Eight “Next Gen” Aussie Girls To Watch In New Look Dolphins Team For Singapore
The Australian women’s team for the Singapore World Championships will take on a whole new look with the next breed of young girls coming in to make their World’s debuts and others who have stepped up from relay swimmers to claim individual spots.
There is no Ariarne Titmus, the four-time Olympic golden girl who is having this year away from major competitions and 12 months after the Paris Olympics – no Shayna Jack who swam the Australian Trials but missed selection after only a limited preparation.
And following retirements to Emma McKeon, Brianna Throssel, Jenna Strauch, Emily Seebohm, Madi Wilson and Cate Campbell and no Bronte Campbell.
In fact just 10 survivors from the 20 women from the Paris team….so who are the next gen Aussies out to fill some pretty big shoes ?
We’ve tossed up eight names – some who swam in Paris, others who are making their individual World LC championship debuts, as the Dolphins build towards LA28.
SINGAPORE BOUND: Brittany Castelluzzo all smiles at the World Trials 2025. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)
Brittany Castelluzzo: Age: 24; Club: Tea Tree Gully, SA; Coach: Craig Stewart; Events: 200m butterfly
Story so far: Rewarded for a non-stop racing program through 2024 and 2025 to qualify for her first Australian team after winning the 200m butterfly at Trials. Trains in Adelaide out of the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) under coach Craig Stewart and swims for Adelaide-based club Tea Tree Gully. Comes into her first World’s ranked 8th in the world in the 200m butterfly. Will relish international competition.
FINALLY: Hannah Fredericks miles the team. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia.)
Hannah Fredericks: Age: 22; Club: St Peters Western, QLD; Coach: Dean Boxall; Events: 50,100, 200m backstroke
Story so far: Made an emotional breakthrough on o her first Australian team from the renowned St Peters Western club – one of 10 swimmers from SPW on the 40-strong Australian team, earning her spot in the 200m backstroke behind two-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown, adding the 100m after Mollie O’Callaghan (second to McKeown) in the 100m, withdrew to concentrate on the freestyle events.
THUMBS UP: Tara Kinder after winning 400IM 2025 Australian Championships Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)
Tara Kinder: Age: 22; Club: Melbourne Vicentre, VIC; Events: 200m breaststroke, 200IM
Story so far: One of the real success stories of the 2024-25 after taking time away from the pool in 2022, returning in 2023 with a new lease of life and a fresh outlook on her swimming career, training under influential coach Craig Jackson. Tara made her senior career debut at the 2024 World SC Championships after illness curtailed her Olympic Trials. Has produced a series of personal bests across the 200m breaststroke and 200 and 400IM where she sits inside the top 16 in the world.
PARIS RELAY GOLD (4×200 free) Jamie Perkins. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).
Jamie Perkins: Age: 20; Club: St Peters Western, QLD; Events: 200m, 400m
Story so far: A 2024 Paris Olympic debutant who replaced Lani Pallister in the 400m, making the final of the 400m freestyle “Race of the Century” won by training partner, Ariarne Titmus, before swimming in the heats of the 4x200m which saw Australia win gold. But come 2025 Perkins has earned her own spots alongside new training partner, longtime friend Pallister (who moved to St Peters to join coach Dean Boxall), in the 400m and again replacing Pallister, this time in the 200m. The pair will form a new-look 1-2 punch for Australia when they take on GOATS Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh. With Titmus, Shayna Jack (who missed the cut) and Brianna Throssel (retired), Perkins and Pallister, along with Mollie O’Callaghan will be joined in in a new look 4x200m free squad by Singapore debutantes Abbey Webb (Cruiz, ACT) Hannah Casey (Bond, QLD) and Brittany Castelluzzo
SMILEY: Lily Price all smiles after 50 fly. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).
Lily Price: Age: 22; Club: Rackley, QLD; Coach: Damian Jones; Events: 50, 100m butterfly
Story so far: Next gen butterflyer following the retirements of Emma McKeon and Brianna Throssell and comes into her first World LC Championship after debuting in last year’s World SC. Sits just outside the top eight in the world in the 50m butterfly and inside the top 16 in the 100m butterfly. Tough racer who will relish the experience against the best girls in the world.
FLAGGED FOR SUCCESS: Ella Ramsay. Photo Courtesy News Ltd
Ella Ramsay; Age: 20: Club: Griffith University, QLD: Events: 100, 200m breaststroke; 200m IM, 400IM
Story so far: Star on the rise. This 2024 Olympian, struck down by COVID in Paris, has developed into Australia’s finest all-round IM racer, out to establish herself on her first World Championship team. Made the move to internationally recognised former British coach Mel Marshall at the Griffith University program on the Queensland Gold Coast. Comes into Singapore ranked 7th 200IM (2:09.21) and 8th 400IM (4:36.12). Daughter of Sydney 2000 butterflyer Heath Ramsay. Exciting times ahead.
MAKING A SPLASH: Sienna Toohey reving up in Brisbane. Photo Courtesy Bec Ohlwein (Swimming Australia).
Sienna Toohey: Age: 16; Club: Albury, NSW; Coaches: Wayne Gould/Shannon Rollason; Events: 50, 100m, breaststroke
Story so far: This super-talented teen has been the talk of the town over the past two seasons, hunting down Leisel Jones’ Australian Age records before lifting the bar to win the Australian Trials in what could well be a timely arrival as the Dolphins struggle to find a world class female breaststroker and following the retirements of Jenna Strauch and Chelsea Hodges. Sitting inside the top 16 in the 100m as she strives to climb the rankings and play key roles in Australia’s relays.
OMG MOMEN: Olivia Wunsch. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)
Olivia Wunsch; Age: 19; Club: Carlile, NSW; Coach: Michaela Pattinson; Events: 50, 100m freestyle
Story so far: The two-time 2023 World Junior Champion in the 50 and 100m freestyle and a 2024 Olympian who swam the heats of the 4x100m freestyle relay in Australia’s gold medal-winning squad. Will swim both the 50 and the 100m freestyle in her first World Championship LC meet in Singapore – getting the nod ahead of Alex Perkins after the pair had dead-heated for second behind Olympic silver medalist Meg Harris in the 50m final at Trials and finishing second to two-time World Champion Mollie O’Callaghan in the 100m. Will hopefully arrive into Singapore in good health after battling glandular fever in the lead-in to Trials.
