{"id":609895,"date":"2025-04-13T14:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T21:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=609895"},"modified":"2025-04-13T15:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T22:22:35","slug":"australian-age-championships-night-4-national-records-fall-in-fast-and-furious-finals-night-at-brisbane-aquatic-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-age-championships-night-4-national-records-fall-in-fast-and-furious-finals-night-at-brisbane-aquatic-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Age Championships, Night 4: National Records Fall in Fast And Furious Finals Night At Brisbane Aquatic Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian Age Championship, Night 4: National Records Fall in Fast And Furious Finals Night At Brisbane Aquatic Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 AUSTRALIAN AGE \u2013 Full Results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The National records have continued to tumble in a fast and furious night four of the Australian Age Swimming Championships at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n

Both marks came in 50m form stroke events just days after the 50m breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke had been added to the LA28 Olympic program \u2013 which will be 27 years after they were swum at their first World Championships in 2001.<\/p>\n

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REACHING OUT: Koa Stotz at full stretch in Brisbane. Koa Stotz (Somerset, QLD) sets new Aust 14 years record 1200 breast 25 Aust Age Photo Courtesy Bec Ohlwein\/Swimming Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n

Gold Coast-based schoolboy Koa Stotz<\/strong> (Somerset, QLD; Coach Chris Urquhart)<\/strong>\u00a0even surprised himself, firstly hitting the two-metre mark in height and then using every centimetre of that frame to claim his first National record, clocking 29.52 to win the 14 years 50m backstroke. The time taking 0.32 seconds off the 2022 mark of 29.84 set by Cranbrook NSW\u2019s Nicholas Stoupas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat was incredible \u2026 I just can\u2019t believe it. This is my first Age Nationals \u2026 I hit two metres (tall) last week, now I just have to start filling out \u2026 and I am just so excited about the 50 free in a couple of days,\u201d Stotz said.<\/p>\n

Later in the night Stotz won silver behind Hudson Hegarty<\/strong>\u00a0(Knox Pymble, NSW) who set a personal best time to win the boys 14 years 100m freestyle in 52.34 seconds, touching just 0.04 seconds ahead Stotz (52.38), with Cael Engelbrecht<\/strong>\u00a0(St Peters Western, QLD; Coach Cameron Gledhill) 53.19) third.<\/p>\n

In the second National record of the night; Toowoomba\u2019s Bryce Krause<\/strong>\u00a0(Fairholme, QLD; Coach Micheal Wise<\/strong>) shaved 0.02 off his own mark clocking 26.65 in the lead off in Queensland\u2019s State 13-14 years\u2019 medley relay victory to kick start his meet and continuing a record-breaking season.<\/p>\n

Then less than 24 hours after his first gold Lincoln Wearing (Chandler, QLD), followed his National Age record in the 15 years’ 800m, touched first in the 200m backstroke in 2:04.72.<\/p>\n

Wearing, coached by Tsuyoshi Kimura,<\/strong>\u00a0and his twin brother Isaac will swim 15 events between them at this meet with Lincoln adding the 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly and 400IM to his busy freestyle program of 100 through to 1500m.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Sam Higgs<\/strong>\u00a0(Warringah Aquatic, NSW; Coach: Angelo Basalo<\/strong>) reeled off a 2:01.49 to win the 18 years 200m IM, following his night three win in the 200m breaststroke.<\/p>\n

And in a real family affair, his younger brother Luke Higgs,<\/strong> 16, clocked 15:42.88 to win gold in 16 years 1500m free.<\/p>\n

In other events:<\/p>\n

Albury\u2019s Sienna Toohey<\/strong>, (Coached by Wayne Gould<\/strong>) and hot off her\u00a0Australian Age record of 1:07.04 in the girls\u2019 16-years 100m breaststroke, claimed the 200m individual medley in 2:16.28).<\/p>\n

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Australian Age Championships, Night Three: Albury\u2019s Breaststroking Ace Sienna Toohey Leads Record Breaking Night At Brisbane Aquatic Centre<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n