National Age 2025 - Day 6

Day 6 is done with 21 heat swims and 7 swimmers progressing through to the night time finals. It has been a big week for the team, but everyone turned up with energy ready to give it their best.

Swim of the day....

..... goes to Emma Ng in the Girls 13 years 200m Butterfly winning the bronze medal - her first medal for the meet.  Emma’s time of 2:23.13 was 2.57 second pb. It was great to see Emma back up her bronze medal performance from the 2024 Australian Age Champs. 

Great job Emma!

Harrison Tancred was back for another final, this time the Boys 16 years 100m Breaststroke. 

Harri’s time of 1:05.52 saw him claim the Gold medal. 

Heading out in a very quick first 50, Harri did well to hold off the boys on the way back and claim his first Gold medal at this meet. 

Fantastic job Harri!

Carlile had two other big 200 fly performances in tonight's finals. 

First up Taj Kingston was in the Boys 16 years where his time of 2:07.24 was a 3.16 second PB. He finished 6th place and also qualified for his first Australian World Championship Trials.

Then in the Girls 14 years Alexia Mantle dropped 1.36 seconds off her PB to finish 4th in a time of 2:26.79. 

Both swimmers had an incredible second half of the race which saw them swimming over several people in the last 50m and moving up their rankings. 

Other exciting finals and top 10 results from day 5 include:

• Luke Lee Boys 15 years 200m IM 6th 2:10.94 PB

• Hannah Jamieson Girls 13 years 200m Free 7th 2:12.51

• Charlotte Lim  Girls 13 years 200m Breast 7th 2:45.74

• Will Mackay Boys 17 years 200m Fly 7th 2:08.06

• Wes Peacock Boys 14 years 1500m Free 8th 17:33.00 PB

• Alan Yang Boys 14 years 1500m Free 9th 17:37.23 PB

The 7th and final day is upon us. 

There are big opportunities up for grabs on the last day and we are looking for every swimmer to step up and finish with a bang. 

Watch this space as we have 27 swims tomorrow.

National Age 2025 - Day 5 Wrap

Day 5 was the biggest day of heats the team has ever had with 36 swims across various events from 50m to 400m IM. This led to our biggest night of finals with 15 swims. 

What a day!

Swim of the day....

..... goes to Maya Ostapenko in the girls 15 years 400m IM. Maya went into the race full of excitement for this one, leading to a huge pb and bronze medal. 

Her first medal of the meet. Maya’s time of 4:57.16 was a huge drop from her entry time of 5:04.45. A great swim from start to finish. 

Well done Maya!

Charlotte Lim was up for another big night, ending the night with a gold and silver medal to add to her collection. First up, Charlotte raced the girls 13 years 50m freestyle finishing second in a time 26.84 - just 0.06 slower then her heat pb and both swims under her entry time of 27.10. 

She then backed up to race the girls 13 years 100m backstroke to claim the gold medal in a PB time of 1:05.48. 

Another great night Charlotte. Keep it up and finish the week strong! 

Lexi Mulcahy added another medal to her collection claiming the silver medal behind her team mate in the girls 13 years 100m backstroke. Lexi had the fastest back end 50 out of the whole field coming home in 33:20. 

A very well executed race plan. Great job Lexi!

Other exciting finals and top 10 results from day 5 include:

• Harrison Tancred Boys 16 years 400m IM 4th 4:36.59

• Luke Lee Boys 15 years 200m Free 5th 1:55.24 PB

• Ethan Cook Boys 17 years 400m IM 6th 4:42.35

• Justin Wang Boys 17 years 50m Breast 7th 30:19

• Issy Mulcahy Girls 15 years 400m IM 7th 5:05.27

• Ari Knowles Boys 15 years 200m Free 7th 1:56.80 PB

• Laura Pettigrew Girls 13 years 200m Fly 10th 2:35.08

• Luke Lee  Boys 15 years 100m Back 'B' 14th 1:01.06

• Kaitlin Barry Girls 14 years 100m Back 'B' 16th 1:07.88 

• Lexie Cook Girls 15 years 100m Fly 'B' 17th 1:05.21

Special mention #1 goes to Will Morgan dropping 1.98 off his entry time in the Boys 17 years 400IM to qualify for his first National Age final. 

Will only qualified for his first age nationals last year so it is a testament to the improvement he has made to his training to progress through the ranks so quickly. In the night time final he then dropped another 3.15 seconds to finish 7th in a time of 4:42.46. 

This is great to see!

Special mention #2 goes to Taj Kingston in the Boys 16 years 100m Butterfly B final touching the wall in a new PB time of 57.27. 

It was great to see Taj stick to his race plan and know he could come home strong enough to swim over most of the field. Taj’s second 50 time of 30.01 was the fastest across the 10 swimmers competing in his race.

To finish the night of racing the  girls competed in the 13/14 years 4x50m Freestyle relay with Charlotte Lim (27.44), Katlin Barry (27.07), Evelyn Song (28.31), and Lexi Mulcahy (27.61). 

