Victorian State Championships, Day 3: Carlile’s Paris Olympian Olivia Wunsch Wraps Up Treble With Impressive 200m Freestyle Win
Carlile’s Paris Olympian Olivia Wunsch has continued her impressive start to 2025, wrapping up a much sort-after freestyle treble on the final day of the Mattioli Victorian Open LC Championships at the Melbourne Sport Ands Aquatic Centre.
The 18-year-old 2024 Olympic 4x100m freestyle relay gold medallist added the 200m freestyle title to her wins in the 50m (25.15) and 100m freestyles (54.16) – the double she had also won at the South Australian Championships.
In the 200m final, Wunsch clocked 1:58.97 to swim away from Commonwealth Youth Games champion Inez Miller (Fenix Swim Club, WA) 1:59.52 and local star Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) who dipped under two minutes for the first time in 1:59.95.
Kinder wrapped up her impressive “in training” meet with her fourth gold medal, winning the 200m butterfly in 2:14.50 – after her earlier wins in the 400m freestyle, 400m individual medley and 200m breaststroke.
But it was the 200IM win from Nunawading’s Isabella Boyd in 2:13.56 that won her the Female Swimmer of the Meet Award, capping an encouraging weekend that also saw her finish second to Japanese Olympian Rikako Ikee in an all-star 100m butterfly final.
Sam Williamson start 2025 VIC States.Photo Courtesy Swimming Victoria
The Male Swimmer of the Meet went to Paris Olympian and 2024 World Champion Sam Williamson(Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) who set a new Victorian All-Comers Record of 26.66 in the 50m breaststroke.
With Para Swimmers of the Meet Awards going to: Nicholas Layton (Nunawading) for Men’s 50m Butterfly MC and Bendigo’s Sarah Howe for Women’s 400m Freestyle MC.
Nunawading’s Lily Koch also caught the eye – setting a new Victorian 16 years record of 31.83 in the heats of the 50m breaststroke, later holding on to win the final in 32.27 from club mate Madeleine Horvath 33.02 and Stephanie O’Donnell (Yarra Plenty Waves, VIC) 33.77, in an all-Victorian podium.
While visiting Manly all-rounder Gabriel Gorgas (representing Sydney’s Metro North East, NSW) chalked up another eye-catching win the 400IM – clocking a personal best time of 4:24.45 – adding to his 200IM win and a silver medal to Paris Olympian Max Giuliani in the 100m freestyle.
2025 Australian Short Course Championships, Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre
Meanwhile, Swimming Australia announced today that the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) will host the 2025 Australian Short Course Championships from October 1-3. The first major event since the World Championship Trials in 2023.
2025 Mattioli Victorian Open LC Championships, Days 1,2 and 3:
MEN
Freestyle
50m:
- Jezze Gorman (St Andrews, QLD) 22.62
- Jamie Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 22.87
- Zander Coates (Nunawading, VIC) 23.22
100m:
- Max Giuliani (TSS Aquatic, QLD) 49.81
- Gabriel Gorgas (Manly/Metro North East, NSW) 50.28
- Jezze Gorman (St Andrews, QLD) 50.30
200m:
- Max Giuliani (TSS Aquatic, QLD) 1:48.05
- Cameron Bladen (TigerSharks, VIC) 1:49.10
- Hoe Yean Khiew (Malaysia) 1:49.91
400m:
- Hoe Yean Khiew (Malaysia) 3:53.29
- Tommy Lane (Cheltenham, VIC) 3:55.18
- Cameron Bladen (TigerSharks, VIC) 3:55.84
800m:
- Lachlan Walker (TSS Aquatic, QLD) 8:09.33
- Tommy Lane (Cheltenham, VIC) 8:13.56
- Luke Higgs (Warringah/Metro North East, NSW) 8:17.97
1500m:
- Tommy Lane (Cheltenham, VIC) 15:43.17
- Hary Hay (MLC Aquatic, VIC) 16:06.71
- Joshua Carns (Nunawading, VIC) 16:20.62
Backstroke
50m:
- Juho Lee (Korea) 25.90
- Callum Halloran-Lavelle (Nunawading, VIC) 26.05
- Will Sharp (Nunawading, VIC) 26.22
100m:
- Juho Lee (Korea) 54.51
- Will Sharp (Nunawading, VIC) 55.78
- Marius Boll (Carlile, NSW) 56.34
200m
- Juho Lee (Korea) 1:57.04
