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CONTENTS

In Appreciation 4

Office Bearers 6

Life Members 7

In Recognition 8

Directors & CEO 10

Executive Leadership & National Coach 14

President’s Report 16

CEO’s Report 18

State Reports 22

Sport AUS 32

AOC 34

CGA 35

Commercial Operations 36

Business of Swimming 42

Sport Sustainability & Growth 44

High Performance Highlights 50

Swimming Australia Awards 58

Patron Award 62

Retiring Dolphins 64

Results 66

Records 81

Remembering Kenneth To 86

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P R I N C I P A L P A R T N E R

S W I M M I N G A U S T R A L I A P A T R O N

B R O A D C A S T P A R T N E R

P A R T N E R S

IN APPRECIATION

MRS GINA RINEHART

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H I G H P E R F O R M A N C E P A R T N E R S

S T R A T E G I C E V E N T P A R T N E R S

P R E F E R R E D I N N O V A T I O N , C L O U D A N D D A T A A N A L Y T I C S P R O V I D E R

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DIRECTORSMr John Bertrand OLY AO

Mr Daniel Burger (Term ended 23 October 2019)

Ms Abi Cleland

Mr Bruce Havilah

Mr Graeme Johnson

Ms Nicole Livingstone OLY OAM

Mr Simon Rothery (Resigned 2 May 2019)

Mrs Tracy Stockwell OLY OAM

Mr Andrew Baildon OLY

Mr Kieren Perkins OLY OAM (Commenced 6 June 2019)

AUDIT, RISK & INTEGRITY COMMITTEEAbi Cleland, Chair

Barry Mewett

Uvashni Raman

Bruce Havilah

Hayden Opie

TECHNICAL SWIMMING COMMITTEETracy Stockwell OLY OAM, Chair

Karen Macleod

William Ford

Ryan Arblaster

Erin Collis

Ben Ramsden

Damian Van de Berg

Matthew Kennedy

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMITTEETracy Stockwell OLY OAM, Chair

Graeme Johnson

Alex Baumann OLY

Alex Newton

Patrick Murphy OLY

Michael Bohl

Leigh Russell

NOMINATIONS & REMUNERATION COMMITTEENicole Livingstone OLY OAM, Chair

Remit and membership currently under review

LIFE MEMBERS

LIFE MEMBERS

INDUCTED NAME STATE

1957 Mr Horrace Bennett* VIC

1959 William Berge Phillips OBE* NSW

1964 John Morrison MBE* NSW

1967 Mr HB Ive* VIC

1969 Dr DA Dowling OBE* QLD

1973 William Harrison MBE* TAS

1974 Sydney Grange AO OBE MVO* NSW

1975 Mr JF Howson OBE* WA

1980 Mr TM Herraman OAM* SA

1980 Arch Steinback OBE* QLD

1982 Mr Roger Smith AM* TAS

1985 Mr William 'Bill' Slade MBE* VIC

1986 Roger Pegram OAM MBE* NSW

1991 Judge Peter Bowen Pain AM* SA

1992 Stuart Aldritt* NSW

1996 Mr CB Rickards* TAS

1996 Bruce Conway FCPA NSW

1996 Tom Brazier WA

1997 Evelyn Dill-Macky AM NSW

1997 Greg Lalor AM* QLD

1997 EJ 'Joe' King AM* QLD

1999 Terrance Gathercole AM* NSW

1999 Geoff Hare OAM VIC

2001 Mr W Willis* QLD

2003 John Devitt AM NSW

2003 Forbes Carlile MBE* NSW

2004 Don Talbot OBE NSW

2005 Don Blew AM TAS

2005 John Carew* QLD

2006 Tony Woodhouse VIC

2007 Colin Davis TAS

2007 John Keppie OAM QLD

2009 Peter Graham OAM SA

2009 Margaret Pugh OAM QLD

2010 Cliff Harris OAM NSW

2011 Ursula Carlile NSW

2011 Lynne Bates AM NSW

2014 Patrick Troy NSW

2015 David Urquart QLD

2018 Laurie Lawrence QLD

2018 Janice Cameron OAM* QLD

2019 Dawn Fraser AC MBE QLD

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IN RECOGNITION

Swimming legend and national treasure Dawn Fraser OLY, AC, MBE was officially presented with her Swimming Australia Life Membership in November at the Swimming Australia Awards, proudly presented by Hancock Prospecting.

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After being inducted at the 110th Annual General Meeting in October, Swimming Australia President John Bertrand formally presented Fraser’s award in front of more than 190 guests at the Museum of Contemporary Art, officially welcoming her as the 42nd Life Member of Swimming Australia.

Life Membership of Swimming Australia is a prestigious level of recognition for swimmers, coaches, administrators, officials and volunteers, and as such, all Life Members have given extraordinary and outstanding service to the sport of swimming. In Fraser’s case, her contribution not only spans decades, but indeed a lifetime.

Regarded as one the finest female sprint swimmers in the world, Fraser won four gold and four silver Olympic medals across the course of her brilliant career which spanned more than a decade throughout the 50s and 60s.

Having held 39 world records – 27 of them individual – the lovable larrikin was the first swimmer to win the same event at three consecutive Olympic Games, claiming gold in the 100m freestyle in 1956, 1960 and 1964.

In 1964, she was fittingly named the Australian of the Year and in 1965, was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. In subsequent years, Fraser was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1998. As part of the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours she was elevated to a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) – the highest honour one can receive.

The now 82-year-old has amassed worldwide accolades, with the International Olympic Committee naming her the World’s Greatest Living Female Water Sports Champion in 1999.

Adored by athletes, coaches, volunteers, administrators and fans, Fraser continues to give back to the sport and is a regular presence at swimming events across the country. Imparting her wisdom and immense knowledge onto the next generation of swimmers, Fraser continues to mentor and support a number of up and coming athletes.

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“Dawn’s achievements in the pool will forever be proudly etched in Australia’s history. What she accomplished is nothing short of astounding and since her retirement, she has continued to give so much to our sport – you won’t find a more passionate person about swimming than our ‘Dawnie’.” – John Bertrand AO

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DIRECTORS & CEO

Swimming Australia’s current Board of Directors and Executive team collectively have high levels of experience within sport at all levels, including governance, finance, risk, integrity and other qualifications and experience that ensure best practice governance is adhered to within our sport.

Bertrand skippered the winged keel Australia 11 to victory over the US Defender Liberty to win the 1983 America’s Cup, ending 132 years of American domination and in the process, breaking the longest-running record in the history of modern sport.

A four-time competitor in the America’s Cup culminating in the 1983 victory, he also competed in two Olympic Games. He is two time world Etchell class sailing champion and continues to compete at the highest level.

In his 30-year business career, he successfully built companies in the marine industry, property

development and the digital media industry in Silicon Valley. Bertrand holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Monash University, a Master of Science from MIT in Boston, is a Vice Chancellor Professorial Fellow at Monash University and has an Honorary Doctorate from Victoria University.

Bertrand is chairman of The Sport Australia Hall Fame and for 15 years was chair of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation. He is a Legend of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and the America’s Cup Hall of Fame. In 1984, John was awarded an AM for services to sailing in winning the America’s Cup and in 2016 awarded an AO for services to sporting administration, children’s welfare, higher education and mentoring of young people.

2019 ANNUAL REPORTDIRECTORS & CEO

John Bertrand OLY AOPRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN

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DIRECTORS & CEO

Baildon was a member of the Australian swim team for more than a decade, serving as team captain in 1993 and 1994. He is a dual Olympian, representing Australia in 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Barcelona). Baildon was a multiple medallist at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, where he became the first swimmer in the Commonwealth to break the 50-second barrier for the 100m freestyle, and the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He was also a medallist in four Pan Pacific Championships.

Baildon holds a Bachelor of Communication (Marketing) from Bond University and is the Managing Director of the Baildon Group, which owns and operates a number of Superfish Swim Schools and Jetts 24x7 Gyms in Queensland. He has been a developer, trainer and campaigner of Learn to Swim and drowning prevention programs since 1996.

He was part of the bid and organising committees for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and Team Attache for the Australian Commonwealth Games team.

Cleland is a Non-Executive Director of Orora, Computershare, Sydney Airports and Coles. She is also Chairman of fintech start-up UnoHomeLoans (backed by Westpac). Previously Cleland was on the Investment Committee of the Lazards PE Fund and was a Non-Executive Director at the online media company AIBM (Business spectator and Eureka) prior to selling to News Corporation.

From late 2012 until December 2017 Cleland built a successful boutique management and advisory business (Absolute Partners), focused on

growth, digital and technology disruption, working with CEO/senior executives and Boards at large companies and entrepreneurial businesses. Clients have included Westpac, Caltex, News, Aussie Farmers Direct and Netwealth.com.

Prior to starting Absolute Partners Cleland held senior executive positions, in Australia and offshore, in strategy, M&A, digital and P&L roles at ANZ, Amcor, Incitec Pivot and 333 Management after starting her career at BHP.

Cleland has an MBA from Melbourne University and Commerce and Arts Degrees from Monash University.

She is also Chair of Swimming Australia’s Audit, Risk & Integrity Committee.

Havilah was a competitive junior swimmer and competed at State finals in New South Wales. He still competes in Masters and open water swimming events.

Havilah began his association with the law serving as a police officer and prosecutor between 1987 and 1991. He was admitted to practice as Barrister in NSW and WA in 1994, and to the High Court in 1995. Havilah is the founder and Principal of Havilah Legal, a boutique legal practice with broad experience in commercial and litigation disputes in

multiple jurisdictions. It has more than 20 years of experience ans has advised both public and private companies, not for profits including charities and sporting organisations. He volunteers to attend Judiciary Committees for NFP’s from time to time.

He has a strong background in Corporate Governance, pursuing a Post Graduate Diploma with the Governance Institute.

Havilah was President of Swimming WA from 2005-2006, and is a member of various professional and sporting associations keeping abreast of the international responses to the challenges facing all sports.

Bruce HavilahDIRECTOR

Abi ClelandDIRECTOR

Andrew BaildonDIRECTOR

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Livingstone OLY OAM is a triple Olympian, representing Australia in 1988 (Seoul), 1992 (Barcelona) and 1996 (Atlanta). She holds two Olympic, nine Commonwealth and seven Pan Pacific medals.

Upon retiring from swimming, Livingstone began a long career in media in a variety of roles. Livingstone provides sports commentary at events such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games as well as hosting shows across several broadcasting stations, including Wide World of Sports, Any Given Sunday and The Project. She has been an Executive Board Member of the AOC, member of the AOC

Athlete’s Commission, a Director at VicHealth and Chair of the Victorian Institute of Sport.

Livingstone was awarded an Order of Australia in 1997 and an Australian Sports Medal in 2000. She is also a member of the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll, and in 2016, was historically voted into ‘The Carbine Club’.

In 2017, Livingstone was announced as the AFL’s Head of Women’s Football which includes the responsibility of delivering the AFLW competition. Livingstone is a mother to three and along with her sister, Karen Livingstone, founded Ovarian Cancer Australia, after their mother sadly passed away from the disease. She is now a patron of the organisation.

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Perkins OLY OAM is a four-time Olympic medallist and former world record holder in three events. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest long-distance swimmers.

Post his athletic career Perkins was a Director of Performance Global Pty Ltd and former Partner of RogenSi, a global consulting and training company. In 2009 Perkins joined NAB and was appointed Head of Private Clients and Business Development for NAB Private Wealth. In 2017, he was appointed General Manager NAB Private

Direct and in 2018 became the GM of Business & Private Banking Enablement.

Perkins has served on multiple Boards in corporate, Government and not for profit capacities including The Australian Sports Commission, the ANZCA Foundation, NFP Online, and the Starlight Children’s Foundation. He is currently a Board member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Perkins was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1992 for services to sport, Young Australian of the Year in 1993 and made an honorary Doctor of Philosophy by Queensland University in 2001.

Johnson is an experienced Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, with significant financial and corporate experience gained over the past 32 years across a broad spectrum of industries, diverse in size from top 10 to small ASX listed companies. Johnson has served as a Director of operational subsidiaries banking, funds management including legal professional services, infrastructure, hotel management and real estate sectors. He currently provides expert advice to the Clayton Utz Foundation in the management of its invested funds.

In addition to his professional activities, Graeme was a Director and Treasurer of the Sydney based charity The Humpty Dumpty Foundation which supports Children’s Hospitals across Australia. He is a past President of the Kawana Waters Swimming Club and the Northern Suburbs Swimming Association in Sydney.

Johnson has long had a passion for sports, both as a participant and parent. With three daughters who have all competed at a national or international level in their chosen sports, he has a strong understanding of the various challenges facing sporting organisations today, specifically regarding athlete development pathways.

Kieren Perkins OLY OAMDIRECTOR

Nicole Livingstone OLY OAMDIRECTOR

Graeme JohnsonDIRECTOR

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DIRECTORS & CEO

Stockwell OLY OAM is a former American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medallist, five-time world champion, and former world record-holder in three events. By the time of her retirement in 1984, she had set five world records and sixty-three American records. She is a member of the International Sports Hall of Fame and a recipient of the United States Congressional Medal of Honour.

After completing her degree in Broadcasting at the University of Florida in 1984, Stockwell moved to

Australia with her husband, Olympic medallist Mark Stockwell. She was the Executive Officer of the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) from 1992 to 1995 and later was appointed to the QAS Board serving as Chair in her last five years on the Board. Tracy was a founding member and past president of Womens Sport Queensland. She was awarded an OAM in 2008 for her service to sport as an administrator and proponent of sporting opportunities for women.

Stockwell is a Director of the Stockwell Group of Companies and the Stockwell Foundation. She is Chair of Swimming Australia’s High Performance Committee.

Russell GAICD is an accomplished sports leader, having developed a successful career building, growing and leading across challenging high performance environments. She has a significant understanding of sport at all levels after working with a number of AFL teams, the AFL Players Association, Melbourne Vixens, and other national and state sporting organisations. She was the first woman to hold a senior executive position within an AFL Club (working across football and administration) and the youngest CEO appointed in Netball Victoria’s history.

Russell also built a successful management consultancy and coaching practice - Inspired Heads - working with sport and corporate organisations around leadership, high performance, governance, building positive cultures and executive coaching. She established ‘The Ignition Project’ – an online leadership and personal development program for women. With a deep understanding of governance, she

has previously served as Chair of Tennis Victoria’s Nominations Committee, a Director of the State Sport Centres Trust, and is a former Chair of Women’s Health West and Director of AFL SportsReady.

Russell serves as a Special Advisor to the Male Champions of Change (Sport) and is also a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW). Founded in 1985, CEW represents more than 560 of Australia’s most senior and distinguished women leaders, whose shared vision is ‘women leaders enabling other women leaders’, which Russell lives by mentoring and advocating for women in sport.

Russell holds a Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma Social Science (Education), Graduate Diploma in Career Counselling for Elite Performers, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business. She is a professional member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Human Resources Institute. Leigh is also a Myers Briggs Practitioner and an Extended DISC® Accredited Consultant and Trainer.

Leigh RussellCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Tracy Stockwell OLY OAM DIRECTOR

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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP & NATIONAL HEAD COACH

Baumann OLY has served as Swimming Australia’s Chief Strategist for High Performance since February 2018. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the High Performance Olympic, Paralympic and Open Water programs including coaching and technical leadership, oversight of the daily performance and competition environments, performance support, innovation as well as athlete and coach development

He is one of Canada’s greatest swimmers, winning gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in both the 200m and 400m individual medley races in world record times. He also won five gold medals and two silver medals at the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games. He was twice named World Male Swimmer of the Year (1981 and 1984), and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Baumann moved to Australia in 1991, holding various positions within the Queensland Government and serving as Director for the Queensland Academy of Sport before becoming CEO of Queensland Swimming in 1999. In 2006 he returned to Canada as the Chief Executive Officer of Own the Podium (OTP), Canada’s high performance sport program, where he achieved great results both with the athletes in the pool, and in raising funding for high performance sport.

Alex was appointed as the Chief Executive of High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) in February 2012, where he was instrumental in rolling out the HPSNZ Strategic plan to 2020. New Zealand achieved great performances culminating with its best ever Olympic team performance in Rio in 2016 with 18 medals in nine different sports, of which four were gold. At the Rio Paralympics New Zealand won 21 medals in three different sports, including nine gold.

Alex Baumann OLY CHIEF STRATEGIST, HIGH PERFORMANCE

Dempster joined Swimming Australia in October 2014 as a CPA qualified finance professional with extensive experience across the sport and media industries.

As Chief Operating Officer for Swimming Australia, he leads the Swimming Business portfolio that

comprises Finance, Technology and Events. He also performs duties for the Board as Company Secretary and oversees the governance of the Audit, Risk & Integrity Committee, Swimming Australia Foundation and Hancock Prospecting Swimmers Support Scheme.

Other former roles include senior finance positions at The Big Issue, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and the Seven Television Network.

Tim Dempster CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

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Eustice joined Swimming Australia as its Chief - Commercial Operations, in April 2019. He is responsible for leading our corporate partners squad, as well as the communications team, in developing our commercial strategy, new asset development, revenue generation and content production.

He has had an extensive career in sport, and was previously the General Manager Corporate Sales, Partnerships & Community at the Carlton Football Club (AFL).

Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer at the Gold Coast Suns (AFL), promoted from his initial role with the Suns as the General Manager Commercial Operations. During his time, he grew revenue from $1.5m gross to $10.5m, building commercial properties from the ‘ground up’. He has also held roles at Cricket Australia (Commercial Marketing Manager), George Patterson Y & R Advertising and Communications (Partner – Business Director), and BMW Australia heading up Brand and Sponsorship.

Sam Eustice CHIEF COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Dowse’s is the Head of Integrity & Risk at Swimming Australia is responsible for child protection, anti-doping and anti-corruption as well as dispute resolution. She is also a current Director of Bowls Australia and Cricket Victoria, and is Deputy Chairperson of the National Sports Tribunal Advisory Group.

She began her career as a sports lawyer, acting for the Australian Olympic Committee, before moving into sports administration. Dowse has held senior

roles in football (soccer) and AFL football in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. She has also worked for the Victorian and WA State Government’s events agencies, bidding for and negotiating with event holders to bring major events to those states.

She was a former Board member of Netball Australia and the Australian & New Zealand Sports Law Association and a member of the Appeals Tribunal for Hockey Australia at their selection trials for Rio in 2016.

She has taught part-time in sport management and sports law at four universities - Melbourne University, University of Technology Sydney, Edith Cowan University and Deakin University.

Lydia Dowse HEAD OF INTEGRITY AND RISK

As National Head Coach, Jacco is responsible for leading the strategies to improve performance on the international stage, oversight of international level coaches and swimmers in their daily training environment, and leading the team as Team Director at all senior national and international events.

