SCHIPPER DENIED SWIMMER OF THE MEET AWARD
IAN HANSON
Swimming Australia will ensure that the rules governing selection of the
“Swimmers of the Meet” at future Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is
changed after Jessicah Schipper was overlooked for female swimmer of the
meet in Victoria, BC last month. The USA’s Whitney Myers, who won the
200m individual medley in the third fastest time in history (2:10.11), was
awarded the female and Michael Phelps the male swimmers of the meet –
based on the FINA pointscore.
Schipper not only set a new world record in the 200m butterfly – taking 0.21
off Otylia Jedrzejczak’s 2005 world mark from Montreal – but she also
erased the names of Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin from the Pan
Pacific record books in the 100m butterfly – clocking 57.30 – one of the alltime top eight fastest times in history.
The unassuming Redcliffe teenager, a part-time administrative assistant with
Queensland Swimming, has been one of the hardest working members of
coach Ken Wood’s squad since she started with the master coach when she
The criteria did not cater for a world record that didn’t score as many points was 11.
as other events – so costing Schipper of her due recognition. So
embarrassed was the USA team that newly appointed National Head Coach She has slowly but surely worked her way to the top of the world, making her
Mark Schubert approached Australia’s National Head Coach Alan Olympic debut in Athens in 2004 – finishing fourth in the 100m final - won Thompson after the meet, saying: “On behalf of the US team I want you to by Australia’s own Petria Thomas. Since then the kid they call “Sparrow” who
know that we all know who deserved the award – your girl Jessicah has read every volume of Harry Potter, has dominated butterfly swimming –
Schipper.” Thompson made the announcement at the Telstra Dolphins final winning the world title for 100m butterfly last year; the World Short Course
team meeting, giving credit where it was due, and announcing that in “almost 200m butterfly crown and the 100-200m butterfly double at the
everyone’s eyes” including the USA and Australian contingents that her world Commonwealth Games.
record swim in the 200m butterfly of 2:05.40 was the best swim by a female
at the meet. The Australian delegation to the Pan Pacs, President Neil
Jess now adds her first Pan Pacific butterfly double to a growing list of
Martin, CEO Glenn Tasker and Thompson discussed the situation at length
awards and even though she may not have arrived home with the Female
and Tasker, along with US Swimming’s Director of Operations Mike
Swimmer of the Meet Award, you won’t hear Jess Schipper kicking up a song
Unger will meet to ensure that the
and dance about it. She is too busy concentrating on what she does best swimming as fast as she can every time she dives in the pool.
“rules governing the Pan Pacific Championships” are clearer in the future.
“We can’t change it now but we’ll make sure it doesn’t happen again for
Australia’s latest darling of the pool will let Swimming Australia ensure it
anyone,” said Tasker, who said the Charter Nations had given him and Unger
doesn’t happen again – to anyone.
the task of compiling an official Pan Pac Operations Manual for all future
events.
Schipper’s only comment on the matter was “maybe they don’t like me” –
and agreeing with one member of the Dolphins team staff that she should
strive for the honour at next year’s 12th FINA World Championships in
Melbourne. The 19-year-old was the undoubted star of the largely emerging
Dolphins outfit that came away with two gold, three silver and 12 bronze
medals (including Travis Nederpelt’s bronze in the 10km open water event).
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CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER ALL ROUND
President, Neil Martin
The month of August certainly has been an extraordinary time to be associated so closely to the sport
of swimming and the travels and triumphs our Australian Telstra Dolphins have undertaken throughout
the world have yet again cemented their names into history.
From the picturesque British Columbian summer in Victoria, Canada where Jessicah Schipper led the
Pan Pacific assault by setting the world record straight in the 200 metres butterfly, to the winter of
Hobart and an electric effort by training partners Leisel Jones and Lisbeth Lenton. The four fantastic
world records were truly unforgettable and my congratulations must go to all three swimmers and, just
as importantly, their incredible coaches.
Watching Jessicah exit the pool and run straight over to her lifelong mentor, Ken Wood was a
wonderful reminder of the commitment and sacrifices both pupil and teacher have undertaken to
achieve greatness. Also to Stephan Widmer who continues to take his two star students to seemingly
limitless heights and once again his dedication and desire at getting the absolute best out of his
athletes makes swimming just amazing to watch. The Pan Pacific Championships in Canada produced a wonderful meet with sensational swims in the
pool and logistically just as impressive was the orgainisational efforts of Canadian Swimming. Upon
my arrival in Canada I was greeted by USA Swimming president Ron Van Pool who commented on the
outstanding example the Dolphins team had set and the diplomacy shown during their staging camp in
his home town of Seattle.
It makes me proud to witness a team of such youth and inexperience represent Australia with such
pride and maturity beyond their years and again in the water the efforts of Schipper along with
Brenton Rickard, Eamon Sullivan, Linda Mackenzie and Stephanie Rice were brilliant. It was also
great to see so many fresh faces including Nick D’Arcy, Ashley Delaney and Stephanie Williams
who settled so successfully into the Australian team after being thrust into the international spotlight
from the Oceania Championships. The Open Water events also made a welcome return to Pan Pac competition at Elk Lake on Vancouver
Island and the Australian team did well with Travis Nederpelt, Ky Hurst and Melissa Gorman
standout performers. Meanwhile our World Open water team has been battling it out in Naples, Italy with Josh
Santacaterina taking out an incredible 25 kilometre gold medal. Congratulations to head coach, Greg
Towle and his entire Dolphins open water team on a job well done. From summer to winter and the Apple Isle of Tasmania who played host to the Telstra Australian Short
Course Championships witnessed a fantastic display of depth with a large number of entries a very
encouraging sign alongside sell out crowds that witnessed Hobart again embrace our great sport with
open arms. The swimmers didn’t disappoint with the feats of Jones and Lenton, the incredible return of
Grant Hackett and his swims alongside Australian record breaker, Leith Brodie and veteran, Matt
Welsh looks set to give the men a revitalised platform to build on at the all important World
Championship Trials in Brisbane in December.
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PAN PACS ALIVE AND WELL WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE
CEO, Glenn Tasker
I am happy to report that the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships will be alive and well for many years to come after a series of progressive discussions
in Victoria, BC, recently.
Canada certainly turned on one of the great Pan Pac meets, with all countries producing some awesome swimming.