The team is doing a great job and can finish strong over the next 2 days. Keep it up team!

National Age - Day 4 Wrap

In a quieter day for the team, there were 23 swims on day 4.

Even though it was a quieter one for the team, this still exceeds the biggest day of heats we had at the 2024 Australian Age Champs so it really shows the improvement the team has made over the last 12 months. There were 6 finalists and 3 relay teams that competed in the night time finals.

Swim of the day...

... goes to Harrison Tancred in the Boys 16yrs 200m Breaststroke. Harri claimed the Silver medal in a nail biting finish in a PB time of 2:21.83. This is the first PB Harri has done in this event in 12 months, dropping 1.87 seconds. 

Harri has showed patience over the course of the season, working on improving technique and skills so it was great to see it all come together when it matters. 

Great swim Harri! 

Kaitlin Barry qualified for her first final for the week in the Girls 14 yrs 400m IM and she definitely turned up to race.  Kaitlin’s time of 5:04.94 was a pb swim where she had the fastest last 50 out of the entire field, swimming over the top of a competitor to claim the Silver medal. 

Fantastic racing Kaitlin!

Lexi Mulcahy stepped up in another final, this time the Girls 13 years 400m Freestyle, winning the silver medal to add another to her collection. Her time of 4:30.20 was a 3.83 second PB. 

Lexi stuck to her race plan, building through the race to finish strong and also swim over someone in the final stages of the race. 

Good job Lex!

To round out the medals for the day, Issy Mulcahy claimed her second Gold medal of the meet in the Girls 15 yrs 800m Freestyle. 

What was great about Issy’s win is that she did it from the day time swim due to it being swum as a straight final. Issy beat 4 other girls who raced in the fastest heat at night which is usually very hard to do. Issy’s time of 9:00.47 was a pb swim and whilst narrowly missing the 9:00 minute mark, the coaches know she is ready to break that barrier very soon. 

Awesome work Issy. 

Other finals and top-10 finishes for day 4:

• Hannah Jamieson Girls 13 yrs 400m Freestyle 4th 4:33:88 PB

• William Mackay Boys 17 yrs 800m Freestyle 5th 8:34:53

• Luke Lee Boys 15 yrs 400m IM 6th 4:39:66 PB

• Maisie Langley Girls 14 yrs 400m IM 9th 5:22:71 PB in the heat

• Ruben Langley Boys 17 yrs 800m freestyle 9th 8:49:67

• Pare Nader Girls 13yrs 50m Butterfly 9th 29.37 PB

Special mention to Pare Nadar for her 9th placing in the girls 13 years 50m butterfly.  Pare dropped 0.36 off her pb touching in 29.37. 

Like many of the team, Pare has had a big program and is doing a great job of turning up each day and giving her best on each swim. 

Tonight’s finals finished with another round of club relays, this time the 4x100m Medley. 

In the Girls team we had Lexi Mulcahy (Backstroke, 66.87), Maya Ostapenko (Breaststroke, 1:18.57), Lexie Cook (Butterfly, 65.04), Charlotte Lim (Freestyle, 58.67) finishing in 17th place. 

We had two teams for the Boys: 

Firstly, Luke Lee (Backstroke, 1:00.73), Justin Wang (Breaststroke, 66.15), Ari Knowles (Butterfly, 57.40), Ruben Langley (Freestyle, 53.38) finishing 20th. The second team was Will Morgan (Backstroke, 1:01.13), Harrison Tancred (Breaststroke, 1:04,68), Will Mackay  (Butterfly, 58.99), Xander Mackay (Freestyle, 55.77), who finished 27th. 

Great job, team!

Day 5 brings plenty of opportunities with 36 swims from the team. 

With the way the team has been performing, they just need to continue to do what they have been doing so well - turn up and race! 

Bring it on!

National Age 2025 - Day 3 Wrap

Day 3 proved to be a another great day of performances with a huge 70% pb rate from just todays' efforts! 

As the each day goes by at a multiday competition, it is important that swimmers are arriving to the pool refuelled, reenergised, and ready to give each swim their best.  Each day brings new opportunities and the coaching team know that with the training that has been completed back in Sydney, they can attack each day as it its the first.

To top off today’s huge pb effort, there were 11 swimmers progressing through to the night time finals. 

Swim of the day...

... goes to Luke Lee, claiming bronze in the Boys 15 years 400m Freestyle with a huge 6.70s pb of 4:01.48. 

The Boys 15years age group is an extremely competitive field in  middle distance and distance Freestyle events so he knew he was going to have a race on his hands and that it was. 

There were 4 boys out in front from the early stages of the race, which ended in a very tight race for second and third with both boys finishing within 0.10s of each other!

Great swim Luke!

Charlotte Lim and Lexi Mulcahy are both having an incredible week of racing with the girls stepping up again in 2 finals tonight. 

