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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 Live ResultsWe entered the third day of the 2026 Australian Age Championships, where the nation’s rising stars continued their record-breaking ways at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Racing in the heats of the boys’ 50m freestyle this morning, 18-year-old Ollie Moclair scorched a lifetime best of 21.73 to claim the top seed.
The Cranbrook swimmer’s outing erased his own Aussie Age Record for 18-year-old boys, a time of 22.04 he established at December’s New South Wales State Age Championships. That means this morning’s performance represented his first-ever foray under the 22-second barrier.
In tonight’s final, Moclair was slightly off that mark but still in stellar form, ultimately getting to the wall in a time of 21.89 for the gold.
That held a significant advantage over his competitors, with Alexander Sillitoe snagging silver in 22.55 and Joshua Conias rounding out the podium in 22.89.
Of note, Moclair’s birthday is in August, where he’ll turn 19 years of age, rendering him unable to have his 21.73 swim notch a new World Junior Record. Thus, that benchmark remains at the 21.75 American Michael Andrew logged in 2017 and Ukraine’s Nikita Sherimet then matched in 2025.
On his performance, Moclair told Swimming Australia,“I really am focusing on my sprint training. Now I don’t do anything more than 2km, I have move away from traditional training and I have had so much progress.
“I am not worried about missing the world junior record this morning. My goal right now is to become the fastest 18-year-old of all time, Caeleb Dressel holds it at 21.53 and I am curious how fast I can go – I have until August to work this out and I am so looking forward to Trials.”
The teen now ranks 11th in the world on the season.
2025-2026 LCM Men 50 FREE
CameronAUS McEvoy03/20WR 20.882ChrisGUILIANO USA21.4303/073MaximeGROUSSETFRA21.5112/204JackALEXYUSA21.5703/205AndrejBARNASRB21.5812/046Nikita SheremetUKR21.6203/077SeanNIEWOLDNED21.6603/068JamieJACKAUS21.7104/088Ian HoHKG21.7111/1610EgorKORNEVRUS21.7202/0711MattKING USA21.7412/04View Top 26»Moclair is now Australia’s 8th-fastest man in history.18
Top 10 Australian Men’s LCM 50 Free Performers All-Time
Cameron McEvoy – 20.88, 2026 Ashley Callus – 21.19, 2009 Eamon Sullivon – 21.28, 2009 Jamie Jack – 21.43, 2025 James Magnussen – 21.52, 2013 Isaac Cooper – 21.65, 2023 Kyle Chalmers – 21.68, 2025 Ollie Moclair – 21.73, 2026 Matthew Abood – 21.74, 2009 Thomas Nowakowski – 21.78, 2025Read the full story on SwimSwam: 18-Yr-Old Ollie Moclair Rips 21.73 Lifetime Best In 50 Free At Aussie Age Championships
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