Knox Pymble win inaugural Triple C Cup

The 2026 Australian MC Age Championships wrapped up tonight under Gold Coast lights as the inaugural Ceeney-Cowdrey-Cole Cup was awarded to Knox Pymble.

With emerging stars Liam Togher (pictured), Alyssa Gillespie and an Australian Dolphin, Declan Budd, racing in their blue, white and red club colours, Knox Pymble finished on top of the table with 366 points. University of Queensland placed second on 333 points, followed by NUswim on 319 points.

The Ceeney-Cowdrey-Cole Cup was introduced at this year’s championships as a new opportunity to greater recognise and celebrate clubs that specialise in developing multi-class swimming in Australia.

The Cup was named after three key figures in the Australian swimming Paralympic movement – Daphne Ceeney (Australia’s first female Paralympian), Matt Cowdrey (Australia’s most succeful Paralympic swimmer) and Ellie Cole (Australia’s most decorated female Paralympian).

Across the three days of racing, a few athletes stood out amongst their peers:

Mia Hogan (Corowa): 14 – 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
Visually impaired swimmer, Mia Hogan set an Australian record in the girls’ 100m butterfly of 1:13.12 for her 14-year old girls’ S13 classification age group. Hogan boasted podium finishes across the freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and medley events, proving her prowess as an all-rounder athlete and cementing that she is one to watch on the road to Brisbane 2032.

Eli Kerr (Warrnambool): 14 – 4 Gold, 2 Silver
An S9 athlete from regional Victoria, Eli Kerr burst on to the scene and became a four-time national age champion. Kerr had a stacked program and the dividends paid off with the fourteen-year-old winning the 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 50m freestyle and 200m individual medley multi-class events, as well as, picking up a silver in the 50m backstroke and 100m freestyle.

Victoria Belando Nicholson (University of Queensland): 18 – 4 Gold
This aspiring Dolphin dominated the 16-18 year age group, claiming gold in all five of her events. Belando Nicholson won the 400m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke.

Callum Simpson (Flinders Phoenix): 18 – 3 Gold, 1 Silver
Already a Paralympic champion, Callum Simpson went out with a bang at his final Australian MC Age Championships. Simpson picked up three golds (400m, 100m &  50m freestyle) and a 200 IM silver. But he’s not done yet. Catch the S8 athlete from the Sunshine Coast competing at the Australian Open, including his Paralympic gold medal event – the 100m freestyle on Day 2.