By Kirra Livingstone
ALTHOUGH the Beerwah Masters swim team has only been competing since 2021, the squad has had the most swimmers make national and international rankings in the team’s history.
Lene made top 10 international rankings for a second year this year, while Lene made top 3 national rankings, and Nardia, Sam, Kylie and Courtney made top 10 national rankings.
Previous to this year, Nardia made top 10 national rankings for breaststroke, and Lene made international rankings last year.
Team captain, Kylie Cornock, said these results were great considering they have been competing without a coach.
“I’m extremely proud of everyone who has achieved high rankings,” she said.
“ I’m proud of every one of our members for putting in training hours and showing up to compete.
“I feel that this is particularly significant as we have been working without a coach for some time and rely on each other to keep the team strong, motivated and constantly improving.”
Kylie said she thinks the reason has been swimming so competitively, is because they are passionate about being in the pool.
“Every time we compete we are trying to put our training into practice and beat our previous times.
“Often, people will be trying a different race or a new strategy that they haven’t tackled before.
“The satisfaction of challenging our own physical and mental limits is at the core of racing.”
The team captain added that although they are determined and in turn, create impressive results, the bonds they make within the swimming community is important to them too.
“We love the friendly masters community and having the chance to catch up with our friends from other clubs,” Kylie said.
“We are each other’s support system in and out of the pool.
“We help to keep each other accountable and always striving for improvement.”
In total, the team has eight top three national rankings, and twelve top 10 national rankings.