Since commencing in his role in January 2014, Jacco has overseen a significant shift in culture and the performance environment. He changed the team coach and staff selection strategies, the National Team philosophy by increasing autonomy and enhanced integration of all team members, not only on-team but through year-round engagement. He has also reshaped the Australian Trials, moving Trials

moving closer to the main event to enhance conversion from Trials to the Bench Mark Events. This was first implemented last year in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships, and also this year in the lead up to the World Trials prior to Gwangju, with both events delivering fantastic results for the Australian Dolphins swim team.

Jacco was previously Technical Director for the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB), and was instrumental in guiding the careers of athletes such as Pieter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruijn and Ranomi Kromowidjojo to Olympic success.

Jacco Verhaeren NATIONAL HEAD COACH / TEAM DIRECTOR

Kennedy commenced with Swimming Australia in January 2019 as Chief Sports Performance. He is responsible for sports sustainability and growth, industry partnerships, member services, and the operational delivery of a ‘one management’ model across Member Organisations and industry.

Previously, Kennedy was the CEO at Tennis Victoria from 2011-2018. He has held numerous senior roles

with the International Cricket Council (2000 and 2010), based out of Australia, London and Dubai. Prior to this he was responsible for Community Cricket at the Victorian Cricket Association

Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Business Degree in Sport Management (1991), and a post-graduate Diploma in Sports Law (2008), and is a graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors (2017).

He is a Director at Music Victoria (since 2016).

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Swimming Australia cannot operate without the incredible support of our sponsors and partners. Firstly, I would like to thank our Patron Mrs Gina Rinehart and Hancock Prospecting for the support they each give us to develop our sport.

Mrs Rinehart has been involved through Hancock Prospecting since 1992 via Swimming WA, then with Swimming QLD and since 2012 with Swimming Australia. She financially supports more than 100 of our finest athletes. This support is unprecedented in this country. We thank Mrs Rinehart very much, and this year presented her with the inaugural ‘Lifetime Contribution Award’ for her services to swimming. This award is rare and seeks to acknowledge her contribution to our sport. I congratulate Mrs Rinehart on all that she has achieved.

Sport Australia and the AIS are critical partners as we further develop the sport and compete on the world stage. The sport of swimming has the largest participation in the country. More than four million people are active swimmers from learn to swim to masters and everything in-between. These partnerships are vital if we are to grow the sport and continue with major sporting success around the world.

Swimming Australia is incredibly grateful for the support of our Broadcast Partner, Seven West Media. A long term supporter of swimming in this country, they enable our sport to be shown around the country, showcasing stories of greatness.

We are also privileged to work with our colleagues at the Australian Olympic Committee, Paralympics Australia and Commonwealth Games Australia. Around the country we have a number of event partners that enable us to stage world class events for our swimming tribe, and in particular I wish to highlight the significant work of the South Australian Tourism Commission in 2019.

Within our High Performance department, major advances are being made on many fronts. We are now heavily involved in data collection and AI. Amazon Web Services (AWS) entered into a unique agreement with Swimming Australia to collect and analyse our critical high performance data. This is a new world of opportunity. In reality our mantra must be… ‘what will the sport look like in ten years – and what do we need to do to stay ahead of the game?’ Our aim is to speed up the answers to those important questions.

The new entrant ISL (International Swimming League) is potentially a game changer. The inaugural competition held between eight international teams is proving extremely popular with our athletes.

The opportunity is to dramatically increase the profile of our sport with innovative global television and social media coverage for our athletes to mix and race against their international peers, to

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validate their passion for the sport by meeting new friends and having fun, and of course, the opportunity for our world class athletes to make some realistic financial returns!

We have been very active competing in many international events throughout the world. Our Dolphins have participated in the FINA World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, the World Para Swimming Championships in London, the FINA World Cups and Champions Series, the World Para Swimming World Series, the FINA Marathon World Series events in Doha and the Seychelles and the World Beach Games also in Doha. Our next wave of talent took to the water at the FINA World Junior Championships in Budapest and World Universiade Games in Naples.

Athlete and coach wellbeing has been embedded into our high-performance environment. The focus of this area is to ensure there is continued personal development and support for those in our elite performance pathway away from their sporting environment. The AIS has established two key networks over the past twelve months for sports to access. Through our Athlete and Wellbeing Engagement Manager, Olympian Linley Frame, we continue to work with the AIS and support our athletes in this area.

It was of great pleasure this year that Swimming Australia inducted Dawn Fraser OLY AC MBE as a Life Member. Dawn is one of our country’s finest female sprinters and is a legend of our sport. She continues to give back to our sport with the same passion she had in her competitive days.

Swimming Australia continues to work together with its Member Organisations in community engagement matters to support grassroots participation in the sport.

During the year it was very pleasing for us to secure substantial funding from Sport Australia under its ‘Move IT AUS’ grants scheme. This is seeing us engage with nearly 50 community learn to swim providers, and other local organisations, to provide swimming activities for more than 5,000 individuals in at-risk communities that otherwise would not have had such an opportunity.

I would like to recognise and thank my fellow Directors on the Swimming Australia Board, who dedicate significant time, energy and commitment to the role, our CEO Leigh Russell, and all the team at Swimming Australia who contribute to our sport. I also thank our thousands of volunteers around the country. This includes all our dedicated parents, loved ones and fans. The people who make things happen. Lastly, I thank our Member Organisations representing every state and territory in the country as well as our athletes, coaches and technical officials.

Our mission continues… ‘Many people, one attitude, to enrich and inspire the nation’.

Go Australia!

John Bertrand OLY AOPresident

Our mission continues… ‘Many people, one attitude, to enrich and inspire the nation’.

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2019 was a year of significant change for Swimming Australia from a strategy, operational and cultural perspective. We took stock of our current operating environment, with the sports industry undergoing major change in many areas, including technology and consumer connection, shifting participation consumer expectations, funding shifts, higher expectations around return on investment in sports sponsorship, and a strategic lens on how to continue to win at the international levels of our sport.

This year we continued a change process that included resetting national strategy, restructuring our people resources to align to our goals, refreshing our core values and establishing new ways of working. This is all a work in progress, but I’m pleased to say that we are well and truly on our way in establishing a new and clear direction for Swimming Australia. Olympic sports are working in environments that are not only changing, but where the pace of change has accelerated. Responding to, and being prepared for change has become a key feature of our work over the past 12 months, with our strategic plan providing the blueprint for our future.

Strategy 2032 – Enrich and Inspire is a plan to achieve five key aspects of our business:

1. Connect and strengthen the tribe.

2. Enrich the lives of Australians, finding ways to be a genuinely compelling sport and a community of choice for parents and young people who have an enormous array of options in the modern sporting landscape.

3. Be in control of our destiny by embracing change, opportunities and new ways of thinking and working to ensure the viability of our sport.

4. Instil the pride in our incredible and strong history, but equally build excitement for the future.

5. Get ahead of the game to win, by how we lead and govern our sport.

The strategic approach we have taken acknowledges two equally important ‘engines’ to our business. Engine one is the heartbeat of swimming – our people that make it happen – athletes, coaches, technical officials and other volunteers. This is about the programs, events and structures that foster great performance and a thriving swimming community.

Engine two is about tomorrow’s swimming business, paying attention to what is happening outside of our organisation and what we need to do today to prepare for a very different future. The role of the national federation is quickly evolving to

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Mission critical to drive success in any area is to ensure we are anchored to our values, and this year, we refreshed our core values - courage, unity and excellence. These are more than words - they are the way we want to drive our professional behaviours, hold our team to account, and be held to account.

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one that has the capacity to drive efficiency across the system, through shared services, developing, testing and scaling new products, leveraging the sum of our collective strengths commercially, marketing the sport, as well as the core business of delivering high performance outcomes that every Australian can be proud of.

Mission critical to drive success in any area is to ensure we are anchored to our values, and this year, we refreshed our core values - courage, unity and excellence. These are more than words - they are the way we want to drive our professional behaviours, hold our team to account, and be held to account. We are currently embedding these values across the organisation.

Having an organisation across at least three states at any one time, plus ten high performance centres, the AIS and SIS / SAS network, brings with it definite challenges. One great challenge we have is full integration of high performance and head office teams. With a newly formed Executive leadership team, we have started to more powerfully integrate teams across the business to ensure an aligned purpose and common goals we are all striving towards.

This work does not happen overnight or without strong leadership and I’d like to thank my Executive team for their courage, unity and excellence – Alex Baumann, Tim Dempster, Lydia Dowse, Matthew Kennedy and Sam Eustice. I’d also like to thank our Board, led by John Bertrand AO, in supporting our change management process, providing

strategic advice and direction in the development of Strategy 2032.

Behind the scenes, the most important project we collectively have undertaken this year has been that of ‘Swim Central’. For the first time in swimming history, the vision of having one national database is many steps closer, but of course has not been without its challenges. However, with a shared collective responsibility and accountability for this project with all of our members, this has been an example of genuine teamwork, with all keeping our eye firmly focused on the outcome that will benefit each and every one of us. A national CRM, and then the ability to use data to inform strategic decisions and customer care is absolutely vital to our future.

I want to thank everyone who has worked on this project, and in particular highlight the work of the project team across our states, individuals who have stepped up to lead at various points and our Member Organisation CEO’s that have been leading this project.

In January, we held our second annual national call to action, ‘Australia Swims’. This campaign is all about getting the nation engaged with swimming outside of the usual Olympic cycle, by creating a virtual lap around the country, with teams competing with each other across our digital platforms. This campaign reached 10.4 million Australians on digital platforms, with eight teams swimming more than 40 thousand kilometres and raising money for their respective

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charities. We were able to build connections to Surf Lifesaving, Masters Swimming, and awareness of our Beyond the Black Line program for young swimmers.

On Australia Day 2019, Australia’s most successful swimmer in history, Ian Thorpe, received an AM for his achievements both in and out of the pool. Peter Tonkin, who was our National Indigenous Coordinator from 2011-2016, received an OAM for his work in teaching generations of Tasmanians and Indigenous children to swim. Peter began his swimming career in the same squad in Melbourne that Dawn Fraser did, and swam in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, earning a bronze medal as part of the medley team.

With the support of the Swimming Australia Foundation, we developed and launched a new digital product called iSwim. Aligned to strategy, our commitment to engine two and to building the tribe, iSwim is an app that aims to reach new swimming audiences in the recreation swimming space, of which there are 2.9 million Aussies over the age of 15 that swim for fun, fitness and as a lifestyle, rather than (or alongside) competition swimming. For the first time, Aussies can download swimming tips, sessions on specific swimming skills, drills and have a connection point to our elite swimmers, building their brand but also their touchpoint with community.

The development of this app led to very positive consequence for swimming in Australia mid year. With FINA without an Australian broadcaster, we

were able to stream the World Champs via our iSwim app, meaning families, friends and fans did not miss out on seeing our incredible team compete.

Another data driven project over the past 12 months that has been delivered is the complete renewal and update of our website. The new functionality means that we can efficiently share content across the nation. This has provided more visitor traffic to our sites and more opportunity to engage members and fans.

Another highlight this year has been the refreshing of our JX Program, and the welcoming of a new sponsor to the program, Bio Island. This program is an important member benefit, and links aspiring swimmers to the swim tribe around the country, serving as a retention tool in the sport.

We have recently recognised 16,794 swimmers in the Bio Island Australian JX program in Australia this year. I congratulate all of our young, aspiring swimmers around the country and look forward to seeing your future results. I’d like to thank BioIsland for their generosity to young swimmers cross the country.

Excitingly, early in 2019 we announced our association with Amazon Web Services, the first of its kind for swimming and a rare kind of partnership for elite sport. We began this journey with a ‘working backwards’ conference, which saw a range of stakeholders come to Melbourne and consider the projects that hold significant value to the swimming community, such as consumer connection, high performance and fan engagement. A number of

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projects were identified by the collective, and while we cast the net wide, we have commenced the most pressing project that looks at the fundamentals of data analytics and how better we can assist coaches and athletes with real time data and decision making on athlete and competitor

performance. The first step of this project is focusing on the relay teams for Tokyo 2020. This will draw in multiple sources of manual data to develop a predictive model that enables better swimmer selection for podium success. Ultimately, this technology will also serve broadcast innovation and a better fan experience.

With Belgravia Lesiure, we launched the GOswim program in October. The updated brand includes new characters for each of the twelve program levels, along with renaming the top level GOswim Academy, where participants extend their swimming competencies, along with covering water safety skills at a higher level. The partnership and program continues to focus on fun, activity-based learning and promotion of lifelong swimming. There are currently 63 Belgravia Leisure Centres delivering the program, with more than 57,000 participants involved.

Behind the scenes in high performance this year, we introduced the LEAD program for athlete leaders that saw them exposed to a range of thinkers, mentors and swimming alumni that all have experience to offer on their journeys. We worked to align Dolphin values with broader organisational values and create a better platform of support for our leaders, who have done a tremendous job of supporting our broader team. I want to thank Mitch Larkin, Cate Campbell, Jess Hansen, Bronte Campbell, Alex Graham, Blake Cochrane, Monique Murphy and Ellie Cole. I would like to also acknowledge the incredible leadership of Matt Levy, who for many years has played a significant role in leadership of our para team and decided this year to step aside to more fully concentrate on his preparation for the Tokyo Paralympics.

2019 also saw the re-emergence of National Event Camps, of which 56 athletes were involved across six locations. These camps have brought more opportunity not only for training, but connection as a team and fostering of talent coming through the ranks.

In creating world leading support around our athletes, we also focused on athlete wellbeing and engagement. For the first time, AW & E was put high on the strategic agenda of the AIS, enabling us to employ a full time resource to build the AW & E framework and more effectively support athletes manage life out of the pool. With incredible support from Sport Aus and the AIS, we are able to tap into a national network of people specialised and ready to assist our athletes. This has been an important and big step forward for Olympic sports, who were severely lagging behind their pro sport counterparts on this front.

Looking ahead, I am confident we have done all we can to prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and have commenced work on the parameters in which we will review and reset post the Olympics. The organisation will once again monitor strategy, align people to purpose, and get on with it. Before that time, I hope to be celebrating Aussie gold with you all and want to thank all of our club members, athletes, coaches, volunteers, families and administrators across the country for the role you play in shaping our success. Greatness starts somewhere, and it is firmly found at all levels of our sport. Our Australian Dolphins swim team are a collective success or failure of all the work we all put in around the country, day after day. Thank you for all that you do, the little and big things, that make swimming an important part of the fabric of this country.

Go Dolphins – Go Australia!

Leigh RussellChief Executive Officer

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Ariarne Titmus won the Women’s 400m Freestyle at the 2019 World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, eclipsing the mighty Katie Ledecky, who suffered her first defeat in the event in the past seven years. Titmus also won a gold medal in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay, setting a new Australian record in the lead-off leg, and came second and third, respectively, in the women’s 200m freestyle and 800m freestyle events. Other Queensland gold medallists were Mitch Larkin, Clyde Lewis, Alexander Graham, and Emma McKeon, all in relays. Titmus became the 18th Queensland swimmer to win an individual World Championship title since the turn of the century (excluding short course).

Queensland swimmers won all of Australia’s 13 medals at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, with Lani Pallister the stand-out competitor. Her six-medal haul included gold in the girl’s 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events, all in meet record time. Pallister was named Female Swimmer of the Meet.

Lakeisha Patterson won the Women’s S9 400m Freestyle at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London in spite of being reclassified from an S8 athlete into the tougher S9 category.

Queensland was the Premier State in both the women’s and men’s divisions at the Australian Championships. Queensland’s women are undefeated in the team’s competition at the national championships this century.

In yet another dominant display of our outstanding emerging talent, Queensland swimmers were victorious in nearly half the events on the Australian Age Championships program. Queenslanders won a total of 24 gold medals at the Australian Age Multi-Class Championships.

Queensland’s resounding success at the State Teams Championships marked the 11th year in succession that our youngsters have been named Champion Team. Queensland won all seven team trophies and remains undefeated in the competition.

Our open water competitors replicated the performance of their pool counterparts by excelling at the Australian Open and Age Open Water Championships, winning 16 events. The eight swimmers and three coaches selected for the 2019 World OWS Championships were all Queenslanders.

A wide array of athlete and coach development activities was delivered during the year, including two Talent ID camps, two SWD workshops, eight Inter-Regional Clinics, and a camp for open water swimmers. One-on-one mentoring, education and support was provided to coaches across the State by Swimming Queensland’s coach and athlete development team along with clinics at several locations. SQ also partnered with physiotherapist Tom Barton to launch the Q Swim app, developed by Tom to help swimmers assess, track and address body position out of the pool in order to improve performance in the pool.

A clinic was conducted for Technical Officials from around the state. Mentoring was provided to Technical Officials at the Queensland Championships and the State Teams Championships in Canberra, and funding was provided to officials to help them travel overseas to gain international experience.

SQ’s work with indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse communities and children with special needs continued around the state, with high participation. SQ’s various other long-running membership activities, such as Macca’s Mini Meets, Participation and Improvement Program and Swim Star Program, were delivered to a large number of participants.

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Michael CoxPresident

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2019 has seen financial and strategic challenges not only within Swimming SA but amongst the broader swimming community. Again, finance is a difficult situation for all amateur sports and as previously reported, Governments quite clearly and properly demand the achievement of benchmarks for their investment in the form of grants and development programs. Sponsorship opportunities are meagre in that the traditional corporate sponsors similarly require a return on their investment, either in the form of marketing opportunities, television/media coverage or other appropriate recognition. Swimming is not alone in these difficulties and opportunities are regularly discussed with other sporting organisations within South Australia. We are most grateful for the contribution of major partners to the sport.

Finance and Governance issues are a priority for our Board as they are clearly of interest to our partners within government and key stakeholders. This year, a key focus has been ensuring that swimming community members are attending the Office for Recreation Sport and Racing courses in relation to the administration and governance of clubs, aiming to continue building sustainable clubs and sport in South Australia.

Our membership numbers remained relatively stable with a marginal decrease in overall numbers revealing a total membership of 4919. Many clubs are demonstrating their commitment to swimming including SA’s Club of the Year, Barossa, which has made a significant impact since its inception in 2017. Efforts also made by Mountain Pool and the clubs at Mount Gambier in having their respective local councils commit to new Aquatic Facilities are acknowledged and applauded.

Many successful initiatives and activities were conducted during the year and South Australia is especially pleased to be part of the One Swimming ethos across Australia through our integral participation and leadership with the Swim Central CRM implementation project. A uniquely South Australian activity is the Multi-Class Relays which gave our MC athletes an opportunity to compete in team events at State Championships and generated camaraderie and a healthy competitive spirit.

Our success in the pool over the year continues as is evidenced by the number of entries for State and Country Championships and our representation in the National arena at both senior and junior level.

Congratulations are extended to the South Australians selected to represent Australia during the year. Kyle Chalmers and Maddi Wilson in Gwangju and Jesse Aungles in London along with Michelle Doyle (Team Manager) who were selected on the World Para Swimming Championships team during August. Whilst we applaud our current international representatives, Swimming SA has also recognised our past champions with further inductions in January 2019 to the Hall of Fame. Travis Mahoney, James McKechnie and Mikkayla Sheridan were inducted as athletes and the inaugural induction of coaches Peter Bishop, Harry Gallagher, Glenn Beringen and David Urry.

