Swimming Achievements
Achievements and highlights
The AIS Swimming program has made an important contribution to Australia’s international results. Scholarship holders have included Michael Klim, Petria Thomas, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby, Daniel Kowalski, Matthew Dunn, Nicole Stevenson, Linley Frame, Justin Norris and Lisa Curry–Kenny. The program continues to develop quality athletes who achieve significant results at major international events.
2008
For the first time in Olympic history, the Australian Team won a medal in all six relay events. Further, the Women’s 4x100m Medley relay became the first Australian relay team to successfully defend their Olympic title. AIS athletes were members of all six relay teams.
- 11 of 14 AIS swimmers won medals 78% (4/10 in Athens 40%).
- 7 medals won by AIS swimmers (5 in Athens)
- 14 medals won by AIS swimmers counting individual relay positions (7 in Athens).
- 6 of 12 AIS individual performances made finals 50% (3/12 in Athens 25%).
- 5 of 8 AIS individual athletes made finals 63% (2/8 in Athens 25%)
1 World Record
6 Commonwealth Records
8 Australian Records
Results
GOLD: Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:44.31
Linda Mackenzie
Felicity Galvez - Heat
Angie Bainbridge – Heat
GOLD: Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay 3:52.69
Tarnee White - Heat
Felicity Galvez - Heat
SILVER: Brenton Rickard Men’s 200m Breastroke 2:08.88
SILVER: Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay 3:30.04
Brenton Rickard
Ashley Delaney – Heat
Adam Pine - Heat
BRONZE: Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:04.98
Patrick Murphy
Nick Ffrost
Kirk Palmer – Heat
BRONZE: Alice Mills Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:35.08
BRONZE: Patrick Murphy Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 3:09.91
5th Brenton Rickard - Men’s 100m Breaststroke 59.74
5th Ashley Delaney - Men’s 100m Backstroke 53.31
5th Alicia Coutts - Women’s 200m Individual Medley 2:11.43
6th Tarnee White - Women’s 100m Breaststroke 1:07.63
8th Belinda Hocking – Women’s 200m Backstroke 2:10.12
9th Sally Foster - Women’s 200m Breastroke 2:26.33
10th Ashley Delaney - Men’s 200m Backstroke 1:57.73
10th Linda Mackenzie - Women’s 400m Freestyle 4:05.91
12th Linda Mackenzie - Women’s 200m Freestyle 1:58.19
12th Linda Mackenzie - Women’s 200m Freestyle 1:58.19
17th Adam Pine - Men’s 100m Butterfly 52.07
World Record: Linda Mackenzie Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Commonwealth Record: Linda Mackenzie Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Commonwealth Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 100m Breaststroke 59.65
Commonwealth Record: Patrick Murphy Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:12.41
Commonwealth Record: Alice Mills Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:35.08
Commonwealth Record: Ashley Delaney, Adam Pine Men’s 4x100m Medley Heat 3:32.76
Commonwealth Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 4x100m Medley 3:30.04
Australian Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 100m Breaststroke 59.65
Australian Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 100m Breaststroke 59.89
Australian Record: Patrick Murphy Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:12.41
Australian Record: Alice Mills Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:35.08
Australian Record: Linda Mackenzie Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Australian Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 200m Breastroke 2:08.88
Australian Record: Ashley Delaney, Adam Pine Men’s 4x100m Medley Heat 3:32.76
Australian Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 4x100m Medley 3:30.04
2006
2006 Speedo AIS International Results