The Americans were again the dominant force, the Japanese continued to show big improvements, the Australians with Jessicah Schipper and a host of
emerging stars were above expectations and the improving Canadians, South Africans, Koreans, Brazilians and New Zealanders provided great competition.
Five world records from an awesome US team and one from the Dolphins, courtesy of Schipper, certainly set the scene for a meet which had just about
everything. Our hosts did an amazing job to pull it altogether, the year after their unsettled but certainly very successful FINA World Championships in
Montreal.
Unfortunately meets such as the Pan Pacs cost a lot of money to host but the Charter Nations – Australia, USA, Canada and Japan – are all in favour of
continuing the Pan Pacs in a big way. The Pan Pac meeting to be conducted in Maui during the 2007 Junior Pan Pacs will continue to discuss the move for
each of the Charter Nations to help fund all future Pan Pacs. The USA is due to conduct the next Pan Pacs in 2010 with Australia scheduled for the one after
in 2014.
We all agreed that to assist in funding the meet, deposits spread over the next eight years will certainly lesson the financial burden and ensure the future
success of the meets. Another thing we all agreed on was the continuance of the Junior Pan Pacs, which will be hosted for the second time in Maui in
January, just prior to the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.
The Charter Nations heard a very professional presentation from Japan, to host the Junior Pan Pacs in Guam, where a five-star resort with two 50m pools and
a diving well is under construction. This will also be discussed in Hawaii in January.
Finally I want to take this opportunity of again congratulating the 2006 Pan Pac Organising Committee and the City of Victoria, Canada for hosting this year’s
event. I’m sure that everyone who attended, swimmers, coaches, officials, fans and the media will talk of the time they spent in one of the world’s most
picturesque cities.
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WHAT A MONTH…..BUT THE CHALLENGE LIES AHEAD
National Head Coach, Alan Thompson
What whirlwind four weeks of swimming around the world August was with the European Championships, the Pan Pacs and domestically the Telstra
Australian Short Course Championships. The Pan Pacs was a great meet with six world records and countless Championship records. One of those world
records came in the women’s 200m butterfly from our own Jessicah Schipper and my heartiest congratulations go to Jess and her coach Ken Wood. It has
been a very determined twelve month odyssey for the pair since last year’s FINA World Championships and Jess is very deserving of her first individual world
record. She will only get better too and I am sure the confidence Jess gains from this swim will help her over the next couple of years. As a team we won two
gold, three silver and 12 bronze for a total of 17 medals, all but six of which came in individual events.
All our individual medal winners – Jess Schipper (2 gold), Linda MacKenzie and Brenton Rickard (silver), Stephanie Rice (2 bronze), Bronte Barratt,
Sarah Katsoulis, Melanie Schlanger, Eamon Sullivan and Travis Nederpelt (bronze) deserve special mentions. For Linda, Melanie and Eamon this was
their first ever individual medal at a major international meet and something they should be very proud of. As well as the medallists we had a lot of other
finalists and a heap of PB’s. I challenged our team to have a brave “no fear” attitude and I think many of our results reflect that. With the performances of the
Americans, Japanese and some Canadian’s at the Pan Pacs and the awesome results from some of the Germans, Russians and Great Britain at the European
Championships it is clear that things are hotting up on the world swimming scene.
Already this year there has been 20 long course world records, starting with Jade Edmistone, Leisel Jones and Libby Lenton at the Commonwealth Games
Trials in January, and continuing through the European Championships to the Pan Pacs where we saw Schipper, Phelps, Hansen, Peirsol and co. rewrite
history. Interestingly this represents the biggest assault on the record books in a mid-Olympic cycle year since 1978.
We set the standard globally over the last few years but the rest of the world is moving forward now and lifting their performances to our standard - it is not
just those countries I mentioned before because China are no doubt improving and there are great individuals from Poland, Korea, Hungary, France and
South Africa. I have no doubt we will respond to this challenge and I am personally looking forward to leading the fight, but it is going to take a concerted
effort from everyone involved in swimming in this country. Everyone from the athletes to the coaches to the clubs, State Institutes and swimming
associations, support staff and administrators need to be working together to help us reach our main goal of performing at our peak in Beijing.
In the pool we need to hone our skills and work hard in areas that can make a difference. We need to work on our turns and starts and also our relay
changeovers. At the Pan Pacs, while our relays performed well and our changeovers were solid, we can’t afford to neglect the opportunity to improve in this
area and I am calling on all swimmers and coaches to work diligently in this area in their home programs. We must also utilise the expertise of the excellent
video analysis from the Pan Pacs and European Championships provided and dissected by Bernard Savage and the other Performance Analysist’s associated
with the various institutes and the Telstra Dolphins squad. Congratulations must also go to Leisel Jones on both her 100m breaststroke world records and to
Libby Lenton on her 100m butterfly world mark at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships – well done girls.
We have set the bar pretty high over the last four or five years and now it has been raised by the rest of the world – let’s respond together!
The performances at Pan Pacs and by some of our senior swimmers and a few newcomers at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships in Hobart
has shown me that many of them are on track for big things and are already rising to the challenge.
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MELBOURNE TO STAGE GREATEST WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Managing Editor, Ian Hanson
Melbourne is gearing itself for the greatest FINA World Swimming Championships in the 33-year history of the event when the world arrives in the
Victorian capital next March. Australia has hosted the greatest Pan Pacs in 1999 in Sydney; we've hosted the greatest Olympics in Sydney 2000 and we will
stage the greatest World Championships in Melbourne in 2007 - don't you worry about that. If you are a swimming buff and you want to see the best of the
best then cop this tip - get to Rod Laver Arena next year to see the resurgence of international swimming - we are in the midst of the most exciting eras in
the history of this sport. Thanks to the research provided by my old mate Craig Lord at swimnews.com, the spate of 20 world records in 2006 (seven to
Australia) is the greatest number of world marks in the middle year of an Olympic cycle since 1978, and there is no doubt that the Australian women and the
US men have in recent times set the standard for the world to match.
