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Welcome to St Peters Western Swim Club

SPW is the hottest club in swimming in Australia, and home of swimming sensation Stephanie Rice, Olympic Champion and triple World Record Holder. Stephanie's achievements include:

·        World Swimmer of the Year 2008

·        Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year 2008

·        Australian Swimmer of the Year 2008

·        Queensland Athlete of the Year 2008

·        QAS Excellence Award 2008

·        Sports Performer of the Year 2008 – Team Performance (4 x 200m Freestyle Relay)

·        Most Googled Olympian 2008

·        One of the 100 top Australian Olympians of all time (2008)

·        Medal of the Order of Australia (26th January 2009)

 

 

Pictured: Stephanie Rice breaks the world record in the 400 IM in Sydney (March 2008) and Michael Bohl giving karate lessons on pool deck.

 

Head Coach Michael Bohl is the 2008 Australian Coach of the Year. Formerly Queensland Director of Coaching for 11 years, Michael holds a Platinum Licence qualification for swimming coaching. During his time with Queensland Swimming, Michael has been an Olympic coach for:

·        Stephanie Rice (3 x Gold medals at Olympic Games in Beijing and triple World Record holder, 2 x Gold medals at 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, 2 x Bronze medals at 2007 FINA World Titles)

·        Glen Housman (Olympic medallist)

·        Nicholas Sprenger (Olympic Silver Medallist for 4 x 200m Freestyle relay at Athens, and Semi-finalist in 200m Freestyle at Beijing)

·        Meagen Nay (200m Backstroke Olympic Finalist in Beijing, Australian & Commonwealth Record holder)

·        Maxine Seear (Olympic Triathlon competitor, Athens).

 

Current 2008 Olympians training under Michael Bohl are:

·        Stephanie Rice

·        Meagen Nay

·        Kenrick Monk (new to SPW in 2008: 200 m Freestyle, 4 x 400 m Freestyle Relay)

 

Australian Team Members competing in the World Championships in Rome in July 2009 are:

·       Michael Bohl (Australian team coach)

·        Brendan Capell (OWS 25km)

·        Kenrick Monk (200 Free)

·        Ryan Napoleon (400 Free, 1500 Free)

·        Meagen Nay (200 Free, 200 Back)

·        Stephen Parkes (400 IM)

·        Stephanie Rice (200 Free, 200 IM, 100 Fly, 400 IM)

 

 

Pictured: Meagen Nay and Kenrick Monk.

Michael also has world class Open Water swimmers under his guidance:

·        Brendan Capell (Gold medal in 25 km World Open Water Championships in 2004, and Silver medal in 2005)

·        Josh Santacaterina (Gold at 25 km World Open Water Championships 2006).

·        Other open water swimmers who have also achieved at high levels are Trudee Hutchinson and David Browne.

 

Not to be left out are the junior swimmers who are also achieving at high levels at both State and Australian Titles. St Peters Western took its largest team ever to the 2009 National Age Championships, and finished in second place in the overall point score. Swimmers won 17 Gold medals, 8 Silver and 5 Bronze, and Yolane Kukla and Tess David broke Australian records. Yolane Kukla was selected in the Australian All-Stars team. SPW expects many years of success ahead given the high calibre of young swimmers coming through the ranks.

 

 

About Us

St Peters Western Swim Club is based at St Peters Lutheran College at Indooroopilly, in Brisbane’s western suburbs, and Mr Stephen Rudolph, Head of College, is the club's Patron. The club is not exclusively for students of the College, but is also for swimmers from the wider community who can be part of this exciting club.

 

St Peters Western Swim Club was rated as the Number One Club in Australia for the 2007-2008 season. The Go Club Award was presented to Head Coach Michael Bohl at the annual Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) Convention. This award is based on the cumulative points gathered at four events:

·         Telstra Australian Short Course Titles

·         Telstra Australian Swimming Championships

·         Swimming Australia Open Water Champs

·         2007 Australian Age Championships

 
Ryan Napoleon wins Gold and Ned McKendry wins Bronze at Youth Commonwealth Games in India, 8-12 October 2008