First, they raced the Girls 50m Backstroke where it came down to the final stroke for the medals. Charlotte claimed the silver in a time 30:21 and Lexi claimed the bronze in a time of 30:40.  

Just over an hour later, the girls were on the blocks again, for showdown #2 of the night - this time it was the 400m IM. 

In a race where both girls took turns in leading the race and maximised their individual strengths. Lexi claimed her second Gold and fourth medal for the meet winning on the final stroke in a time of 5:04.21.  Charlotte claimed the Silver medal and her fourth individual medal for the week in a time of 5:0430. 

It was great racing from both girls. With 4 more days to go, keep your eyes on these two. 

Other finals and top-10 finishes for day 3:

• Issy Mulcahy Girls 15 years 200m Freestyle 6th 2:07.72 PB

•  Ethan Cook Boys 17 years 200m Breaststroke 6th 2:22:79 PB

• Maya Ostapenko Girls 15 years 100m Backstroke 8th 1:06:18 PB

• Ari Knowles Boys 15 years 100m Butterfly B Final 9th 57.10 PB

• Wesley Peacock Boys 14 years 400m IM  9th 4:57:89 PB

• Justin Wang Boys 17 years 200m Breaststroke 10th 2:27:11 PB

• Emma Ng Girls 14 years 100m Butterfly B final 13th 1:06.48 PB

• Issy Mulcahy Girls 15 years 100m Backstroke B Final 13th 1:06:70 

Special mention goes to Hannah Jamieson for her 5thplacing in the Girls 13 years 400m IM.  Hannah’s time of 5:18.47 was a 9.14 second pb.  

In todays' 400m IM Carlile had 9 swimmers across the girls and boys events, which shows great depth we have coming through our program.. 

Congratulations to Harper Yin, Laura Pettigrew, Pare Nadar, Alan Yang, Eddie Wang who all finished inside the top-20 and scored points for the team. 

To finish off the day’s racing we had the first of the club relays. 

In the girls 4x100m Freestyle relay we had Maya Ostapenko (59.32), Kaitlin Barry (60.02), Issy Mulcahy (60.12) and Jess Persson (60:72) swim a very good race from the outside lane finishing 15th. The girls went in ranked 28th going into the competition so it was a great result to see them move up the rankings in such a big way. 

In the boys 4x100m Freestyle relay we had Ari Knowles (54.37), Ruben Langley (53.82), William Morgan (53.75) and Xander Mackay (54.91) who moved their ranking from 25th to 20th.  Both team really stepped up for the club to finish off another great night of results. 

Congratulations to Alexia Mantle, Taj Kingston and Jess Persson who all raced there first event today and finished with PB’s. A great way for them start the meet. 

Bring on day 4!!!

National Age 2025 - Day 2 Wrap

Day 1 of the Australian Age Championships kicked off in Brisbane, with the Carlile Swim Team featuring in 25 races. 

With this being Carlile’s biggest first day of racing in our national campaigns over the last 4 years, it was bound to be a big one! Of the 25 swims, 12 progressed through to night time finals and 15 top ten finishes across the day!

Swim of the day...

... goes to Issy Mulcahy, claiming gold in the girls 15 years 1500m Freestyle in a pb time of 17:09.18. 

Issy swam a well-paced race, swimming away from her competitors at the 400m mark and then continuing to pull away for the rest of the field. Her time was a 14 second pb and made her the second fastest swimmers in the event, despite there being 2 age groups older than her!  

It was great to see Issy claim this National Title back after her silver placing in 2024. 

Great job Issy!

Charlotte Lim featured in another 2 individual Finals, and a State relay to make it two big days of racing in a row. 

In her first event for the night, Charlotte claimed Silver in the Girls 13 years 100m Free, coming home with the fastest backend 50 in the field (29.60). Charlotte turned 7th at the 50m mark and showed true determination to claim her second medal of the meet. 

In her other results tonight, Charlotte finished 15thin the girls 13 years 50m Breast, and also led off the Mixed Medley State relay which went on win the bronze medal. 

Fanstastic day 2 Charlotte – keep it up!

The third medal of the night for Carlile went to Luke Lee in the boys 15 years 200m Back, claiming a silver medal in a pb time of 2:06.40. Luke put himself in the race early and went with leader all the way until the final 25m. A gutsy swim, and a great outcome. 

Well done Luke. 

Other finallists and top 10 finishes for day 2 include:

• Harrison Tancred  Boys 16 years 50m Breaststroke  5th 30.39 PB

• Nicholas Macher  Boys 17 years 1500m Freestyle  5th 16:29:12 PB

• William Mackay  Boys 17 years 1500m Freestyle  7th 16:42:62

• Ruben Langley  Boys 17 years 1500m Freestyle  9th 16:46:36

• Luke Jamieson  Boys 16 years 1500m Freestyle  9th 16:58:70

• Kaitlin Barry Girls 14 years 200m Backstroke  10th 2:28:24

• Ari Knowles Boys 15 years 100m Freestyle B Final 13th 53:60 PB

• Lexi Mulchay  Girls 13 years 100m Freestyle B Final 14th 1.00.67 PB

Special mention must go to Will Morgan.  Will dropped1.87 seconds off his pb (2:10.57) in the boys 17 years 200m IM to tie 10th, meaning he had to compete in a swim-off less than an hour later.

