Summer Swim Series this weekend
Swimming Australia’s inaugural Summer Swim Series at North Sydney Pool will be held this Saturday and Sunday and is all about racing and rivalries.
In all, 56 swimmers will compete at the Summer Swim Series on January 29-30 at North Sydney Pool from 4.30pm, with teams competing for prize money and the glory of being crowned 2011 Champions.
Tickets for the Summer Swim Series are only $10 and available from www.foxtix.com.au or 1300 356 268
Best of luck to Swimming Australia and all the competing swimmers on what should be a very exciting weekend for the sport.
The 2011 Summer Swim Series – North Sydney Pool, January 29-30
- Four teams of 14 Australian swimmers will compete over two days across 68 events
- Teams will compete for prize money, with cumulative time being used to decide the winner
- The team with the least amount of cumulative time will be the winner at the end of 68th event, a mixed medley relay
- Teams will be captained by swimming greats, Olympians Linley Frame, Michael Klim, Susie O’Neill and Matt Welsh
- All swimmers will wear traditional speedo swimwear – briefs for men, and bathers for women
- Each team will have two coaches
- The program of events will consist of 50 and 100m races in all strokes, a 200m freestyle and mystery medley, and men’s, women’s and mixed relays
More information can be found at www.swimming.org.au/.
2011 Summer Swim Series – Teams
TEAM FRAME (Pink) – Captained by former world champion Linley Frame
Libby Trickett, Alice Mills, Kylie Palmer, Sophie Edington, Rebecca Kemp, Ellen Fullerton, Katie Goldman, Matthew Abood, Kyle Richardson, Kenrick Monk, Bobby Jovanovich, Nicholas Schafer, Geoff Huegill, Kenneth To, Ian Pope (Coach), Glenn Baker (Coach)
TEAM O’NEILL (Yellow) – Captained by dual Olympic gold medallist Susie O’Neill
Marieke Guehrer, Kelly Stubbins, Bronte Barratt, Grace Loh, Sarah Katsoulis, Mikkayla Maselli-Sheridan, Emma McKeon, Nicholas Ffrost, Daniel Arnamnart, Christian Sprenger, Andrew Lauterstein, Travis Nederpelt, Kris Taylor, Te Haumi Maxwell, Peter Bishop (Coach), Stephan Widmer (Coach)
TEAM KLIM (Green) – Captain by dual Olympic gold medallist Michael Klim
Sally Foster, Emily Seebohm, Blair Evans, Whitney Ireland, Leiston Pickett, Madeline Groves, Brittany Elmslie, Eamon Sullivan, Patrick Murphy, Braiden Camm, Brenton Rickard, Mitchell Patterson, Grant Irvine, Leith Brodie, Matt Brown (Coach) Grant Stoelwinder (Coach)
TEAM WELSH (Blue) – Captained by five-time world champion Matt Welsh
Alexandra Purcell, Kotuku Ngawati, Meagen Nay, Belinda Hocking, Leisel Jones, Stephanie Rice, Angie Bainbridge, Ashley Callus, James Magnussen, Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Ashley Delaney, Craig Calder, Chris Wright, Robert Hurley, Rohan Taylor (Coach), Michael Bohl (Coach)