Our partnership with Swimming Australia remains strong and we endorse and promote the path the national body is taking our sport. As we move toward 2020, the focus is clearly on success at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics. With the national body, the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre & the support of the South Australian Government, it was pleasing to see South Australia once again host the National Open Water Championships and the Australian Open and Age Championships

In closing we again acknowledge our partners – Swimming Australia, Office for Recreation Sport and Racing, Sport Australia, Sport SA and of course the management and staff of the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre. Again, we offer a grateful and special acknowledgement to Bendigo Bank for their commitment and support. Their partnership is assisting us to achieve the goals for which we strive.

As always, it is appropriate to sincerely thank our Swimming Community for volunteering their time to keep our sport running in particular board and committee members, parents, coaches and officials for whom societal time pressures have made their task more difficult. We continue to encourage all members to volunteer a small amount of time and share the load.

With clear goals, values and behaviours we look forward to the future with confidence.

Go Swimming SA – go Australia!

Michelle DoyleCEO

Peter Graham OAMChairman

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SWIMMING NEW SOUTH WALES

The 2019 year was another year of progress and achievement for our organisation, like all amateur sporting organisations, we operate in an increasingly competitive market, one that fights for the mindshare and time of our existing and potential members and of course our volunteers. We are constantly balancing the delivery of our existing products and services, whilst trying to innovate and improve what we do to provide the best possible value and experience to our members. As such, the day-to-day managing of our organisation is a diverse and sometimes complex task.

Whilst NSW represents nearly 42% of the registered members of Swimming Australia, overall membership fell slightly this year with NSW contributing 32,376 members to the national membership. However, with an Olympic year in 2020, we are forecasting growth for next year’s membership numbers.

One of our key focuses in the area of performance is to continue to develop clarity around pathways and support for young athletes who wish to compete at the highest levels of our sport. As such, we were thrilled to announce this year the creation of our new Northern Sydney High Performance Hub. One of Australia’s most decorated coaches, Simon Cusack, was appointed High Performance Coach for the new hub. Simon and his athletes, Olympians Cate and Bronte Campbell and Paralympian Ellie Cole, began training in Sydney in January.

We are currently embarking on the transition to the new Swimming Australia Customer Relationship Management system, Swim Central. This is both an exciting and challenging process. Swim Central has been designed with our members in mind and has been built specifically for swimming as opposed to using off the shelf products as has been done in the past. Despite their being some issues and delays with the roll out initially, we remain confident that once we have gone through this change management period, the new benefits and features of Swim Central will easily surpass the systems we have used previously.

We are excited about our acquisition of Swim League Australia and have plans to launch Swim League across the State in 2020. Swim League has been a revelation for swimming with its exciting,

team vs team format which provides a challenging level of competition for swimmers coupled with a thrilling spectator event, all in under 90 minutes. We have no doubt this fun filled swimming product will provide both a point of entry as well as a place to continue in our sport for many individuals.

We have continued to promote our Online Technical Official Training modules and there is now a total of six online courses available on the SNSW Training website. We have had more than 2,500 unique candidates take one of these courses across Australia and overseas. As a result, the total number of officials in our state has again grown with a 14% increase in the number of accreditations being achieved over the last year.

The 2019 year has been another successful year for Swimming NSW and we look forward to continuing this great work in the coming years. We introduced many new initiatives this year as well as reviewing several existing policies and programs. We will continue to work diligently with our members at the forefront of our minds as meeting and exceeding their expectations will ensure our long-term success.

Mark HeathcoteCEO

Chris Fydler OAMPresident

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SWIMMING VICTORIA

Any good coach will attest to the importance of ‘core strength’ and, after a year of switching things up with our routine in 2017/18 to refresh our program and keep things moving in a positive direction, that’s exactly what we’ve been focusing on at Swimming Victoria in our 125th year.

Last year we focused on ‘consultation and change’. This year, the story can best be summarised as one of ‘stability and growth’ – something our athletes know all too well is influenced far more by building core strength than by worrying about your competitors’ moves.

Happily, we’ve seen this strength grow not only within Swimming Victoria, but also in our tireless clubs and districts. And that’s a fantastic thing to see.

So, what are the ‘core strengths’ of Victorian swimming? Courtney Ford, former President of SV, summed it up when she said “Our greatest strength is our clarity of purpose. We are all committed to one, important goal - to deliver the best possible experience for everyone who participates in our sport.”

In a year that delivered a new constitution, increased membership for the fifth year in a row, improved performances and a National Club of the Year in South Gippsland Bass we showed our core is strong.

In an Australian swimming first, the Board approved a Reconciliation Action Plan, which focuses on developing relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and engage staff in reconciliation activities.

The success of swimming across this state of course rests with our clubs and districts and, in order to strengthen this core network, we conducted our first ever member survey, to identify the key issues which members believe are critical to our ongoing success. Pleasingly, when asked how likely they were to recommend the sport, the average score was 7.7/10.

More suggestions were also gathered in a similar poll conducted among technical officials, to find out about their experience of the sport and how that can be improved.

With the help of Swimming Australia, we engaged Joanne Love to help us understand the cultural landscape of training and pathways for female swim coaches so that we can, ultimately, improve dramatically the number of female coaches who progress to the elite level.

We’ve taken all these suggestions on board and have already started to implement some, and we’ll be considering more during the coming year to see where we can make improvements.

In a huge coup, we welcomed Wayne Lawes as Coach Development Director to deliver development programs and work with State Head Coach, Rohan Taylor to underpin our Performance Pathways Program.

Testament to our expertise in running outstanding competitions, we also welcomed the best national and international para swimmers to Melbourne for first meet of the World Para Swimming World Series which was held in conjunction with our Victorian Open Championships.

Financially, we saw a substantial increase in revenue for the 18/19FY whilst keeping expenses at previous levels. This healthy position will support us in coming years as look to replace some existing funding that is anticipated to expire.

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Susan SmithPresident

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SWIMMING WESTERN AUSTRALIA

2018/19 was a year when swimming in Western Australia ‘came of age’. Together with its members, Swimming WA achieved so much in and out of the water with Western Australian athletes and coaches performing remarkably well both internationally and nationally. Western Australia’s Brianna Throssell secured two gold medals and was part of a new world record in the 4x200m relay at the 2019 FINA World Championships. A remarkable achievement from a remarkable athlete.

The SunSmart Age Long Course Championships were keenly contested in December 2018, and the Hancock Prospecting Open Championships in January 2019. The visiting Japanese swim team provided enormous competition to our local champions and we hope to have more teams coming to Perth as a result of this visit. The Championships were live streamed with more than 14,000 people tuning in.

Over the past year, Swimming WA took a moment to celebrate our rich heritage. November 2018 saw the culmination of a two year ‘labour of love’ by our sport. Donations of photos, records, meet programmes and committee meeting minutes, enabled noted historian Dr Ken Spillman to write the official history of Western Australian swimming - Buoyant.

Our membership increased by 6.2% to 12,795 which is a testament to the enormous contribution that our volunteers make. The fact that the number of Swimming WA Coaches and Technical Official Members also increased is a strong indicator that our development work is attracting talent which will ensure we meet our ambitious growth plans in the future.

The Open Water Swimming (OWS) Series celebrated its 11th year and participation numbers grew. OWS Ambassador Simon Huitenga helped to promote the Series to a wide audience and Western Australian athletes once more performed strongly at the OWS Nationals in Adelaide.

The 2019 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards were a major highlight of the year. Holly Barratt was awarded the Lyn McClements medal, Ms Dianne Saunders was the 58th inductee to the Swimming WA Hall of Fame, and Mr Kingsley

Bugarin the third inductee into the Swimming WA Hall of Legends. Two members were bestowed Swimming WA Life Membership; Jacqui McNamara (York SC) and Karin Hazell (Peel Aquatic SC).

Another major achievement was Swimming WA being appointed to assist the State Government with their Asian Engagement Through Sport Strategy. Swimming WA has been working with Swimming Federations and related aquatic bodies in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and China. Our hope is that athletes from these countries will travel to Perth and compete in the Asia-Pac Super Splash in December and the SunSmart Age Championships.

As we now look toward 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics, the Association is preparing to implement the first phase of the SWA Strategic Plan 2019. This phase will see a major drive toward decentralisation in terms of pool competitions with a greater emphasis on the importance of Regional Championships for our country Clubs. Our metropolitan Clubs will be divided into three (3) Zones and will conduct Zone Championships in a bid to assist our Clubs to attract and retain more members in the years ahead.

Darren BeazleyCEO

Louis van AardtPresident

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SWIMMING NORTHERN TERRITORY

MAJOR ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE

Arafura Games

The last 12 months swimming in the Northern Territory has been eventful, most notably with the successful running of the Arafura games where swimmers from overseas, nationally and locals competed in a family and harmonious environment.

The swimming competition was held over four days and included 180 participants, with 15 athletes been multi-class swimmers.

By all measures, participation, media attention and opportunities for development, this event was a success. Not only did it provide an opportunity for our local swimmers to compete in an international event, it also provided an opportunity our officials to gain expertise and accreditation.

Vorgee Open and Age Championships, Short Course, Open Water and Club Invitational

The Open and Age Championships were held during March 2019, attracting around 160 swimmers (10 and over).

The Short Course Championships was held during August 2018 and attracted around 149 swimmers.

The Open Water Championships were held during July 2018 and attracted around 67 swimmers. SNTI would like to thank Neil Scriven for his sponsorship of the event, providing $1,600 in prize money over the season.

We also have invitational events held by Casuarina, Darwin, Katherine and Palmerston.

BIMP Games

The 2018 BIMP Friendly games were held in Brunei from 5 December - 7 December 2018. The Northern Territory was represented by 16 Swimmers, two team managers and two coaches.

Development of Technical Officials

Two Alice Springs based technical officials travelled to Darwin to attend the Vorgee Open and Age Championships, which followed their attendance at the National Short Course Championships in Canberra last year.

During the Arafura games one technical official was accredited as a Referee Starter Level 2.

Development of Coaches

There were two Coaching Development sessions arranged with Chris Twomey, a high-level Coach from WA who travelled to Darwin to put several local coaches through their pacers. A coach from Alice Springs attended and was accredited with her bronze level along with seven other coaches receiving accreditation.

Four coaches have attended the Australian Swimming Coaches and teachers Association (ACSTA) conference in Brisbane.

JX Awards

SNTI provided Bio Island Australian Junior Excellence (JX) awards and certificates to the Palmerston, Darwin Swimming, Alice Springs and Gove Swimming Clubs.

Web Page

The SNTI web page and all Member Clubs web pages were upgraded, and a lot of work and resources were undertaken to move from Club Lane to Swim Central. The SNTI staff attended a 1.5-day training session in Adelaide and provided club’s with training in preparation of the change-over in systems.

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Garry LambertPresident

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SWIMMING TASMANIA

We are pleased to present this report for 2019, a year of strong achievements and performance against key areas of our strategic plan.

The Board awarded Life Membership of Swimming Tasmania to Ketrina Clarke OAM (South Esk) and Rachel Brennemo (HC) in recognition of their enormous contribution to our sport, firstly as elite swimmers and subsequently through their long and successful coaching careers and their ongoing participation in the Tasmanian representative and development programs.

We would also like to thank all our officials for their commitment and dedication. These volunteers regularly give their time so freely so that we are able to hold our events and so that our swimmers are able to strive to achieve their goals. Tracey Rowell, Fiona Stewart, Denise McLaughlin, Lee-Anne Edmunds and Sandy Thomson all represented us on the national stage.

Congratulations to Ketrina Clarke (South Esk) and Peter Tonkin (Launceston Aquatic) who were awarded Orders of Australia (OAM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours List for their service to swimming. This is a fantastic and well-deserved recognition of many years of service to our sport and athletes.

Our Open and Age Long Course Championships continue to be our most successful event. The influx of interstate swimmers provides great competition for our swimmers. The major challenge for future events is having sufficient officials to run the event and this year we were fortunate to have the services of several officials from interstate.

Morgen Hawkins (South Esk) was our top performer at National Open events where she was a finalist at both Short Course and Long Course Breaststroke events. Matilda Smith (Sandy Bay) and Maximillian Giuliani (Hobart Aquatic) won gold medals at the National Age Championships. Other National medallists were Jardene Ralph (Sandy Bay), Emily Mitchell (Launceston Aquatic), Sophie Hills (South Esk) and Jet Jankiewicz (Hobart Aquatic).

Congratulations to Jet Jankiewicz (Hobart Aquatic) on his selection in the 2019/20 National Para Swimming Talent Identification Squad following a very successful year.

Our largest team ever, with 92 swimmers, competed in the School Sports Australia Championships in Hobart in late July 2018. Our team won 16 individual medals and two relay medals in addition to numerous records and many PBs.

Ariarne Titmus was a gold medallist at the 2019 World Swimming Championships in South Korea. Competing in the World Short Course Championships in China in December Titmus also won the 200m and 400m Freestyle events setting a World Record in the 400m.

We would also like to acknowledge Swimming Australia President John Bertrand, CEO Leigh Russell, and the Swimming Australia Board for their invaluable support.

Jamie McIntyreCEO

Susan CurePresident

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ASCTA

On 30 June ASCTA had 6500 coach/teacher members plus 485 swim schools. 70+ swim schools were visited to understand challenges and provide advice. We attended national swimming meets to assist with event accreditation and ensure the smooth running of events.

ASCTA provide professional development opportunities to showcase innovation and best practice and create networking opportunities including our national convention in May.

ASCTA provide qualifications and accreditation for swimming teachers. We ran 688 courses with 4,500 students - up from 3000 in 2018. Our qualifications including Swim Australia Teacher, Babies and Toddlers, Learners with a Disability, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, Adults and Adolescents, Competitive Swimming, Pool Lifeguard, Aquatic Survival Skills, Pool Plant Operator, CPR, First Aid, Aquatic Supervisor and Aquatic Trainee.

In mid-2019 coach accreditation moved back to Swimming Australia. ASCTA now facilitate workshop components of the new Development, Advanced and Performance courses. We provided input, support and promotion of Swimming Australia initiatives including Australia Swims, iSwim, the Splash App, Greatness Starts Somewhere, national events, grant programs and results from benchmark events.

Our global reach expanded with conferences and courses in Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Swim Australia teacher courses are delivered in more than 17 countries. President, Tony Shaw, and Director, Chris Myers, are on the Board of the World Swimming Coaches Association and CEO, Brendon Ward, is President of the International Federation of Swim Teacher Associations.

State ASCTA Branches ran conferences in NSW, VIC, QLD, WA and SA this year. Branches also provide various member benefits like funding for coaches to attend development opportunities. ASCTA Branches received vital support from State Swimming Associations to deliver services for members.

Communication with members increased substantially with extensive social media, quarterly journal publications, a fortnightly e-splash newsletter, and fortnightly Swim Updates for our swim schools.

Each November, swim schools participate in our highly successful SwimSafer Week aimed at getting more people involved in swimming. The campaign includes lead-up advertising, promotional resources, and SwimSafer 365 Days messages for more than a million parents and kids.

In 2019 we honoured former swimmers and coaches through a joint ISHOF application with Swimming Australia, successfully nominated Dawn Fraser as a Swimming Australia Life Member, celebrated members at our awards dinner, and adapted the coach recognition scheme to recognise bronze, silver, gold and platinum coaches.

Advocacy and representation included the Australian Water Safety Council, Royal Life Saving Society, State Education Departments, Fair Work Commission, anti-doping, coach education and accreditation, national team selection and payment policies etc.

Members were supported via our Employee Assistance Program, access to legal support for industrial relations, and throughout formal complaints. Through our insurance partner more than 1,100 members have accessed comprehensive insurance at very competitive rates.

We’re working with Swimming Australia to align strategy and operational activity. We’re proud to be part of the swimming family which contributes so much to our amazing sport of swimming and enriches and inspires the nation.

Brendon WardCEO

Tony ShawPresident

2019 was a year of transition for the ASA, with new leadership as Bronte Campbell and Bronte Barratt were elected President and Vice-President respectively. Also, late 2018, saw the departure of long time General Manager Daniel Kowalski with former president Brenton Rickard taking over the role of GM to continue Dan’s great work.

The ASA continues to represent the elite swimmers of this country with the sport’s governing body while assisting with athlete wellbeing and transition. Another key role of the ASA is to maintain engagement with the retired swimmers in our sport. This year saw several retired swimmers volunteering their time to help mentor and guide current swimmers with their careers in and out of the pool.

The ASA wants to congratulate the Dolphins on their performances at World Championships and World Para Swimming Championships. The results put the team in a great position to be successful at next year’s Olympics and Paralympics. But beyond the results, even more exciting is the glowing reports from team members about the camaraderie, atmosphere and culture within the team.

Brenton RickardGeneral Manager

Bronte CampbellPresident

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Sport and physical activity has enormous influence on our nation’s health, education, social, economic and diplomatic outcomes.It’s why Sport Australia and the AIS remain steadfast in our vision: to make Australia the world’s most active sporting nation, known for its integrity, sporting success and world-leading sports industry.

Australia’s commitment, outlined in the Australian Government’s national sport plan, Sport 2030, is to reduce physical inactivity by 15 per cent. It’s a huge challenge Sport Australia enthusiastically accepts.

We are making significant progress and Sport Australia’s programs are benefitting sport, as well as broader community health and wellbeing, including tackling issues such as obesity. Our partnerships with National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) remain fundamental, but we are also engaging more than ever with other networks to grow our sporting industry. Collaboration with physical activity providers, health, education and various levels of Government can deliver more for sport and all Australians.

This was highlighted in 2018-19 when Sport Australia, on behalf of the Australian Government, delivered $150million in new participation programs. The $100million Community Sport Infrastructure

grants program is enhancing hundreds of grassroots facilities across Australia. The $28.9million Participation grants program is encouraging innovative programs that help break the down barriers to physical activity. The new $22.9million Better Ageing grants program is helping senior Australians 65 and older to get more active and socially connected.

Our national Sporting Schools program remains a key platform to address childhood inactivity and drive generational change. We have funded 7300 schools and recorded more than 5.2million attendances since its launch in mid-2015. We continue to look at ways to maximise the impact of Sporting Schools and link it with our work in physical literacy. By teaching our children to run, throw, jump or kick, we put them on the path to better lives.

There is no success without integrity. We continue to encourage environments that are inclusive and welcoming. Increasing diversity in our industry is critical and we want to make sport the benchmark for a more equitable society.

All this work is emphasised by our national behaviour change campaign, Move It AUS. Our call to action is to ‘Find Your 30’ minutes of physical activity every day, and enjoy the benefits.

We are continuing to build the capability of the sports industry, addressing governance reform to bring out the very best in our sporting organisations. The One Management project looks at helping

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All of this work is important with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics drawing near, and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games and Paris 2024 beyond that.

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sports align their strategy, workforce and financial management.

