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 26/06/09 St Peters Western Swim Club Trophy Night and Annual General Meeting

 

26/6/09: SPW’S trophy Night and AGM will be held 4^th July 2009, 6:30 pm in the P&F Centre at SPLC, near the 50m pool. All welcome! Children will be supervised in the gym while the AGM is on. Following the AGM, we will have a Trophy presentation with food/drink. $10 per person, $25/ family. Please pay at the door.

RSVP to Don Schultz: theschultzclan@optusnet.com.au or phone 0400 372 085 by 30th June.

  

14/6/09:  Congratulations to Michael Bohl on being awarded Life Membership with Brisbane Swimming Association.

 

In the News:

15/6/09: Check out these ESPN news stories about Stephanie Rice:

Stephanie Rice SportsCenter Conversation

Swimming Australia news package

 

6/6/09: Read today’s article in The Australian: Stephanie Rice in top shape for Rome champs

7/6/09: See these video-interviews online featuring 1) Stephanie Rice, 2) Meagen Nay and 3) Michael Bohl.

 

XLII Santa Clara Invitation Meet, 11th - 14th June 2009

15/6/09: Final day success in Santa Clara! Congratulations to all SPW members on a successful meet. On the final day:

 

It’s dual Bronze for SPW in the 200 IM with Stephanie Rice (2:12.84) and Stephen Parkes (2:03.90).

 

Meagen Nay has won Silver in the 200 back (2:08.61), and Ryan Napolean has won Bronze in the 1500 free (15:66.66).

 

Stephanie Rice and Meagen Nay won the Gold in the 400 medley relay (4:04.97) with teammates Leisel Jones and Belinda Parslow.

 

Kenrick Monk won Gold in the 400 medley relay (3:39.48) with teammates Ashley Delaney, Brenton Rickard and Sam Ashby.

 

14/6/09: SPW continues to swim well in Santa Clara, and wins more medals for Australia!

 

Meagen Nay has won Silver in the 200 free (1:59.31). Meagen and Stephanie Rice have won Gold in the 800 free relay (8:02.49) with teammates Katie Goldman and Belinda Parslow.

 

13/6/09: Meagen Nay has won Gold in the 400 free (4:08.74) and Bronze in the 100 free (55.65). Meagen and Stephanie Rice have won Silver in the 400 free relay (3:47.54) with teammates Katie Goldman and Belinda Parslow.

 

Kenrick Monk has won Bronze in the 400 free relay (3:20.12) with teammates Tom Miller, Lloyd Townsing and Nicholas Ffrost.

 

12/6/09: Congratulations to Ryan Napolean on winning Bronze in the 800m free in 7:54.44.

SPW swimmers are putting on a show at the Southwest Classic Invitational Meet, Tucson Arizona

8/6/09: SPW continued their strong performance in Tucson to complete the meet with several more medals at the Southwest Classic Invitational.

Stephanie Rice cruised in the 400 IM to win the gold medal in 4:42.88. Meagen Nay won Silver in the 50m free in 26.07. Steph and Meagen won the 400 medley relay in 4:06.55 with Belinda Parslow and Leisel Jones.

Stephen Parkes won the Bronze in the 400 IM in 4:29.33. Kenrick Monk won the 400 medley relay in 3:39.45 with teammates Ashley Delaney, Brenton Rickard, and Nicholas Ffrost. Ryan Napolean’s team won the Bronze in 3:45.91.

 

7/6/09: SPW continues to shine in Tucson and wins more medals! Meagen Nay has she added another three gold medals to her haul, to make a total of 6 GOLDS!

 

Australia went 1-2 in the women's 200 free with Meagen in first place in 1:59.25, while Stephanie Rice placed second in 2:01.31. Meagen won the 100 back in 1:01.61, and Steph won the 200 IM in 2:15.54. Steph and Meagen won the 800 free relay in 8:15.94, along with Belinda Parslow and Katie Goldman.

 

Kenrick Monk won the 200 free in 1:49.10, and Ryan Napolean came 3^rd in 1:49.52. Australia took the first 5 places in that event. Kenrick was also part of the 800 free relay winning team in 7:20.55, along with Patrick Murphy, Robert Hurley and Nicholas Ffrost. Ryan’s team won the Bronze (7:28.39). Stephen Parkes claimed Silver in the 200 IM in 2:05.04.

 

6/6/09: Meagen Nay has won 3 Gold medals!  Meagen first won the women's 100 free title by more than a second with a top time of 55.50. She doubled up with a commanding victory in the women's 200 back, in 2:11.64. Meagen (together with Zoe Johnson, Belinda Parslow, Katie Goldman) won the women's 400 free relay in 3:47.18.

 

Stephanie Rice led an Australian 1-2 finish in the women's 400 free in 4:14.57, cutting more than 15 seconds from her prelim time.

 

For the men, Kenrick Monk took third in the men's 100 free in 50.05. Kenrick also took out the Silver in the 400m free relay in 3:21.57 with team mates Tom Miller, Lloyd Townsing and Nicholas Ffrost. Meanwhile, Ryan Napoleon claimed third in the men's 400 free in 3:52.39.

 

10/5/09: Congratulations to Meagen Nay for setting a new Commonwealth and Australian record for the 200m Backstroke in a time of 2:07.41 at the Duel in the Pool competition in Sydney. Well done!

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)

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 Napolean (400 Free, 1500 Free)

·        Meagen Nay (200 Free, 200 Back)

·        Stephen Parkes (400 IM)

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

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.

Contact us for more information about membership of the St Peters Western Swimming Club.