Swimming Queensland has a proud history of athletes and coaches that have progressed through our Development Program, going on to represent Australia at both Youth and Open-level international events.
Over the years the program has evolved, and more recently has been designed to align with Swimming Queensland's Long Term Athlete Development philosophy, as well as the Australian Sports Commission and Swimming Australia's FTEM (Foundation – Talent – Elite – Mastery) framework.
Each year, eligible athletes and coaches are notified of their selection for an upcoming team or as a member of our Swimming Queensland McDonald’s Development Squads. Below you’ll find a list of current and previous Swimming Queensland McDonald’s Development Squad and Queensland Team members.
After being selected, throughout the season, there will be different teams, camps, workshops or clinics that provide the appropriate level of development and educational support required to progress along the pathway. Where relevant, squad and team members will be given the opportunity to attend.
- Our Pathway
- 2020/2021 Swimming Queensland McDonald’s Development Squads
- 2020/2021 Swimming Queensland McDonald’s Development Squad Qualifying Times
- State Teams Championships
- Aged 13 to 17 years
- S6 to S14 classification
- up to 2 Male and 2 Female
- Previous McDonald's Queensland Development Squads
- Previous Queensland Teams
- Open Water World Cup
- State Teams Championships
- Open Water World Cup
- State Teams Championships
- Swimming Australia Grand Prix
- State Teams Short Course
- World Cup Tour
- NSW Open Water Championships
- Japan Open
- State Teams Short Course
- NSW Open Water Championships
- State Teams Short Course
- NSW Open Water Championships
- US Open
- State Teams Short Course
- NSW Open Water Championships
Below are the 2020/2021 SQ McDonald's Development Squad members for each region. Select your Region below to view this year's squad members:
The 2020/2021 Swimming Queensland McDonald's Development Squads will be selected based performances from 1 May 2019 to 30 April 2020. Please find below Squad Qualifying times:
Squad Qualifying Times - Able Body Swimmers
*Please note, Target, Gold and Silver Squads have two separate qualifying times. One set of qualifying times for the period 1 May 2019 to 31 August 2019 and another set of qualifying times from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020. Please click here for the qualifying times from 1 May to 31 August 2019.
Squad Qualifying Times - Para Swimmers (1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2020)
Squad Qualifying Times - Para Swimmers (1 Jan 2019 to 31 Dec 2019)
Please refer to the notes on the qualifying times documents for further information regarding qualifying periods.
Each year the State Teams Championships are held at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra. This event is a team-based competition, in which representatives from each State go head-to-head in a variety of individual and relay events to score points for their State.
Each State Association is responsible for selecting, entering, coaching and managing their respective team. Teams may incorporate a maximum of 40 swimmers, divided into two age groups* (14/15 years and 16/17 years for males and 13/14 and 15/16 for females), with no more than 10 males and 10 females in each age group.
Since its inception in 2009, Queensland has been undefeated in this event and we are very proud of this historic statistic, and as such, to represent Queensland on this team is a huge honor. The selection criteria and process are outlined in this document.
Swimming Queensland run a number of preparation activities for State Teams Championships each year, which are detailed in our Development Program booklet.
You will be contacted directly if you are selected to attend any of these activities.
2020 State Teams - Important Update here.
2019 Team List
The 2019 Queensland Team has been selected with the full list of athletes and coaches available here. Congratulations to all who have been selected and best of luck at the Championships!
*Age is calculated as at the first day of the Championships
2019 Queensland Team Eligibility
Swimming Queensland are proud to announce that we will be piloting the inclusion of Para athletes on the 2019 Queensland Team that will compete at the 2019 State Teams Championships. Swimming Queensland are very proud of the success of Queensland swimmers and coaches over the past 10 years and this is a wonderful opportunity take part in this prestigious meet.
Para athletes are required to meet the below criteria to be eligible for selection:
Para athletes must be able to travel independently as part of the team (with no parents/guardian/carer)
Para Dolphins are not eligible to participate (i.e. those with a Swimming Australia pin number)
For additional criteria details please see below:
2019/2020
2018/2019
2017/2018
2016/2017
2015/2016
2014/2015
