2026 Australian Age Championships
- April 11-18, 2026
- Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
- LCM (50 Meters)
- Meet Central
- Heat Sheets
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap
- Live Results
On day six of the 2026 Australian Age Championships, Henry Allan won the boys’ 50 backstroke in 24.51, coming in about two seconds ahead of the rest of the field and moving up to the #2 performer in Australian history in the event.
Boys’ 17 Year Old 50 Backstroke Final
Top 3 Finishers
- Henry Allan — 24.51
- Bruce Shen — 26.21
- Thomas Garbanzo — 26.28
Allan has been having a strong meet so far, setting new All Comers age records in the 100 and 200 backstroke, and he continued that trend in the 50 backstroke, breaking the 17-year-old boys All Comers record with his swim. He takes down his own record time of 24.89 from December.
He will also take down Isaac Cooper‘s 17-year-old-age record of 24.59 from 2021.
Allan moves up to #2 all-time in the Australian event rankings, coming in behind only Isaac Cooper‘s 2024 swim of 24.12.
Updated Top 10 All-Time
- 24.12 — Isaac Cooper (2024)
- 24.51 — Henry Allan (2026)
- 24.54 — Ben Treffers (2014)
- 24.63 — Mitch Larkin (2015)
- 24.72 — Robert Hurley (2010)
- 24.73 — Ashley Delaney (2009)
- 24.83 — Daniel Arnamnart (2009)
- 24.97 — Zac Incerti (2018)
- 24.98 — William Yang (2019)
- 24.99 — Matt Welsh (2005)
Allan previously sat at 7th all-time with his 24.88 that he swam at this meet last year. This was his final event of the meet.
What the hell was the director doing at the finish! We saw nothing!
I’ve emailed channel nine but I don’t think it’ll improve things.
Grigor wins the h2h against Monty this year. Bring on next year!
grigor 1:01.40 new age record, montana 1:01.58 #3 all-time, dunn 1:03.14 #8
I know we’re all looking for the next Olympian, but some of these races have been great fun to watch even its not a top 10 time.
If only they would show us the full finish instead of focussing on one or two swimmers.
spedding 2:28.15, #9 all-time. won it on the finish.
Almost a complete lack of interaction between her and Hayley afterwards.
Interesting. I guess that inevitably, they are strong rivals in this event.
Isn’t it the commentators job to know if a swimmer is eligible for junior pan pacs? Surely that is the bare minimum.
especially since the 2025 junior worlds team members have world aquatics profiles with their birthday
amelie smith 2:27.48, 8th all-time
lincoln 1:48.97, #4 all-time