World Short Course Championships Shanghai 5-9 April
Commonwealth Games Results - March 2006, Melbourne
Commonwealth Games Trials, 30 January - 4 February, Melbourne
2005
Australian Short Course Champs/ World Short Course Trials, 7th – 11th August, Melbourne
World Championships, 17th – 31st July, Montreal Canada
• Jade Edmistone
- Gold 50 Breast 30.45 (World Record)
• Jodie Henry Gold 100 Freestyle 54.18
- Gold 4x100 Freestyle Relay 3.37.32 (Championship Record)
• Linda Mackenzie
- Silver 4x200 Freestyle Relay 7.54.06
• Alice Mills
- Gold 4x100 Freestyle Relay 3.37.32 (Championship Record)
Australian Swimming Champs/World Champ Trials, 12th – 19th March, Sydney
• Andrew Burns
- Silver 200 Back 2.00.68
• Jade Edmistone
- Gold 50 Breast 31.02 (Australian Record – Semi Final – 30.74)
• Felicity Galvez
- Silver 200 Fly 2.09.30
• Jodie Henry
- Silver 100 Freestyle 54.18
- Bronze 50 Freestyle 24.95
• Josh Krogh
- Bronze 200 Fly 2.00.35
• Linda Mackenzie
- Gold 400 Freestyle 4.09.39
- Gold 200 Freestyle 1.58.70
- Silver 800 Freestyle 8.35.07
• Alice Mills
- Gold 50 Freestyle 24.49 (Commonwealth Record)
- Gold 100 Freestyle 53.96
- Silver 50 Fly 26.68
- Bronze 100 Fly 58.72
• Sarah Paton
- Gold 1500 Freestyle 16.17.20
- Bronze 400 IM 4.52.31
• Adam Pine
- Bronze 100 Fly 53.62
• Andrew Richards
- Silver 100 Fly 53.52
- Silver 200 Fly 1.57.48
• Mark Riley
- Silver 50 Breast 28.08
• Brenton Rickard
- Gold 100 Breast 1.00.64 (Australian Record)
- Gold 50 Breast 28.02
- Silver 200 Breast 2.12.72
• Josh Taylor
- Silver 50 Fly 24.38
• Tarnee White
- Bronze 100 Breast 1.08.11
- Bronze 50 Breast 31.13
• Stephanie Williams
- Silver 1500 Freestyle 16.23.62
- Bronze 800 Freestyle 8.37.02
2004
Ten AIS swimmers were selected to the Australian Swimming Team to compete at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, they are: Petria Thomas, Justin Norris, Sarah Ryan, Regan Hartrison, Linda MacKenzie, Craig Stevens, Antony Matkovich, Sarah Paton, Fran Adcock, Adam Pine.
World Cup - Stockholm, 13-14 Jan o4
- Petria Thomas - 200m Fly : 1st - 2:08.16;
50m Fly : 3rd - 26.07 (C’wealth & Aust. record
100m Freestyle : 3rd - 54.15 (PB) - Adam Pine - 100m Fly : 4th - 52.40
World Cup - Berlin, 17-18 Jan 04
- Day 1.
Petria Thomas - 100m Fly : 3rd - 57.16
Adam Pine - 50m Fly: 5th - 23.78 - Day 2.
Petria Thomas - 50m Fly : 1st - 26.06 (C’wealth and Aus. Record);
200m Fly : 2nd - 2:05.68.
Adam Pine - 100m Fly : 5th - 52.22
Aust. Swimming Champs/Olympic Selection Trials - 27 March - 3 April 04
- Petria Thomas 4 Commonwealth and Australian Records
Gold 200m Fly 2:06.79
Gold 100m Fly 57.36 Aust. Record
Gold 50m Fly 26.29 Aust. Record
Silver 200m Freestyle 1:58.56 - Linda MacKenzie Gold 200m Freestyle 1:58.52
Gold 400m Freestyle 4:09.23
Gold 800m Freestyle 8:32.13 - Justin Norris 1 Commonwealth and Australian Record
Gold 200m Fly 1:56.25
Gold 200m IM 2:00.41
Gold 400m IM 4:15.20
Bronze 100m Fly 53.44 - Craig Stevens Silver 400m Freestyle 3:48.08
Silver 1500m Freestyle 15:01.64 - Sarah Paton Silver 800m Freestyle 8:34.70
Bronze 400m Freestyle 4:13.63 - Fran Adcock Silver 200m Back 2:13.48
- Regan Harrison Silver 200m Brst 1:01.93
Silver 200m Brst 2:13.47 - Adam Pine Silver 100m Brst 53.26
- Karina Leane Bronze 200m Back 2:14.46
- Jade Edmistone Silver 50m Brst 31.49
Bronze 100m Brst 1:09.10 - Mark Riley Silver 50m Brst 28.30
Bronze100m Brst 1:02.05 - Joshua Krogh Bronze 400m Freestyle 3:51.77
Bronze 200 Fly 1:58.88 - Grant McGregor Bronze 200m IM 2:02.15
2003
The following athletes were selected on the Australian Team to compete at the 2003 World Championships in Moscow - Fran Adcock, Linda MacKenzie, Sarah Paton, Heidi Crawford, Antony Matkovich, Adam Pine, Regan Harrison, Justin Norris, Trent Steed, Craig Stevens.