They laid down the gauntlet and to their credit, countries like Germany and France have as they say ‘picked the ball up and run with it’ ....and they've kept
running, with the Britta Steffan led German girls and the amazing Frenchwoman Laure Manaudou raising the bar. The Americans, believe it or not have a
new lease of life...as if they needed one. They always seem to be there producing their stars but I detect this US outfit has the potential to be the greatest
team in the history of the sport. But the other nations, like Great Britain (with our own Bill Sweetenham at the helm) are on the up-and-up after the home
nations surprised us all at the Commonwealth Games and won the European Championships; like Japan, who are very much on a roll towards a record
breaking Beijing Olympics and a country like Korea, with their emerging middle-distance freestyler Tae Kwan Park, set to become his country's greatest ever
swimmer, are all stepping up to the mark. The USA's decision to appoint Mark Schubert as their new National Head Coach (a first for the US) has already
paid dividends. They came into the Pan Pacs with a new lease of life, with a new team spirit, that has been missing in recent years.
They have appointed Gary Hall Jr. as their team captain and the "big fella" who has not always played the team game - sat in the grandstands leading the
cheers - at 31 years of age. Schubert spoke about the USA's renewed team spirit when the Pan Pac nations came together for their final press conference in
Victoria and you could tell there was something different about this US outfit. Their performances in the pool were amazing and not just from one or two in
each event but three and four - the stars and stripes have depth to burn. They all attacked their races from the outset, their skill levels were exceptional and
they rally turned it on. You could tell they were one nation. Michael Phelps has shown why he is the world's greatest swimmer - with his world records in the
200 metre butterfly and 200m individual medley and as the lead-off swimmer in their 4x100m freestyle relay team; Aaron Peirsol's aggressive 200m
backstroke world record was just awesome to watch, as was Brendan Hansen's 200m breaststroke WR. Throw in the amazing Ryan Lochte, exciting
sprinter Cullen Jones and the ever present Jason Lezak and Klete Keller and the US boys have that killer look about them.
And although the US women did not break a world record they showed they did not take kindly to the Australian girls beating them in last year's Duel In The
Pool in Irvine, with the Aussie girls touted as the best women's team in the world. Natalie Coughlin is leading the US girls’ resurgence and she has plenty of
little helpers, in particular Katie Hoff - the US equivalent to Phelps who can swim an amazing medley and freestyle - she will be one of the stars of
Melbourne 2007. Then there is Amanda Weir, Jessicah Hardy, Whitney Myers and Katie Zeigler and the new look US women will arrive in Melbourne
looking to strike gold in our own back yard. The challenge has been issued. The ball is now very much in our court. Can the Dolphins rise to the occasion? If
the spirit shown by the young Aussies at the Pan Pacs and the performance by Jessicah Schipper is any indication then the Australian team will come out
fighting - they always do. One thing's for certain, we are in for one helluva swim meet! CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
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WIDMER’S DYNAMIC DUO SET HOBART ALIGHT
DAVID LYALL
The last five Telstra Australian Short Course Championships had produced eight world records and swimming divas Leisel Jones and Libby Lenton
ensured that trend continued at this year’s event in Hobart, adding another three between them. The Stephan Widmer trained dynamic duo were the
undoubted stars of this year’s Short Course Championships but as headline grabbers they had plenty of company. Distance king Grant Hackett made a
better than expected return to serious competition, Jessicah Schipper and Felicity Galvez put in world class butterfly performances and Leith Brodie set
two Australian records.
Commonwealth Games golden girl Sophie Edington was at the top of her game in the backstroke sprint events, Matt Welsh won four titles to take his
national short course tally to 28 and a host of swimmers won their first ever Australian open crowns. But when history looks back at the four days from
August 25-28 at the Hobart Tattersall’s Aquatic Centre, the names Jones and Lenton will be at the forefront of its mind. Jones got the ball rolling on the third
night of competition, surprising the sold out crowd by clocking 1:04.12 in her 100 metre breaststroke semi final - slashing a massive 0.67 seconds off the
old mark set by American Tara Kirk in Texas in 2004.
The five-time Olympic medallist, who turned 21 just two days after the Championships, was not finished there either and turned breaststroke swimming on
its head the next night with an astonishing 1:03.86 in the final. These days there is no ‘keeping up with the Jones’’ and Lethal Leisel has taken women’s
breaststroke swimming into a stratosphere only the most courageous of dreamers would have thought possible twelve months ago. This year Jones has set
five individual world records and played an integral role alongside Edington, Schipper and Lenton in destroying the 4x100m medley mark at the
Commonwealth Games in March. Sharing in the fun, Lenton offered an appetiser to her own world record when she erased Petria Thomas’ Commonwealth
mark from the record books in the 50m butterfly with a sizzling swim of 25.71.
It was Thomas’ last remaining open record, a fact easily lost in the excitement that followed Lenton’s swim, but an indication of just how much the landscape
has changed in women’s butterfly since the triple Olympic champion retired following her career defining performances at the Athens Olympics. On the final
night of action, and just 15 minutes after Jones set her second global mark, Lenton entered the butterfly world record books for the first time with a stunning
55.95 second act that almost brought the roof down. The new record goes alongside the 100 and 200m freestyle world all time best’s Lenton has in the
short course pool. Hackett didn’t break any records but he may as well have, as significant as his performances were, and there is little doubt he is physically
– and it would appear mentally – capable of swimming faster than he ever has before when he reaches peak fitness. The Telstra Dolphins Team Captain
started the meet with what he described as a disappointing 1:44.05 in the 200m freestyle before going on the offensive and swimming the fifth fastest 400m
freestyle in history – 3:35.73. Then on the last night, Hackett, in his first 1500m in more than a year, sent an ominous warning to distance freestylers the
world over with an incredible 14:19.47 – a time surpassed only by his own four year old world record of 14:10.10.
It is not often three gold medals and a pair of Australian records leaves a swimmer featuring in just a cameo role but that was the predicament that faced
Leith Brodie. The 20-year-old’s first record came in the 100m individual medley, his time of 54.14 seconds deleting Adam Lucas’ nine month record, before
he clocked 1:55.77 for the 200m IM, the eleventh fastest time in history, to erase Matt Dunn’s seven year mark. The focus for all the stars now turns to the
Telstra Australian Swimming Championships that will be held at Brisbane’s Chandler Aquatic Centre from December 3-10. That meet will be used to
select the Telstra Dolphins team to compete at the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne next March.
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BAINBRIDGE LEADS NEW GOLDEN BREED
DAVID LYALL
While Jones, Lenton, Hackett and Schipper were attracting much deserved attention at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships last month,
another group of swimmers were quietly going about the business of winning in the background.
