25 September 2008
Australia’s stars of the future were named today when Australian swimming unveiled its two major youth squads for the 2009 season. The naming of the Junior Pan Pacific team and the Australian Youth Olympic Festival team will feature a total of 59 athletes, of which NSWIS will contribute 17 athletes to the two teams.
National Short Course medallist Jared Goldthorpe will spear head the Junior Pan Pacific team. The team will travel to Guam in January where they will take on several pacific nations. While the Australian Youth Olympic Festival team will compete in Sydney, where Kenneth To will be looking to add more medals to his successful Australian Age Championships.
List of NSWIS selected athletes below:
Junior Pan Pacific Championships – 2009
Male: Christopher Ashwood (SOPAC, NSW), Thomas Fraser-Holmes (Hunter, NSW), Jared Goldthorpe (Bayside, NSW), Alex Kelshaw (Blacktown City, NSW), Lachlan Staples (Kingswim, NSW)
Female: Samantha Marshall (Cook & Phillip, NSW)
Australian Youth Olympic Festival – 2009
Male: Phil Butcher (Lane Cove, NSW), Alex Gohari (SOPAC, NSW), Harrison Pullinger (SOPAC, NSW), Kenneth To (Trinity, NSW), Daniel Tranter (Liverpool, NSW), Dylan Wyatt (Bankstown, NSW)
Female: Jessica Ashwood (SOPAC, NSW), Jessica Legge (Novcastrian, NSW), Nicole Mee (Uni Swim, NSW), Kacey Pilgrim (Bankstown, NSW), Caitlin Sinclair (MLC Marlins, NSW)