Gout Gout is one talent, but who were others bound for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games?
With time ticking down to the Brisbane Olympics, here’s 30 Queensland teenagers from eight sports who could take the games by storm.
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Gout Gout’s Australian record 200m performance (20.04) at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships last Saturday has earmarked himself as a likely Brisbane Olympic Games pin-up boy.
Vision of his dazzling performance, which surpassed Peter Norman’s previous record of 20.06 set at the 1968 Olympics, has rebounded around Australia.
THEWBELLE PHILP - THE GOLD COAST 100M SENSATION
Pending injury, Gout Gout will be at the Brisbane Olympics in a little over seven years.
But who might join him?
Outlined below are 30 elite Queensland teenagers across eight sports who you could see at the 2032 Games.
Terrell Thorne (Athletics)
A St Laurence’s College product, Thorne ran a national record time of 45.64 seconds in the 400m on Sunday at the All Schools Championships.
The performance broke the previous U18 national record by Olympian Paul Greene (45.96 seconds) in 1989.
He is a speed demon over the 200m as well, but obviously Gout Gout has that field covered.
Amaya Mearns (Athletics)
Last Saturday Mearns moved past her idol, Olympian Torrie Lewis, as the second fastest under-18 athlete in Australian history when she ran the 200m in a withering 23.15 seconds.
Her 200m time of 23.15 surpassed her previous PB was 23.56 and followed Friday’s silver-medal-winning 100m time of 11.49 seconds - down from her previous best of 11.61 seconds.
Piper Anderson and Emma Fryga (Athletics)
Queensland has a small army of elite middle distance prospects like Tate Van Camp (BSHS) and and Matthew Turner (Nudgee), but PBC SHS’s U15 3000m athlete Piper Anderson (PBC SHS) is elite and runs sub 9:50 minutes with ease. Fryga recently beat an 800m record by London Olympian Benita Willis when she ran at the QRSS championships.
Thewbelle Philp (Athletics)
A Mudgeeraba Little Athletics club junior, Philp’s speed off the mark was her not so secret weapon. She is absolutely explosive over the first 15m and it is where she wins her 100m dashes.
At last weekend’s All Schools Australia Athletics championships, Philp ran an remarkable 11.38 seconds for the 100m, an incredible achievement for the Year 11 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS student.
She is also brisk over the 200m distance (23.40 seconds).
Lilla Ribot-de-Bresac (Swimming)
Does the name Ribot-de-Bresac ring a bell? John Ribot-de-Bresac was an Australian and Queensland Origin winger who was a CEO of the Brisbane Broncos. Now his granddaughter, Lilla, has followed in his footsteps by representing Australia.
An All Hallows’ School swimmer, Lilla represented Australia at the 2024 Oceania Championships where she won a bronze medal after claiming four gold medals, a silver and a bronze at April’s All Ages Championships.
A 100m and 200m breaststroke exponent, Ribot has just returned from the Swimming Australia Next Generation breaststroke camp where, as a 15-year-old, Ribot was the baby of the group.
Coached at Newmarket Racers by Steve Miller, Ribot will be aged just 22 years in 2032 which is a prime age for a swimmer.
Elosise McLellan (swimming)
From the Brisbane Grammar School swimming club, McLellan is a real racer. She can swim the 200m freestyle at a cracking pace of around 2:04.36, and flies in the individual medley 200m where she does sub 2:20.00.
McLellan wins age medals for fun. Watch this space.
Olympia Pope (swimming)
Pope swam her way onto the Australian team bound for the Oceania Championships when she shone at the All Age Championships in the under-15s.
Pope won a gold medal in the 50m and 100m breaststroke at the Oceania international meet, and was a member of the gold medal winning women’s 4x100 medley relay team.
Milla Jansen (swimming)
At the Junior Pan Pacific Championships earlier in the year, Jansen won the 50m freestyle, was second in the 100m and then third in the 200m freestyle.
She was also a member of the silver medal winning 4x100m relay and bronze medal winning 4x200m team.
Hannah Casey (swimming)
Don’t discount this Mt St Michael’s past student from still being around to contest freestyle events. At the World Junior Championships earlier this year, she earned a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle (54.74) and also in the 50m freestyle (25.04).
Casey was also a member of the silver medal winning 4x100m relay and bronze medal winning 4x200m.
Jake Tysoe (Clairvaux MacKillop, swimming)
Tysoe won the 200m butterfly at the Oceania Championships and was second in the 100m. Entering Year 12 next season, Tysoe is a rookie on the rise from Clairvaux MacKillop College who gained tremendous race experience by swimming at the Olympic trials.
Maggie Grey (Diving)
Queensland schoolgirl Maggie Grey made a splash last month when she won a gold medal at the World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships in Brazil.
Grey, 14, finished atop the podium after a dazzling performance in the 10m platform event.
It was a stunning effort by the Queensland Academy of Sport athlete from Faith Lutheran College.
Grey generated 375.75 points – well ahead of the second placed Mexican (343.00).