Eight swimmers won an Australia open title for the first time including AIS-based freestyler Angie Bainbridge and Commonwealth Games breaststroker
Christian Sprenger (50 and 100 metre breaststroke) who each won two gold.
Joining them as first time winners in the men’s events were sprinters Matt Lenton (50m freestyle), Kirk Palmer (100 metre freestyle), Robert McDonald
(200m breaststroke) and 200m butterflyer Nick D’Arcy. In the women’s events, 2004 Olympic semi finalist Fran Adcock took out the 200m backstroke and
South African born all rounder Talia Goddard won the 400m individual medley for their maiden titles.
All eight new winners were impressive but none more so than 17-year-old Bainbridge who tore shreds off her personal best times to win the 200 and 400m
freestyle double. Bainbridge relocated to Canberra from Newcastle in February and has been successfully combining her studies with training commitments
under Shannon Rollason that has seen a switch in focus from medley events to middle distance freestyle. On the third day of the Championships she
slashed seven seconds from her personal best time to clock 4:04.61 in the 400m freestyle – shooting her into fifth on the Australian all time list.
Then a day later, with her head still spinning and after a restless night sleep, the bubbly teen was at it again, winning the 200m in another PB - this time of
three seconds – with a sizzling swim of 1:56.67.
“I can’t believe I won both races,” a thrilled Bainbridge said after her golden double.
“I really wanted to swim PB’s and at least get into finals because I have never made open finals in freestyle before, so to come out with gold is quite
exciting.”
Bainbridge’s winning times were faster than fellow teenager Bronte Barratt recorded to win the same events last year and Barratt has since gone on to win
medals at the Commonwealth Games, FINA World Short Course Championships and Pan Pacs. When alerted to this fact Bainbridge bristled with enthusiasm
about her future in the pool, starting with the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships (selection trials for the 12th FINA World Championship) in
December.
“I didn’t know Bronte’s times but when I hear that it makes me excited for what lies ahead,” Bainbridge said.
“I know I am up there more now with the better swimmers and I will go to the trials with heaps more confidence than I had before.
“Then ultimately I would like to go to the Olympics.”
Bainbridge believes the big steps forward she has made in freestyle come from training alongside Olympic champions Jodie Henry and Alice Mills.
“The AIS has helped me a lot and everyone has been great. I train with Jodie and Alice and Felicity Galvez and I know what we all do in training,” she said.
“I used to get so nervous racing those sorts of people but now I’m not scared of them in a race and I think that showed here.”
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BRODIE AND BARRATT AHEAD OF THE TIMES TO WIN PAN PAC "PYNEYS"
IAN HANSON
John Rodgers lives life in the fast lane, just like his athletes. The former champion Maroubra surf lifesaver is passionate about fitness. Some may even
suggest JR, as he is affectionately known on pool decks around the world, is a fitness fanatic.
He is often up in the mornings before his athletes, running, cycling or swimming in the dark. He sets an example, probably like no other coach. His fitness
regimes and his passion for sport are infectious. His knowledge of training and coaching is probably second to none in Australian Swimming. Rodgers, now
the popular head coach at Albany Creek Aquatic Centre, on the outskirts of Brisbane, has coached some of the best in his days at Heffron Park in Sydney.
Names like Max Metzker, Ron McKeon, Graeme Brewer and even Michelle Ford to name but a few.
His connection with Australian Swimming teams dates back to 1976, when the great 1500m swimmer Metzker made the Montreal Olympic team, finishing
fifth, then 1980 and 1978 where all four of his above charges were part of the Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games teams. For the next six years
JR's swimmers were very much the backbone of the Australian teams - all winning Olympic medals and Commonwealth Games gold medals. While his
swimmers have moved on with Brewer and McKeon themselves becoming noted coaches in their own right, JR is still walking the pooldecks, with his
infectious enthusiasm rubbing off on his own charges.
And it came as no surprise when Australian Head Coach Alan Thompson announced at the final Australian team meeting for the 2006 Pan Pacs in Canada
that the winners of the "Pyney Awards" for the tour went to two of JR's charges - Leith Brodie and Bronte Barratt. The "Pyneys", named after the Australian
team's long-standing Sports Science guru, Dr David Pyne, are awarded to the swimmers who improved their personal best times by the greatest amount and
they are a sign of what the sport of swimming is all about - achieving your personal best. Brodie, Australia's reigning 200 metre IM champion, caused the
shock of the tour when he came from an unseeded heat to clock a personal best of 1:49.56 - taking five seconds off his previous best time - to make the
final of the 200m freestyle. He went on to make the 4x200m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle relay teams - who both won bronze medals.
The 20-year-old UQ Engineering student is a young man on the rise and his PBs did not stop there either. He improved his 200 IM time to 2:00.75 (fourth alltime Australian),with Ian Thorpe's Australian record of 1:59.66 very much in his sights, and also his 400m IM time to 4:21.65, making him the 10th fastest
all-time Australian. Not to be out-done in the PB stakes was Barratt, who apart from Jessicah Schipper's world record in the 200m butterfly and Linda
MacKenzie's PB in the 200m freestyle to win silver, was one of the stand-out female performers - taking 0.74 off her previous best in the 200m freestyle.
Barratt went into the meet with a best time of 1:59.33, the ninth fastest Australian of all-time. She came out with a 1:58.59 - making her the seventh fastest
all-time and placing her in good stead for next year's FINA World Championships in Melbourne. Rodgers believes that Barratt's future lies not only in the
200m but also over 400 and eventually over 800 metres.
"I'm very proud of both Leith and Bronte - they are both great kids and it is only just the beginning for them," said Rodgers.
"They both have very exciting futures and I'm sure you will be hearing a lot more about these two youngsters in the years to come."
Mark down the names Brodie and Barratt for Beijing in 2008. They are synonymous with the name John Rodgers. With any luck JR will be right there with
them - his first Olympic team since 1984.