The AIS, in partnership with the National Institute Network and National Sporting Organisations, is aligning Australia’s high performance sport strategy too. The National High Performance Sport Strategy 2024 signals the first time all Federal and State/Territory sports agencies have signed up to a joint high performance strategy.

In November 2018, the AIS announced an updated investment model for high performance sport and through this improved framework, Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports will benefit from a longer term approach to funding. Instead of annual grants to sport, for the first time the AIS is providing longer-term funding commitments to give sports more stability and certainty to plan ahead.

All of this work is important with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics drawing near, and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games and Paris 2024 beyond that.

Enhancing athlete pathways and athlete wellbeing are primary areas of focus for the AIS, and are keys to creating long-term sustainable success. We have embedded 20 Athlete Wellbeing Managers across National Sporting Organisations, and, working closely with the AIS Wellbeing and Engagement team, are delivering key programs and support from mental health programs, through to career

guidance and connection to Australians at the community level.

The AIS is also leading collaborative sports research, applied technology and innovation initiatives including the Gold Medal Ready program, a unique partnership with the Australian Army to help athletes perform under pressure.

From backyards to benchmark international events, we believe unquestionably in the power of sport and physical activity to reflect the very best in our culture and to be a powerful vehicle for change.

Thank you for all you do for Australian sport and best wishes for the year ahead.

John Wylie AMChair, Sport Australia

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SUPPORTING OLYMPIC DREAMS

OLYMPIC DAY

And more to come during 2020

swimmers trained and remunerated to deliver

AOC community programs

to swimmers through AOC Medal Incentive Funding during 2019

28$320K

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SUPPORTING OLYMPIC DREAMS

OLYMPIC DAY

And more to come during 2020

swimmers trained and remunerated to deliver

AOC community programs

to swimmers through AOC Medal Incentive Funding during 2019

28$320K

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#TokyoTogetherolympics.com.au

SUPPORTING OLYMPIC DREAMS

OLYMPIC DAY

And more to come during 2020

swimmers trained and remunerated to deliver

AOC community programs

to swimmers through AOC Medal Incentive Funding during 2019

28$320K

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#TokyoTogetherolympics.com.au

SUPPORTING OLYMPIC DREAMS

OLYMPIC DAY

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swimmers trained and remunerated to deliver

AOC community programs

to swimmers through AOC Medal Incentive Funding during 2019

28$320K

#TokyoTogetherolympics.com.au

SUPPORTING OLYMPIC DREAMS

OLYMPIC DAY

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AOC community programs

to swimmers through AOC Medal Incentive Funding during 2019

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2019 ANNUAL REPORTCOMMERCIAL OPERATIONS

COMMERCIAL OPERATIONSSam Eustice, Chief Commercial Operations

The past year has seen significant innovation and growth through our marketing, communication and sponsorship platforms which has ultimately driven stronger results for our commercial partners. With a new strategy (Towards 2032 – Enrich and Inspire) now in place, there is clear alignment across all aspects of the business. As we prepare to enter an Olympic year, the foundations are now set to capitalise on the

opportunities that Tokyo 2020 will bring to our sport.

It is important to acknowledge the kind generosity of our Patron, Mrs Gina Rinehart and Principal Partner, Hancock Prospecting for the unparalleled support to the Australian Dolphins swim team and Swimming Australia. This incredible support has allowed our athletes to focus on their performance both in and out of the pool. High performance centres around the country and our sport science departments have all benefited from this support, while vital training camps are made possible thanks to the substantial role Mrs Rinehart plays.

Our communications team has invested in supporting the travel of a number of key journalists to international swimming events to increase the print and digital coverage for our sport and athletes.

This initiative has seen a substantial increase in the amount of swimming stories published during this period.

A significant amount of effort has gone into working more closely with our high performance teams and athletes to facilitate better working relationships with media. This is being achieved through education, building trust and forging stronger relationships which will enable us to provide better access to our athletes for our broadcast partner and media outlets.

We look forward to 2020 and the excitement that an Olympic year brings, as we continue to grow Swimming Australia.

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PartnershipsAs previously highlighted, our Principal Partner, Hancock Prospecting, continues to provide outstanding support to the Australian Dolphins swim team and Swimming Australia across all our major platforms ans we thank Mrs Gina Rinehart for her generosity and commitment to swimming.

The AIS and Sport Australia are undoubtedly the backbone of our sport and enable a united and collaborative system that supports our athletes to continue to achieve international podium success.

The Seven Network broadcast of the Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships continues to be instrumental in bringing incredible moments of inspiration to Australians through the sport of swimming and in the lead up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with over two million tuning in to watch the event.

In a step toward modernising our sport’s business operations and projects that will help to connect and build the swimming tribe, we welcomed our association with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to reinvent the swimming experience for participants and fans and to help uncover the next wave of Australian talent for the 2024 Paris Olympics, and beyond.

As our sport’s current Nutrition Partner, Bio Island’s commitment to expand and significantly increase its investment has enabled Swimming Australia to recognise performances, and encourage and inspire the next generation of competitive swimmers through the Bio Island Australian Junior Excellence Program. Delivered in conjunction with all states and territories, junior swimmers have access to a host of elite role models and clinics throughout the year, including the program’s national ambassador - Dolphin Jack McLoughlin - and receive merchandise and congratulatory messages of their achievements via Swim Central.

Our partnership with arena continues to achieve growth and traction in the Australian market. Led by world champion ambassadors, Mitch Larkin, Emily Seebohm, and the Campbell sisters, Cate and Bronte, we continue to work closely with arena

to enhance elite performances in the pool.

The National Event Camps have had a long history in high performance swimming in Australia, providing opportunities for collaboration, innovation and to sharpen technical focus. The camps, supported by Hancock Prospecting and Commonwealth Games Australia, are critical to succeeding on the world stage.

The Australian Dolphins swim team prepared for the 2019 FINA World Championships and World Para Swimming Championships in Cairns. The support of Cairns Regional Council was vital in bringing world-class athletes to the tropical town and renowned tourist destination.

Nagaoka City, Japan, again hosted a final staging camp for the able-bodied team before leaving for Gwangju, South Korea, providing world class training facilities and overwhelming community support.

The Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course Championships in Melbourne were made possible by the ongoing support of the Victorian Government, State Centres Trust and Melbourne Sports Centres. We thank these organisations for their contributions to the sport.

The South Australian Tourism Commission and the team at SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre has been integral in the delivery of the 2019 Australian Open Water Championships and both the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age and 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian swimming Championships. We look forward to 2020 in preparation for Tokyo where Adelaide will be centre stage.

We thank all our valued partners and suppliers for the ongoing support and investment provided to our sport and to the Australian Dolphins as they focus on the road to Tokyo 2020 and beyond.

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2019 ANNUAL REPORTMARKETING + FAN ENGAGEMENT

Australia SwimsIn January, we held our second national call-to-action, Australia Swims. This campaign focused on getting the country excited about swimming by creating a virtual lap around the country, with teams competing with each other across our digital platforms. This campaign delivered awareness to 4.5m Australians.

The Lap Australia challenge exceeded the distance of last year, clocking up a total of 40,391km and connected Surf Life Saving, Masters Australia, Belgravia Leisure and Beyond the Black Line to name a few.

We launched the iSwim app for participants to track, and improve, their swimming. 6,288 new recreational swimmer connections were established directly from the campaign. Via social media we reached 4.5M people, resulting in a 20% increase year on year and more than 620,000 videos were viewed on our channels.

iSwim app Launched Following the successful launch and integration of our recreational swimming app iSwim within the Australia Swims campaign, we shifted focus on driving engagement through content and training tips.

During June we implemented the live stream functionality for the World Trials and then the FINA World Championships, driving further downloads. This promoted iSwim to sit as the #1 sports app in the app store for five consecutive days, jumping ahead of apps with significantly higher marketing and content budgets.

STATS TO-DATE:• Over 25,000 downloads

• 257,000 engagements over a four month period

• Average daily usage at six mins (sports app average is 30 seconds)

• Average monthly opens are seven times per user

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2019 ANNUAL REPORTMARKETING + FAN ENGAGEMENT

Building the Tribe on SocialsA new 365 content strategy was implemented along with new content pillars to drive growth, engagement and conversion.

The E’s = Entertain, Engage, Educate

The I’s = Inspire, iSwim, Inform

The social media footprint has grown from 238,000 to over 277,000 – 39,000 new tribe members.

911KYTD Social media

engagements (likes, comments, plays, shares)

KEY STATS

2.5MYTD Video plays

47MYTD Profile impressions

New Industry-wide Website LaunchedSwimming Australia and all Member Organisations moved to a new website platform as did many of the clubs.

The new website has seen an increase in traffic, dwell time and pageviews, while the bounce rate has reduced from 80% to 0.05%.

The new look and functionality are consistent across the entire swimming industry and content sharing and campaign promotion has provided much efficiency.

4.22MYTD Pageviews

KEY STATS

985kYTD Sessions

4.58Ave pages per session

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Greatness Starts SomewhereAs anticipation and excitement builds for Tokyo 2020, Swimming Australia proudly unveiled its Olympic and Paralympic campaign in October, ‘Greatness Starts Somewhere’.

Striving to inspire the nation and garner a ground swell of support for the Australian Dolphins swim team in the lead up to the Games, the campaign’s philosophy is defined by the idea that greatness comes in many forms and from many places – it starts somewhere.

From initial aspirations, taking risks, passionate volunteers, sacrifices and setbacks, to early starts, the constant smell of chlorine and burning lungs, every day, every minute and every moment, greatness is beginning.

Our Greatness Starts Somewhere campaign goes to the heart of our values, to inspire the nation by telling the motivational stories of our dedicated athletes as they push for Tokyo 2020 and beyond.

When fans are cheering from the grandstands or their living rooms next year, we want them to know the personalities behind each athlete and understand the commitment and hard work they’ve already achieved just to walk out on pool deck in the green and gold.

From leaving family and friends to move interstate, setting early-morning alarms day in day out, to overcoming setbacks and having the courage to be the best they can be, their path to team selection and the sacrifices they’ve made already makes them great in our eyes.

The campaign also extends to our amazing swimming community of families, volunteers, coaches, grassroots, recreational and junior swimmers who, no matter what role they’re playing or level they’re swimming, positively contribute to our sport and form an integral part of the journey to our success.

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Greatness comes in many forms and from many places – it starts somewhere…

Olympic gold medallist Kyle Chalmers, world champion Ariarne Titmus and Paralympic gold medallists Ellie Cole and Brenden Hall as well as open water champ Kareena Lee are just a few of the athletes who feature in the campaign, which spans across all sections of the swimming community.

The on going campaign utilises the hashtag #GreatnessStartsSomewhere across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with the digital aspect of the campaign across Swimming Australia’s social media accounts including the Dolphins swim team. There will also be a visual presence at events as well as swim schools and clubs throughout the country.

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2019 ANNUAL REPORTGREATNESS STARTS SOMEWHERE

Linking to the new strategy to Enrich and Inspire Towards 2032, The Business of Swimming squad has focused its attention in 2019 to providing support for our tribe to excel through the delivery of high quality events, building organisational capability, and leveraging data and insights for intelligent decision making.

Finance & ITA number of new systems have been implemented across the year to create more efficiency in our operations. Flare HR, a system that streamlines and coordinates all payroll and HR related activity, was implemented and Envisio, a dashboard reporting system that tracks and monitors strategic activity, is also up and running. A new finance system is also currently in its final stages of implementation thanks to investment from Sport Australia. These new systems will enable us to offer shared services opportunities to our member organisation, so we can create efficiency and easier ways of working across the system.

The most significant system implementation undertaken this year has been that of our new CRM database linking to our national membership and events system, Swim Central. For the first time in swimming history, the vision of having one national database and a single view of our customers across

all their interactions with the sport, is many steps closer but of course has not been without its challenges.

The technical build and rollout of Swim Central continued to make progress throughout the year and is now live across six states and territories and ASCTA, with Western Australia set to make the transition in 2020. This included upgrades to the Swimming Australia, Member Association and Club websites to improve functionality and user experience. We have some way to go to get to where the vision of this project lies, however, with the continued shared collective responsibility and accountability for this project with all Member Organisations, this has been an example of genuine teamwork, with a focus on delivering a national CRM, which brings the ability to use data to inform strategic decisions and customer experience which is absolutely vital to our future.

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BUSINESS OF SWIMMINGTim Dempster, Chief Operating Officer

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EventsStrong relationships have continued with our destination partners across Australia throughout the last 12 months. These relationships are critical for event commercialisation and profile, and their support is highly valued. Swimming Australia acknowledges the support of the South Australian Tourism Commission and Department of Health and Human Services (Victoria) who have supported national events in the past year.

Swimming Australia delivered a total of seven national events across 2019 which included:

2019 Australian Open Water ChampionshipsBrighton Beach, SA, 26-28 January 2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre, Oaklands Park, SA, 7-12 April 2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Championships SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre, Oaklands Park, SA, 15-22 April 2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting World Swimming Trials (featuring the Para Grand Prix) Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Chandler, QLD, 9-14 June 2019

2019 State Teams Short Course Championships Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, ACT, 4-6 October 2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course Championships Melbourne Sports Centres - MSAC, Albert Park, VIC 24-26 October

2019 Swimming Australia Awards, proudly presented by Hancock Prospecting Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW, 24 November

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Strong relationships have continued with our destination partners across Australia throughout the last 12 months.

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Sport Sustainability and Growth SquadNot just by virtue of a naming adjustment – formerly known as Participation and Sport Development or ‘PSD’ – 2019 has been a very big year of change and new activity for the Sport Sustainability and Growth Squad (SSG) at Swimming Australia. Heading the squad, Matthew Kennedy joined in the new role of Chief Sport Performance at the start of the year and the following is a summary of some key undertakings and activity since:

Member OrganisationsSwimming Australia continues to work closely together with its Member Organisations (MOs) to support grassroots participation in the sport, and more. Indeed national leadership now has a collective formal meeting/teleconference with MO CEOs on a fortnightly basis, and we commend the efforts of all of these leaders and their hard-working teams in 2019.

Following the launch of our new national strategy in August – Enrich and Inspire Towards 2032 – to which all MOs contributed greatly, a focus of this partnership work has been on ‘One Strategy’ alignment of the local plans of the States/Territories and ASCTA. With support from Sport Australia under its ‘One Management’ project, this has included the provision of the services of Kinetica Consulting conducting MO planning sessions for Boards and staff, and document preparation assistance. This collective activity will continue into 2020.

At the instigation and desire of Swimming Tasmania, all Tasmanian office staff became employees of Swimming Australia from the start of 2019-20.

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New coach education and accreditation systemMany years in the making, one of the most significant initiatives during the year was the April launch of Swimming Australia’s new coach education and accreditation system. Our partnership with Victoria University (VU) saw a complete redevelopment of the content of both the Advanced (formerly Silver) and Performance (formerly Gold) coaching courses, within an enhanced blended learning model for coach education. This combines online learning, face-to-face workshops, and practical experience and assessment.

Working together with ASCTA who are engaged to deliver related services, these material changes have been led by Education and Development Manager, Lisa Newman-Morris. At the LearnX Live! Awards in October, our new coach education program won the Best eLearning Project – New eLearning Adopter Award and Swimming Australia’s work with VU was awarded the Best Talent – Talent Partnership Award.

With coaches such key drivers and influencers of the success of community swimming, there have been more300 enrolments during the year across the Development (215), Advanced (78) and Performance (11) coaching courses, and there are nearly 2,000 accredited coaches nationally.

SWIMMING AUSTRALIA ACCREDITED COACHES AT NOVEMBER 2019

Development Advanced Performance Total

QLD 390 141 20 551

NSW/ACT 508 124 22 654

VIC 300 69 9 378

SA 55 22 4 81

WA 115 41 3 159

TAS 29 4 1 34

NT 15 6 0 21

INTERNATIONAL/OTHER 45 9 0 54

TOTAL 1,457 416 59 1,932

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OfficiatingLike coaching, with the development of swimming’s officiating workforce now a strategic priority, the appointment of an inaugrual Manager of Officiating (part-time), Ben Ramsden, in October was a significant step.

Earlier in the year, the role and composition of the Swimming Australia Technical Swimming Committee (TSC) was comprehensively reviewed, with the TSC’s membership advertised and reconstituted/announced in June. Within these changes, and like all other sub-committees of the Swimming Australia Board, the Chair role is now designated to a Board Director, this being Tracy Stockwell. Former Chair, Erin Collis, remains on the TSC and her highly successful leadership role over recent years is acknowledged here.

The 2019 State Teams Championships event in Canberra in October included a highly successful Technical Officials development workshop for 42 participants. Thanks goes to honorary Swimming Australia Technical Manager, Karen Macleod, and all others concerned for the excellent coordination and delivery of this workshop.

A FINA School for Officials was successfully delivered to 49 attendees at the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne in October.

Sport Australia ‘Move IT AUS’ programDuring the year it was very pleasing for us to secure substantial funding from Sport Australia under its ‘Move IT AUS’ program for a community swimming grants scheme. Playing out over the 2019-20 financial year, this is seeing us support and engage with nearly 50 community learn to swim providers, and other local organisations, to provide swimming activities more than 5,000 individuals of at-risk communities that otherwise would not have had such an opportunity. SSG Project Manager (part-time), Michael Woods, is heading up this delivery.

Community Impact StudyThanks to funding support from Sport Australia, well respected and experienced management consultants SBP (Sport Business Partners) were appointed to conduct a study on the broader economic, health and social benefits of competitive and social swimming. This study specifically seeks to explore a range of social capital indicators used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and to understand the difference between swimmers and the general population on these indicators. The results from the research – a mass public survey for which was issued in November – will be used to demonstrate to government and other key stakeholders the contribution swimming makes in the community and to assist with growing investment in our sport.

GOswim / Belgravia Leisure partnership This year saw further development of our partnership with Belgravia Leisure, with General Manager of Sport Growth, Kym McMahon, leading the operational delivery with the Belgravia team.

The revamped GOswim program was launched in early October, one year since implementation of the program across Belgravia Leisure Swim Schools. To celebrate the occasion, several swim clinics were held at various venues where Australian Dolphins were on hand to take photos, sign autographs and present the new GOswim medals to participants.

The updated brand includes new characters for each of the twelve program levels, along with renaming the top level ‘GOswim Academy’ where participants extend their swimming competencies, along with covering water safety skills at a higher level. The partnership and program continues to focus on fun, activity-based learning and promotion of lifelong swimming. There are currently 63 Belgravia Leisure Centres delivering the program with more than 59,000 participants. Nearly 13,000 parents have downloaded and are using the program’s Splash App.

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Bio Island Australian Junior Excellence (JX) programThe Bio Island Australian JX program now recognises the performances of swimmers aged between 9-13 years and, based on the times they swim, they can achieve gold, silver, bronze or blue standard.

In 2019, the JX program was carefully and successfully centralised and commercialised with added features, including some great merchandise for all JX achievers, that will continue to rollout across the nation. Working together with State/Territory staff, SSG Coordinator, Josh Beaver, has managed the logistics of the program which saw nearly 17,000 young swimmers recognised for the annual results up to 30 April 2019, and some very successful ‘feature’ JX clinics staged as follows:

South Australia – with 116 participants at the Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships in April, with Dolphin Jack McLoughlin.