It was one of two medals earned by Grey.
Also keep an eye on Mt St Michael’s student Emily Francis and Cleveland District SHS’s Archie Forsyth, who both competed at the World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships in Brazil.
Rocco Zikarsky (Basketball)
Over 5000 fans were on deck last month when 18-year-old Sunshine Coast centre Rocco Zikarsky produced the best game of his fledgling professional career.
The NBL Next Star had 13 points along with seven rebounds in a 19 minute performance that thwarted the Perth Wildcats who came close before the Bullets pulled away late.
The NBA awaits.
Teya Rufus (BMX)
Maryborough’s Teya Rufus earlier this year won the gold medal at the BMX Racing World Cup in Tulsa, and then won the UCI BMX Junior Women’s Championships.
Aged 17, the youngster was inspired to start in the sport after watching her brothers ride. She was just aged three at the time, and when her mother was not looking, she leapt onto the bike and started to ride at her first attempt.
Now the QAS supported athlete plans to make the most of the AusCycling Action and Acceleration Centre of Excellence moving to Brisbane by training with the best senior and junior BMX athletes.
Fleur Ginn (Rugby 7s)
A Stretton State College graduate, she is a serious talent with plenty of speed, finesse and power through the hits. She has been a high achiever and knows her game well. She knows when to involve herself into the place and has been gathering a lot of rugby seven-a-side experience with the Wests Bulldogs. She could be promoted into the top national side soon.
Karissa van der Wath (hockey)
Aged just 18, she will be a perfect age by the time the Brisbane Olympic Games come around. A mid field player from the Commercial club, der Wath was recently short-listed as a finalist for the Channel 9 2024 Queensland Junior Athlete of the Year Contender at the QAS Awards. She played for Brisbane Blaze earlier in the year.
Camryn Mathison (hockey)
Originally from Gladstone but now an Easts Hockey Club ace, the 18-year-old midfielder is a high achiever who has represented Brisbane Blaze in both 2023 and 2024.
At last year’s Australian U18 Championships, Mathison was named Player of the Tournament in 2024.
Jamie-Lee Surha (Hockey)
Aged just 19, Surha was the elite youth player around the beautiful central Queensland region of Mackay.
A striker of the highest order, she is gaining valuable representative experience playing against seasoned campaigns while representing the Brisbane Blaze 2024.
Taafili Taoso (Mermaids)
Taoso is the highest ranking under 19 player in Australia who has made world teams.
She was a late bloomer in water polo, but the Brisbane State High School product quickly came up to speed and was identified by talent scouts as a player of the future. She will be an ideal age to lead the charge in 2032, along with the likes of left arm ace Molly Nasser.
Sean Bright (water polo)
A centre forward, Bright is a rising star in the junior water polo ranks from the UQ club.
Bright is strong in the water, reads the game well and can be lethal as an outside shooter. He is a Marist Ashgrove old boy.
Dylan Jennison (water polo)
A driver from the UQ club, Jennison is noted for having a high water polo IQ. The Marist College Ashgrove student is a selfless type of player who feeds teammates well and assists others to score.
Oliver Moncur (water polo)
A driver, Moncur is a goal scoring ace, someone with that x-factor who can find the back of the net. He is fast and coupled with his knowledge of both his game and the game in general, Moncur is a dengerman from BSHS.
Tian Markart (water polo)
Also from the UQ club, put a watch on this fellow who, as a goalkeeper, has been to two junior world championships. She is aged 17.
Bless Daly (North Brisbane Polo Bears)
A St Margaret’s Anglican Girls’ School student, Daly is a Polo Bears utility ace - the best in the business when it comes to being able to play a variety of positions. She has very good ball skills and is a good shot for goal. Another Polo Bears’ junior, Ali McCarthy, will be a contender.
Chelsea Johnson (Mermaids)
Currently playing and studying at the University of California in the USA, 19-year-old Johnson is an outstanding centre who can direct play with ease.
She is a young veteran who has a lot of experience for her age and knows how to win big games.
Sienna Owen (Mermaids)
Owens has just graduated from St Peters where, as a driver, her speed and ability to put on a good shot at goal came to the fore. She is another born winner who has had a lot of success as a junior.
Sara Connors (UQ Barras)
Connors is an outstanding left driver, highly skilled and with speed to burn. An All Hallows’ School student, she is potent down the left side of the pool.
Connors comes from a sporting blood stock. Dad Mark was a Wallaby and mum Jodie is a coach and former high class player.
Lucy Stuart (Mermaids)
Another from the Mermaids systems, this St Margaret’s student is a left hand driver with good counter attack skills. She can find the back of the net.
Footnote: Elite track cyclists like Queensland pair Molly McGill and Ryan Elliott were now early 20s which is why they were not included above, but will be a prime age for their sport by 2032.
McGill, 23, won a bronze medal in theteamsprint at the Track World Championships during October.
Elliott, aged 20, won a silver medal in the team sprint at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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