Will again, swam inside his pre-National best time (2:10.82). narrowly being touched out for a place in the final.  Will’s swim was a huge effort, he moved his ranking from 17th to 10th in the country. 

PB heat swims included: Harper Yin (100 Free, 1:01.97), Hannah Jamieson (100 Free, 1:01.61), Wes Peacock (100 Free, 56.79), Pare Nadar (50 Breastroke, 36.48), Xander Mackay (100 Free, 54.81) and Oli Yin (100 Free, 55.20). 

Day 3 is going to be another jam packed day of racing for Carlile with a massive 34 swims to come. 

It is really exciting to see the team featuring across so many different events.  

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s results.

National Age 2025 - Day 1 Wrap

Day 1 of the Australian Age Championships kicked off in Brisbane, with the Carlile Swim Team featuring in 25 races. 

With this being Carlile’s biggest first day of racing in our national campaigns over the last 4 years, it was bound to be a big one! Of the 25 swims, 12 progressed through to night time finals and 15 top ten finishes across the day!

Swimmer of the day...

 ... goes to Lexi Mulcahy, for not just one swim, but for 5 huge swims on the very first day of her first Age Nationals! 

Lexi started the day racing the heats of girls 13 years 200m Back and 100m Fly progressing through to the finals in both, as well as the girls 13-14 years 800m Freestyle, which was a straight final swum in the heats.

Lexi showed true grit and resilience in the evening finals to come away with 4th place in the 200m Back in a time of 2:24.50, then only an hour later jumped back onto the blocks to sneak a bronze medal in the 100m Fly with a big PB of 1:04.22.  What was great about Lexi’s 100 Butterfly was the way she swam over 2 swimmers in the second 50 to secure the medal. 

To top off Lexi’s day, she won the gold medal in the 800m Freestyle from her day time race. A massive effort Lexi – Well done! .

A big congratulations goes to Charlotte Lim for her gold medal effort in the girls 13 years 200m Back.

 With this being Charlotte’s first National campaign, it was great to see her show complete composure throughout the entire race, leading from the start to finish and executing her race plan with precision. Charlotte’s time of 2:19.87 was more than 3s ahead of second place!

Charlotte will feature in a lot of events across the week, so stay tuned for more on her results to come. 

Great job, Charlotte.

Hannah Jamieson was the third medal winner for the team securing the silver medal behind Lexi in the girls 13 years 800m Free. Hannah dropped a huge 10.02s off her pb and secured the medal.

With Australia having such a rich history in distance events, it was very exciting for the coaching team to see the girls take gold and silver in this event. 

Hannah should be very proud of her day one efforts, also adding a 5th place in the 200m Back. Hannah moved her ranking from 15th to 5th in a pb time of 2:27.36.

In other exciting finals for night 1 we saw the following:

Harrison Tancred Boys 16 years 200m IM 4th 2:07:13 – PB

Maya Ostapenko Girls 15 years 200m IM 4th 2:19:23 – PB

Issy Mulcahy Girls 15 years 200m IM 6th 2:22:07 – PB 

Ethan Cook Boys 17 years 100m Breaststroke 7th 1:05:95 – PB

Pare Nadar  Girls 13 years 100m Butterfly 8th 1:06:55 – PB

Justin Wang Boys 17 years 100m Breaststroke "B" 9th 1:05:74

Maisie Langley Girls 14 years 800m Freestyle 9th 9:33:87

Laura Pettigrew Girls 13 years 800m Freestyle 9th 9:40:49 – PB 

Alan Yang Boys 14 years 800m Freestyle 9th. 9:02:75 - PB

Special mention goes to Luke Lee for his 4th place finish in the boys 15 years 800m Freestyle, dropping 12.21 seconds off his best time in a gutsy swim from start to finish. 

A special mention also goes to Harper Yin for her improvement in rankings in the girls 13 years 100m Butterfly.  Harper moved from 49th to 38th in a pb time of 1:09:90. 

Congratulations, Luke and Harper.

To finish off a big first day, Charlotte Lim and Kaitlin Barry represented NSW in the girls 13-14 years 4x50m Freestyle State relay. Both girls did their State and club very proud, winning a silver medal for their efforts. 

Well done girls!

Congratulations to William Mackay, Lexie Cook, Emma NG who all kicked off their national campaign today. It is a big week of racing with plenty of main events to go across the next 6 days. Each day brings new opportunities, so swimmers need to now shift their focus to their next swim. 

