2025 AUSTRALIAN AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, April 10th – Friday, April 18th
- Brisbane Aquatic Centre
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap
- Live Results
The 2025 Australian Age Championships saw its day 4 of able-bodied swimmers void of any new records, which has certainly not been the norm up until this point.
However, there were still multiple notable swims from the younger set down under that further exemplifies the depth that is Australian Swimming.
17-year-old Hayley Mackinder got the party started with an impressive outing of 1:07.70 to beat the field by over 2 seconds en route to registering a monster new personal best.
Entering this competition, the Thomas Fraser-Holmes–trained Mackinder’s career-quickest mark rested at the 1:08.61 from the 2023 World Junior Championships.
Post-race, Mackinder told Swimming Australia, “I wouldn’t be here without my coach Tommy (Fraser-Holmes), I have to thank him so much … but right now I have to stay focused.
“I’ve also started working with Mel Marshall to take away the emotion and pressure before a race and she will say to me – ‘how you feel doesn’t matter’ so I’ve worked really hard on that.
“The last 12 months have been a bit rough, I had my first real injury to build back from.
“I was with Mel at NSW Opens and admittedly I wasn’t swimming my best there but I went into that meet trying to learn as much as I could of her, to take it all back home, apply it in training … I feel like I’m just at a point now that I’m just trying to be a sponge and soak up everything I can, to try and learn and take on opportunities.”
Bond University’s Ainsley Trotter followed up her 17-year-old girls’ All Comers’ Record in the 50m back with another victory, this time in the 50m free.
Trotter stopped the clock at 25.50, a new personal best by .15.
She was able to hold off Zoe Pedersen of New Zealand who got to the wall a hair behind in 25.52 followed by Erin McGarry of St. Andrew’s who notched 26.18 for bronze.
17-year-old Jack Morrow of St. Andrew’s soared to the wall first to take his age category’s 200m backstroke. Morrow punched a result of 2:00.17, slicing .02 off the 2:00.19 PB he established at last year’s Queensland Championships.
He beat the pack by over 2 seconds, with Sydney Kito nabbing silver in 2:02.59 and Campbell Wilson-Moran getting it done for bronze in 2:02.99.
Amelie Smith completed her 800m/1500m freestyle double for 16-year-olds, topping the shorter distance’s podium this evening.
Smith of Rocky City turned in a mark of 8:48.56, knocking significant time off her previous career-swiftest result of 8:54.30 from last December.
She was one of two sub-9:00 swimmers, with Ava Gaske joining her at 8:54.93 for silver.
5 person swim off in 14 boys 50m Free…
Mackinder looked really good last night.
It’s heartening to see some of the juniors continuing to improve.
Looking forward to a fast final at trials – Toohey, Ramsay, Kinder and Mackinder all come in to the meet with PBS in the 1:07s. We just need one to break through!
I’m all in on Toohey but honestly would be happy with Mackinder as well. Ramsay is spread a little thin between events to be our main 100 breaststroker I think