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Colin is a swimmer from Australia, a collegiate competitor and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 13 seasons, 14 years, 2 countries and 87 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2012, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 50 butterfly in 31.82, raced in Ozark Long Course Championship. He started out alongside Conard High School.
His signature event is the 400 individual medley, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley. Individual medley is where his specialisation lies (49 meets), while freestyle appears in more meets (78 meets and 162 recorded swims spread across 9 different distances) because he races it across the full distance range rather than as a main event.
His fastest 400 individual medley stands at 4:59.12, set in long course (50 m) at the 2015 Ozark LC Championships.
His record includes national championships, in 2014 (2014 Ozark Senior Championship Time Trials and Ozark Senior Championship Time Trials). A representative mark at that level is 2:05.57 in the 200 backstroke, recorded in short course yards (25 yd). He also appears in collegiate championships.
After a 2-year break between 2020 and 2022, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2022. 2014 is the busiest season on record, with 89 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 2 countries (the United States and Australia), including 83 of 87 meets outside Australia.
Those meets span 36 different venues (St. Louis, St. Peters, Edwardsville and Columbia…). He has raced for 7 clubs, led by John Carroll University, Farmington Valley YMCA Tsunami, Saint Charles County YMCA and Conard High School.
Latest competition: CT RYWC APR Regional YMCA, on March 23, 2025, with 2 swims: 1:30.43 in the 100 backstroke and 1:28.12 in the 100 freestyle, all in short course yards (25 yd). He closes this record with 35 current event personal bests and 173 all-time PB improvements, across 401 verified official swims in competitions governed by Masters Australia and NCAA.