The youngster, who moved to Knox Grammar School last year, has set the pool alight at the 2018 Georgina Hope Foundation Australian Age Swimming Championships, which are currently underway at the Sydney Olympic Park and Aquatic Centre.

The event is a fantastic opportunity for the future of the sport to compete, right off the back of a home Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

It also acts as the selection trial for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships to be held in Suva, Fiji, and the Oceania Championships in Papua New Guinea.

After winning two bronze medals (50m freestyle and 100m freestyle) at the 2017 edition at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Hamson has already picked up a couple of gold this week.

He took out the 14 years’ 100m butterfly in a time of 57.21 seconds from James Bayliss (57.89) and Dam Badenhorst (58.60).

This followed his 58.32 in the prelims earlier that day.

Fittingly, Commonwealth Games gold medalist Chalmers holds the record in that discipline.

Hamson then backed up to secure the 14 years’ 100m freestyle title on Monday night.

Following a 53.47 in the prelims, he registered a blistering 52.49 in the final, ahead of Brendan Best (53.39) and Edward Speller (53.93).

Ironically, Chalmers is the record-holder of that stroke, too.

“I’d love to swim professionally,” Hamson said.

“A future goal [of mine] is the Olympic Games.”

The competition ends on Saturday.