Stay tuned for Day 2!

National Age 2024 - Day 7

It has been a massive final day for the team in what has been an incredible week on the Gold Coast. Carlile had 14 races in the heats with 7 of those progressing through to finals. This is an impressive conversion from heats to finals!

Swim of the Day...

Swim of the day goes to Maisie Langley who raced the girls 13 years 1500m freestyle, dropping 33.65 seconds off her PB. This was a huge effort given the program Maisie has completed over the last 7 days. Great finish Maisie.

Fantastic finalists...

The first final of the night saw Lexie Cook race the girls 14 years 200m butterfly. Lexi went into the race ranked 9th and finished the race 6th from the outside lane. Lexie dropped 0.87 seconds off her pb to finish in 2.24.82.

In another great 200 butterfly race, Taj Kingston dropped 4.47 seconds off his pb to finish 6th in the boys 15 years event. This was Taj’s first A final for the meet and he finished the week with a bang. Great work Taj.

Ethan Cook also finished the week with his first A final, competing from the outside lane of the boys 16 years 400m IM. Ethan went into the race ranked 10th and ended up 7th in the final. His time of 4.46.46 was a great pb to finish the week. Well done Ethan.

In the girls 16 years 200m backstroke Zannah Dixon came away with a season best in a time of 2.22.57. Zannah dropped her time in the heat, and then came back to drop again in the final. Zannah finished 7th. Amazing work Zannah.

Following on in the backstroke events Maya Ostapenko featured in her 5th final for the week. Maya raced the girls 14 years 100m backstroke finishing 4th place in a time of 1.06.48. This is a new another pb swim for Maya. Great week Maya.

Medallist Marvels...

Following on from her gold medal effort last night, Olivia Wunsch secured her third gold medal for the meet, winning the girls 17 years 100m butterfly. Liv set herself a new pb of 58.62, dropping 0.72 seconds and dipping under 59 for the first time. What a way to finish you National age campaign Liv.

To finish off a big night of finals Isobel Mulcahy stepped up and dropped 15.54 seconds of her time in the girls 14 years 1500m freestyle, claiming the silver medal. Issy has faced some big events across the 7 days and it has been impressive to see her finish off the meet with such a big pb. Well done Issy.

NSW Representatives...

Kaitlin Barry and Olivia Wunsch were selected to represent their state in the state relays. Both girls swam pb times, with Kaitlin swimming the backstroke leg (30.73) in the mixed 13-14 years IM relay, and Liv swimming the freestyle leg (24.21) in the mixed 17-18 years IM relay.

Final Wrap up...

Well done to all 25 swimmers who represented Carlile this week.  In 2023 we finished 9th in the club points competition, this year we moved to 7th.  A huge move forward especially since we had less swimmers competing at the meet this year!

As a coaching team we are incredibly proud of the way the club was represented!

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National Age 2024 - Day 6

Day 6 saw Carlile feature in 22 races.

It was another big day of IM racing, with 10 swimmers doing this event. It is great to see so many orange caps in this event in age group swimming.  There were 6 swimmers progressing through to the night finals. 

Swim of the Day...

Swim of the day goes to Maya Ostapenko in the girls 200m IM claiming her first national medal. Maya came away with the bronze in a PB time of 2.20.64, dropping 1.42 seconds off her time. Maya got up and attacked it from the start, putting herself in the race at the end of the backstroke and then digging deep through the freestyle. It was a brilliant race from Maya. Across this year Maya has dropped a massive over 9 seconds in this event. Great work Maya!

The Frenzy of Finals continues...

Kaitlin Barry had another fantastic night of finals, racing the girls 13 years 100m Freestyle, and then backing up 30 minutes later to race the girls 200m IM. Kaitlin finished 4th in the 100 free, and then claimed her second gold of the meet in the 200m IM. It was incredible to see Kaitlin come home in the freestyle leg in a time of 29.97. Very impressive swimming Kaitlin. 

In the girls 17 years 100m Freestyle Olivia Wunsch claimed her second gold medal of the meet, finishing in a time of 53.99. It was great to see Liv swim out with composure, turning second at the 50m turn and then charging home to swim over her competitors in the last 15m. Liv's second 50m time of 27.52 was her fastest back end split she has done. Great job Liv.

Justin Wang made it through to his first final for the meet in the boys 16 years 100m breastroke. He swam a big pb this morning to qualify for the night swim, and then repeated his performance for the second time for today. Justin's time of 1.06.60 saw him finish 7th. In this event Ethan Cook qualified into the B final to secure himself a second swim for the day. Ethan finished 17th in a time of 1.08.74. Great work boys!

Special mentions...

Special mention to Joshua Whitty, Evelyn Song, Ruben Langley and Alexander Mackay who finished their national campaign off today with pb swims. This is what the swimmers train for so it was great to see them finish off a good week with a bang. In the IM swims this morning Lexie Cook finished 9th in the girls 14 years 200m IM in a pb, and Maisie Langley won her heat from the outside lane, swimming over the top of everyone in the freestyle leg in a big pb. Great job team. 

