Victorian State Championships: Paris Pair Olivia Wunsch and Iona Anderson Lead “Girls Night Out” In Spectacular Opening Finals Consultation
Paris Olympians Olivia Wunsch and Iona Anderson have been joined on best of the rostrum by way of fellow emerging stars Sienna Toohey and Tara Kinder in what was once an outstanding “girls night out” at the opening finals consultation of the 2025 Mattioli Victorian Open Lengthy Direction Championships.
Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) added Victorian State gold, bettering on her South Australian identify (54.80) win in a season absolute best of 54.16 (26.09), completing neatly forward of three-time Commonwealth Formative years Video games gold medallist Innez Miller (Fenix, WA) 55.84 with Eastern Olympian Rikako Ikee 3rd in 56.60.
LOOKING AHEAD: Carlile’s Olivia Wunsch main a NSW push to LA. Photograph Courtesy Swimming NSW
The 18-year-old, who was once a member of Australia’s gold-medal successful 4x100m freestyle relay squad as a warmth swimmer in Paris, represents the way forward for the Dolphins freestyle dash ranks.
A bunch that for the primary time in 13 years will get ready for a significant Championship marketing campaign this 12 months with out both Cate or Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon or Madi Wilson.
Wunsch will once more glance to enroll in Australia’s best 3 100m feminine freestylers Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack and Meg Harris because the Aussie women glance to construct on their Olympic relay dynasty.
Australia aiming so as to add a 5th directly 4x100m freestyle gold in LA in 2028 the place they are able to equivalent the USA women unbeaten file of 5 consecutive relay gold medals between Rome in 1960 and Montreal in 1976.
Previous within the evening, Wunsch (26.53) had completed 3rd in the back of Ikee (25.95) and Eastern teammate Ai Soma(26.53) within the 50m butterfly ultimate
Anderson (Highlanders, WA), the 2024 International Championship silver medallist over 100m backstroke, was once similarly spectacular, successful the 200m backstroke in 2:13.22.
MAKING WAVES: Albury’s Sienna Toohey conserving abreast of the days. Photograph Courtesy Wade Brennan Pictures.
Nevertheless it was once NSW emerging big name Toohey (Albury, NSW) who persisted her spectacular begin to 2025, including the Victorian gold medal to her South Australian identify within the 100m breaststroke in a close to private absolute best time of one:07.19 (31.68) – a fingernail out of doors her pb of one:07.01 swum finally 12 months’s Olympic Trials.
Toohey bettering her backend after successful in Adelaide in 1:07.69, as she together with Wunsch, will chase a 3rd State Championship victory on the NSW State Open Championships later this month and her first sub 1:07 time.
The 15-year-old drew consideration via 2024 as she reduced Olympic champion Leisel Jones’ 24-year-old Australian Age file with an crowd pleasing 3rd on the Trials in the back of Queensland pair and Paris qualifiers Jenna Strauch (1:06.90) and Ella Ramsay (1:06.94).
Toohey, who can be 19 come the LA Olympics in 2028, may neatly be one of the crucial solutions to Australia’s lagging girls’s breaststroke ranks.
Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) confirmed she way trade in 2025, swimming a private absolute best time of four:46.02 within the 400IM ultimate.
The 18-year-old Victorian completed fourth within the 400IM ultimate finally 12 months’s Olympic Trials.
2025 Mattioli Victorian Open LC Championships, Day 1
MEN
Freestyle
100m:
Max Guiliani (TSS Aquatic, QLD) 49.81
Gabriel Gorgas (Manly/Metro North East, NSW) 50.28
Jezze Gorman (St Andrews, QLD) 50.30
400m:
Hoe Yean Khiew (Malaysia) 3:53.29
Tommy Lane (Cheltenham) 3:55.18
Cameron Bladen (TigerSharks, VIC) 3:55.84
Backstroke
50m:
Juho Lee (Korea) 25.90
Callum Halloran-Lavelle 26.05
Will Sharp (Nunawading, VIC) 26.22
Breaststroke
50m:
Sam Williamson (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 26.66
Lucas Matzerah (Germany) 27.60
Cameron Jordan (SOPAC Swim Membership, NSW) 27.85
WOMEN
Freestyle
100m:
Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 54.16
Inez Miller (Fenix Swim Membership, WA) 55.84
Rikako Ikee (Japan) 56.60
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
Backstroke
200m:
Iona Anderson (Highlanders, WA) 2:13.22
Alannah Banks (Surrey Park, WA) 2:16.16
Abbey Kearney (Nunawading, VIC) 2:17.46
Breaststroke
100m
Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW) 1:07.19
Lily Koch (Nunawading, VIC) 1:08.48
Isabelle Rae (Albury, NSW) 1:10.97
Butterfly
50m
Rikako Ikee (Japan) 25.95
Ai Soma (Japan) 26.53
Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) 26.48
Person Medley
400m
Tara Kinder (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 4:46.02
Taryn Roberts (TSS Aquatic, QLD) 4:57.42
Makayla Larkin (Cheltenham, VIC)n 5:02.46
FULL RESULTS
