Congratulations to all SPW swimmers who have swum at the 2011 Queensland State Titles. We have had some excellent results:

RELAY DAY

Bronze - Open Women's 400M Medley Relay (Meagen Nay, Bronte Barratt, Georgia Bohl, Amy Smith)

Bronze - 9/10 Years Boys 200M Medley Relay (Sam Rutley, Tim Son, Ethan Banks, Ryan Dew)

Bronze - 9/10 Years Boys 200M Freestyle Relay (Sam Rutley, Tim Son, Ethan Banks, Ryan Dew)

Silver - 11/12 Years Girls 200M Freestyle Relay (Elli Mackay, Manuela Helbing, Carta Ryan, Tereka     

              Fasala)

ST PETERS WESTERN DOMINATE QUEENSLAND OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Following our crowning as Australia’s No. 1 Open Water Swimming Club at the Australian Open Water Championships in April, 16 of our swimmers ventured to Lake Kawana for the Queensland Open Water Championships on 22 October 2011.

Mick Palfrey and his coaching team were busy all day with some outstanding and gutsy performances by all competitors.  St Peters Western dominated the event, taking home 8 gold medals, 2 silver and 1 bronze.  Congratulations to the following medallists.

Gold Medallists and Queensland Champions

Hugh Cumming          Gold Boys 16 Yrs 5k    Queensland Champion                                      

                                       Gold Boys 16 Yrs 10k  Queensland Champion

Austin Whayman       Gold Boys 15 Yrs 5k    Queensland Champion

                                       Gold Boys 15 Yrs 10k  Queensland Champion

Caitlin Wall                Gold Girls 17 Yrs 5k    Queensland Champion

                                       Gold Girls 17 Yrs 10k  Queensland Champion

Sarah Johnstone         Gold Girls 16 Yrs 10k  Queensland Champion          

Jack Seawright           Gold Boys 14 Yrs 5k    Queensland Champion

Silver Medallists

Mitchell Adams          Silver Boys 15 Yrs 5k  

Sarah Johnstone        Silver Girls 16 Yrs 5k

Bronze Medallist

Madison Wacker       Bronze Girls 13 Yrs 2.5k

Congratulations to the rest of the St Peters Western team, some of whom were swimming the Open Water for the first time, while others include it as part of their training and preparation regime.

Mitch Adams, Austin Whayman and Hugh Cumming

Day 2 for SPW at the world champs involved two of our swimmers Stephanie Rice and Kenrick Monk. In the morning heats Kenrick was able to make the semi finals for the 200 free, alongside training partner Tae Hwan Park.

In the night session Steph meet tough opposition in the final of the 200IM where she was not able to to improve her semi time and finished in 4th place behind Alicia Coutts who was just pipped at the post to finish with a silver medal. Kenrick was close to his PB , but it was not enough to get into the final 8  - Park was 4th fastest for the final. Well done Steph and Kenrick!!

Day 3 today will see Bronte Barratt and Ryan Napoleon competing in the 200 and 800 free respectively - Good Luck!!

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First day results were a mixed bag for SPW swimmers with Ryan Napoleon and Bronte Barratt having an off day and missing the finals of the 400 Free. Yolane Kukla helped the 4x100 Free relay team make the finals but unfortunately the girls finished 5th with Bronte being in the final team.

Stephanie Rice was 8th fastest in the morning heats of the 200 IM and in the semis last night qualified fastest and will battle with fellow Aussie Alicia Coutts and World Champ Ariana Kukors of the USA.

In the heats this morning Day 2, Kenrick Monk will be trying hard to make the semis for the 200 Free and will be along side training partner Tae Hwan Park.  Congratulations to Park on his Gold in the 400 Free on the first night, a great swim from Lane 1 to beat his Chinese rival Yang Sun by over 1 second.

Good Luck tonight Stephanie in the final of the 200IM and hopefully Kenrick and Tae Hwan will make the semis for the 200 Free.

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