New South Wales – with 150 participants at the State Age Short Course Championships in September, with Dolphins Brad Woodward, Meg Bailey and Matthew Wilson.

Western Australia – with 80 participants at the State Age Short Course Championships, with Dolphins Grant Irvine and Blair Evans.

Victoria – with 121 kids at the Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course Championships in October, with Dolphin Monique Murphy.

The new JX times for 2019-20 were finalised and announced in November.

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ParticipationSport Australia’s national AusPlay survey provides data on the number of people participating in sport and physical activity. At nearly five million Australians, swimming’s numbers remain very significant, and indeed growing.

* Participation by adults (aged 15 and over) is gathered by asking respondents whether they had participated in any physical activities for sport, exercise or recreation within the last 12 months.

** Participation by children is limited to outside of school hours and to organised sport or physical activity.

Member organisation

Number of clubs

Swimming members

Non-swimming members

Total members

NSW (incl. ACT) 335 24,807 9,014 33,821

NT 8 461 433 894

QLD 272 16,581 9,867 26,448

SA 46 3,001 1,915 4,916

TAS 15 849 417 1,266

VIC 138 8,759 2,776 11,535

WA 77 5,076 7,750 12,826

TOTAL 891 59,534 32,172 91,706

2018/19 2017/18 2016/17

*Adult participation

(15+)

3,139,700 (15.2%) 2,952,000 (14.6%) 3,009,600

(15.1%)

**Organised

participation (children)

1,807,400 (37.3%) 1,462,900 (30.8%) 1,551,400

(33.3%)

TOTAL 4,947,100 4,414,900 4,561,000

2018-19 SWIMMING CLUB AND MEMBER NUMBERS ACROSS THE NATION

AUSPLAY NATIONAL SWIMMING PARTICIPATION DATA FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN

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National Classification Classification Coordinator (part-time), Michael Anderson, who also works for Swimming Queensland, coordinates our national classification services. Key classification events that occurred in 2018-19 included international classification at the 2019 World Para Swimming World Series in Melbourne in February, national classification during the 2019 Hancock Prospecting National Age Championships in Adelaide in April, and various member organisation classification events. World Para Swimming is moving to a new international classification system and Swimming Australia is working with Paralympics Australia, ensuring that educating and upskilling national level classifiers on the international changes is a priority. Australia currently has 11 nationally accredited and active classifiers, with four national trainee classifiers.

ATHLETES CLASSIFIED IN 2018-19

Sporting SchoolsThe Sport Sustainability and Growth squad continues to support the Federal Government’s Sporting Schools program, which has currently been granted a funding extension until the end of 2020. Swimming continues to be a popular choice for schools to use the program funding to contribute towards the delivery of school swimming programs.

SPORT AUSTRALIA SPORTING SCHOOLS PROGRAM – SWIMMING NUMBERS 2018-19

Pacific Partnership ProgramSwimming Australia has supported the Oceania Swimming Association with the Pacific Sport Partnership (PSP) program oversight since February 2016. The PSP program aims to increase levels of regular participation of Pacific Islanders in quality sport activities, along with improving health related behaviours and inclusion. In 2018-19, the ‘Just Swim’ program was delivered in Vanuatu and Fiji and the Regional Program Manager, Nancy Miyake, also developed an extension program called ‘Spider Ball’ through the support of Water Polo Australia. The program has currently received extension funding until end of June 2020.

In MemoriumSadly, a much-loved staff member, Tim Bingham, passed away aged 33 in April. Our thoughts continue to remain with Tim’s family and friends, and the way in which the whole Swimming Australia team has coped with, and supported each other through this tragedy is a tribute to our organisation’s culture and team ethic.

Classification Number of athletes

Physical 167

Vision 24

Intellectual 42

Hearing 27

Transplant 1

Not eligible 25

TOTAL 286

School term Number of school

programs

Number of participants

Term 3, 2018 82 4,129

Term 4, 2018 396 56,016

Term 1, 2019 228 27,476

Term 2, 2019 48 3,492

TOTAL 754 91,113

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Olympic Program The National Event Camps returned in February 2019, the first time since 2013 that these camps have been conducted. Each week long camp was assigned a Head Coach who set the overall philosophy and direction, with logistical support and preparation being conducted by the High Performance Unit.

February saw the Men’s 100m and 200m Freestyle camps taking place in Adelaide, the Women’s 200m Freestyle camp in Noosa and the Butterfly Camp held on the Gold Coast.

The National Event Camps continued into March with the Women’s 100m Freestyle Camp in Canberra, Backstroke camp in Brisbane and Breaststroke camp on the Sunshine Coast.

In addition to these camps, there was also an altitude camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, for several of Australia’s best distance swimmers. This camp took place from 16 March – 17 April.

March also saw Mitch Larkin, Jess Hansen, Alex Graham, Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell unveiled as the Australian Dolphin’s leadership group.

The Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships took place in Adelaide from 7–12 April. Highlights from the meet included Ariarne Titmus breaking the Commonwealth Record in the Women’s 200m Freestyle (1:54.30) and Women’s 400m Freestyle (3:59.66) as well as Matthew Wilson

setting a new Commonwealth Record in the Men’s 200m Breaststroke (2:07.16).

April also saw the inaugural FINA Champions Series Event take place in Guangzhou, China. Four Australian Dolphin athletes were invited to attend the event, with Cate Campbell, Bronte Campbell, Emily Seebohm and Jack McLoughlin competing at the two-day event. Seebohm also competed in Budapest, Hungary in the second event.

Next on the racing calendar for a lot of our Dolphins was the Sydney Open Invitational Event in NSW. The event was held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre and doubled as the National University Championships.

The Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Trials took place in Brisbane, with twenty-seven athletes gaining selection on the FINA World Championships team, including rookie Matthew Temple (Nunawading). Notable performances at the meet included Ariarne Titmus lowering her Commonwealth Record in the 400m Freestyle (3:59.35), Mitch Larkin setting an All Comers Record in the 100m Backstroke (52.38) and Commonwealth Record in the Men’s 200m IM (1:55.72).

Following the selection of the 2019 World Championships Team in June, the Dolphins began their final preparations for the 2019 FINA World Championships with a Preparation Camp in Cairns from 25 June to 8 July. From Cairns, the team travelled to its final Staging Camp in Nagaoka,

HIGH PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTSAlex Baumann OLY, Chief Strategist, High Performance

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Japan (where the team will stage again before the Tokyo Olympics) from 9–16 July.

The Staging and Preparation Camps were a chance for the athletes and coaches to finalise their preparations and sharpen their focus towards winning when it matters most to inspire the nation at the World Championships.

The Dolphins travelled to Gwangju, South Korea on July 16 ahead of the competition commencing on 21 July.

The Australian team performed very well, finishing second on the medal tally (in total medals and by gold medals). The Dolphins won 19 medals (five gold, nine silver and five bronze).

Key performance highlights:

• 50% conversion from trials to worlds (52% men and 48% women) – swims faster at the BME than trials

• 19 medals (five gold, nine silver and five bronze)

• 21 out of 26 swimmers won a medal at the championships

• 67% of swimmers swam faster in finals from heats

• 19 PBs across individual events

• 2 x World Record swims - Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final and Matt Wilson 200m Breaststroke Semi Final

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GOLDEvent Name Time Home Coach

1 W 400m FS Ariarne TITMUS 3:58.76 Dean Boxall

2 W 4x100m FSBronte Campbell, Brianna Throssell,

Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell3:30.21

Simon Cusack, Mick Palfrey, Michael

Bohl, Simon Cusack

3 Mixed 4x100m MedleyMitch LARKIN, Matthew WILSON,

Emma McKEON, Cate CAMPBELL3:39.08

Dean Boxall, Adam Kable, Michael

Bohl, Simon Cusack

4 W 4x200m FSAriarne Titmus, Madison Wilson,

Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon7:41.50

Dean Boxall, Peter Bishop, Mick

Palfrey, Michael Bohl

5 M 4x200m FSClyde Lewis, Kyle Chalmers, Alex

Graham, Mack Horton7:00.85

Dean Boxall, Peter Bishop, Richard

Scarce, Craig Jackson

SILVEREvent Name Time Home Coach

1 M 400m FS Mack HORTON 3:43.17 Craig Jackson

2 W 100m BS Minna ATHERTON 0:58.85 David Lush

3 W 200m FS Ariarne TITMUS 1:54.66 Dean Boxall

4 M 100m FS Kyle CHALMERS 0:47.08 Peter Bishop

5 W 100m FS Cate CAMPBELL 0:52.43 Simon Cusack

6 M 200m BR Matt WILSON 2:06.68 Adam Kable

7 W 200m BK Kaylee McKEOWN 2:06.26 Chris Mooney

8 Mixed 4x100m FSKyle CHALMERS, Clyde LEWIS,

Emma McKEON, Bronte CAMPBELL3:19.97

Peter Bishop, Dean Boxall, Michael

Bohl, Simon Cusack

9 W 4x100m MedleyMinna ATHERTON, Jess HANSEN,

Emma McKEON, Cate CAMPBELL3:53.42

David Lush, Scott Talbot, Michael

Bohl, Simon Cusack

BRONZEEvent Name Time Home Coach

1 M 4x100m FSCameron MCEVOY, Clyde LEWIS, Alex

GRAHAM, Kyle CHALMERS3:11.22

Chris Nesbit, Dean Boxall, Richard

Scarce, Peter Bishop

2 W 100m BF Emma McKEON 0:56.61 Michael Bohl

3 M 100m BK Mitch LARKIN 0:52.77 Dean Boxall

4 W 800m FS Ariarne TITMUS 08:15.7 Dean Boxall

5 W 50m FS Cate CAMPBELL 0:24.11 Simon Cusack

Post World Championships saw more than 20 Australian athletes compete at the FINA World Cups in Tokyo (Japan), Jinan (China) and Singapore.

In September, Australian Dolphin legend, Stephanie Rice (OAM) was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

In October Ariarne Titmus was nominated for the prestigious ‘Don Award’ following her performances at the 2019 FINA World Championships.

The Inaugural International Swimming League (ISL) began in Indianapolis, USA before moving to Naples, Italy, Lewisville, USA & Budapest, Hungary. There were 26 Australian athletes involved in the ISL in

2019. Some notable performances across the ISL have included Minna Atherton becoming the first women in history to swim below 55 seconds in the 100m Backstroke. She clocked a time of 54.89 to break Katinka Hosszu’s previous mark set at the 2014 FINA World Championships (Short Course). The London Roar’s Australian contingent of Minna Atherton, Jess Hansen, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell also set a new Australian Record for the Women’s 4 x 100m Short Course Medley Relay with a time of 3:47.91.

2019 WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSGWANGJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

21–28 JULY 2019NAMBU INTERNATIONAL AQUATICS CENTRE

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Open Water Program Australian Open Water Swimming Championships took place in Adelaide. The Women’s 10km race was won by Kareena Lee (Noosa), with Nick Sloman (Noosa) taking out the Men’s 10km race. From the Championships, eight athletes were selected to compete at the FINA Marathon Swim World Series Event in Doha, Qatar in February. This meet served as the next phase in the Open Water Selection for the FINA World Championships.

In Doha, Kareena Lee (Noosa) finished second in the Women’s 10km race, with Kai Edwards (TSS) finishing fourth and Nic Sloman (Noosa) finishing seventh in the Men’s 10km race.

While the senior open water athletes were competing overseas, there was an eye on the next generation with the Open Water Development Camp taking place from 10–14 February at Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head.

In May, fourteen athletes travelled to the Seychelles to compete at the FINA Marathon Swim World Series Event on 12 May. This event was the last chance for athletes to push for selection onto the 2019 FINA Open Water World Championships team.

Kareena Lee (Noosa) continued her good form, finishing sixth followed by Chelsea Gubecka (eighth) to confirm their places on the World Championships team in the 10km race. In the men’s race, Nic Sloman (Noosa) finished second, followed by Bailey Armstrong (Kawana Waters) in fifth, Kai Edwards (TSS) in sixth and Hayden Cotter (Lawnton) in seventh. Sloman and Edwards confirmed their places on the World Championships team to compete in the 10km race.

The Australian Open Water Junior team travelled to Brive, France to compete at the French National Open Water Championships. In the Women’s 10km race, Madisyn Armstrong (Kawana Waters) finished in 23rd place with Chloe Gubecka (Kawana Waters) coming home 28th (out of 91 starters). In the men’s race, Reilly Kennedy (Perth City) finished 16th (out of

111 starters).

In July, the Australian Open Water team travelled to Yeosu, South Korea for the 2019 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships. The eight athletes competed across the Men’s and Women’s 5km, 10km and 25km events as well as the Mixed 5km Relay.

Kareena Lee (Noosa) secured a 2020 Olympic spot with a top 10 finish in the 10km event (the first Australian Dolphin to gain selection for Tokyo).

After four days of racing the results of the Open Water include;

• 10k Women - 7th Kareena Lee (Noosa) and 29th Chelsea Gubecka (Yeronga Park)

• 10km Men - 14th Kai Edwards (TSS) and 21st Nick Sloman (Noosa)

• 5km Women - 30th Chloe Gubecka (Yeronga Park) and 33rd Mackenzie Brazier (Kawana Waters)

• 5km Men - 7th Bailey Armstrong (Kawana Waters) and 5th Hayden Cotter (Lawnton)

• 25km Women - Chelsea Gubecka (Yeronga Park) DNF

• 25km Men - 5th Kai Edwards (TSS) and 18th Bailey Armstrong (Kawana Waters)

• Mixed 5km - 5th Australia (Chelsea Gubecka (Yeronga Park), Hayden Cotter (Lawnton), Kareena Lee (Noosa) and Nick Sloman (Noosa))

In September, four athletes travelled to Taipei, Taiwan to compete in round eight of the FINA Marathon Swim World Series on September 7. Australia took gold and silver in Taiwan with Sloman (Noosa) coming in first and Cotter (Lawnton) finishing just behind in second. In the Women’s 10km race, Lee (Noosa) just missed the podium, coming home fourth, with Mackenzie Brazier (Noosa) finishing in eighth place.

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Para Program The Para Program started 2019 with an Elite Training Camp for eleven of Australia’s best para swimmers at the Australian Institute of Sport from 13–19 January.

In February Australia hosted the first round of the World Para Swimming World Series for the first time. This event also included a classification component, with 18 Australian athletes internationally classified. The event was held at the Melbourne Sport Centres – MSAC in conjunction with the Optus 2019 Victorian Open Championships. More than 150 athletes

competed in 64 events across the three days. Australia dominated in the pool, winning nine gold, fifteen silver and fourteen bronze medals.

The Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships took place in Adelaide from 7–12 April. This event acted as the selection event for the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships team. Thirty-four athletes were selected to represent Australia at the World Para Championships, including nine rookies.

AUSTRALIAN MEDALS2019 WORLD PARA

SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSLONDON, ENGLAND

9–15 SEPTEMBER 2019LONDON AQUATICS CENTRE

HIGH PERFORMANCE

GOLDEvent Name Time Home Coach

1 W SB7 100m Breaststroke Tiffany Thomas Kane 1:30.84 Jon Bell2 W S9 400m Freestyle Lakeisha Patterson 4:38.29 Harley Connolly

SILVEREvent Name Time Home Coach

1 M S8 100m Freestyle Ben Popham 0:57.89 Simon Redmond

2 M SB2 50m Breaststroke Grant Patterson 1:00.76 Herbie Howard

3 W S9 100m Backstroke Ellie Cole 1:03.33 Simon Cusack

4 M S8 100m Backstroke Jesse Aungles 1:09.00 Yuriy Vdovychenko

5 M S9 400m Freestyle Brenden Hall 4:17.44 Harley Connolly

6 W S4 50m Freestyle Rachael Watson 0:40.62 Gary Watson

7 M SM3 150m IM Ahmed Kelly 3:01.17 Yuriy Vdovychenko

BRONZEEvent Name Time Home Coach

1 M S10 50m Freestyle Rowan Crothers 0:23.72 Rob Van Der Zant2 M S9 100m Backstroke Timothy Hodge 1:02.17 Clinton Camileri3 W S4 100m Freestyle Rachael Watson 1:33.90 Gary Watson4 M SB7 100m Breaststroke Blake Cochrane 1:18.06 Nathan Doyle5 M S10 100m Freestyle Rowan Crothers 0:51.47 Rob Van Der Zant6 W S9 400m Freestyle Ellie Cole 4:45.56 Simon Cusack7 M S10 100m Butterfly Col Pearse 0:58.60 Matt King8 W S10 100m Butterfly Jasmine Greenwood 1:07.69 Bob McEvoy9 M S8 50m Freestyle Ben Popham 0:26.94 Simon Redmond10 M SM3 150m IM Grant Patterson 3:05.92 Herbie Howard11 M SM8 200m IM Jesse Aungles 2:27.45 Yuriy Vdovychenko12 M SM9 200m IM Timothy Hodge 2:17.68 Clinton Camilleri

13M 4 x 100m Freestyle 34 Point

RelayMatthew Levy, Ben Popham, Timothy

Disken & Rowan Crothers3:49.79

Stephen Badger, Simon Redmond,

Ken Malcolm & Rob Van Der Zant

14Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle S14

RelayRicky Betar, Taylor Corry, Ruby Storm

& Liam Schluter3:51.60

Clinton Camilleri, Tom Davis, Dean Gooch & Michael Sage

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The Hancock Prospecting Multi-Class Age Championships were also held in Adelaide from 15–22 April.

In May, a small contingent of para swimmers travelled to Singapore to compete at the World Para Swimming World Series event. Dolphin Rachael Watson came home with two silver medals.

The Para Grand Prix event took place in Brisbane from 14–16 June before the para Dolphins team escaped the winter chills and travelled to Cairns for a warm weather training camp from 17–22 June. Twenty-nine of the Dolphins team gained valuable training time and exposure with Dolphins coaching and support staff.

In August, the Dolphins Paralympic team stepped up their preparation for the World Para Championships and travelled to Manchester for their staging camp ahead of the World Para Championships in London.

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, the team won 23 medals, including two gold, seven silver and fourteen bronze to finish 17th on the medal table.

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Pathways Program The year for the Pathway program began with data collection for the Swimming Australia/Sydney University H2Grow Project at state level swim meets in Perth and Adelaide.

The Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships took place in Adelaide from 7–12 April. Swimming Australia selected a team of 26 athletes to compete at the 2019 World Universiade Games in Naples, Italy.

April also saw the Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Championships take place in Adelaide from 15–22 April. At the conclusion of the meet, a team of 30 athletes was selected to compete at the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Age Championships saw the emergence of Josh Edwards-Smith (UWA West Coast) who took three seconds off Mitch Larkin’s Boys’ 16-year 200m Backstroke Age and All Comers record in a time of 1:57.82. He also broke Andrew Lauterstein’s 15-year record in the Boys’ 16-year 100m Backstroke.

