Cannonvale Cannon First Out Ocean Swim

On Sunday, three Cannonvale swimmers participated at the Townsville Strand Ocean Swim.

Jacob Bell swam in the 4km Magnetic Island Qualifier Event and was the first swimmer to come out of the water.  

Jacob swam an impressive time of 52min 16sec.

He is keen to compete in the Magnetic Island to Townsville 8km swim in July.  

This will be Jacob’s 3rd year of swimming the 8km event.  

Jacob’s teammate, Kyle Pevitt-Scott also swam a fantastic time of 1.02.51.  

Alisha Rust participated in her first 2km event.

Alisha swam extremely well and completed the 2km event in 37min 9sec.  

All three came first in their respective age groups.

Congratulations, Jacob, Kyle, and Alisha!

Meanwhile, Coach Mark Erickson was in Brisbane on Saturday with the Queensland Swimming Possibles and Probables Swim Squad (170 swimmers).

Mark was invited to coach the Backstroke program for 23 top Queensland swimmers who were 13 – 17 years of age.  

He thoroughly enjoyed the experience of being a lead coach.  

On Wednesday afternoon, 5 senior swimmers – Jy Parkinson, Noah Maltby, Mae Carter-Attwood, Holly Perrin, and Tora Delac attended a special training session.  

Coaches, Ken Crittenden and Mark Erickson gave the swimmers the opportunity to work on their favorite stroke.  

The swimmers enjoyed the chance to improve their form stroke and to get some personalized feedback.  

By the end of the session, the coaches noted improvements in stroke counts and technique which was fantastic.  

Many of the Cannonvale swimmers will continue to train over the school holidays to maintain or enhance their fitness.  

Some competitive swimmers are preparing for the Queensland Short Course Championships, and some are training for the triathlon and ocean swim season.  

Contributed with thanks to Raylene Rasmussen.

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Jacob Alisha and Kyle before the Magnetic Island qualifier

Jacob Bell and Savannah King

Jacob Bell finishing the 4km Ocean Swim

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