[1] Alford represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics after a strong performance at the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships.

In 2013 Alford won eight gold medals whilst competing for the NSW All Schools team at the Australian School Sports Championships, with five of those wins resulting in Australian Age multi-class records.

[1] Alford was selected to compete for Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he made a strong first international showing, placing 6th in the S14 200m Freestyle final.

[9] At the 2015 Australian Swimming Championships he won gold in the 50m Freestyle Multi-Class final with a time of 25.25.

Due to his strong performance at the meet, he was selected as part of Australia's 30-man squad for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.