Last weekend, February 10th and 11th, saw four swimmers, Mae Carter-Attwood, Alex Yuskan, Chloe Eldridge, and Axel Yuskan, from the Whitsunday Swimming Club, attend the 2024 Hancock Prospecting QLD State Sprints at Sleeman Aquatic Centre, Chandler, Brisbane.
Mae had seven swims, having qualified for all 50-meter strokes in her age group (Girls 15 years), and 50-meter Freestyle, 50-meter Breaststroke and 50-meter Butterfly in Open Women. Mae came home with some awesome PB’s and a massive smile for her achievements after swimming for her 6th year at State Sprints. Alex swam in the 16 years Boys Freestyle, finishing with a 0.17 second PB after a great swim, this being his 4th year attending. Chloe smashed her first ever swim at Chandler with a massive 1.63 second PB in the Girls 10-year-old 50-meter Freestyle. Axel attended for his second year and achieved his goal with an impressive 1.20 second PB in the Boys 11-year-old 50-meter Freestyle.
One big highlight of the weekend was catching up with Rilee Mackie from Collinsville Scottville Swimming Club. Rilee is in Brisbane currently undertaking treatment for Leukemia. Rilee, her sister Kodi and mum Wendy came and supported all swimmers on Saturday.
We also had the privilege of seeing Olympians Cate Campbell, Emily Seebohm, Zac Stubbelty Cook, Mitch Larkin and Lizzie Dekker racing in the open swims.
All swimmers enjoyed a great weekend away with their teammates, cheering them on and creating wonderful, new memories.
Now the training is starting again to prepare for NQ Championships in Mackay on the 1st ,2nd and 3rd of March 2024.
A massive thank you must go out to Coach Jenny Rush for helping these swimmers achieve their goals and pushing them to be the best they can be.
For anyone interested in joining the Whitsunday Swimming Club, please contact us at whitsundayfrogs@gmail.com or drop into the Proserpine Pool any afternoon from 4:15pm.
Contributed with thanks to Amanda Yuskan.
Caption: Representatives from Whitsunday Swimming Club competed the 2024 Hancock Prospecting QLD State Sprints in Brisbane. Photos supplied
