Welcome to St Peters Western Swim Club

Welcome to St Peters Western based at St Peters Lutheran College in the western suburb of Indooroopilly in Brisbane, Australia. We are home to the best swimmers in the world (well, some of us are).

Often we swim PBs, sometimes we win and occasionally we break records. And that's because we love swimming and we try hard at every competition. Some of us make it to the Olympics, and whilst the rest of us are waiting for that to happen we work hard in the pool every day under the guidance of our fantastic coaches.

We hope you enjoy our news and photos on this website, and learn a little more about SPW. We encourage you to hit the subscribe button so you can keep up to date with all the latest SPW news. Contributions are always welcome. 

At SPW we value equity, diversity, individuality and multiculturalism.

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Great Results at Australian Age Championships 2012

Sunday, 15 April 2012 03:31

Congratulations to all of our SPW swimmers who competed at the Australian Age Championships this week at Chandler. So many outstanding results. Special congratulations to the following swimmers:

Georgia Bohl

1st Girls 14 years 100m Breast

2nd Girls 14 years 200m Breast

Mitch Larkin

1st Boys 18 years 200m Back - NEW RECORD!

2nd Boys 18 years 100m Back

Cameron Jones

1st Boys 15 years 50m Free

2nd Boys 15 years 100 Fly

3rd Boys 15 years 100 Free

3rd Boys 15 years 100 Back

Madison Wilson

2nd Girls 17-18 years 100 Back

3rd Girls 17-18 years 200 Back

4th Girls 17-17 years 100 Free

5th Girls 17-18 years 50 Free

Jasmine Mills

3rd Girls 15 years 200m Fly

8th Girls 15 years 100m Fly

Amy Allen

5th Girls 17-18 years 200m Free

6th Girls 17-18 years 400m Free

Morgan Timms

6th Girls 16 years 200 Back

8th Girls 16 years 100 Back

Yan Tkachenko

6th Boys 16 years 100 Back

Cade Fasala

7th Boys 16 years 100m Free

10th Boys 16 years 200m Free

Mitchell Adams

7th Boys 16 years 100m Back

Hazel Son

8th Girls 14 years 50 Free

Liam Rayfield

10th Boys 16 years 400m IM

10th Boys 16 years 200m IM

Gabrielle Wilson

10th Girls 15 years 200m Back

Elli Mackay

10th Girls 12-13 years 50m Free

Harry Pullar

10th Boys 17-18 years 100m Fly

 

There were also some great Relay results:

 

1st - Boys 16 & Under 4 x 100m Medley Relay

Mitchell Adams, Liam Rayfield, Cameron Jones & Cade Fasala

 

1st - Boys 16 & Under 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - NEW RECORD!

Cade Fasala, Cameron Jones, Chris Hansen & Yan Tkachenko

 

2nd - Girls 18 & Under 4 x 100m Medley Relay

Madison Wilson, Georgia Bohl, Yolane Kukla & Morgan Timms

 

2nd - Girls 14 & Under 4 x 50m Medley Relay

Hazel Son, Georgia Bohl, Tereka Fasala & Elli Mackay

 

3rd - Girls 18 & Under 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay

Madison Wilson, Amy Allen, Morgan Timms & Yolane Kukla

 

4th - Boys 18 & Under 4 x 100m Medley Relay

Mitch Larkin, Chris Hansen, Harry Pullar & Yan Tkachenko

 

5th - Boys 18 & Under 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay

Harry Pullar, Mitch Larkin, Yan Tkachenko & Jack Pye

 

8th - Girls 14 & Under 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay

Hazel Son, Elli Mackay, Tereka Fasala & Georgia Bohl

Final day of Australian swimming champs

Friday, 23 March 2012 00:48

On the final night of competition, Yolane Kukla put up a great fight in the final of the 50m Free narrowly missing selection after finishing third behind the Campbell sisters. Well done Yolane.

It has been a fantastic meet for SPW with ten swimmers qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics. Congratulations to Michael Bohl and Mick Palfrey for your ongoing dedication to our swimmers.

The SPW Olympians are: Stephanie Rice, Ryan Napoleon, Bronte Barratt, Kenrick Monk, Ned McKendry, Leisel Jones, Nick D'Arcy, Mitch Larkin, Yolane Kukla and Meagen Nay.

Well done everyone. A brilliant effort!

 

Meagen Nay makes it number ten for SPW!

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:24

After having to wait until the 6th day of the Championships, it was Meagen Nay's time to shine. It was a great swim from Meagen to finish 2nd in the final of 200m Back, to book her spot on the Olympic Team. Meagen is now the 10th SPW swimmer off to London. Congratulations Megzy!

It was a  tough race for the boys in the finals of the 100m Fly, with Nick D'Arcy finishing 4th and Grant Irvine 8th. Well done boys, a great effort.

It was an impressive swim from Yolane Kukla tonight in the semis of the 50m Free to qualify 4th fastest for tomorrow nights final. We wish you the best of luck Yolane in the final tomorrow night.

Another very successful day at the Australian Swimming Championships. Well done to all our swimmers. We are so proud of you all.

Mitch and Yo make it 9 off to London

Tuesday, 20 March 2012 12:01

What a day at the Aust Swim Championships! After swimming a PB in the heats this morning, Nick D'Arcy qualified 2nd for the final of the 100m Fly tomorrow night. Grant Irvine also swam well qualifying 8th for the 100m Fly final tomorrow.

Yolane Kukla has booked her spot on the Olympic team finishing 3rd in the 100m Free. She narrowly missed an individual spot for this event by 0.07 sec, but will qualify for the 4x100m free relay team. Congratulations Yolane!

Wow! What a swim by Mitch Larkin. Mitch is off to his first Olympics as well after a brilliant swim tonight, winning the 200m Back and taking 2 sec off his PB. A sensational effort!

Meagen Nay looked strong tonight in her semi final of 200m Back. She goes into tomorrow night's final as the 2nd fastest qualifier. Best of luck for the final Megz.

Leith Brodie swam a strong 200m IM, finishing 6th in the final. A great effort Leith.

Leisel Jones also swam a strong race in the 200m Breast. She started very strongly but faced some tough competition, finishing 4th overall.

That brings us to a total of 9 swimmers so far heading off to London for the 2012 Olympics. With only 2 more days of competition, lets see what else we can do...

Day 5 of Aust Champs

Monday, 19 March 2012 11:42

Results of day 5 for SPW swimmers at the Aust Champs:

200m Breast - Leisel Jones qualifies 5th fastest for finals on Tuesday.

100m Free - Yolane Kukla 7th fastest for finals on Tuesday, Bronte Barratt was 12th overall after the Semi finals. Madison Wilson, Maddi Van Hunnik, Amy Allen and Hazel Son swam in the heats in the morning.

200m Back - Mitch Larkin 4th fastest for finals on Tuesday.

200m Fly Final - Amy Smith battled hard for 3rd place behind Jessica Schipper and Sam Hamill. 

200m IM - Leith Brodie 7th fastest for finals on Tuesday.

Well done all and good luck to Leisel, Yolane, Mitch and Leith for Tuesday night.

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