Australian Champions – Individuals

We know of 54 times one of our students has become an Australian Champion.

Merlin Tzaros is our most recent, becoming Champion at both the Aquathon and Triathlon in April 2025.

Ruby Stevens in 2024 won the Kayak K2 as part of a pair.

Merlin is our first Australian Champion in any sport, since runner Jack Boulton won the Under 18 400m sprint at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney in April 2021, when in Year 11, in a time of 47.51.

Watch the electrifying Boulton performance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKRaUW1sS8g

Our last Australian Champion prior to Boulton, was Year 8 Riley Corke in 2018, in the Cross Country Olympic (XCO) Mountain Biking. Both Corke and Boulton, coincidently were in the same year level.

A number of Cross Country Skiers were Australian Champions in the 2010s (Freya Clarke, Xanthea Dewez, Ben Kaye, Louis Grech), 2000s (Aislinn Kildea, Alisdair Tutt) and the 1990s (Leon Spiller, Kate Spiller), as well as Brenda Allen from 1976.

The other Sport with multiple winners is Aerobics (Brooke Winzer, Blake McCallum and Naomi Baytayla), all in the late 1990s.

Australian Champions

ATHLETE

YEAR

SPORT

AGE

Merlin Tzaros
2025
Triathlon
20
Mertlin Tzaros
2025
Aquathon
Senior
Ruby Stevens
2024
K2 Kayak Marathon
15
Jack Boulton
2021
400m
17
Riley Corke
2018
XCO Mountain Biking
14
Freya Clarke
2015
XC Ski
Xanthea Dewez
2013
XC Ski
Jnr
Ben Kaye
2012
XC Ski – Skate
Div 1
Xanthea Dewez
2011
XC Ski – Classic
Inter
Louis Grech
2011
XC Ski – Classic
James Boal
2010
Cycling – Road Race
17
James Boal
2010
Time Trial
17
Matthew Dwyer
2010
Mountain Bike Downhill
16
Xanthea Dewez
2009
XC Ski -Classic
Junior
Aislinn Kildea
2008
Ski – Joey Hoopett 7km
U14
Aislinn Kildea
2007
XC Ski – 5km Free
16
Alisdair Tutt
2007
XC Ski – 2.5km Free
14
Aislinn Kildea
2007
XC Ski – 5kmClassic
16
Alisdair Tutt
2007
XC Ski – 2.5km Classic
14
Alisdair Tutt
2006
XC Ski
13
Aislinn Kildea
2006
XC Ski
15
Jason Belcher
2003
Mountain Horse Racing
Jnr
Jamie Anderson
1999
Kayaking
15
Nathan Buzimkic
1999
Golf
17
Naomi Baytayla
1999
Aerobics
16
Blake McCallum
1999
Aerobics
14
Brooke Winzer
1998
Aerobics
15
Kate Spiller
1996
XC Ski
U16
Bree Spasojevic
1995
Kate Spiller
1994
XC Ski
U14
Sherryn Phelan
1988
Palouse Pony Show
Sherryn Phelan
1987
Palouse Pony Show
Brenda Allen
1976
5km Skiing
U18

Australian Medalists

ATHLETE

YEAR

SPORT

AGE

MEDAL

Colette Suter
2015
Skiing – XC
Bronze
Amelia  Ouwekerk
2014
Archery
Inter
Bronze
Amelia  Ouwekerk
2014
Archery
Inter
Bronze
Finlay Clarke
2014
XC Ski – Classic Sprint
18
Silver
Finlay Clarke
2012
XC Ski – Skate
Division 3
Bronze
Xanthea Dewez
2012
XC Ski – Skate
Division 1
Silver
Ben Kaye
2011
XC Ski – Classic
Silver
Aislinn Kildea
2009
XC Ski – Classic
Division 1
Silver
Cale Pdubinski
2008
XC Skiing – Freestyle
Division 1
Silver
Emma Pane
2007
50m Breastroke
17
Bronze
Emma Pane
2007
100m Breastroke
17
Bronze
Emma Pane
2007
200m Breastroke
17
Bronze
Daniel Boyle
2002
100m
13
Bronze
Daniel Boyle
2002
200m
13
Silver
Brooke Winzer
1998
Aerobics
15
Silver
Megan DeFazio
1997
Aerobics
14
Bronze
Bree Spasojevic
1995
100m Hurdles
15
Bronze
Bree Spasojevic
1995
4×400 Relay
15
Bronze
Christian McGauran
1992
Field Archery
17
Silver
Kane Scanlan
2006 ?
Motorcross
15
Bronze
Angus McLean
2015
Cylcing – Hill Climb
15
Silver
Angus McLean
2015
Cycling – time Trial
15
Bronze
Gary Arnold
1999
Triathlon
U16
Damian McCormack
2010
Mountain Bike Downhill
16
Silver
Bree Lambert
1998
XC Skiing – Track
18
Silver
Leon Spiller
1994
XC Ski
U16
Silver
Skye Dobson
1994
XC Ski
U16
Bronze