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ATHLETE PROFILES
A COUPLE OF LAPS WITH...KELLY STUBBINS AND ANDREW MEWING
In eSwimmer’s ongoing series of exclusive athlete profiles, David Lyall throws on a pair of Speedos and some flippers to kick a few laps along side some of
Australia’s best swimmers. This month Lyall sought a quick reaction from Telstra Dolphins Kelly Stubbins and Andrew Mewing. Stubbins burst onto the
international scene with a wonderful third leg for Australia’s gold medal winning 4x200 metre freestyle relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Mewing narrowly missed the Australian Team for the Athens Olympics after he finished seventh in both the 100 and 200m freestyle races at the Trials, but
the big sprinter bounced back and has qualified for every Australian Team since – and won medals to boot. Andrew also sets himself apart from most other
international class athletes by working as an Articled Clerk with a leading Brisbane Law Firm where he has almost finished his studies to become a solicitor.
KELLY STUBBINS
ANDREW MEWING
Age: 22 Nickname: Kel Coach Wayne Lawes: Determined for me to reach
my goals Melbourne: Cold Favourite event: 200m freestyle Best ever
performance: Commonwealth Games 4x200m freestyle Why: For not
getting nervous and swimming the second quickest on the team 2006
Telstra Commonwealth Games Swimming Trials - Melbourne: Nerve
wracking 2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne: Time of my life, the
best part of my career to date 2006 Mare Nostrum: Different experience to
travel and race at the same time Telstra World Championship Trials in
December: Next goal 2008 Olympics - Beijing: Main goal and exciting
Inspirations: My sister writes books for each time I go away – they inspire
me! Role Models: Everyone I race against and my Mum
1:56.64: Major goal Bronte Barratt: Speedy Gonzales Libby Lenton:
Absolute animal Caitlin McClatchey: Unknown
My dream is…: To compete at an Olympic Games in front of my family The
greatest thing you will take from your swimming career: Discipline and
being able to achieve goals that I’ve set myself
Life after swimming: A career in science or medicine
University: Long and agonising What can’t you live without: My family
Favourite item of clothing: My beanie
Music: Upbeat stuff TV: Thank God You’re Here AFL / NRL / Union: AFL
Favourite sporting team: Sydney Swans Tea / Coffee / Milo: Milo Meat
Pie / Salad: Meat Pie Summer / Winter: Summer Last movie you saw:
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Last book you read: From Russia With Love by
Kostya Tszyu Favourite athlete: Roger Federer Funniest member of the
Telstra Dolphins Australian squad: Travis Nederpelt You are having a
dinner party and can invite three people, living or dead, who are they:
Kostya Tszyu, Condoleezza Rice, Rove McManus Swimming is…: Something
I’ve grown to love Kelly Stubbins in three words: Dedicated, committed
and determined
Age: 24 Nickname: Mewso Coach Rick Van Der Zant: Happy to be back
with him; my coach since I was 13 Former Coach Denis Cotterell: A great
experience, I will take his years worth of advice and experience on board
Favourite event: 100 & 200m freestyle Best ever performance: My swim
in the 200m freestyle at 2006 Commonwealth Games trials Why: My aim
since missing Athens was to make the Commonwealth Games and it was a
PB 2004 Telstra Olympic Team Selection Trials - Sydney: A rollercoaster
2004 FINA World Short Course Championships – Indianapolis: My first
open team, amazing experience 2005 Telstra Trials - Sydney: Another
rollercoaster 2005 FINA World Championships – Montreal: Good to get
two bronze medals, no one even expected us to make the final in the
4x100m freestyle 2006 Telstra Commonwealth Games Swimming Trials Melbourne: Relieved to make the team 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne: Amazing experience – everything I was hoping for Telstra World
Championship Trials in December: Looking forward to it and hopefully I
can back up all the good training 2008 Olympics - Beijing: The icing on the
cake Michael Phelps: Best all round swimmer in the world Grant Hackett:
Good mate, inspiring to train with Ian Thorpe: Can’t wait to actually compete
with him on a team Inspiration: My family, they have been very supportive of
me juggling my work and swimming Role Models: Brendan Cannon My
dream is…: To be able to look in the mirror everyday and be happy Being a
lawyer: A challenge, something I am really passionate about succeeding in
The greatest thing you will take from your swimming career: Hard work
and no shortcuts Life after swimming: Solicitor What can’t you live
without: Being spoilt by my Mum Favourite item of clothing: My work
attire Music: Dave Matthews Band TV: I don’t watch a whole lot but Arrested
Development is my favourite AFL / NRL / Union: Union Favourite
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ESWIMMER SURVEY
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YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE MARK WORLD’S TEAM
DAVID LYALL
They might have an average age of less than twenty but the Telstra Dolphins team for this year’s International Paralympic Committee World Swimming
Championships in Durban, South Africa, carry with them a wealth of experience.
The 22-member Australian squad named after the Telstra IPC World Championships Trials at the AIS in Canberra last month includes 14 Paralympians
and eight newcomers to major international competition.
Between them, the 14 veterans won 24 medals at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, of which team leader Ben Austin contributed a personal haul of two gold,
three silver and a bronze to go with the two silver and one bronze medal he won in Sydney four years earlier. Despite their big medal tally the Australians
were a young team in Athens and Paralympic Preparation Program Head Coach Brendan Keogh believes that could be the Dolphins’ secret weapon for
success in Durban and at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. “We had a very young team at the Paralympics in Athens and most of our guys had never raced at
that level before,” Keogh said.
“Some of them came away with medals but the biggest thing for them all would have been the experience that they gained.
“Now they are all a little bit older and a little more experienced and by the time we get to Beijing, many of them will be at their peak.” But while he has one
eye on Beijing, Keogh is hoping his team can make improvements on the global scene in Durban by winning more gold medals. “China, Great Britain, the
USA, Canada and Spain are the big five in Paralympic swimming and in Athens, although we came fifth on total medals, we were only tenth on gold medals,
well behind those countries,” Keogh said. “As this team makes the transition from age group swimmers to experienced open competitors we want to make
that progression into a country that not only wins silver and bronze medals but one that wins gold too.
“Hopefully these World Championships in Durban will be a big step towards that goal and I am very happy with the team that we have heading to South
Africa. “It has always been our intention to use this meet as a major part of our preparation for the Paralympics and I am looking forward to some good
performances and an improved team as a whole.” The team will leave Australia on November 22 before competition kicks off on November 27.