We are ready to tackle day 7 and the final day of the meet.  

Nationals 2024 - Day 5 Wrap Up

Day 5 saw Carlile swim another 23 races! It was great to see swimmers still getting up and giving it their all with 13 pb swims for the day. There were 5 swimmers who progressed to finals and 2 relay swims.

Swim of the Day...

Swim of the day goes to Ruben Langley. Ruben tied for 11th place in the boys 16 years 400m Freestyle in a time of 4.11.09. In this case the boys elected to compete in a swim off for first reserve, at the end of the heats session, meaning they were racing at 3.00pm in the afternoon. The coaching team were most impressed with Ruben's attitude towards going head to head and rising to the occasion. Ruben came away with the win in a new pb time of 4.09.48 which was a 1.10 second pb. Great stuff Ruben. 

Fast Finalists...

Zannah Dixon made her first final for the meet in the girls 17 years 100m backstroke. It was great to see Zannah get up and swim faster than her heat swim and also improve her ranking. Zannah's time of 1.06.14 placed her 8th. Well done Zannah. 

In another exciting final for Kaitlin Barry, saw her win her first gold medal of the meet. Her time of 2.07.10 was a 1.65 second improvement. Very similar to previous races, Kaitlin finished strongest in the final stages of the race coming home in 31.00. Great job Kaitlin. 

Will Mackay swam a 1.66 second pb in the boys 400m freestyle, narrowly missing the bronze medal. Will showed great composure as the rest of the field took it out very fast. Turning 10th at the 100m mark, he slowly made his way through the field across the next 300m. It was very impressive to watch. Good racing Will. 

More Medleys...

In the girls 14 years 400m IM Carlile had another race with multiple swimmers in the final. Isobel Mulcahy swam herself to the bronze medal in a new pb time of 5.02.43, whilst Maya Ostapenko came 4th in a time of 5.03.79. Both girls swam great pb's and qualified for the Olympic Trials in this event. Both girls still have another couple of big events to come over the next 2 days. Keep it up Issy and Maya. 

Relay Roundup...

Well done to the boys and girls relay teams who finished up the night finals. In the girls 13-14 years 4x50m freestyle relay, Kaitlin Barry (27.75), Isobel Mulcahy (28.21), Emy Liu (29.46) and Maya Ostapenko (26.10) finished 10th. Special mention to Maya who swam a massive 2 seconds under her 50m pb time. In the boys 14-15 years 4x50m freestyle relay, Oliver Yin (26.50), Joshua Whitty (25.77), Taj Kingston (25.75), and Alexander Mackay (26.23) finished 1.71 seconds under their entry time. It was a great way to end the night. 

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Nationals 2024 - Day 4 Wrap Up

It was another cracking day on the GC for day 4 of the meet. Carlile had another busy program with 18 races across the day. The PB's continued and 5 swimmers progressed through to the night finals. With only 3 days to go the swimmers are showing resilience and determination as they continue to step up across the 7 day meet. 

To kick off the night of finals Olivia Wunsch secured a silver medal in the girls 17 years 50m freestyle. It was great for Liv to get another opportunity to go head to head with her fellow JNR World's team mate. Great job Liv. 

Swim of the Day...

Swim of the day goes to the boys 14-18 years medley relay which closed out the night with a bang. The boys team of Will Morgan, Justin Wang, Will Mackay and Ruben Langley swam under their entry time by a massive 5.72 seconds. This shows just how much they rose for their team.  Will led off the backstroke leg in a time of 1.03.74, Justin breaststroke in 1.06.13, Will Mackay butterfly in 57.55 and Ruben anchoring the freestyle leg in 53.20. Great effort boys. 

Medley Mayhem...

Kaitlin Barry stepped up to race her 4th final of the meet, this time racing the girls 400m IM. Kaitlin put herself in the race nice and early and had a good battle to the finish in the freestyle leg. Kaitlin's pb time of 5.07.90 won her the silver medal in a very exciting finish. Carlile had 4 girls feature in this race with all 4 swimming pb's. Congratulations to Jessica Persson who finished 9th, and Maisie Langley who finished 10th. Keep it going girls.

Finishing up the night was the girls 13-17 years 4x100 medley relay. The girls team of Zannah Dixon (1.06.56), Lexie Cook (1.18.17), Olivia Wunsch (57.55) and Kaitlin Barry (59.37) finished 10th place. It was great to see the girls improve on their ranking that they went in with. 

Breaststroke Finals...

Carlile had two girls make the girls 14 years 200m breaststroke, with the girls swimming out of lanes side by side. Lexie Cook dropped 1.33 seconds off her entry time from heat to final, and finished 8th in a time of 2.43.60. She is continuing to show that she can get up and swim faster in finals which is fantastic to see. Maya Ostapenko swam her 3rd final for the meet, finishing 9th in a time of 2.45.43. Well done girls. 