The World Universiade Games team travelled to Naples, Italy in July for the FISU World Universiade Games. The team won five medals, including one gold (William Yang 50m butterfly), one silver (Moesha Johnson 1500m freestyle) and three bronze medals (Calypso Sheridan 50m backstroke, Chelsea Hodges 50m breaststroke and Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay).

The National Youth Camp also took place at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra in July. The camp provided the opportunity for the World Junior Championships team to come together and fine tune their preparations ahead of the FINA World Junior Championships.

The Australian Junior team then stepped up their World Championships preparation with a staging camp at the X-Bionic Sphere facility in Slovakia before heading to Budapest for the FINA World Junior Championships. Australia finished third on the medal table with four gold, five silver and four bronze medals. Rising star Lani Pallister claimed gold in the Women’s 400m, 800m and 1500m Freestyle events as well as silver in the 200m, 4x100m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relays. Her accolades saw her named the FINA Female athlete of the Championships. Other notable performances included Thomas Neill who won four medals including two silver and two bronze.

Medal tables for the World University Games and World Junior Championships are listed below.

AUSTRALIAN MEDALS

2019 WORLD UNIVERSIADE GAMESNAPLES, ITALY4–10 JULY 2019

PISCINA SCANDONE

2019 WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY2-–25 AUGUST 2019

DUNA ARENA

GOLDEvent Name Time Home Coach

1 M 50m Fly William Yang 0:23.32 Bobby Hurley

SILVEREvent Name Time Home Coach

1 W 1500m Free Moesha Johnson 16:20.00 Chris Nesbit

BRONZEEvent Name Time Home Coach

1M 4 x 200m

Free

Max Carleton, Ashton

Brinkworth, Brendon Smith & Jacob Hansford

7:14.75

Dean Boxall, Mick Palfery, Scott Talbot & Dean

Boxall

2 W 50m Breast Chelsea Hodges 0:31.13 Sean Eels

3 W 50m BackCalypso Sheridan

0:28.25 Jeremy Kipp

GOLDEvent Name Time Home Coach

1 400m freestyle Lani Pallister 4:05.42 Janelle Pallister

2 800m freestyle Lani Pallister 8:22.49 Janelle Pallister

3 1500m freestyle Lani Pallister 15:58.86 Janelle Pallister

4 50m backstroke Bronte Job 0:27.87 Damien Jones

SILVEREvent Name Time Home Coach

1 200m freestyle Lani Pallister 1:58.09 Janelle Pallister

2 400m freestyle Thomas Neill 1:47.66 Damien Jones

3 1500m freestyle Thomas Neill 14:59.19 Damien Jones

44x100m Freestyle

Relay

Mollie O'Callaghan,

Meg Harris, Lani

Pallister & Rebecca

Jacobson

3:48.85

Dean Boxall, Dean

Boxall, Janelle

Pallister & Richard

Sleight

54x200m

Freestyle Relay

Lani Pallister,

Michaela Ryan,

Rebecca Jacobson

& Jenna Forrester

7:57.87

Janelle Pallister,

Dean Boxall, Richard

Sleight & Dean Boxall

BRONZEEvent Name Time Home Coach

1 50m freestyle Meg Harris 0:24.89 Dean Boxall

2 100m freestyle Meg Harris 0:54.58 Dean Boxall

3 800m freestyle Thomas Neill 7:48.65 Damien Jones

44x200m

Freestyle Relay

Thomas Neill,

Mitchell Tinsley,

Thomas Hauck &

Alex Grant

7:15.06

Damien Jones, Vince

Raleigh, Ken Sabotic

& David Lush

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AWARDS 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

In front of more than 190 guests at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Ariarne Titmus collected the coveted ‘Hancock Prospecting Olympic Program Swimmer of the Year’, the ‘2018 Short Course Swimmer of the Year’ and the ‘Hancock Prospecting Patron Award’. Titmus’ coach Dean Boxall fittingly took out both the ‘Hancock Prospecting Olympic Program Coach of the Year’ and the ‘Youth Coach of the Year’.

Recent world champions Tiffany Thomas Kane and Lakeisha Patterson were joint winners of the ‘Paralympic Program Swimmer of the Year’ with Patterson’s coach Harley Connolly securing the title of ‘Paralympic Program Coach of the Year’.

Australia’s first swimmer to be selected on the 2020 Olympic team, Kareena Lee, was awarded the ‘Open Water Program Swimmer of the Year’ with Lee’s coach, the legendary John ‘JR’ Rodgers, was aptly named the ‘Open Water Program Coach of the Year’.

Matthew Temple was bestowed the honour of the ‘AIS Discovery of the Year’ after breakout performances at the World Championships.

In addition to Titmus, Kyle Chalmers and Lani Pallister received the Hancock Prospecting Patron’s Award in recognition for their outstanding seasons, while Paralympian Jesse Aungles was awarded the Hancock Prospecting Swimmers’ Swimmer Award after being voted by his peers.

In other awards of the evening, Faye Lewis from New South Wales won the ‘Roger Smith Technical

Official of the Year’ award, Ballarat Swimming Club claimed ‘Club of the Year’ and Matt Roberts from the Nambucca Aquatic Swim Club picked up the ‘Local Legend of the Year’.

The night also celebrated swimming’s retiring Dolphins, including Olympians James Magnussen, Josh Beaver and Jessica Ashwood, and Paralympian Madeleine Scott.

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Full List of Award Winners:

2018 Short Course Swimmer of the Year Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western)

The AIS Discovery of the Year Matthew Temple (Nunawading)

Youth Coach of the Year Dean Boxall (St Peters Western)

Roger Smith Technical Official of the Year Faye Lewis (NSW)

Local Legend of the Year Matt Roberts (Nambucca Aquatic Swim Club)

Club of the Year Ballarat Swimming Club (Victoria)

Hancock Prospecting Patron’s Awards Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western), Kyle Chalmers (Marion), Lani Pallister (Cotton Tree)

Open Water Program Coach of the Year John Rodgers (Noosa)

Paralympic Program Coach of the Year Harley Connolly (Belgravia)

Hancock Prospecting Olympic Program Coach of the Year Dean Boxall (St Peters Western)

Open Water Program Swimmer of the Year Kareena Lee (Noosa)

Paralympic Program Swimmer of the Year Lakeisha Patterson (Belgravia) Tiffany Thomas Kane (Monte)

Hancock Prospecting Olympic Program Swimmer of the Year Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western)

Hancock Prospecting Swimmers’ Swimmer Award Jesse Aungles (Marion)

Lifetime Contribution Award Mrs Gina Rinehart

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This year at the Swimming Australia Awards, proudly presented by Hancock Prospecting, Mrs Gina Rinehart received the inaugural Lifetime Contribution Award.

The Lifetime Contribution Award is the highest honour one can receive for their enduring contribution to the sport and is presented at the sole discretion of the board of directors with a unanimous vote.

For nearly thirty years, Mrs Rinehart has been heavily involved in swimming and her generous contribution has allowed athletes to focus on their performance in the pool – they simply could not succeed without her.

High performance centres and programs around the country and sport science departments have all benefited from her generosity, while vital training camps are made possible thanks to the substantial role she plays.

Rarely missing a competition, one can always find Mrs Rinehart cheering on our athletes at the Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games and all national competitions . She always makes time, and athletes, coaches and their families love having her on the pool deck.

Hancock Prospecting is synonymous with swimming events and athletes – combining the best with the best.

MRS RINEHART HONOURED WITH LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION AWARD

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This year at the Swimming Australia

Awards, proudly presented by

Hancock Prospecting, Mrs Gina

Rinehart received the inaugural

Lifetime Contribution Award.

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RETIRING DOLPHINS 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

RETIRING DOLPHINS

James Magnussen 690Regarded as one of Australia’s premium sprint freestylers, Magnussen retired from competitive swimming this year with 15 medals from major international meets to his name. He is a two-time World Champion in the men’s 100m freestyle after winning back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2013. Remarkably, this accomplishment etched his name into the record books becoming the first Australian to win the men’s 100m freestyle title. Winning an Olympic silver medal for the 100m freestyle at the 2012 London Games, Magnussen still holds the fourth fastest time over 100ms in a textile suit to this day.

Liam Bekric P290Liam’s debut as an Australian Dolphin was at the 2016 Paralympic Games where he finished fourth in the final of the 100m breaststroke and raced in another three events – 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke and the 200m Individual Medley. In 2017 he was inducted into the Swimming South Australia Hall of Fame. In his final appearance as a Dolphin, Bekric won gold in the 100m breaststroke at the 2018 Para Pan Pacific Championships in Cairns.

Josh Beaver 740Josh Beaver made his Dolphins debut in 2014 at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games winning a silver in the 200m backstroke and Medley Relay. He went on to compete at multiple international competitions including the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, 2015 & 2017 World Championships and 2018 Commonwealth Games. He secured an Olympic berth for the Rio Games in 2016 where he competed in the 100m and 200m backstroke.

Swimming Australia recognises those athletes recently retired, and thanks them for their contribution to Swimming.

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Jessica Ashwood 707Debuting in 2011 in the 1500m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships, Ashwood was one of Australia’s most decorated female distance swimmers, carving out an impressive career that saw her hold three Australian records – two of which still stand today. She competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, three World Championships, two Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Championships. Ashwood overcame immense hurdles during her career after being diagnosed with scoliosis at age 13.

Brittany Elmslie 717Brittany Elmslie is a five-time Olympic medallist and a gold medal winning member of the women’s 4x100 freestyle relay at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, smashing the world-record at the Rio Games in 2016. She was a consistent member of Australia’s freestyle relay teams during her career which included competing at multiple Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific Championships and the World Short Course Championships where she picked up an individual gold medal in 2016 for the 100m freestyle.

Madeleine Scott P266Scott made her Dolphins senior debut in 2011 at the Para Pan Pacific Championships in Canada. She has won international medals in all form strokes – claiming four golds at the 2014 Para Pan Pacs– including three individual medals and a silver and bronze at two Commonwealth Games. Her impressive career also included winning a silver medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games for the 4x100m medley relay.

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SWIMMER/EVENT AGE GROUP CLUB TIME

BOYS

50MS FREESTYLEFlynn McGregor 14 Years TSS Aquatic 24.23Edward Speller 15 Years Melbourne Vicentre 23.35Jamie Jack 16 Years Sheldon 23.32Kalani Ireland 17 Years Perth City 23.21

100MS FREESTYLEFlynn McGregor 14 Years TSS Aquatic 53.20Joseph Hamson 15 Years Knox Pymble 51.26Joshua Edwards-Smith 16 Years UWA West Coast 50.66Angus McDonald 17 Years Trinity Grammar 50.28

200MS FREESTYLEThomas Connellan 14 Years Nudgee College 1:55.63Maximillian Giuliani 15 Years Hobart Aquatic 1:51.91Thomas Neill 16 Years Rackley 1:49.18Csongor Cellie 17Years Kawana Waters 1:51.02

400MS FREESTYLEEvan Chee 14 Years Nunawading 4:07.01Samuel Short 15 Years Albany Creek 3:56.05Thomas Neill 16 Years Rackley 3:50.99Csongor Cellie 17Years Kawana Waters 3:52.83

800MS FREESTYLERobert Thorpe 14 Years Carlile 8:34.84Samuel Short 15 Years Albany Creek 8:13.02Thomas Neill 16 Years Rackley 7:59.05Silas Harris 17 Years Northcote 8:09.85

1500MS FREESTYLERobert Thorpe 14 Years Carlile 16:18.39Samuel Short 15 Years Albany Creek 15:33.70Thomas Neill 16 Years Rackley 15:15.95Silas Harris 17 Years Northcote 15:37.86

100MS BACKSTROKEStone Ma 14 Years North-West Aquatic 58.92TJ Chong Sue 15 Years UWA West Coast 57.00Joshua Edwards-Smith 16 Years UWA West Coast 55.01Kalani Ireland 17 Years Perth City 55.93

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200MS BACKSTROKEYanning Zhang 14 Years Nunawading 2:08.96 Tyler Krenkels 15 Years Knox Pymble 2:04.16Joshua Edwards-Smith 16 Years UWA West Coast 1:57.82Se-Bom Lee 17 Years Carlile 1:59.53

100MS BREASTSTROKEWilliam Petric 14 Years Nunawading 1:05.55Joshua Collett 15 Years Knox Pymble 1:05.80Connor Brackin 16 Years St Peters Western 1:04.99Joshua Yong 17 Years UWA West Coast 1:03.38

200MS BREASTSTROKEWilliam Petric 14 Years Nunawading 2:19.73Hayden Wasiak 15 Years Chandler 2:22.19Connor Brackin 16 Years St Peters Western 2:18.68Aleksandr Bell 17 Years UWA West Coast 2:16.15

100MS BUTTERFLYJesse Coleman 14 Years Bond 56.39James Bayliss 15 Years Albany Creek 55.18Troy Carlson 16 Years Sunshine Coast Grammar 55.87Kalani Ireland 17 Years Perth City 54.16

200MS BUTTERFLYJesse Coleman 14 Years Bond 2:06.99Ruan Van Der Riet 15 Years UWA West Coast 2:03.82Thomas Hauck 16 Years All Saints GC 2:02.02Lucas Humeniuk 17 Years Chandler 2:00.90

200MS INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYYanning Zhang 14 Years Nunawading 2:07.72TJ Chong Sue 15 Years UWA West Coast 2:07.10Thomas Neill 16 Years Rackley 2:03.53Se-Bom Lee 17 Years Carlile 2:02.01

400MS INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYEvan Chee 14 Years Nunawading 4:34.15Joshua Staples 15 Years St Peters Western 4:30.42Thomas Hauck 16 Years All Saints GC 4:20.58Se-Bom Lee 17 Years Carlile 4:19.17

4 X 50M CLUB FREESTYLE RELAYKnox Pymble 14 - 15 NSW 1:36.45UWA West Coast 16 – 17 WA 1:34.28

4 X 50M CLUB MEDLEY RELAYKnox Pymble 14 - 15 NSW 1:46.06Brisbane Grammar 16 – 17 QLD 1:44.27

4 X 100M CLUB FREESTYLE RELAYKnox Pymble 17 & Under NSW 2:27.89

4 X 200M CLUB FREESTYLE RELAYMLC Aquatic 17 & Under VIC 7:38.25

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4 X 100M CLUB MEDLEY RELAYUWA West Coast 17 & Under WA 3:46.31

OPEN WATER5KMLucas Miller 14 Years Miami 1.02.42Robert Thorpe 15 Years Carlile 1.02.07Ruben Rees 16 Years Miami 59.59

Kyle Lee 17 Years Bunbury 59.45Byron Kimber 18 Years North Coast 58.19Reilly Kennedy 19 Years Perth City 58.17

7.5 KMRuben Rees 16 Years Miami 1.30.33Kyle Lee 17 Years Bunbury 1:30.46

10 KMHayden Cotter 18 Years Lawnton 1:53.12Reilly Kennedy 19 Years Perth City 1:53.30

GIRLS50MS FREESTYLEJosephine Crimmins 13 Years Newmarket Racers 26.53Sydney Brown 14 Years Wests Illawarra 25.92Mollie O’Callaghan 15 Years St Peters Western 25.85Bronte Job 16 Years Rackley 25.47

100MS FREESTYLEClaveria Johnson-Tiumalu 13 Years St Peters Western 58.53Ella Ramsay 14 Years St Peters Western 55.96Mollie O’Callaghan 15 Years St Peters Western 55.58Lani Pallister 16 Years Cotton Tree 55.70

200MS FREESTYLEMikhaila Flint 13 Years Cannonvale 2:04.52Lucinda Macleod 14 Years Griffith Uni 2:01.39Jenna Forrester 15 Years St Peters Western 2:00.36Lani Pallister 16 Years Cotton Tree 1:59.06

400MS FREESTYLESienna Shepherd 13 Years Bayside, VIC 4:26.02Tiana Kritzinger 14 Years Nudgee College 4:17.81Jenna Forrester 15 Years St Peters Western 4:13.55Lani Pallister 16 Years Cotton Tree 4:08.37

800MS FREESTYLESienna Shepherd 13 Years Bayside, VIC 9:15.84Tiana Kritzinger 14 Years Nudgee College 8:53.33Emily White 15 Years Norwood 8:45.73Lani Pallister 16 Years Cotton Tree 8:28.54

1500MS FREESTYLESienna Shepherd 13 Years Bayside, VIC 17:43.39Tiana Kritzinger 14 Years Nudgee College 16:53.87Emily White 15 Years Norwood 16:50.30Lani Pallister 16 Years Cotton Tree 16:16.91

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100MS BACKSTROKESemra Olowoniyi 13 Years DVE Aquatic 1:05.00Jorja Otto 14 Years Bond 1:03.86Mollie O’Callaghan 15 Years St Peters Western 1:01.05Bronte Job 16 Years Rackley 1:00.51

200MS BACKSTROKEClaveria Johnson-Tiumalu 13 Years St Peters Western 2:20.32Madeleine Hardy 14 Years Trinity Grammar 2:16.70Mollie O’Callaghan 15 Years St Peters Western 2:14.20Alyssa Burgess 16 Years Arena 2:12.77

100MS BREASTSTROKESophie Martin 13 Years Brisbane Grammar 1:13.48Kalyce Pressler 14 Years Silver City 1:11.43Tara Kinder 15 Years DVE Aquatic 1:09.79Georgia Powell 16 Years Newmarket Racers 1:10.62

200MS BREASTSTROKECollette Lyons 13 Years Kinross Wolaroi 2:40.41Matilda Smith 14 Years Sandy Bay 2:32.00Tara Kinder 15 Years DVE Aquatic 2:28.53 Georgia Powell 16 Years Newmarket Racers 2:30.15 100MS BUTTERFLYHayley Johnston 13 Years Knox Pymble 1:02.59Jaime Krueger 14 Years Fairymead 1:01.23Maggie Skewes 15 Years Wangaratta 1:00.77Gabriella Peiniger 16 Years MLC Aquatic 59.14

200MS BUTTERFLYCollette Lyons 13 Years Kinross Wolaroi 2:18.94Elizabeth Dekkers 14 Years Newmarket Racers 2:11.37Aimee Grella 15 Years Bayside 2:14.10Jessica Madden 16 Years SLC Aquadot 2:14.87

200MS INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYSophie Martin 13 Years Brisbane Grammar 2:20.17Ella Ramsay 14 Years St Peters Western 2:17.18Tara Kinder 15 Years DVE Aquatic 2:14.10Gabriella Peiniger 16 Years MLC Aquatic 2:14.31

400MS INDIVIDUAL MEDLEYCollette Lyons 13 Years Kinross Wolaroi 4:54.39Ella Ramsay 14 Years St Peters Western 4:49.66Jenna Forrester 15 Years St Peters Western 4:47.53Charlie Brown 16 Years Manly 4:47.92

