Bond University Wins Overall National Champion for the Fifth Consecutive Year at the 2026 UniSport Nationals Swimming Championships  

The 2026 UniSport Nationals Swimming Championships were held over the weekend at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in conjunction with the Sydney Open and hosted by Swimming NSW.  

In the pool, Bond University (Bond) continued its impressive run at the top of university swimming. 

Bond claimed the Overall Champion Trophy for the fifth consecutive year, alongside the Women’s Pennant, after sweeping the relays and producing a dominant display across the individual events. 

The University of Queensland (UQ) secured the Men’s Pennant and finished second in the Overall Combined Point Score, with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) placing third. 

“Nationals Swimming continues to be one of the premier events on the university sport calendar,” said Mark Sinderberry, CEO of UniSport Australia, following the event. “The energy and quality of competition across the weekend was exceptional, with student-athletes delivering impressive performances, record-breaking swims, and personal bests. Congratulations to all universities who competed, particularly to Bond University for securing a fifth consecutive Overall Champion title and the Women’s Pennant, and to The University of Queensland for claiming the Men’s Pennant.” 

Women’s Competition: Bond University Make It Three in a Row 

For the third year in a row, after claiming back the title in 2024, Bond have defended the Women’s Pennant with a total score of 432, finishing ahead of UTS in second with 234 points, and UQ in third with 129 points.  

Men’s Competition: UQ On Top  

In the men’s competition, UQ ended Bond’s four-year winning streak to claim the Men’s Pennant with 359 points, narrowly ahead of Bond on 348.5 points. In third place, was The University of Sydney (USYD) with 166.5 points.  

Olympic and Paralympic Talent On Display 

Student-athletes also got the opportunity to compete alongside Olympic talent, including Ben Armbruster (Bond University), who raced at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and claimed gold in the 50m backstroke, 50m butterfly and 100m butterfly at Nationals Swimming.  

2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympian Se-Bom Lee (University of Technology Sydney) also featured, winning gold in the 200m backstroke.  

Callum Simpson (University of the Sunshine Coast), a gold and silver medalist at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, had a terrific meet, setting five UniSport records over the three-day event.

Record-Breaking Performances  

Nationals Swimming saw 30 UniSport records set or broken across the competition, with the majority set by multi-class athletes who delivered standout performances.  

*New Record Set 

UniSport Records: Day One 

• Men’s S8 200m Freestyle: Callum Simpson (University of the Sunshine Coast), 2:07.45* 
• Men’s S15 200m Freestyle: Nicholas Layton (Monash University), 2:01.79* 
• Men’s S7 200m Freestyle: Siddhant Sachdeva (The University of Queensland), 2:40.49* 
• Men’s S14 200m Freestyle: Samuel Turner (University of the Sunshine Coast), 2:41.18* 
• Women’s S7 200m Freestyle: Georgia Bealing (University of Technology Sydney), 3:01.69* 
• Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay: J Biddington, J Collett, B Armbruster, C Wilson-Moran (Bond University), 3:43.73 
• Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay: A Trotter, T King, E Doherty, H Casey (Bond University), 4:16.42 

UniSport Records: Day Two 

• Men’s S8 400m Freestyle: Callum Simpson (University of the Sunshine Coast), 4:26.48* 
• Women’s S10 400m Freestyle: Sarah Howe (Griffith University), 4:54.48 
• Women’s S7 400m Freestyle: Georgia Bealing (University of Technology Sydney), 6:13.02* 
• Women’s S19 400m Freestyle: Grace Rider (Australian Catholic University), 5:28.99* 
• Women’s S10 100m Backstroke: Chloe Oats (The University of Notre Dame Australia), 1:51.82* 
• Men’s 200m Backstroke: Se-Bom Lee (University of Technology Sydney), 1:57.27 
• Men’s S8 50m Freestyle: Callum Simpson (University of the Sunshine Coast), 27.02* 
• Men’s S7 50m Freestyle: Siddhant Sachdeva (The University of Queensland), 33.00* 
• Men’s S14 50m Freestyle: Samuel Turner (University of the Sunshine Coast), 33.20* 
• Men’s S17 50m Freestyle: Luke Holder (Macquarie University), 25.87* 
• Women’s S19 50m Freestyle: Grace Rider (Australian Catholic University), 32.33* 
• Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay: T Woodham, E Doherty, L Kamprad, H Casey (Bond University), 8:34.71* 
• Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay: C Moran-Wilson, H Sheehan, T Hauck, B Armbruster (Bond University), 7:33.75* 

UniSport Records: Day Three 

• Men’s S8 100m Freestyle: Callum Simpson (University of the Sunshine Coast), 57.78* 
• Men’s S15 100m Freestyle: Nicholas Layton (Monash University), 53.50 
• Men’s S7 100m Freestyle: Siddhant Sachdeva (The University of Queensland), 1:13.10* 
• Men’s S14 100m Freestyle: Samuel Turner (University of the Sunshine Coast), 1:14.57* 
• Men’s SM8 200m Individual Medley: Callum Simpson (University of the Sunshine Coast), 2:31.07* 
• Men’s SB7 100m Breaststroke: Siddhant Sachdeva (The University of Queensland), 1:35.76* 
• Men’s SB17 100m Breaststroke: Luke Holder (Macquarie University), 1:15.65* 
• Women’s SB19 100m Breaststroke: Grace Rider (Australian Catholic University), 1:29.28 
• Men’s 100m Butterfly: Ben Armbruster (Bond University), 51.73 
• Women’s 200m Freestyle: Hannah Casey (Bond University), 1:59.00 

Congratulations to all student-athletes who competed at the 2026 UniSport Nationals Swimming Championships.  

UniSport Australia would like to thank Swimming NSW for again partnering with us and hosting the wonderful Sydney Open each year. 

For a full list of results or for more information, head to the UniSport Nationals Swimming website at www.unisport.com.au/nationals-swimming.