Distance Dominators...

In the boys 16 years 1500m freestyle William Mackay and Ruben Langley claimed a silver and bronze. Will's time of 16.23.72 was second in the field, and Ruben's time of 16.35.11 was third. Both boy's should be proud of their efforts. Congratulations Will and Ruben. 

Day 3 roundup...

Special mention to Joshua Whitty who took off 0.70 seconds off his 50m butterfly pb, and to Luke Jamieson and Taj Kingston in the boys 15 years 400m freestyle. Both boys executed their race plans to finish in pb times and both in the top 20. Well done boys. 

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Nationals 2024 - Day 3 Wrap Up

Day 3 was another big one for Carlile with 22 races across the heats session. What has been impressive to see is the variety of events that Carlile swimmers are racing. Today's events included 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 200m freestyle, 50m breaststroke, 200m butterfly, 50m backstroke, 400m freestyle, and 200m freestyle! 

Swim of the Day...

Swim of the day goes to Kaitlin Barry claiming a silver medal in the girls 13 years 100m backstroke. Kaitlin's swim was a pb time of 1.06.11 and her second medal for the meet. It was great to see Kaitlin go into the final ranked 6th and finish the race second. What was even more impressive was Kaitlin had the fastest second 50m split out of the whole field, showing how well she executed her race plan. Well done Kaitlin!

Carlile also had two girls make it through to the B final in the girls 13 years 100m backstroke. Emma Ng continued her successful few days of racing with another pb swim, finishing 16th in a time of 1.10.61. Jessica Persson finished 18th in a time of 1.11.09, swimming under her entry time for the second time today. Great racing girls!

Fly Finals cont...

Taj Kingston got to step up and swim his first race of the meet, qualifying in lane 4 for the B final in the boys 15 years 100m butterfly. Taj's heat swim was a massive 1.87 second pb. He then went on to take another 0.45 seconds off in the final. Taj's pb time of 58.16 saw him finish 9th overall. Taj also showed control and confidence turning 9th at the 50m mark, and swimming over his competitors to finish 1st in his race. Congratulations Taj. 

In the boy's 16 years 200m butterfly, William Mackay continued to show form, dropping 2.15 seconds off his pb across heats and finals. Will's time of 2.05.05 placed him 4th. It was great to see Will progress significantly from 8th in this event in 2023, to 4th in 2024. Keep it up Will. 

Fast Freestyle

Maisie Langley was back for her second final of the meet in the girls 13 years 400m freestyle. Maisie moved through the pack in her heat, making a significant move in the third 100. This paid off for her, seeing her qualify for the night swim. Maisie went into this event ranked 22nd, and finished 9th in a PB time of 4.40.02. Great job Maisie. 

In the girls 14 years 200m Freestyle Isobel Mulcahy qualified through to the finals. Issy swam a tough race, with the girls taking it out very fast. Issy swam two pb's for this event in one day, finishing 6th overall in a time of 2.08.42. Congratulations Issy. Carlile also had two other girls swim this event in the heats, making it 3 from 3 pb's for the day. Well done to Maya Ostapenko and Lexie Cook as well. 

To round out the night, Carlile's girls 13-17 years 4x100 freestyle relay team finished 5th. The girls went into the race ranked 8th, but with all girls stepping up for their team, they dropped 2.29 seconds of their entry time to finish 5th. It was an exciting finish with just 0.71 between 3rd and 5th. The team consisting of Olivia Wunsch (54.25), Kaitlin Barry (59.35), Maya Ostapenko (59.50) and Zannah Dixon (58.81) should be very proud of their efforts.

Day 3 roundup...

Special mention to Lexie Cook who raced 3 events today, with all 3 being pb's. She started out the day with the girls 14 years 100m butterfly, then the 50m breastroke and finished up with the 200m freestyle. An incredible effort in what was a very hot but beautiful day on the GC. Special mention also goes to Jessica Persson who improved her ranking in the girls 13 years 400m freestyle, going into the event ranked 26th and finishing 10th. 

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Nationals 2024 - Day 2 Wrap Up

Carlile featured in a huge 16 races on day 2!

Another big day for the team saw 6 swimmers progress to the finals, a gold medal in the 50 Fly timed final, and 2 top 10s finishes in the boys 800 freestyle. 

Swim of the Day...

Swim of the day goes to Olivia Wunsch winning the first gold medal of the meet in the girls 17 years 50m Butterfly. Liv's pb time of 26.34 saw her claim Gold by over a second. As this is Liv's last year racing as an age grouper it was great to see her defend her title following last year's win in this event. Keep it going Liv!

Backstroke Bests...

First final of the night saw Isobel Mulcahy and Maya Ostapenko make their second final for the meet, racing in the girls 14 years 200m backstroke.  Both girls got up at night and swam faster than their heat times in massive pb's.

