Gold Coast Swim Squad Members off to the Games

09-06-2010

Belgravia Leisure has once again demonstrated our support of elite swimming at the Centres we manage via the success experienced by our squad program at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Competing for the Centre and for Southport Swim Club at the recent Telstra Australian Open Championships Leiston Pickett, Nick Frost and Brenton Rickard all earned their place on this year’s Australian Commonwealth Games team to be held in Delhi in October. In addition, the swimmers will also head overseas in August to compete at the Pan Pacific Games in California.
In what Head Coach Glenn Baker described as a dream week of racing Leiston Pickett, a member of Southport Swim Club for the past four years, finished 2nd in the 50m Breaststroke behind Leisel Jones and will make her team debut.  
Nick Frost who joined Southport Swim Club in November last year, led the 200m Freestyle from start to finish in 1:47.50 claiming his first Australian title in an exciting race which was divided by just 1.3sec from 1st to 7th .  Nick will compete in the 200m plus will also be a part of the 4 x 200m Freestyle relay. 
Beijing Olympic silver medalist and current world record holder Brenton Rickard, who is also a recent arrival to the Belgravia managed Gold Coast Aquatic Centre added the 200m breaststroke to his 2010 collection, with a clean sweep in the 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke events. Brenton recorded the fastest 200m (2:09.31) time post the recent swim suit controversy.  At the Games later this year Brenton will contest the 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke along with the 4 x 100IM Relay.  
Under the supervision of head coach Glenn Baker and with the on-going support of Belgravia Leisure the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre elite squad program are going from strength to strength. Congratulations to Glenn and his swimmers and we wish them all the best at these upcoming international meets.

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