St Peters Western has won a record tenth straight Championship pointscore win after nine days of exciting racing at the 2024 Australian Age and MC Championships on the Gold Coast.
Under newly appointed Age coach Cameron Gledhill and his team of coaches, the SPW group amassed a total of 2,338 points with fellow Queensland club, the Rackley Swim Team a strong second (1658 points) and Nunawading, VIC (1514) third.
Other Queensland clubs in the Top 20 were Bond (1327) 5th, Nudgee College (1162) 8th, Churchie (1022) 9th, Somerville House (914) 12th, St Andrews (909) 13th, Sunshine Coast Grammar and Chandler (866) =14th, Brisbane Grammar (831) 18th and Griffith University (826) 19th.
2024 Australian Age Championship Club Pointscore
1 St Peters Western (QLD) 2,338
2 Rackley (QLD) 1,658
3 Nunawading (VIC)1,514
4 Knox Pymble (NSW) 1,416
5 Bond (QLD) 1,327
6 SOPAC (NSW) 1,314
7 Carlile (NSW) 1,263
8 Nudgee College (QLD) 1,162
9 Churchie (QLD) 1,022
10 Warringah (NSW) 995
11 Caulfield (VIC) 925
12 Somerville House (QLD) 914
13 St Andrew's (QLD) 909
14 Sunshine Coast Grammar (QLD) 866
14 Chandler (QLD) 866
16 MLC Aquatic (VIC) 865
17 Marion (SA) 852
18 Brisbane Grammar (QLD) 831
19 Griffith University (QLD) 828
20 Trinity Grammar (NSW) 826
Swimming Queensland’s Director of Coaching Drew McGregor praised his coaches, the swimmers and the clubs.
“There were some great performances by all the Queensland athletes and coaches,” said McGregor.
“Congratulations to the St Peters club for winning the Age club score for a record time, and the Helensvale club (Head Coach Jon Cook) for again winning the Multi Class points score.”
“The Queensland athletes and clubs were dominant throughout the Championships winning 89 Gold, 92 Silver and 71 Bronze medals, with nearly 600 finalists, winning 49.4% of all medals.”
Leading the way individually were Jaclyn Barclay (St Peters Western, Coach Cameron Gledhill) and Flynn Southam (Bond, Coach Chris Mooney) with some outstanding results.
A dominant force in recent Age Championships Barclay again showed her full potential winning the 17 years backstroke treble over 50, 100 and 200m.
The 50m in 28.87, the 100 in 1.00.19 and the 200m in 2:09.09 in a perfect performance as the 17-year-old rising star and World Junior gold and World Championship silver medallist prepares for the Olympic Trials in Brisbane in June.
Southam opened his campaign winning the 18 years 400m freestyle in 3:52.13, adding the 200m freestyle in 1:46.43, before a back spasm forced him out of the 50m final, and then returning to win the 100m in 48.94.
Read Ian Hanson’s Top Ten takeaways here