Maya came home very strong to finish 4th in a time of 2.20.77 dropping 3.47 seconds off her entry time. Issy touched 5th in 2.21.08 dropping 1.60 seconds off her entry time. It was great to see both girls represent the club in a tough race and qualify for another swim at Olympic Trials in June.  

With a busy program ahead, it's been a very successful start to their 2024 National campaign. 

200 Fly Finals...

In the girls 13 year's 200m butterfly Carlile had 3 girls qualify for the final!

Special mention goes to Emma Ng who came away with a bronze medal and dropping a huge 10.10 seconds off her pb across the heat and final today. Emma paced her race very well, moving through the pack in the 3rd 50 and passing two girls through the second 100. Brilliant swimming Emma!

Alexia Mantle and Maisie Langley also featured in this final with both girls swimming pb's for the second time today. Alexia's time of 2.31.00 placed her 7th and Maisie's time of 2.31.04 placed her 8th.

Carlile had 5 swimmers race the 200 fly today, with all 5 being big pb's. Congratulations to Jessica Persson and Alexander Mackay, along with the girls in the final tonight. 

Day 2 roundup...

Adding to the distance medal count from last night, William Mackay claimed a silver medal in the boy's 16 years 800m freestyle. It was tough conditions in the heat during the day, but Will kept his composure and stuck to his race plan well. This is Will's first national medal. Congratulation's Will.

Ruben Langley also raced in this event, finishing 6th overall in the 16 years age group. Great job boys!

To round out the night the girl's 13-14 years medley relay stepped up to finish 5th, dropping 1.56 seconds off their entry time. It was a great way to finish off another successful night for the team.

The team of Isobel Mulcahy (31.33), Maya Ostapenko (34.46), Lexie Cook (29.30) and Kailtin Barry (27.08) should be very proud of the way they swam. 

Bring on day 3. 

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Nationals 2024 - Day 1 Wrap Up

The Australian Age Championships kicked off on the Gold Coast yesterday with Carlile Swim Team being represented in 22 races. It was a big first day for the team, and a very successful one at that!  Across the day there were 11 pb's from the heats, and 7 swimmers progressed through to the night time finals.

Night one finalists included Jess Perrson, Kaitlin Barry, Emma Ng, Lexie Cook, Maya Ostapanko and Isobel Mulcahy. Olivia Wunsch also had the opportunity to race for NSW in the state relay. 

Swim of the Day...

Swim of the day goes to Isobel Mulcahy in the girls 14 years 800m Freestyle.  Issy secured a silver medal with a 5 second pb! It was a great battle for 16 laps with 3 girls finishing within 1.08 seconds.  Her time was 9.04.11. Well done Issy!

National Final Debuts...

In our first final for the night, Kaitlin Barry won a bronze medal in the girls 13 years 200m backstroke. With this being her first National final it was a great result to come away with her first National medal. Earlier in the day Kaitlin had raced the girls 13 years 800m freestyle finishing 4th in a new pb time of 9.26.91. Great start to the meet Kaitlin!

Jess Persson also stepped up to make her first National final, securing 4th position behind Kaitlyn in the girls 13 years 200m backstroke. It was great to see Jess go into the final ranked 9th and finishing the final in 4th.  After dropping 1.04 seconds off her pb this morning, she then took another 1 second off her time at night. Great job Jess!

In the girls 13 years 100m butterfly, Emma Ng qualified for her first National age B final. Emma dropped 2.38 seconds off her pb for a heat time of 1.07.40, and then came back at night to swim a time of 1.07.29.  Emma finished 13th overall!

Best Time in the Breaststroke...

In the girls 14 years 100m breaststroke Carlile had two swimmers progress to the B final. Maya Ostapanko and Lexie Cook both came back and swam faster times at night than their heat swims. Lexie made two big drops off her pb to finish 15th overall in a time of 1.15.43 and Maya finished 18th in a time of 1.15.97. Well done girls! 

Day 1 Roundup...

A special mention goes to Luke Jamieson and Maisie Langley for their efforts on day 1. Luke swam the boys 15 years 1500m heat, dropping a massive 27.46 seconds off his pb. Luke took it out strong and led his heat from start to finish. Luke's time of 16.49.40 secured him 5th overall.  A great result for his first age Nationals.

Maisie raced the girls 13 years 100m butterfly in a PB time of 1.08.96. This was a 2.02 second pb. What was great from Maisie was she then backed up to race a swim off in the same event with no swim down, and again swam under her original PB again. Whilst this added an extra element to Maisie's first day, she managed herself very well through it all, and then got up and raced the 800 freestyle not much later in the day. 

To finish the night of racing, Olivia Wunsch anchored the girls 13-17 years state relay for NSW to secure a gold medal with the team. The team of girls all swam very well. Olivia's anchor time was 24.27. Good job Liv!

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