- Will Sharp (Nunawading, VIC) 2:00.74
- Marius Boll (Carlile, NSW) 2:02.36
Breaststroke
50m:
- Sam Williamson (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 26.66 (VIC All-Comers Rec)
- Lucas Matzerah (Germany) 27.60
- Cameron Jordan (SOPAC Swim Club, NSW) 27.851
100m:
- Lucas Matzerah (Germany) 1:00.57
- Joshua Yong (UWA West Coast, WA) 1:01.21
- Calvin Reed (Propulsion, VIC) 1:02.76
200m:
- Joshua Yong (UWA West Coast, WA) 2:13.16
- Lucas Matzerah (Germany) 2:15.84
- Lachlan Chan (Nunawading, VIC) 2:21.32
Butterfly
50m:
- Christophe Elson (Vikings Swim Club, New Zealand) 24.17
- Joseph Hamson (Knox Pymble/Metro North East, NSW) 24.48
- Jack Carr (St Andrews, QLD) 24.69
100m:
- Calum Halloran-Lavelle (Nunawading, VIC) 54.64
- James McBride (Propulsion, VIC) 55.17
- Cameron Bladen (TigerSharks, VIC) 56.34
200m:
- Archie Kreutzberger (Nth Albury, NSW) 2:03.09
- Hi Hen Goh (Malaysia) 2:03.31
- Joseph Hamson (Knox Pymble/Metro North East, NSW) 2:03.34
Individual medley
200m:
- Gabriel Gorgas (Manly/Metro North East, NSW) 2:02.57
- Clancy Luscombe (Marion, SA) 2:05.20
- Samuel Higgs (Warringah/Metro North East, NSW) 2:05.83
400m:
- Gabriel Gorgas (Manly/Metro North East, NSW) 4:24.45
- Clancy Luscombe (Marion, SA) 4:27.46
- Khai Xin Tan (Malaysia) 4:27.50
WOMEN
Freestyle
50m:
- Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 25.15
- Rikako Ikee (Japan) 25.56
- Ai Soma (Japan) 25.77
100m:
- Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 54.16
- Inez Miller (Fenix Swim Club, WA) 55.84
- Rikako Ikee (Japan) 56.60
200m:
- Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 1:58.97
- Inez Miller (Fenix Swim Club, WA) 1:59.52
- Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 1:59.95
400m:
- Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 4:14.67
- Victoria Catterson (Ireland) 4:18.43
- Dakota Mathers (Nunawading, VIC) 4:23.96
800m:
- Mackenzie Hunter (MLC Aquatic, VIC) 9:01.68
- Dakoda Mathers (Nunawading, VIC) 9:04.28
- Taylor Watson (Yara Valley Waves, VIC) 9:08.27
1500m:
- Mackenzie Hunter (MLC Aquatic, VIC) 17:13.14
- Arika Erdenko (Surrey Park, VIC) 17:26.88
- Lucy Doyle (Nunawading, VIC) 17:30.24
Backstroke
50:
- Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 28.10
- Alyssa Burgess (Highlanders, WA) 29.23
- Semra Olowoniyi (Nunawading, VIC) 29.28
100m:
- Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 1:00.50
- Semra Olowoniyi (Nunawading, VIC) 1:02.90
- Jessica Wilson (Nunawading, VIC) 1:03.65
200m:
- Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 2:13.22
- Alannah Banks (Surrey Park, WA) 2:16.16
- Abbey Kearney (Nunawading, VIC) 2:17.46
Breaststroke
50m:
- Lily Koch (Nunawading, VIC) 32.27 (31.83 heat swim/16 Years VIC Age Rec)
- Madeleine Horvath (Nunawading, VIC) 33.02
- Stephanie O’Donnell (Yarra Plenty Waves, VIC) 33.77
100m:
- Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW) 1:07.19
- Lily Koch (Nunawading, VIC) 1:08.48
- Isabelle Rae (Albury, NSW) 1:10.97
200m:
- Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 2:28.33
- Lily Koch (Nunawading, VIC) 2:28.93
- Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW) 2:30.31
Butterfly
50m
- Rikako Ikee (Japan) 25.95
- Ai Soma (Japan) 26.53
- Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 26.48
100m:
- Rikako Ikee (Japan) 58.19
- Isabella Boyd (Nunawading, VIC) 58.84
- Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 58.98
200m:
- Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 2:14.50
- Mia Yeo (Caulfield, VIC) 2:16.33
- Isabella Osborn (MLC Aquatic, VIC) 2:18.26
Individual Medley
200:
- Isabella Boyd (Nunawading, VIC) 2:13.56
- Alannah Torrance (MLC Aquatic, VIC) 2:18.45
- Bella Zhang (Manly/Metro North East, NSW) 2:19.37
400m:
- Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 4:46.02
- Taryn Roberts (TSS Aquatic, QLD) 4:57.42
- Makayla Larkin (Cheltenham, VIC) 5:02.46