The 2022 Hancock Prospecting Short Course State Championship was held once again at HBF Stadium and took course over three days, Friday 5 to Sunday 7 of August.
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Let’s get into the highlights of the 2022 Hancock Prospecting Short Course State Championships.
Congratulations to our top achievers of the meet!
- Alyssa Burgess, from Arena Swim Club, is the top ranked female athlete of the meet, achieving ten personal best times.
- Jemma Apps, from UWA West Coast, is the second ranked female athlete of the meet, achieving eight personal best times.
- Emma Stewart, from Arena Swim Club, is the third ranked female athlete of the meet, achieving nine personal best times.
- Rhiannon Dunning, from Perth City Swimming Club, is the fourth ranked female athlete of the meet, achieving seven personal best times.
- Maeve McKenna, from St Hilda’s Swim Club, is the fifth ranked female athlete of the meet, achieving nine personal best times. McKenna has already entered four events for the Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney and will be competing at the end of the month.
- Braden Fyneman, from UWA West Coast Swimming Club, is the top ranked male athlete of the meet, achieving seven personal best times. The 15-year-old has already entered three events for the 2022 Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney. The long-distance champ will be racing the Men’s 1500m, 800m freestyle and the Men’s 400m Individual Medley.
- Allen Maynard, from South Shore Swimming Club, is the second ranked male athlete of the meet, achieving eight personal best times.
- Oliver Bridgman, from Breakers Swim Club, is the third ranked male athlete of the meet, achieving seven personal best times.
- Javier Marginet, from UWA West Coast Swimming Club, is the fourth ranked male athlete of the meet, achieving seven personal best times.
- Thomas Dreverman, from South Shore Swimming Club, is the fifth ranked male athlete of the meet, achieving ten personal best times.
Gold Medal Hauls
Abbie Loraine | 14-year-old | Highlanders | 5 Gold Medals
Alice Massey | 13-year-old | UWA West Coast | 7 Gold Medals
Alyssa Burgess | 19-year-old | Arena | 6 Gold Medals
Adriano Todoro | 18-year-old | UWA West Coast | 3 Gold Medals
Brielle Krispyn | 16-year-old | Manjimup Marlins | 4 Gold Medals
Harrison Farmer | 17-year-old | Central Aquatic | 3 Gold Medals
Crystal Edwards | 18-year-old | Scarborough Beach | 3 Gold Medals
Damian Badenhorst | 18-year-old | Rockingham | 3 Gold Medals
Hayden Ferguson | 16-years-old | Southlake Dolphins | 6 Gold Medals
Inez Miller | 15-year-old | St Hildas | 4 Gold Medals
Javier Marginet | 14-years-old | UWA West Coast | 4 Gold Medals
Jordan Berryman S14 | 16-year-old | UWA West Coast | 5 Gold Medals
Johann Szymanski | 17-year-old | Highlanders | 3 Gold Medals
Kyle Lee | 20-year-old | North Coast | 6 Gold Medals
Luciana Taraborrelli | 13-year-old | St Hildas | 4 Gold Medals
Lucas Wilson | 18-year-old | UWA West Coast | 4 Gold Medals
Samantha Macfarlane | 18-year-old | Breakers | 4 Gold Medals
Sienna Pitt | 13-year-old | Southlake Dolphins | 3 Gold Medals
Sam Coveney | 15-year-old | UWA West Coast | 4 Gold Medals
Taine Williams | 14-year-old | Kwinana | 4 Gold Medals
Talara-Jade Dixon | 25-year-old | St Hildas | 5 Gold Medals
Thomas Prowton | 16-year-old | Arena | 3 Gold Medals
Tex Cross | 15-year-old | Highlanders | 3 Gold Medals
Tom Wyatt | 17-year-old | Arena | 3 Gold Medals
Clubs
Well done to all 42 swim clubs who competed. The top three clubs of the meet were Scarborough Beach Swimming Club coming third place with 428 points, St Hildas Swim Club ranked second with 554 points and UWA West Coast Swimming Club comes out on top with a total of 1,115 points.
UWA West Coast Swimming Club took home the top metro club and Peel Aquatic won top country club of the short course meet.
To view all the points and rankings from the clubs, Click here.
Our Sponsors
Our Principal Partner, Hancock Prospecting, has been supporting swimming in WA for 30 years and is proud to support Swimming WA in ensuring swimming is an essential part of the Western Australia way of life.
Swimming WA is a proud supporter of the Fuel to Go & Play message and promoting a healthy lifestyle with the support of Healthway. Club’s all over the state are continuing to improve their nutrition as we move towards a healthier future. Don’t forget, to be your best in the pool, fuel up with fruit, water, and vegetables!
Thanks to Aqua Technics, WA’s premier fiberglass swimming pool company for proudly supporting Swimming WA events and swimmers, along with the WA State Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
Huge thanks to our valued media partner, Nova 93.7, for their continued support of Swimming WA and to the team at New Town Toyota for keeping us on the road by supplying Swimming WA with the best vehicles! To know more about how to get the best New Town Toyota deal, please contact Swimming WA and we’ll put you in touch and ensure the best deal possible.
A big shoutout to SportsCentre and SwimTek for being at the meet all weekend to provide the swimmers with merchandise and swimwear. We also need to thank BG Agencies, longstanding provider of Swimming WA medals and trophies. The WA-shaped medals they provide look fantastic.
A huge congratulations to all 505 swimmers and 42 clubs who competed. To all our volunteers and technical officials, we could not run events like this without your hard work and dedication.
We want to recognise our sponsors listed above, who were the backbone for successfully running the 2022 Hancock Prospecting WA Short Course Championships.