Telstra Dolphins team for the International Paralympic Committee World Swimming Championships, Durban, South Africa, November 27 –
December 9 2006: Men (Average Age: 21.2) Michael Palfrey (St Peters Western, QLD) Sam Bramham (Ivanhoe Neons, VIC) Peter Leek (Ripples St Mary’s,
NSW) Matthew Cowdrey (Norwood, SA) Ben Austin (Warringah Aquatic, NSW) Matthew Levy (Warringah Aquatic, NSW) Ricardo Moffatti (Marist Ashgrove,
QLD) Rick Pendleton (Bayside Aquatic, NSW) Daniel Bell (Geelong, VIC) Stephen Osborne (Marist Ashgrove, QLD) Jeremy McClure (West Coast, WA) Michael
Anderson (Coffs Harbour, NSW) Jeremy Tidy (Arena, WA)Women (Average Age: 17.7) Esther Overton (Werribee, VIC) Prue Watt (Hunter, NSW) Sarah Bowen
(Geelong City, VIC) Shelley Rogers (Norwood, SA) Ellie Cole (Kings VIC) Katrina Porter (West Coast, WA) Tarryn McGaw (Kings VIC) Sarah Rose (Warringah
Aquatic, NSW) Hannah MacDougall (Carey Aquatic, VIC) Coaches Brendan Keogh (Head Coach) Peter Bishop (Norwood, SA) Amanda Isaac (Ivanhoe Neons,
VIC) Graeme Carroll (Warringah Aquatic, NSW) Lucky Weerakkody (Geelong City, VIC) John Shaw (Bayside Aquatic, NSW)
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WHAT'S ON
2006 TELSTRA IPC WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS TRIALS
Jo Keene
Congratulations to the athletes that competed at the 2006 Telstra IPC World Swimming Championships Selection Trials, at the AIS pool in Canberra recently.
Further congratulations go to the athletes, coaches and support staff selected for the team to compete at the IPC World Swimming Championships in South
Africa later this year.
Thank you to ACT Swimming, the staff at the AIS pool, the staffs at SAL and Hanson Sports Media for their professional and impressive conduct during the
meet.
2006 Telstra Australian Short Course Championships
Thank you to all those staff, technical officials and volunteers from both myself and Swimming Australia for a great effort at the 2006 Telstra Australian Short
Course Championships that were held at the Tattersall’s Hobart Aquatic Centre from 25 – 28 August 2006. Congratulations to those competing athletes,
coaches and support staff who made the journey to Hobart to compete. There were some terrific performances in the pool, supported by the capacity
crowds each night of the event. A special thank you goes to the staff at Swimming Australia, Sold Out National Event Management, Hanson Sports Media and
Up & Running Event Management for continued support and commitment to delivery high quality swimming events.
Telstra Australian Swimming Championships (Selection Trials for the 12th FINA World Championships)
Our attention now turns to the preparation of the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships (Selection Trials for the 12th FINA World Championships) that
will take place at the Chandler Pool, The Sleeman Centre, Chandler from Sunday 3 to Sunday 10 December 2006.
Further event information can be found on the event page of the Swimming Australia website.
Details regarding ticket prices and the ticket on sale date will be announced soon!
Swimming Australia Open Water Swimming Championships (Selection Trials for the 12th FINA World Championships)
The Swimming Australia Open Water Swimming Championships (Selection Trials for the 12th FINA World Championships) will take place at St Kilda Beach
Melbourne from Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 December 2006. The event format will include;
Day 1 - 10km, Day 2 - 5km, Day 3 - 25km
Further event details will be distributed over the coming weeks and will included on the event page of the Swimming Australia website. For further
information, comments or suggestions, please contact me on [email protected]
Kind Regards,
Jo Keene
National Events Manager
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SASHA'S SPLASHES
SASHA PINE
SYDNEY JEWELLER GIVES LIBBY MORE TREASURE
Libby Lenton was given a wonderful surprise present recently from Musson Jewellers. Robert Musson from the award winning Sydney jewellers made a
broach in the shape of a swimmer’s wake with five yellow diamonds and two white diamonds on it to represent the five gold and two silver medals she won at
the Commonwealth Games earlier this year. Musson’s were also responsible for the ring Libby’s fiancé, Luke Trickett, gave her for her 21st birthday.
THOMPSON HANGS UP SPEEDO’S
Sydney Olympic silver medallist Kirsten Thompson has bravely decided to hang up her cozzies - for now. In a decision which was only made recently,
Kirsten has been pondering over the idea for a few months. “I just wasn’t enjoying swimming anymore and now I have made the decision I feel much happier,
so I know I have made the right choice,” Kirsten said. Not many people know that Kirsten suffers from a rare chlorine allergy which of course made it really
hard to train! The allergy affected her lungs and immune system which inturn caused interrupted preparation for meets.
Her coach Tracey Menzies was very supportive and backs Kirsten’s decision 100%. Kirsten hasn’t ruled out a comeback as she is still so young, but it won’t
be for a while. Kirsten has completed a university degree and is looking for a marketing role to keep her busy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AIS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU…. The AIS has celebrated its 25th Birthday by throwing a Birthday Gala. Many former AIS swimmers were there to help celebrate the occasion including Nicole
Livingstone, who had the honour of being MC for the night, was joined Linley Frame and Petria Thomas, just to name a few. The night was unreal with
past and present athletes socialising the night away.
ADD ONE TO DUNN CLAN
Former swimmer Matthew Dunn and his Icelandic wife Eydis have a new addition to their family - Alexander Magnus Dunn was born on July 27th 2006,
weighing 3.68kg (8 pounds, 2 in the old scale). Congratulations Dunny, I’m sure Alexander will be swimming in no time.
KICKING ON…..WITH CHRIS FYDLER
After retiring at the end of 2000, Olympic gold medallist Chris Fydler continued working as a solicitor at Blake Dawson Waldron until mid 2001; he then
accepted a position as an in-house lawyer at a telecommunications company called Comindico where he worked for the next three years. These days Chris is
the General Manager of Oriel Technologies, a System Integration business that specialises in providing technology solutions for medium to enterprise size
businesses.
Chris also sits on the board of a Griffith based winery called Beelgara Estate which is Australia’s 16th largest winery.
On top of work, Chris and his wife Rose run a house of five kids. You can imagine how busy that life is but Chris still manages to get in the pool and do a
couple of laps. ‘Fydes’ usually swims about 3km-4km 2-3 times a week. He even competed in a team event last year that swam and won the Lanai to Maui
Ocean swim in Hawaii. The team of 6 guys swam about 3km each – not bad for a sprinter.
