The National Age Championships in Brisbane wrapped up in style, as the 36 yr wait for the National AgeClub title came to an end!

Throughout the entire competition, the Orange cap was flying proud and couldn’t be missed as 197 heat swims were spread across events of all distances (50-1500’s) and strokes!

A massive congratulation to all involved.

Final Points Score

Carlile = 2009

St Peters Western = 1787

Knox Pymble = 1757

Read more about it in the SwimSwam and Swimming Australia articles.

National Age Championships - Day 7

Swim of the day...

... goes to Charlotte Lim finishing the week with a Gold medal performance in the Girls 13 years 200m IM.

Charlotte led from start to finish, touching the wall in a 30.18 in at the end of the Butterfly leg, and then racing home in a 31.61 in the Freestyle leg, to finish 2.25 seconds ahead of the Silver place getter. Charlotte’s swim was a 4.89 second pb, which is impressive to see at the end of a big week.

Amazing job, Charlotte!

In the Girls 14 years 200m IM, Kaitlin Barry claimed her second Silver medal of the meet. Kaitlin got up and put herself in the race early, and very similar to her team mate, showed grit in the last 50 and came home to take the medal in a very close race.

Katlin’s time of 2:22.71 was a pb swim to finish off the week.

A great effort, Kaitlin.

Issy Mulcahy featured in her 7th & 8th finals of the week, in the Girls 15 years 400m Freestyle and 200m Backstroke. Issy swam a 4:25.21 to claim a Bronze medal in the 400m, finishing the meet with 2 Golds and a Bronze.

After making the National Flipper Open Water squad this year, Issy has gone from strength to strength in her distance Freestyle events.

Keep up the great work, Issy!

In the daytime straight final of the Girls 13 years 1500m Freestyle, Lexi Mulcahy dropped a huge 28.53 seconds off her pb, to claim the distance double Gold medals.

Lexi’s time of 17:46.43 was 22.98 seconds ahead of the next competitor in the event.

A great week, Lexi - well done!

Other exciting finals and top 10 finishes for day 7 were:

Maya Ostapenko Girls 15 years 400m Free 4th 4:25.27 PB
Lexi Mulcahy Girls 13 years 200m IM 4th 2:26.15
Hannah Jamieson Girls 13 years 1500m Free 5th 18:18.46 PB
Maisie Langley Girls 14 years 1500m Free 8th 18:20.98
Issy Mulcahy Girls 15 years 200m Back 10th 2:25.19

Special mention to Laura Pettigrew in the Girls 13 years 1500m Freestyle, securing 4th place in a time of 18:16.79.

Laura worked her way through the race and battled right to the very end to finish with her best placing of the week.

Great racing, Laura!

To finish off the night of racing, Carlile had 3 teams step up for the 4x50m Medley Relays.

In the Girls 13-14 years we had Lexi Mulcahy (Backstroke, 30.16), Charlotte Lim (Breaststroke, 36.09), Pare Nadar (Butterfly, 29.73), Kaitlin Barry (Freestyle, 26.51), who finished in 10th place.

In the Boys 14-15 years we had Luke Lee (Backstroke, 27.89), Oli Yin (Breaststroke, 33.66), Xander Mackay (Butterfly, 27.55), Ari Knowles (Freestyle, 24.02), who finished in 16th place.

And lastly, we had the Boys 16-18 years team with Will Morgan (Backstroke, 28.60), Harrison Tancred (Breaststroke, 30.07), Will Mackay (Butterfly, 27:33), Ruben Langley (Freestyle, 24.43), who finished in 32nd place.

In what has been our biggest National Age Championships since the new look coaching team started in October 2021. It is amazing to sit back and appreciate the progress the team has made in less than 4 years.

In April 2021 Carlile finished 41st at these championships, moving to 21st in 2022, 9th in 2023, 7th in 2024, and now 1st.

This is A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT FROM THE WHOLE TEAM AND A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THE SWIMMERS HAVE PUT INTO THEIR TRAINING OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS!

As a coaching team, we are extremely proud of the way the swimmers have performed this week, and more importantly the way they have carried themselves around the poolside.

Job well done, team!

Thank you

To the Forbes and Ursula Carlile Foundation, none of this would be possible without the endless support and guidance you provide to the coaches and swimmers.

Your pursuit of continuing Forbes' and Ursula's legacy is truly remarkable and we are all extremely proud to be able to bring their name to the forefront of the Australian Swimming world once again.

We are all truly grateful.