4 X 50M CLUB FREESTYLE RELAYSt Peters Western 13 – 14 QLD 1:45.71St Peters Western 15 – 16 QLD 1:43.75

4 X 50M CLUB MEDLEY RELAYSt Peters Western 13 – 14 QLD 1:58.10St Peters Western 15 – 16 QLD 1:55.21

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4 X 100M CLUB FREESTYLE RELAYSt Peters Western 16 & Under QLD 3:44.30

4 X 200M CLUB FREESTYLE RELAYSt Peters Western 16 & Under QLD 8:14.57

4 X 100M CLUB MEDLEY RELAYSt Peters Western 16 & Under QLD 4:12.14 OPEN WATER5 KMJosslyn Wishart 14 Years Manly 1.07.41Finella Gibbs-Beal 15 Years Noosa 1.03.23Sara Tazaki 16 Years Miami 1.06.28Ella Wassing 17 Years Pelican Waters 1.08.00Jessica Mouatt 18 Years Nudgee College 1:05.39Madisyn Armstrong 19 Years Kawana Waters 1:05.36

7.5 KMSara Tazaki 16 Years Miami 1.41.03Chloe Green 17 Years Perth City 1:40.11

10 KMMackenzie Brazier 18 Years Kawana Waters 2.05.55Madisyn Armstrong 19 Years Kawana Waters 2:06.53

2019 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN MULTI CLASS AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS – CHAMPIONS

11 – 14 YEARS50m Freestyle Alexander Tuckfield S9 SLC Aquadot 28.42

100m Freestyle Alexander Tuckfield S9 SLC Aquadot 1:03.96

50m Backstroke Alexander Tuckfield S9 SLC Aquadot 36.23

100m Backstroke Alexander Tuckfield S9 SLC Aquadot 1:17.99

50m Breaststroke Lachlan Hanratty SB14 Revesby Workers 36.36

100m Breaststroke Lachlan Hanratty SB14 Revesby Workers 1:20.78

50m Butterfly Joel Mundie S7 Central Cairns 37.12

100m Butterfly Joel Mundie S7 Central Cairns 1:24.43

11 – 15 YEARS400m Freestyle Col Pearse S10 Melbourne H20 4:27.96

200m Individual Medley Noah Robinson SM9 TSS Aquatic 2:38.38

15 – 16 YEARS50m Freestyle Henry Reardon S10 Toowoomba Grammar 26.80

100m Freestyle Henry Reardon S10 Toowoomba Grammar 59.33

50m Backstroke Henry Reardon S10 Toowoomba Grammar 32.28

100m Backstroke Col Pearse S10 Melbourne H20 1:06.03

50m Breaststroke Dylan Logan SB15 Geelong 33.51

100m Breaststroke Col Pearse SB9 Melbourne H20 1:21.71

50m Butterfly Morgan Jean S14 Wauchope 30.97

100m Butterfly Col Pearse S10 Melbourne H20 1:01.74

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17 – 18 YEARS50m Freestyle Oscar Stubbs S13 SOPAC 25.30

100m Freestyle Jarrod Dyer S14 Wollongong 59.28

50m Backstroke Oscar Stubbs S13 SOPAC 30.16

100m Backstroke Oscar Stubbs S13 SOPAC 1:05.22

50m Breaststroke Oscar Stubbs SB13 SOPAC 33.45

100m Breaststroke Oscar Stubbs SB13 SOPAC 1:18.58

50m Butterfly Jarrod Dyer S14 Wollongong 28.86

100m Butterfly Bailey Stewart S14 Uni of Queensland 1:03.35

16 – 18 YEARS400m Freestyle Bailey Stewart S14 Uni of Queensland 4:34.12

200m Individual Medley Bailey Stewart SM14 Uni of Queensland 2:32.18

GIRLS

11 – 14 YEARS50m Freestyle Ella Hodgson S16 UWA West Coast 30.40

100m Freestyle Ella Hodgson S16 UWA West Coast 1:06.79

50m Backstroke Ella Hodgson S16 UWA West Coast 35.65

100m Backstroke Ella Hodgson S16 UWA West Coast 1:15.71

50m Breaststroke Ella Hodgson SB16 UWA West Coast 43.72

100m Breaststroke Mercedes Siganto SB9 Waterworx 1:28.69

50m Butterfly Ella Hodgson S16 UWA West Coast 36.03

100m Butterfly Nicole Taylor S15 Griffith 1:23.12

11 – 15 YEARS400m Freestyle Ella Hodgson S16 UWA West Coast 4:56.61

200m Individual Medley Ella Hodgson SM16 UWA West Coast 2:48.79

15 – 16 YEARS50m Freestyle Poppy Wilson S10 Woogaroo 31.69

100m Freestyle Poppy Wilson S10 Woogaroo 1:11.31

50m Backstroke Poppy Wilson S10 Woogaroo 36.16

100m Backstroke Poppy Wilson S10 Woogaroo 1:18.22

50m Breaststroke Zoe Mackenzie SB9 TSS Aquatic 39.98

100m Breaststroke Zoe Mackenzie SB9 TSS Aquatic 1:28.84

50m Butterfly Poppy Wilson S10 Woogaroo 34.59

100m Butterfly Poppy Wilson S10 Woogaroo 1:19.29

17 – 18 YEARS50m Freestyle Madeleine McTernan S14 St Hilda’s, QLD 29.28

100m Freestyle Madeleine McTernan S14 St Hilda’s, QLD 1:03.75

50m Backstroke Madeleine McTernan S14 St Hilda’s, QLD 33.69

100m Backstroke Madeleine McTernan S14 St Hilda’s, QLD 1:12.00

50m Breaststroke Ruby Halliday SB7 Melbourne Vicentre 49.75

100m Breaststroke Ashley Van Rijswijk SB14 Wagga Wagga 1:23.83

50m Butterfly Madeleine McTernan S14 St Hilda’s, QLD 32.98

100m Butterfly Madeleine McTernan S14 St Hilda’s, QLD 1:15.34

400m Freestyle Madeleine McTernan S14 St Hilda’s, QLD 4:54.20

200m Individual Medley Madeleine McTernan SM14 St Hilda’s, QLD 2:44.78

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SWIMMER/EVENT AGE GROUP CLUB TIME

MEN50m Freestyle Kyle Chalmers Marion 22.07100m Freestyle Kyle Chalmers Marion 47.48200m Freestyle Kyle Chalmers Marion 1:46.30400m Freestyle Elijah Winnington Bond 3:44.68800m Freestyle Jack McLoughlin Chandler 7:58.661500m Freestyle Joshua Parrish TSS Aquatic 15:15.5350m Backstroke William Yang Ravenswood 24.98100m Backstroke Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 53.51200m Backstroke Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 1:56.2250m Breaststroke Louis Townsend Rackley 27.72100m Breaststroke Matthew Wilson SOPAC 59.67200m Breaststroke Matthew Wilson SOPAC 2:07.1650m Butterfly William Yang Ravenswood 23.23100m Butterfly Kyle Chalmers Marion 52.07200m Butterfly Nicholas Brown UWA West Coast 1:56.50200m Individual Medley Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 1:56.83400m Individual Medley Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 4:14.624 x 100m Freestyle Relay St Peters Western QLD 3:19.294 x 200m Freestyle Relay St Peters Western QLD 7:23.044 x 100m Medley Relay St Peters Western QLD 3:48.05

MEN 18 - 1950m Freestyle Kaea Bidois Knox Pymble 23.06100m Freestyle Elijah Winnington Bond 49.92200m Freestyle Mitchell Tinsley Chandler 1:49.74400m Freestyle Mitchell Tinsley Chandler 3:52.33800m Freestyle Mitchell Tinsley Chandler 8:02.591500m Freestyle Mitchell Tinsley Chandler 15:26.1850m Backstroke Ty Hartwell Rocky City 25.97100m Backstroke Lewis Blackburn Ravenswood 55.95200m Backstroke Ty Hartwell Rocky City 1:59.1150m Breaststroke Luke Beckingham Wests Illawarra 29.48100m Breaststroke Adam Selwood Melbourne Uni Propulsion 1:03.98200m Breaststroke Finn O’Connor Carlile 2:16.8550m Butterfly Joseph Jackson Brisbane Grammar 24.53100m Butterfly Ashton Brinkworth UWA West Coast 54.23200m Butterfly Kieren Pollard Breakers, WA 2:03.24200m Individual Medley Kieren Pollard Breakers, WA 2:04.44400m Individual Medley Brian Ryland MLC Aquatic 4:27.53

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MEN 20 - 2150m Freestyle William Yang Ravenswood 22.74100m Freestyle Benno Negri Melbourne Vicentre 49.57200m Freestyle Max Carleton St Peters Western 1:49.02400m Freestyle Ben Roberts Breakers, WA 3:52.91800m Freestyle Daniel Jacobson Albany Creek 8:12.031500m Freestyle Phoenix Douglas TSS Aquatic 16:14.6950m Backstroke Kevin Kalember Rockingham 26.41100m Backstroke Kevin Kalember Rockingham 56.29200m Backstroke Tristan Ludlow Rackley 1:59.4150m Breaststroke Cooper Van der Laan TSS Aquatic 28.85100m Breaststroke Liam Hunter Chandler 1:02.29200m Breaststroke Cooper Van der Laan TSS Aquatic 2:17.3350m Butterfly Jackson Grovers St Hildas 24.58100m Butterfly Christopher Purcell Southside Wesley 56.49200m Butterfly Christopher Purcell Southside Wesley 2:06.31200m Individual Medley Michael Ng St Peters Western 2:04.33400m Individual Medley Michael Ng St Peters Western 4:29.55

MULTI CLASS50m Freestyle Rowan Crothers S10 Yeronga Park 23.54100m Freestyle Rowan Crothers S10 Yeronga Park 51.87200m Freestyle Liam Schluter S14 Kawana Waters 1:54.79400m Freestyle Brenden Hall S9 Lawnton 4:16.8950m Backstroke Timothy Hodge S9 Auburn 29.70100m Backstroke Timothy Hodge S9 Auburn 1:02.7350m Breaststroke Jake Michel SB14 Carina Leagues CJ’s 30.04100m Breaststroke Jake Michel SB14 Carina Leagues CJ’s 1:06.6850m Butterfly Liam Schluter S14 Kawana Waters 27.05100m Butterfly= Braedan Jason USC Spartans 59.83100m Butterfly= Timothy Hodge S9 Auburn 1.02.01150m Individual Medley Ahmed Kelly Melbourne Vicentre 2:56.26200m Individual Medley Timothy Hodge SM9 Auburn 2:16.92

OPEN WATER5KM Hayden Cotter Lawnton 54.4310km Nick Sloman Noosa 1.53.075km Multi Class Ben Morrison S14 Melbourne Vicentre 1.14.38

WOMEN50m Freestyle Cate Campbell Knox Pymble 24.30100m Freestyle Cate Campbell Knox Pymble 52.35200m Freestyle Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western 1:54.30400m Freestyle Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western 3:59.66800m Freestyle Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western 8:18.611500m Freestyle Kiah Melverton TSS Aquatic 15:58.0950m Backstroke Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 27.65100m Backstroke Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar 59.71200m Backstroke Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar 2:11.1850m Breaststroke Jessica Hansen Nunawading 30.82100m Breaststroke Abbey Harkin St Peters Western 1:07.02200m Breaststroke Jenna Strauch Bond 2:24.8850m Butterfly Holly Barratt Rockingham 25.91100m Butterfly Emma McKeon Griffith University 56.85200m Butterfly Laura Taylor TSS Aquatic 2:08.94200m Individual Medley Calypso Sheridan Brisbane Grammar 2:11.53400m Individual Medley Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 4:40.254 x 100m Freestyle Relay St Peters Western QLD 3:36.274 x 200m Freestyle Relay St Peters Western QLD 7:57.034 x 100m Medley Relay St Peters Western QLD 4:04.87

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WOMEN 17-1850m Freestyle Meg Harris St Peters Western 25.09100m Freestyle Meg Harris St Peters Western 54.48200m Freestyle Michaela Ryan St Peters Western 1:59.00400m Freestyle Rebecca Jacobson Albany Creek 4:17.24800m Freestyle Jessica Mouatt Nudgee College 8:50.871500m Freestyle Jessica Mouatt Nudgee College 16:52.3050m Backstroke Mia Rolfe Carlile 29.48100m Backstroke Alexandria Perkins USC Spartans 1:03.28200m Backstroke Michaela Ryan St Peters Western 2:13.9950m Breaststroke Anna Monaghan St Hildas 33.34100m Breaststroke Chelsea Hodges Southport Olympic 1:08.38200m Breaststroke Sarah Beale Bond 2:31.9750m Butterfly Alexandria Perkins USC Spartans 27.35100m Butterfly Michaela Ryan St Peters Western 1:00.00200m Butterfly Michaela Ryan St Peters Western 2:11.95200m Individual Medley Michaela Ryan St Peters Western 2:14.70400m Individual Medley Jessica Essam Ginninderra 4:49.58

WOMEN 19-2050m Freestyle Gemma Cooney Brisbane Grammar 26.32100m Freestyle Elyse Woods Melbourne Vicentre 56.13200m Freestyle Elyse Woods Melbourne Vicentre 2:00.61400m Freestyle Phoebe Hines Mountain Crk Mooloolaba 4:11.26800m Freestyle Phoebe Hines Mountain Crk Mooloolaba 8:35.491500m Freestyle Bianca Crisp TSS Aquatic 16:49.9450m Backstroke Kirrily Siebenhausen Rackley 29.85100m Backstroke Amy Forrester Bond 1:03.23200m Backstroke Kirrily Siebenhausen Rackley 2:15.1050m Breaststroke Georgia Wells Brisbane Grammar 32.60100m Breaststroke Paris Vasta Laverton 1:09.83200m Breaststroke Mikayla Smith Nunawading 2:32.5350m Butterfly Taegen Coxhill Nunawading 27.85100m Butterfly Gemma Cooney Brisbane Grammar 1:00.74200m Butterfly Hayley Blatchford Sans Souci 2:18.94200m Individual Medley Mikayla Smith Nunawading 2:17.35400m Individual Medley Francesca Fitzhenry Trinity Grammar 4:52.01 MULTI CLASS50m Freestyle Rachael Watson Chandler 39.12100m Freestyle Ellie Cole S9 Knox Pymble 1:03.69200m Freestyle Lakeisha Patterson S9 Lawnton 2:15.5450m Backstroke Taylor Corry S14 Nelson Bay 32.43100m Backstroke Ellie Cole S9 Knox Pymble 1:10.20

50m Breaststroke Tiffany Thomas Kane SB7 Monte 43.06100m Breaststroke Tiffany Thomas Kane SB7 Monte 1:33.3150m Butterfly Taylor Corry S14 Nelson Bay 30.31100m Butterfly Madeleine Scott S9 Nunawading 1:10.02200m Individual Medley Jasmine Greenwood SM10 Bay & Basin 2:31.52

OPEN WATER ADELAIDE5km Kareena Lee Noosa 58.3710km Kareena Lee Noosa 2.03.505km Multi Class Megan Botha CA Tritons 1.32.42

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24 - 26 October Melbourne Sports Centres - MSAC, Melbourne

SWIMMER/EVENT AGE GROUP CLUB TIME

MEN50m Freestyle Ashton Brinkworth UWA West Coast 21.93100m Freestyle Zac Incerti UWA West Coast 48.23200m Freestyle Thomas Hauck All Saints GC 1:45.42400m Freestyle Thomas Hauck All Saints GC 3:43.38800m Freestyle Ben Roberts Breakers 7:51.951500m Freestyle Joshua Parrish TSS Aquatic 14:55.4950m Backstroke Bradley Woodward Mingara Aquatic 23.9350m Backstroke= William Yang Loreto Normanhurst 23.93100m Backstroke William Yang Loreto Normanhurst 51.54200m Backstroke Travis Mahoney Marion 1:51.8350m Breaststroke Samuel Williamson Firbank Aquastars 26.64100m Breaststroke Samuel Williamson Firbank Aquastars 57.94200m Breaststroke Samuel Williamson Firbank Aquastars 2:07.4350m Butterfly Edward Marks Carlile 23.09100m Butterfly David Morgan TSS Aquatic 51.06200m Butterfly David Morgan TSS Aquatic 1:54.63100m Individual Medley Andrew Hemsworth Knox Pymble 54.18200m Individual Medley Thomas Elliott Ravenswood 1:58.45400m Individual Medley David Schlicht MLC Aquatic 4:07.454 x 100m Freestyle Relay Melbourne Vicentre VIC 3:16.154 x 200m Freestyle Relay Melbourne Vicentre VIC 7:13.434 x 100m Medley Relay UWA West Coast WA 3:34.88

MULTI CLASS50m Freestyle Daniel Fox S14 TSS Aquatic 24.78100m Freestyle Jack Ireland S14 Uni of Queensland 52.69400m Freestyle Jack Ireland S14 Uni of Queensland 4:15.7450m Backstroke Rod welsh S10 Northcote 28.15100m Backstroke Ahmed Kelly S3 Melbourne Vicentre 1:57.7850m Breaststroke Jesse Aungles SB7 Marion 36.17100m Breaststroke Matthew Levy SB6 North Sydney 1:21.5850m Butterfly Matthew Levy S7 North Sydney 31.70100m Butterfly Jack Ireland S14 Uni of Queensland 59.54150m Individual Medley Ahmed Kelly SM3 Melbourne Vicentre 2:55.11200m Individual Medley Matthew Levy SM7 North Sydney 2:34.02

WOMEN50m Freestyle Kotuku Ngawati Melbourne Vicentre 24.63100m Freestyle Kotuku Ngawati Melbourne Vicentre 53.45200m Freestyle Kiah Melverton TSS Aquatic 1:56.75400m Freestyle Kiah Melverton TSS Aquatic 4:03.50

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800m Freestyle Kiah Melverton TSS Aquatic 8:15.931500m Freestyle Kiah Melverton TSS Aquatic 16:01.2250m Backstroke Hayley Baker Canberra 26.90100m Backstroke Hayley Baker Canberra 57.71200m Backstroke Hayley Baker Canberra 2:04.6450m Breaststroke Leiston Pickett Southport Olympic 30.60100m Breaststroke Jenna Strauch Bond 1:06.03200m Breaststroke Jenna Strauch Bond 2:21.7550m Butterfly Ellysia Oldsen Marion 26.62100m Butterfly Gabriella Peiniger MLC Aquatic 56.54200m Butterfly Laura Taylor TSS Aquatic 2:07.14100m Individual Medley Meg Bailey Hunter 1:00.16200m Individual Medley Gabriella Peiniger MLC Aquatic 2:06.36400m Individual Medley Meg Bailey Hunter 4:29.174 x 100m Freestyle Relay TSS Aquatic QLD 3:42.944 x 200m Freestyle Relay TSS Aquatic QLD 8:00.514 x 100m Medley Relay MLC Aquatic VIC 4:04.49

