Kaizen Talent Camp looking to Tokyo 2020 and beyond

 

  

Swimming Australia, September 24, 2016:As we enter a new Olympic cycle and head towards Tokyo 2020, Swimming Australia is finding and preparing our next generation of swimmers.

Straight off the back of the 2016 State Teams Short Course competition, the National Training Centre will play host to the annual Swimming Australia Kaizen Talent ID Camp, from Sunday September 25 to Friday September 30.

 

The group of 31 promising swimmers were selected by a coaching and leadership panel that took into consideration performance at the Australian Age and Open national championships as well as their potential to make a senior Australian team in the future.

 

The camp’s name is derived from the Japanese philosophy meaning ‘continual improvement’ and as we head towards Tokyo 2020 and beyond, Swimming Australia’s Performance Manager, Jamie Salter said this is key.

 

“The focus of the Pathway programs is to identify and monitor athletes’ progression and support those swimmers and coaches who possess the attributes to successfully represent us at major events at a senior level,” Salter said.

 

“Constantly searching for peak performance and ways to improve is vital. At the camp we’ll work with the coaches and staff to ensure the swimmers are exposed to developing optimal techniques and provide Coach education on key principles of instruction, practice and feedback.”

 

The Talent Camp is one of the first steps on the swimmers’ journey to becoming elite athletes and the rising stars will undertake educational sessions both in and out of the pool to help them progress to the next level.

 

The Pathway Program is proving its potential at unearthing future swimming stars and since its inception in 2014 a total of 20 swimmers and 4 coaches have progressed from the Talent Program to the Swimming Australia Youth Team. 

 

At the last two major international youth competitions (World Junior Championships 2015 and Junior Pan Pacs 2016), Swimming Australia has delivered over 42 medals with 15 of them Gold.

2016 Talent ID Camp Athlete List

 

First Name	Last Name	Swim Club	State
Male Athletes
Zachary	Attard	Cherrybrook	NSW
Myles	Bailey	Woy Woy	NSW
Ryland	Brian	MLC	VIC
Ethan	Dorrian	Dapto	NSW
Samuel	Durrant	MLC	VIC
Nathan	Foote	South Gippsland Bass	VIC
Jake	Goldsworthy	Acacia	QLD
Liam	Hunter	Chandler	QLD
Jake	Kersten	TSS	QLD
Heath	MacLeod	MLC	VIC
Aaron	Mansfield	Cotton Tree	QLD
Ethan	McAleese	Rockingham	WA
Oliver	Nash	Melbourne Vicentre	VIC
Zac	Stubblety-Cook	East Brisbane	QLD
Nathan	Zhu	Trinity Grammar	NSW
Female Athletes
Rosemary	Addison	Nunawading	VIC
Sophie	Caldwell	Nunawading	VIC
Brittany	Castelluzzo	Tea Tree Gully	SA
Kayla	Costa	Nunawading	VIC
Claire	Coten	Perth City	WA
Bec	Cross	Ginninderra	ACT
Abby	Duncan	Norwood	SA
Jacinta	Essam	Tuggeranong	ACT
Ashleigh	Glover	UWA West Coast	WA
Abbey	Harkin	St Peters Western	QLD
Meg	Harris	Commercial	QLD
Emily	Liu	Marion	SA
Charlotte	Mitchell	TSS	QLD
Ela	Noble	Commercial	QLD
Natasha	Ramsden	Abbotsleigh	NSW
Laticia	Transom	Brisbane Grammar	QLD

2016 Talent ID Camp Staff List
Team Leader
Jamie	Salter	Swimming Australia	QLD
Head Coach
Glenn	Beringen	Swimming Australia	QLD
Coach Mentors
Leigh	Nugent	VIS	VIC
Stephan	Widmer	Swimming QLD	QLD
Drew	McGregor	Swimming QLD	QLD
Coaches
Rachel	Brennemo (Rickards)	Hutchins College	TAS
Michael	Bromley	Commercial	QLD
Dean	Bryant	Nunawading	VIC
Clinton	Camilleri	The Hills	NSW
Shaun	Curtis	Norwood	SA
Garth	Kates	West Coast	WA
Matt	King	Melbourne Vicentre	VIC
Misha	Payne	Cherrybrook	NSW
Kyle	Samuelson	Bond	QLD
William	Scott	Rockingham	WA
Michael	Shaw	UWA West Coast	WA
Joshua	Smith	River City	QLD
Ben	Tuxford	Trinity Grammar	NSW
Nicholas	Veliades	MLC	VIC
John	Wallace	Pelican Waters Caloundra	QLD
Staff
Amy	Griffith	Swimming NT	NT
Josie	Roche	Swimming Australia	QLD
Sport Science Support
Elise	Bereza	Swimming Australia	QLD
Jess	Corones	Swimming Australia	QLD
Russell	Smallwood	Swimming Australia	QLD
Job	Vandujnhoven	NSWIS	NSW
Elaine	Tor	VIS	VIC
Derek	Panchuk	AIS	ACT