Results from the championships were: Craig Stevens - Gold 4x200 Freestyle Relay; Linda MacKenzie - Silver 4x200 Freestyle Relay.
Jade Edmistone and Joshua Taylor attended the World University Games in Korea. Jade won a silver medal in the 50m Breaststroke, Jade's heat time of 33.68 was the 3rd fastest Australian performance.
Results from the World Cup in Melbourne in 2003 were as follows:
- Petria Thomas 1st 50m Butterfly 26.20 Aust. & C’wealth Rec.
1st 100m Butterfly 57.27
1st 200m Butterfly 2:06.71
2nd 100m Freestyle 54.21
3rd 200m Freestyle 1:56.21 - Mark Riley 2nd 50m Breaststroke 27.41
- Josh Taylor 3rd 50m Butterfly 23.51
- Adam Pine 3rd 100m Butterfly 51.95
- Andrew Richards 3rd 200 Butterfly 1:56.12
- Justin Norris 2nd 200m Butterfly 1:54.16
- Craig Stevens 3rd 400m Freestyle 3:43.62
- Linda MacKenzie 2nd 8000m Freestyle 8:29.69
- Antony Matkovich 2nd 200m Freestyle 1:46.57
2002
Scholarship holders had the following results at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games:
- Petria Thomas — five gold, one silver, one bronze
- Justin Norris — three gold
- Sarah Ryan — one gold
- Adam Pine — one gold (heat swim), one bronze
- Nicole Irving — one silver
- Craig Stevens — one bronze.
At the 2002 World Short Course Championships in Moscow, athletes continued their medal-winning form with the following results:
- Petria Thomas — one gold, four silver
- Adam Pine — three silver
- Justin Norris — one silver
- Ray Hass — one silver
- Antony Matkovich — one silver
- Lori Munz — one silver
- Sarah Ryan — one silver.
The 2002 Pan Pacific Championships also saw exceptional results that included:
- Petria Thomas — four gold, one silver
- Craig Stevens — one gold
- Sarah Ryan — one gold.
Athletes that the AIS Swimming program has helped develop include:
Nicole Stevenson
- won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games
- set a world short course record in the 200m backstroke in Melbourne in 1992
- is the only Australian swimmer to have competed in six successive Pan Pacific Championships.
Linley Frame — won gold and silver medals in the 100m and 200m breaststroke, respectively, and a silver medal in the 4 x 100m medley relay, at the 1991 world championships in Perth.
Lisa Curry-Kenny — won three gold medals at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
Rob Woodhouse — won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 1984 Seoul Olympics.
Susie Woodhouse — won gold medals in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the 1983 World Student Games.
Michele Pearson — won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley in the 1984 Olympic Games.
Mark Stockwell — won a silver medal in the 100m freestyle and the 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Olympic Games.
Martin ‘Marty’ Roberts
- considered an all-rounder, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games he won gold medals in the 200m freestyle and 4 x 200m freestyle relay, a silver medal in the 200m butterfly and a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley
- won two gold medals at the 1993 World University Games.