MULTI CLASS50m Freestyle Ashleigh McConnell S9 Melbourne Vicentre 28.54100m Freestyle Ashleigh McConnell S9 Melbourne Vicentre 1:03.83400m Freestyle Monique Murphy S10 Belgravia 4:35.5250m Backstroke Taylor Corry S14 Nelson Bay 31.58100m Backstroke Katherine Downie S10 Perth City 1:11.7350m Breaststroke Ruby Storm SB14 Traralgon 36.37100m Breaststroke Ruby Storm SB14 Traralgon 1:18.7750m Butterfly Taylor Corry S14 Nelson Bay 29.27100m Butterfly Taylor Corry S14 Nelson Bay 1:07.04200m Individual Medley Taylor Corry SM14 Nelson Bay 2:28.94

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9 – 14 June Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Brisbane

SWIMMER/EVENT AGE GROUP CLUB TIME

MEN50m Freestyle Kyle Chalmers Marion 22.09100m Freestyle Kyle Chalmers Marion 47.35200m Freestyle Kyle Chalmers Marion 1:45.76400m Freestyle Jack McLoughlin Chandler 3:44.34800m Freestyle Jack McLoughlin Chandler 7:46.791500m Freestyle Jack McLoughlin Chandler 14:52.83100m Backstroke Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 52.38200m Backstroke Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 1:55.03100m Breaststroke Matthew Wilson SOPAC 59.78200m Breaststroke Matthew Wilson SOPAC 2:07.79100m Butterfly= David Morgan TSS Aquatic 51.47100m Butterfly= Matthew Temple Nunawading 51.47200m Butterfly David Morgan TSS Aquatics 1:55.26200m Individual Medley Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 1:55.72400m Individual Medley Thomas Fraser-Holmes Griffith University 4:14.68

WOMEN50m Freestyle Cate Campbell Knox Pymble 24.05100m Freestyle Cate Campbell Knox Pymble 52.12200m Freestyle Emma McKeon Griffith University 1:54.55400m Freestyle Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western 3:59.35800m Freestyle Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western 8:18.231500m Freestyle Madeleine Gough TSS Aquatic 15:56.39100m Backstroke Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar 59.20200m Backstroke Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 2:06.35100m Breaststroke Jessica Hansen Nunawading 1:07.06200m Breaststroke Taylor McKeown Griffith University 2:24.95100m Butterfly Emma McKeon Griffith University 57.28200m Butterfly Brianna Throssell UWA West Coast 2:07.39200m Individual Medley Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 2:09.94400m Individual Medley Blair Evans UWA West Coast 4:40.40

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BOYS14 – 15 YEARS50m Freestyle Joshua Collett New South Wales 22.71100m Freestyle Joshua Collett New South Wales 49.93200m Freestyle Sam Brown New Zealand 1:51.37400m Freestyle Sam Brown New Zealand 3:57.091500m Freestyle Sam Brown New Zealand 15:34.8050m Backstroke Brayden Miles Victoria 25.24100m Backstroke Brayden Miles Victoria 55.35200m Backstroke Brayden Miles Victoria 2:01.2150m Breaststroke Joshua Collett New South Wales 28.68100m Breaststroke Joshua Collett New South Wales 1:01.76200m Breaststroke William Petric Victoria 2:14.7350m Butterfly Brayden Miles Victoria 25.07100m Butterfly Hayden McKillop Queensland 54.99200m Butterfly Alex Fahey Queensland 2:01.17200m Individual Medley Joshua Collett New South Wales 2:01.94400m Individual Medley Evan Chee Victoria 4:23.20

16 – 17 YEARS50m Freestyle Ethan Banks Queensland 22.64100m Freestyle Maximillian Giuliani Tasmania 49.36200m Freestyle Thomas Hauck Queensland 1:47.33400m Freestyle Thomas Hauck Queensland 3:45.761500m Freestyle Matthew Galea New South Wales 15:13.7450m Backstroke Thomas Hauck Queensland 25.24100m Backstroke Thomas Hauck Queensland 52.97200m Backstroke Thomas Hauck Queensland 1:55.3250m Breaststroke Calvin Reed Victoria 28.34100m Breaststroke Calvin Reed Victoria 1:01.28200m Breaststroke Connor Roberts New South Wales 2:15.0350m Butterfly Ben Littlejohn New Zealand 23.91100m Butterfly Ben Littlejohn New Zealand 53.75200m Butterfly Thomas Hauck Queensland 1:58.52200m Individual Medley Thomas Hauck Queensland 1:59.26400m Individual Medley Thomas Hauck Queensland 4:14.78

MULTI CLASS100m Freestyle Nathan Jason Queensland 57.49100m Backstroke Harrison Vig Queensland 1:06.74100m Breaststroke Nathan Jason Queensland 1:15.51100m Butterfly Nathan Jason Queensland 1:02.54200m Individual Medley Nathan Jason Queensland 2:22.64

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RELAYS14 – 15 YEARS4x100m Freestyle M. Stone, B. Axtens Victoria 3:25.89A. Basile, Y Zhang4x100m Medley B. Miles, W. Petric, Y. Zhang, M. Stone Victoria 3:43.82

16 – 17 YEARS4x100m Freestyle J. Hamson, Z. George G. Gorgas,

T. Bujak-UptonNew South Wales 3:20.98

4x100m Medley T. Hauck, A. Zhu J. Bayliss, E. Banks Queensland 3:40.51 17 YEARS AND UNDER4x200m Freestyle B. Coleman, S. Short Queensland 7:14.00

R. Cooper, T. Hauck

GIRLS13 – 14 YEARS50m Freestyle Mia Collins Queensland 25.17100m Freestyle Claveria Johnson-Tiumalu Queensland 56.05200m Freestyle Tiana Kritzinger Queensland 2:03.11400m Freestyle Lucy Bartlett New Zealand 4:15.92800m Freestyle Tiana Kritzinger Queensland 8:41.0350m Backstroke Jorja Otto Queensland 28.39100m Backstroke Claveria Johnson-Tiumalu Queensland 1:01.69200m Backstroke Claveria Johnson-Tiumalu Queensland 2:15.4950m Breaststroke Melissa Cowen New Zealand 32.74100m Breaststroke Misha Wierzbowski Victoria 1:10.24200m Breaststroke Melissa Cowen New Zealand 2:29.9550m Butterfly Alanah Ilioski Victoria 27.63100m Butterfly Alanah Ilioski Victoria 1:00.91200m Butterfly Abbey Connor New South Wales 2:15.87200m Individual Medley Claveria Johnson-Tiumalu Queensland 2:17.41400m Individual Medley Collette Lyons New South Wales 4:51.93

15 – 16 YEARS50m Freestyle Sydney Brown New South Wales 24.99100m Freestyle Sydney Brown New South Wales 54.67200m Freestyle Jade Starr Queensland 1:59.48400m Freestyle Jade Starr Queensland 4:10.63800m Freestyle Bailey Day Queensland 8:43.9450m Backstroke Mollie O’Callaghan Queensland 27.15100m Backstroke Mollie O’Callaghan Queensland 59.14200m Backstroke Olivia Lefoe Victoria 2:10.6850m Breaststroke Mia O’Leary Queensland 31.61100m Breaststroke Tara Kinder Victoria 1:07.43200m Breaststroke Tara Kinder Victoria 2:23.1350m Butterfly Emily Jones New South Wales 27.03100m Butterfly Olivia Collins Queensland 59.93200m Butterfly Bethany Dalgleish Victoria 2:14.19200m Individual Medley Tara Kinder Victoria 2:11.50400m Individual Medley Ella Ramsay Queensland 4:44.06

MULTI CLASS100m Freestyle Kirralee Hayes Queensland 1:02.77100m Backstroke Kirralee Hayes Queensland 1:13.48100m Breaststroke Kirralee Hayes Queensland 1:27.62100m Butterfly Kirralee Hayes Queensland 1:13.61200m Individual Medley Kirralee Hayes Queensland 2:41.22

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RELAYS13 – 14 YEARS4x100m Freestyle M. Collins, C. Johnson-Tiumalu,

S. /Vagg, M. FlintQueensland 3:46.54

4x100m Medley J. Otto, C. Hansen, D. Cook, M. Flint Queensland 4:12.84

15 – 16 YEARS4x100m Freestyle E. Ramsay, M. O’Leary, M.

O’Callaghan, G. PendergastQueensland 3:40.16

4x100m Medley M. O’Callaghan, M. O’Leary Queensland 4:04.28O. Collins, G. Pendergast

16 YEARS AND UNDER4x200m Freestyle J. Starr, E. Ramsay, G. Pendergast,

M. O’CallaghanQueensland 7:58.77

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2019 ANNUAL REPORTRECORDS

AUSTRALIAN AGE RECORDS1 DECEMBER 2018 – 1 NOVEMBER 2019

GIRLS14 YEARS 200m IM 2:14.89 Ella Ramsay St Peters Western Adelaide 15.04.1915 YEARS200m Butterfly 2:10.42 Elizabeth Dekkers Newmarket Racers Budapest 21.08.19

17 YEARS400m IM 4:40.83 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 16.12.18400m IM 4:40.25 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Adelaide 07.04.19200m IM 2:09.94 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 09.06.19200m Backstroke 2:06.35 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 14.06.19

18 YEARS800m Freestyle 8:18.61 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Adelaide 07.04.19400m Freestyle 3:59.35 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 09.06.19200m Freestyle 1:55.09 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 11.06.19800m Freestyle 8:18.23 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 12.06.19400m Freestyle 3:58.76 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Gwangju 21.07.19100m Backstroke 59.10 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Gwangju 23.07.19200m Freestyle 1:54.27 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Gwangju 25.07.19200m Backstroke 2:06.26 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Gwangju 26.07.19800m Freestyle 8:15.70 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Gwangju 27.07.19

BOYS13 YEARS800m Backstroke 8:30.95 Robert Thorpe Carlile Sydney 18.12.18

14 YEARS200m Breaststroke 2:19.73 William Petric Nunawading Adelaide 20.04.19

15 YEARS200m Backstroke 2:00.23 Joshua Edwards-Smith UWA West Coast Perth 17.12.18100m Backstroke 55.83 Joshua Edwards-Smith UWA West Coast Perth 02.03.19

16 YEARS100m Backstroke 55.01 Joshua Edwards-Smith UWA West Coast Adelaide 17.04.19200m Backstroke 1:57.82 Joshua Edwards-Smith UWA West Coast Adelaide 20.04.19

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ALL COMERS RECORDS

18 YEARS400m IM 4:14.91 Brendon Smith Nunawading Adelaide 07.04.19

GIRLS

14 YEARS 200m IM 2:14.89 Ella Ramsay St Peters Western Adelaide 15.04.19

17 YEARS 200m IM 2:09.94 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 09.06.19200m Backstroke 2:06.35 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 14.06.19

18 YEARS800m Freestyle 8:18.61 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Adelaide 07.04.19400m Freestyle 3:59.35 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 09.06.19200m Freestyle 1:55.09 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 11.06.19800m Freestyle 8:18.23 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 12.06.19

BOYS

15 Years100m Backstroke 55.83 Joshua Edwards-Smith UWA West Coast Perth 02.03.19

16 Years100m Backstroke 55.01 Joshua Edwards-Smith UWA West Coast Adelaide 17.04.19200m Backstroke 1:57.82 Joshua Edwards-Smith UWA West Coast Adelaide 20.04.19

CLUB RELAYS

14 – 15 YearsBoys 4 x 50m Medley 1:46.06 Knox Pymble NSW Adelaide 15.04.19

16 years and under 3:44.06 St Peters Western QLD Adelaide 16.04.19Girls 4 x 100m Free

13 – 14 YearsGirls 4 x 50m Free 1:45.71 St Peters Western QLD Adelaide 19.04.19

AGE RECORDS

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LONG COURSE RECORDS1 DECEMBER 2018 – 1 NOVEMBER 2019

WOMENWORLD RECORDS

4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:41.50 A. Titmus, M. Wilson, B. Throssell, E. McKeon

Australia Gwangju 25.07.19

COMMONWEALTH RECORDS200m Freestyle 1:54.30 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Adelaide 09.04.19400m Freestyle 3:59.35 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 09.06.19400m Freestyle 3:58.76 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Gwangju 21.07.19200m Freestyle 1:54.27 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Gwangju 25.07.194 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:41.50 A. Titmus, M. Wilson,

B. Throssell, E. McKeonAustralia Gwangju 25.07.19

AUSTRALIAN RECORDS

200m Freestyle 1:54.30 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Adelaide 09.04.19400m Freestyle 3:59.35 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 09.06.19400m Freestyle 3:58.76 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Gwangju 21.07.19200m Freestyle 1:54.27 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Gwangju 25.07.19800m Freestyle 8:15.70 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Gwangju 27.07.194 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:41.50 A. Titmus, M. Wilson,

B. Throssell, E. McKeonAustralia Gwangju 25.07.19

ALL COMERS RECORDS

200m Freestyle 1:54.30 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Adelaide 09.04.19

MEN

WORLD RECORD

200m Breaststroke 2:06.67 Matthew Wilson SOPAC Gwangju 25.07.19

COMMONWEALTH RECORDS

200m Breaststroke 2:07.16 Matthew Wilson SOPAC Adelaide 08.04.19200m IM 1:55.72 Mitch Larkin St Peters Western Brisbane 12.06.19200m Breaststroke 2:06.67 Matthew Wilson SOPAC Gwangju 25.07.194 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:00.85 C. Lewis, K. Chalmers

A. Graham, M. HortonAustralia Gwangju 26.07.19

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AUSTRALIAN RECORDS

200m Breaststroke 2:07.16 Matthew Wilson SOPAC Adelaide 08.04.19200m IM 1:55.72 Mitch Larkin St Peters Western Brisbane 12.06.19200m Breaststroke 2:06.67 Matthew Wilson SOPAC Gwangju 25.07.194 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:00.85 C. Lewis, K. Chalmers

A. Graham, M. HortonAustralia Gwangju 26.07.19

ALL COMERS RECORDS

200m Breaststroke 2:07.16 Matthew Wilson SOPAC Adelaide 08.04.19100m Backstroke 52.38 Mitch Larkin St Peters Western Brisbane 10.06.19

AUSTRALIAN CLUB

4 x 100m Free Relay Women 3:36.27 St Peters Western QLD Adelaide 08.04.194 x 200m Free Relay Women 7:57.03 St Peters Western QLD Adelaide 10.04.19

WORLD PARA SWIMMING WORLD RECORD

Men’s 4x100m Freestyle S14 03:39.88 M. Kilduff, J. Alford, L. Schluter, J. Ireland

Chandler Brisbane Australia 14.10.19

Men’s 50m Backstroke S9 00:29.70 Timothy Hodge SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre Adelaide

Australia 09.04.19

Men’s 200m freestyle S14 1:54.79 Liam Schluter SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre

Australia 10.04.19

Men’s 400m Freestyle S14 04:06.53 Liam Schluter SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre

Australia 07.04.19

Men’s 1500m Freestyle S14 16:41.40 Liam Schluter Chandler Brisbane Australia 17.10.19

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SHORT COURSE RECORDS1 NOVEMBER 2018 – 1 NOVEMBER 2019

WOMEN

WORLD RECORDS

400m Freestyle 3:53.92 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Hangzhou 14.12.18100m Backstroke 54.89 Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar Budapest 27.10.19

COMMONWEALTH RECORDS

200m Freestyle 1:51.38 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Hangzhou 11.12.18400m Freestyle 3:53.92 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Hangzhou 14.12.18200m Backstroke 1:59.48 Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar Budapest 26.10.1950m Backstroke 25.81 Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar Budapest 26.10.19100m Backstroke 54.89 Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar Budapest 27.10.19

AUSTRALIAN RECORDS

200m Freestyle 1:51.38 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Hangzhou 11.12.18400m Freestyle 3:53.92 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Hangzhou 14.12.18200m Backstroke 1:59.48 Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar Budapest 26.10.1950m Backstroke 25.81 Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar Budapest 26.10.19100m Backstroke 54.89 Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar Budapest 27.10.19

WORLD PARA SWIMMING WORLD RECORD

Women's 50m Freestyle S4 00:40.74 Rachael Watson Melbourne Sports Centres – MSAC

Australia 24.10.19

Women’s 50m Freestyle S9 00:28.54 Ashleigh McConnell Melbourne Sports Centres – MSAC

Australia 24.10.19

Women’s 400m Freestyle S10 04:35.52 Monique Murphy Melbourne Sports Centres – MSAC

Australia 24.10.19

Women’s 100m Butterfly S14 01:06.88 Taylor Corry Melbourne Sports Centres – MSAC

Australia 26.10.19

MEN

AUSTRALIAN ALL COMERS RECORDS

100m Breaststroke 57.62 Samuel Williamson Firbank Aquastars Melbourne 25.10.19Men's 400m Freestyle S14 04:03.93 Liam Schluter Chandler Brisbane Australia 18.08.19Men's 50m Breaststroke SB7 00:35.10 Blake Cochrane Chandler Brisbane Australia 17.08.19Men's 150m Individual Medley SM3

02:55.11 Ahmed Kelly Melbourne Sports Centres – MSAC

Australia 26.10.19

Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM7

Matthew Levy

02:34.02 Melbourne Sports Centres – MSAC

Australia 24.10.19

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TYPE OF RECORD COURSE MALE FEMALE TOTALWorld Record Long 1 (=WR) 1 2

World Para Swimming World Records* Long 4 -

Junior World Records Long - - -

Commonwealth Long 4 5 9

Australian Long 4 6 10

Australian All Comers Long 2 1 3

Australian Club Relay Long 2 0 2

World Record Short - 2 2

World Para Swimming World Records* Short 5 4 9

Commonwealth Short - 5 5

Australian Short - 5 5

Australian All Comers Short 1 0 1

AUSTRALIA AGE Long 7 15 22

Australian All Comers Age Long 3 7 10

Australian Age Club Relay Long 1 2 3

Total 27 53 80

*World Para Swimming World Records set at Australian Championship Events

SUMMARY OF RECORDS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA AND OVERSEAS

Swimming Australia and the Australian Dolphins swim team were deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Dolphin Kenneth To in March this year, at the age of 26.

Kenny was raised in Australia since the age of two, and was a member of the Dolphins swim team (Swimmer No. 705) from 2010 until 2016. He trained with Matt Brown at Trinity Grammar in Sydney, before returning to Hong Kong in 2017, to represent his country of birth.

After recording six medals – including a gold – at the Youth Olympics in 2010, To successfully competed in two World Championships in 2011 and 2013, claiming a silver medal in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay in Barcelona. He was also a member of the 2014 Commonwealth Games team, crowned the men’s overall winner of FINA’s World Cup in 2012 with 195 points and holds 16 Hong Kong swimming records.

Kenny was a much loved member of the Australian swim team known for his determined spirit, wide smile and warm personality. He is greatly missed.

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Swimming Australia congratulates and thanks its

athletes, coaches, technical officials, volunteers,

members, Member Organisations, valued partners,

fans and staff on a big 2019.

As we turn our attention to Tokyo, we are grateful

for the enormous swimming tribe across the

country that make this sport Australia’s most

successful Olympic sport. We look forward to 2020

with anticipation and excitement.