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The Western Sprint Academy welcomes new sponsors FINIS and Aqua Shop!

FINIS is one of the leading swim equipment producers going around. FINIS have a range products from racing suits, caps and goggles to a various amount of training aids, which give our swimmers an extra edge over the competition.

Aqua Shop is Australia’s largest stockist of FINIS and other brands such as Speedo Fastskins, Aquablades and LANE 4. Aqua Shop is a true Aquatic Specialist carrying over 8000 associate product lines, and a customer sales service to match.

We thoroughly recommend FINIS and Aqua Shop, for great deals and products please visit:

http://www.aquashop.com.au

Western Sprint Academy welcomes new sponsors Smash Enterprises.

Smash Enterprises started in 1999, in the small confines of a kitchen in the outskirts of Melbourne. They have established themselves in the Australian marketplace as a brand that delivers high quality, functional products. Fundamentally, Smash Enterprises focus has been to deliver funky and stylish looking products.

Smash Enterprises Supplies Western Sprint Academy with high quality, funky looking, non-chemical leaking drink bottles.

Western Sprint Academy thoroughly recommends Smash Enterprises.

http://www.smashenterprises.com.au 

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OUR NATIONALS EXPERIENCE by Corey McIntosh & Kim Valas

Corey McIntosh

Western Sprint Academy would like to welcome Corey McIntosh to the team under a Silver scholarship. You can view this young athlete's profile here: Corey McIntosh

Kenneth Bower

Western Sprint Academy would like to welcome Kenneth Bower to the team. You can view his full profile here: Kenneth Bower

Western Sprint Academy athletes Steve Neuwert and Matt Lenton with Australian head coach Alan Thompson at the Daejeon Aquatic centre.

Western Sprint Academy captains, Matt Lenton and Steve Neuwert made Academy history over the last 2 weeks by competing in the ‘Skins’ event and two World Cup meets, in Sydney and Daejeon, Korea.

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Steve Neuwert, one of the two
representing WSA in the World Cup

Two Western Sprint Academy members, Steve Neuwert and Matt Lenton have been named in the Australian Team to compete at the World Cup meets in Sydney and Daejon , Korea in November.

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WSA Captain Matt Lenton

Sprint champion Matthew Lenton has a unique claim in Australian Age swimming; winning the same event (50m Freestyle) at five consecutive National Age Championships and collecting two Australian Age Records in the process.

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Western Sprint Academy Athletes, Braydon McIntosh, 
Matt Lenton, Steve Neuwert and Aran Bean at the 
State Open/Junior short course championships.

The Western Sprint Academy has produced some outstanding swims at the recent State Open Championships. Braydon McIntosh won Gold in the Men’s 100m butterfly in a fast time of 55.02secs, this was just outside his PB of 54.57secs.  Braydon also shone with a PB 24.96secs in the 50m Butterfly.

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Western Sprint Academy athlete, Steve Neuwert was recently selected on a Telstra dolphin sprint camp to train on the Gold Coast for a week. Being one of the premier sprinter in Australia, Steve was extremely optimistic about the trip. Prior to the camp's commencement, Steve was involved in the Grand Prix, for a hit out with some of the athletes travelling to the upcoming World Championships in Montreal. Swimming 24.07 for the 50m freestyle and 53.04 for 100m freestyle, Steve was looking forward to some serious training and learning new skills.

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Western Sprint Academy’s powerhouse captain Matt Lenton, last night in Brisbane, won his 5^th straight Australian Age 50m Freestyle Championship. No other swimmer has ever won 5 consecutive Australian Age 50m Freestyle titles and Matt becomes the first Western Australian to complete an Australian Age career undefeated in his main event.

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The latest Australian Rankings feature many Western Sprint Academy members. There are 6 WSA Scholarship holders ( Steve Neuwert, Braydon McIntosh, Kim Valas, Ashley Lenton, Matt Lenton and Daniel King) featured in the Australian Rankings and a further 4 WSA Junior Development Swimmers (Kerryan Hoff, Jacinta Whitehouse, Kered Gale and Melissa Taylor) find their way into the list. Junior swimmer Luke Pardini is yet to qualify for the Junior Development Squad, but features many times on the Australian Rankings. In total WSA athletes have recorded 50 swims in this elite company.

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New Western Sprint Academy 

member Aran Bean

Western Sprint Academy members have been busy in recent times, making their mark on the Western Australian All-time Rankings. WSA Athletes feature strongly in the Top 10 swims by any Western Australian, anywhere in the world ever.

WSA have 14 entries into this list long course and 17 entries short course.

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Western Sprint Academy welcomes new sponsors Zest Mirrabooka.

Zest Mirrabooka is fantastic new gym offering a great new way to achieve that level of health and fitness you've always wanted. With Zest Mirrabooka’s helpful staff, skilful trainers and friendly atmosphere, Zest Mirrabooka is a sure place to help with your every health and fitness need.

Please see our sponsorship and donations page to find out more about Zest Mirrabooka's fantastic range of services.

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Matt Lenton at the recent Telstra Australian Championships

The last days of competition for Western Sprint saw Steve Neuwert race the 50 metre backstroke. Steve swam 27.72 to narrowly miss the final and conclude his championships for another year.

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Steve Neuwert during warm ups

at the Telstra Australian Open

Day 4 of competition saw Western Sprint Academy athletes contest the 100 metre freestyle. Braydon McIntosh went 52.74 and Matt Lenton went 52.56 while the surprise packet of the heats was Steve Neuwert who, in a PB time of 51.51, put him well placed into the semi-final. Steve, in lane 8 and the second final, posted 51.72 to make him the 15^th fastest man in Australia this year.

“It was disappointing not to improve on my time in the heats, but I’ve learned a lot from this meet and hope to improve in the future” said Neuwert.

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The Australian opens has finally commenced with Western Sprint Academy athletes in sizzling form. On the opening day of competition Academy swimmers, Kim Valas, Braydon McIntosh and Matt Lenton all contested the 50 metre butterfly event. Valas, competing at his first open event, swam an incredible 26.05, only to discover that he had been disqualified for moving on the blocks.

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Western Sprint Academy welcomes new sponsors Blackadder Scaffolding. Blackadder is a comprehensive labouring and scaffolding service based in Balcatta offering a diverse range of construction services based on cost-effective packages. Please see our sponsorship and donations page to find out more about Blackadder’s fantastic range of services.

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