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YOUTH SCENE
JUNIOR PAN PAC ANNOUNCEMENT TOPS BUSY YEAR FOR YOUTH
Leigh Nugent
The short course season is all but over and it is now a good time to review the progress made over the winter.
As we are all aware, short course swimming highlights the need to improve and hone your racing skills – starts, turns, streamlining, push offs and breathing
patterns.
Any short comings in these areas results in significant reductions in performance. The long course events need to be approached with the same enthusiasm
in respect to the racing skills referred to above.
If you haven’t paid the necessary attention to these all important skills this winter make them a priority in your training for this summer preparation.
It was an exciting year for the youth program this year with the Trans-Tasman Series, West Coast of USA tour, Oceania Championships and the Junior Pan
Pac selection trials at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships in Hobart.
The short course events were hotly contested by Australia’s youth swimmers vying for a birth on the prestigious Junior Pan Pac Team. Fifteen girls and fifteen
boys will now experience the meet of their life on the Hawaiian island of Maui in January next year.
This event is a major battle between Australia, USA, Japan and Canada and is an important pathway to the senior team and success at international level.
Australia won the event measured by point score in 2005 but fell short by one gold medal in its bid to equal Japan in the gold medal tally. Our goal will be to
win the event on both counts in 2007 and I believe with continued application in the training pool by the swimmers we have selected we can achieve that
aim. The national youth camps program will continue with the women’s distance/IM camp being held in late September on the Gold Coast and the Northern
Territory and southern states Flippers camps being conducted the following week. Young swimmers should also be focusing on the Telstra Australian
Swimming Championships in Brisbane in December and preparing to take the next step forward in their careers.
FULL TELSTRA DOLPHINS TEAM FOR THE 2007 JUNIOR PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MAUI: MEN: Daniel Arnamnart (Aquaburn, NSW), Sam
Ashby (Carey Aquatic, VIC), Shane Cross (Warringah Aquatic, NSW), Andrew Davis (Carlile, NSW), Nic Donald (SAC Seals, NSW), Ben Donaldson (Albany
Creek, QLD), Robert Hurley (Wests Illawarra, NSW), Bobby Jovanovich (West Coast, WA), Garth Kates (West Coast, WA), Bryan Luca (Klim Swim, VIC), Nick
Milnes (Bomaderry, NSW) Stephen Parkes (SLC Aquadot, NSW), Theo Pasialis (SAC Seals, NSW), James Stacey (Barker Aquatic, NSW), Reece Turner (Port
Macquarie, NSW) WOMEN: Katie Bird (Carey Aquatic, VIC), Charlotte Clarke (Norwood, SA), Amelia Evatt-Davey (Miami, QLD), Brooke Fletcher (Miami, QLD),
Talia Goddard (Carey Aquatic, VIC), Olivia Halicek (Sydney Swim PLC, NSW), Samantha Hamill (Woogaroo, QLD), Belinda Hocking (Albury, NSW), Meagen nay
(Southport Olympic, QLD), Emily Seebohm (Brothers, QLD), Lorren Sellwood (St Peters Western, QLD), Keatyn Simpson (Aquaz, NSW), Amy Smith (River City,
QLD), Kristen Wilson (Haileybury Waterlions, VIC), Ellese Zalewski (Melbourne Vicentre, VIC)
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OPEN WATER
‘SANTA’ WINS GOLD IN NAPLES
KURT HANSON AND DAVID LYALL
The Telstra Dolphins have finished fourth in the point score at the 4th FINA World Open Water Championships in Naples, Italy with veteran Josh
Santacaterina’s victory in the 25 kilometre event the highlight.
‘Santa’ stormed to the front with 7.5km to go in the grueling race and finished a staggering 1minute 22 seconds ahead of the silver medallist, Russian Yuri
Kudinov, a four time world champion in the event, and Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria), a multiple 25km world championship medalist. At one stage
Santacaterina, 25, had put a 3 minute gap between himself and the field, an extremely courageous effort considering the quality field of swimmers in the
pack chasing him. "It was a pretty tough race, with choppy conditions towards the end. I tried to make a break at 10km with no success, so I tried again with
7.5km to go and found myself in some space, so I pinned my ears back and went for it," Santacaterina said. "It's a dream come true to stand on the winner's
dais and hear my national anthem. It has really meant a lot to me."
The victory capped a busy week for Santacaterina who had also competed in the 5km and 10km events. The Dolphins’ other highlights included rookie
Andrew Beato’s his fourth placing in the 5 kilometre event. It was a brilliant international debut for the Sydney-based 21-year-old who overcame testing
conditions and rough tactics from his opposition to miss the medals by just 0.3 of a second. Watched on by his family, many of whom including his father
were born in Naples, Beato sensationally overcame the early setback of having his goggles smashed by a wayward elbow at the 2 kilometre mark. "I was
very close to the bronze medal, unfortunately my goggles were smashed early in the race and I found it hard to see the finish,” Beato said. "Despite the
problem with the goggles I enjoyed the race and the experience gained from today's performance and it is encouraging and a great incentive to remain in the
Australian team to compete in Melbourne in 2007." Beato was also happy to have received some local support. “It has been a great opportunity to compete
in Naples in my first international competition. Naples is the place of birth of my father, and dad’s four sisters and their families were there to support me
today," he said.
