29 Jul 2010

Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic swimmer Peter Leek (S8 classification) has set three new world records in winning the 200 metres individual medley, 50 metres freestyle and 100 metres butterfly events at the Australian Short Course Championships held in Brisbane from 14 to 18 July.

Leek set his first world record on the second day of competition in the 200 metres individual medley, recording a time of 2 minutes 17.6 seconds.

On the following day, he won the 50 metres freestyle in 26.09 seconds then, on the final day of competition, he went on to collect his third world record in the 100 metres butterfly in 59.91 seconds.

AIS team-mate Matthew Cowdrey won the 200 metres individual medley, setting the fourth world record time of 2 minutes 0969 seconds.

Leek and Cowdrey train under AIS/Paralympic High Performance Swim program head coach Graeme Carroll in Canberra, where they have access to the Institute’s leading sports science expertise and state-of-the-art training facilities.

Since their success in Brisbane, they have been taking part in a national training camp in Cairns to prepare for the International Paralympic Committee Swimming Championships in Eindhoven in the Netherlands, which runs from 15 to 21 August.

AIS Paralympic athletes at the Australian Short Course Championships

Men:

• Peter Leek (S8): gold (200 metres individual medley, 50 metres freestyle and 100 metres butterfly)

• Matthew Cowdrey (S9): gold (200 metres individual medley)

• Jay Dohnt (S6): bronze (50 metres backstroke)

Women:

• Ellie Cole (S9): silver (100 metres backstroke) and bronze (100 and 200 metres individual medley)

• Teigan Van Roosmalen (S13): bronze (100 metres butterfly and freestyle)