
Consistent representation in Super Finals

Individual Finalists

Addison McCullough – 10^th 50m Backstroke
Alice Sousa – 4^th 200m Butterfly, 7^th 100m Butterfly
Amelie Swann – 4^th 100m Butterfly, 4^th 50m Butterfly, 5^th 50m Backstroke, 6^th 50m Freestyle (Super Final), 8^th 200m Freestyle, 12^th 100m Backstroke
Archie Burke – 10^th 100m Backstroke, 5^th 50m Backstroke
Caitlin Potter – 🥇 100m Backstroke, 🥈 200m Backstroke, 🥉50m Backstroke, 6^th 50m Butterfly
Charlie Cook – 🥇 100m Breaststroke, 🥈50m Breaststroke, 5^th 200m Breaststroke, 7^th 200m IM, 6^th 400m IM, 5^th 50m Breaststroke (Super Final)
Charlotte Harkin – 12^th 200m Freestyle, 12^th 100m Freestyle
Chloe Gutel – 10^th 50m Butterfly
Cooper Portlock – 13^th 100m Backstroke
Cooper Screen – 6^th 50m Freestyle, 7^th 100m Freestyle
Emily Ruff – 4^th 100m Butterfly, 5^th 200m Butterfly, 7^th 200m Freestyle, 15^th 100m Freestyle
Fionn Lehane – 4^th 400m IM, 7^th 200m IM
Gemma Sellick – 🥇 200m IM, 🥇 100m Backstroke, 🥇 100m Freestyle (NSW Record), 🥇 50m Butterfly (NSW Record), 🥇 100m Breaststroke (NSW Record), 🥈 50m Breaststroke (NSW Record)
Hana Horii – 4^th 200m Breaststroke, 5^th 100m Breaststroke, 7^th 50m Breaststroke
Jonathan Nam – 5^th 50m Breaststroke, 6^th 200m Breaststroke, 7^th 100m Breaststroke, 7^th 100m Backstroke
Kester Jan – 8^th 100m Breaststroke
Lachlan Davies – 🥈 50m Backstroke, 4^th 50m Freestyle, 4^th 100m Backstroke, 4^th 50m Butterfly, 5^th 100m Freestyle, 9^th 50m Backstroke (Super Final)
Luke Higgs – 🥇 400m Freestyle, 🥇 200m Freestyle (Super Final), 🥇 800m Freestyle (NSW Record), 🥇400m IM, 🥇 1500m Freestyle, 🥈 200m IM, 🥉 200m Breaststroke
Lulu Hill – 8^th 200m Backstroke, 10^th 50m Backstroke
Matilda Young – 🥇 200m Freestyle, 🥉 400m Freestyle, 5^th 100m Freestyle
Mia Reynolds – 8^th 100m Freestyle, 11^th 50m Freestyle (Super Final)
Millie Gaudry – 4^th 200m Freestyle, 7^th 50m Freestyle, 9^th 50m Backstroke
Noah McLaren – 5^th 100m Freestyle, 7^th 50m Freestyle, 9^th 200m Freestyle
Pippa McCullough – 10^th 100m Backstroke, 8^th 200m Backstroke, 10^th 50m Backstroke
Samuel Higgs – 🥇 400m Freestyle, 🥇 200m IM, 🥇 200m Breaststroke, 🥇 400m IM, 🥈100m Breaststroke, 🥈 200m Butterfly, 4^th 200m Backstroke, 7^th 200m Freestyle (Super Final)
Thomas Scholtens – 12^th 50m Freestyle, 11^th 100m Freestyle
Zachary Morgan – 🥈 50m Breaststroke, 🥉 100m Breaststroke

Relay Performances

Our relay teams finished strongly across the meet with placings of:
2nd, 3rd, 5th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 9th

SUMMARY

This meet showcased the strength of our senior program, with athletes delivering across all strokes and distances, breaking records, and supporting one another throughout the championships. Congratulations to all swimmers, coaches and families on an outstanding Senior State Championships – your dedication, teamwork, and performances made this a Senior State Championships to remember. We look forward to building on this momentum in the meets ahead.

Well done team!