RESULTS
Men’s 5km: 1. Thomas Lurz Germany 1h04m32.3s, 2. Chip Peterson USA 1h04m32.7s, 3. Simone Ercoli Italy 1h04m35.9s, 4. Andrew
Beato Australia 1h04m36.2s, 9. Josh Santacaterina Australia 1h04m41.7s
Women’s 5km: 1. Larisa Ilchenko Russia 1h08m19.7s, 2. Poliana Okimoto Brazil 1h08m27.6s, 3. Britta Kamrau-Corestein Germany 1h08m46.3s, 6. Kate
Brookes-Peterson Australia 1h08m59.8s , 15. Shelley Clark Australia 1h13m12.8s
Men’s 10km: 1. Thomas Lurz Germany 2h10m39.4s, 2. Valerio Cleri Italy 2h10m40.5s, 3. Evgeny Drattsev Russia 2h10m40.7, 8. Josh
Santacaterina Australia 2h10m45.4, 13. Brendan Capell Australia 2h10m53.1
Women’s 10km: 1. Larisa Ilchenko Russia 2h19m49.9s, 2. Poliana Okimoto Brazil 2h19m59.3s, 3. Ksenia Popova Russia 2h19m59.8s,5. Trudee
Hutchinson Australia 2h20m09.0s, 8. Kate Brookes-Peterson Australia 2h20m31.1s
Men’s 25km: 1. Josh Santacaterina Australia 5h47m34.1s, 2. Yuri Kudinov Russia 5h48m56.9s, 3. Petar Stoychev Bulgaria 5h49m00.2s
Women’s 25km: 1. Angela Maurer Germany 6h22m46.9s, 2. Natalia Pankina Russia 6h22m47.8s, 3. Ksenia Popova Russia 6h22m51.3s, 7. Trudee
Hutchinson Australia 6h26m59.8s, 8. Shelley Clark Australia 6h42m40.5s
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MEMORY LANES
PERKINS POWER CAPTURED EVERYONE’S IMAGINATION IN ‘94
Ian Hanson
Canada has always been a happy stomping ground for Australian swimmers and the great Kieren Perkins certainly left his mark on Victoria, BC and the
Saanich Commonwealth Place Pool – venue for the recent Pan Pacific Championships.
It was in the same pool where Perkins broke two world records in the one race – the 800 metre freestyle on his way to breaking the 1500m freestyle and a
gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. It was a successful Games for the Aussies who almost scored a clean sweep of every event in one of the
most dominant Commonwealth meets in history. The meet also saw the Canadian Curtis Myden swum down by Australia’s own Matt Dunn in a gripping
400m individual medley. Dunn gave Myden a 25m start coming into the final freestyle leg and inspirationally swam him down to claim the 200-400m IM
double. But Myden had given so much that he collapsed during the medal presentation and had to be taken to hospital – stretchered out of the Pool via the
deck. Myden was amongst several former Canadian Olympians who made their way to the Pan Pacific Championships this year.
Other memorable performances of the ’94 Games came from Samantha Riley, who won the 100-200m breaststroke double and Karen Van Wirdum who
proposed to her first husband via news reporter, Sandra Sully. Earlier, in 1991, Canada hosted its first Pan Pacific Championships where Perkins, who after
missing the world record in the 800m broke it on the way through in the 1500, starting a trend which would make him a legend in the sport. Other winners in
’91 were Ian Brown (200m freestyle), Susie O’Neill (100m butterfly), Janelle Elford (1500m freestyle) and Linley Frame (100m breaststroke), while the
legendary Shelley Taylor-Smith won the 25km open water event on Lake Sylvan. It’s when they first started selling Taylor-Smith t-shirts “Dangerous When
Wet” after she had won the first World Open Water title on her home waters on the Swan River in January 1991. It was a meet dominated by the US when
names like, Tom Jager, Matt Biondi, Jeff Rouse, Melvin Stewart, Janet Evans, Summer Sanders, Jenny Thompson and the late Erik Namesnik, who
died tragically in a car accident earlier this year, were household names. But there were some other names tucked away in the placings, who would go on to
bigger and better things. Nicole Livingstone won silver in the 100 and 200m backstroke; Chris Fydler silver in the 100m freestyle, Phil Rogers silver in the
100m breaststroke and Canadian Mark Tewksbury silver in the 100m backstroke.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5: WORLD RECORDS in 2006, courtesy of Swimnews.com.
January:MELBOURNE (Telstra Commonwealth Games Trials): Jade Edmistone (AUS) 30.31 – 50m breaststroke, Libby Lenton (AUS) 53.42 - 100m freestyle,
Leisel Jones (AUS) 1:05.71 - 100m breaststroke, Leisel Jones (AUS) 2:20.54 - 200m breaststroke
March: MELBOURNE (Commonwealth Games): Leisel Jones (AUS) 1:05.09 - 100m breaststroke, Australia (Sophie Edington, 1:01.06, Leisel Jones, 1:05.51,
Jessica Schipper, 56.86, Libby Lenton, 52.87) 3:56.30 - 4x100m medley
May: TOURS (French trials): Laure Manaudou (FRA) 4:03.03 - 400m freestyle. MINSK (Belarus nationals): Aleksandra Herasimenia* (BLR) 28.19=wr (with
Janine Pietsch, GER) - 50m backstroke
August: BUDAPEST (European championships): Britta Steffen (GER) 53.30 - 100m freestyle, Germany (Petra Dallmann 54.53; Daniela Goetz 53.87; Britta
Steffen 52.66 (fastest ever split); Annika Liebs 54.16 - 4x100m freestyle, Germany (Petra Dallmann 1:59.14; Daniela Samulski 1:58.27; Britta Steffen
1:57.77; Annika Liebs 1:55.64 (fastest ever split) - 4x200m freestyle, Laure Manaudou (FRA) 4:02.13 - 400m freestyle. IRVINE (US trials): Brendan Hansen
(US) 59.13 - 100m breaststroke Brendan Hansen (US) 2:08.74 - 200m breaststroke. VICTORIA (Pan Pacific Championships): Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:54.44 200m backstroke Brendan Hansen (USA) 2:08.50 - 200m breaststroke, Michael Phelps (USA) 1:53.80 - 200m butterfly, Michael Phelps (USA) 1:55.84 200m medley, USA (Michael Phelps, 48.83; Neil Walker, 47.89; Cullen Jones, 47.96; Jason Lezak, 47.78) 3:12.46 - 4x100m freestyle, Jessicah Schipper
(AUS) 2:05.40 - 200m butterfly
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SWIMMING AUSTRALIA CALENDAR
2006
SEPTEMBER
2-3 & 9-10
9-10 9-11 WA State Age Short Course Championships QLD Short Course Championships Tasmanian Short Course Championships Perth
Brisbane Hobart CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9:
Tea / Coffee / Milo: Coffee and lots of it Meat Pie / Salad: Meat Pie and salad Summer / Winter: Summer Last movie you saw: Superman Returns Last
book you read: The Tyrannicide Brief by Geoffrey Robertson Favourite athlete: John Eales Funniest member of the Telstra Dolphins Australian squad:
Travis Nederpelt
You are having a dinner party and can invite three people, living or dead, who are they: My three best mates
Swimming is…: A good challenge Andrew Mewing in three words: Professional, friendly, exhausted
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