Matthew Dunn
- won gold medals in the 200m and 400m individual medley at the 1993 Pan Pacific Championships
- was named male swimmer of the meet after winning both the 200m and 400m individual medley as well as a gold and a silver medal in relays, at the 1995 World Short Course Championships; in the process he broke two Commonwealth records
- won three more medals at the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships
- finalist in both the 200m and 400m individual medley at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
- won gold medals 200m individual medley, 4 x 200m freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- won gold in the 200m individual medley and the 400m individual medley at the 1997 and 1999 World Short Course Championships
- won a gold medal in the 400m individual medley at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships
Scott Miller
- won a gold medal in the 100m butterfly and was a member of the gold medal 4 x 100m medley relay team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- won gold medals in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships.
- won a silver medal in the 100m butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was a member of the bronze-medal winning 4 x 100m medley relay team
Petria Thomas
- gold medallist in the 100m butterfly at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- silver medallist in the 200m butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
- won gold in the 100m (twice) and 200m butterfly, silver in the 50m and 200m butterfly on the World Cup tour in 1996
- won silver medals in the 200m butterfly and the 4 x 100m medley relay, and bronze medals in the 100m butterfly and 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 1998 world championships in Perth
- won gold medalls 100m butterfly, 4 x 100 medley, silver medal 200m butterfly at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- won silver medals in 200m butterfly and the 4 x 100m medley relay at the 1999 World Short Course Championships
- won silver medals 4 x 100m medley, 4 x 200m freestyle, bronze 200m butterfly at 2000 Olympic Games
Michael Klim
- won a silver medal in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships
- won four medals at the 1995 World Short Course Championships
- member of the bronze-medal winning 4 x 100m medley relay team at the Atlanta Olympics
- set a world record for the 100m butterfly at the 1997 Australian championships in Brisbane
- ranked number 1 in the world in the 200m freestyle during 1996 and 1997
- won another two bronze medals at the 1997 World Short Course Championships
- voted Swimming World magazine’s men’s world swimmer of the year for 1997
- won four gold (200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4 x 200m freestyle relay and 4 x 100m medley relay); 1 silver (100m freestyle), and 1 bronze (50m freestyle) at the 1998 world championships in Perth
- won gold medals 100m freestyle, 4 x 100m freestyle, 4 x 200m freestyle, 4 x 100m medley, silver medal 200m freestyle, bronze medal 50m freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- won silver medals in the 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly, and gold medals in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay and the 4 x 100m medley relay (in world record time) at the 1999 World Short Course Championships
- won gold medals 100m butterfly and the 100m freestyle, a silver medal in the 200m freestyle, and gold medals in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay (world record) at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships
- won gold medals 4 x 100m freestyle and 4 x 200m freestyle, silver medals 100m butterfly, 4 x 100m medley at 2000 Olympic Games.
Scott Goodman
- became the first Tasmanian to win a world swimming title when he won the 200m butterfly at the 1995 World Short Course Championships
- won a silver medal in the 200m butterfly at the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships
- won the bronze medal in the200m butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
Phil Rogers
- won a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
- won both the 100m and 200m breaststroke and also a silver medal in the 4 x 100m medley relay at the 1993 Pan Pacific Championships.
- won silver medal 100m breaststoke at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- won the gold medal in the 200m breaststroke in the 1999 World Short Course Championships
Todd Pearson
- won gold medals 4 x 100m freestyle, 4 x 200m freestyle at 2000 Olympic Games
William Kirby
- won silver medal 200m butterfly, bronze medal 100m butterfly at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- gold medal 4 x 200m freestyle at the 2000 Olympic Games
Adam Pine
- won silver medal 100m butterfly at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- won gold medal 4 x 100m freestyle , silver medal 4 x 100m medley at the 2000 Olympic Games
Regan Harrison
- won silver medal 4 x 100m medley at the 2000 Olympic Games
Sarah Ryan
- won gold medal 4 x 100m freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- won silver medal 4 x 100m medley at the 2000 Olympic Games
Justin Norris
- won a bronze medal 200m butterfly at the 2000 Olympic Games
