Student Success - Swimming

Well done to senior student Kaylee McKeown who won the 2017 Queensland Sports Star of the Year at the QSports Awards in November last year.

Following the award ceremony and the completion of the school year, Kaylee attended the Queensland Swim Championships and broke two Queensland and Australian records (girls 16yrs 200m and 400m IM). The 200m IM record was previously held by Emily Seebohm for nine years and the 400m IM was also held for nine years by Blaire Evans. Kaylee was also awarded ‘Swimmer of the Night’ for one of her races.

2018 is looking good for Kaylee, who has already been racing in the New South Wales and Victorian state championships, where she beat Emily Seebohm in the 200m backstroke and achieved a time of under one minute in the 100m backstroke.

Next up are the Commonwealth Games trials at the end of February, Age Nationals in April and the Pan Pacific Championships held in Tokyo throughout August and September.

We congratulate Kaylee on all her successes so far and wish her all the best in her swimming endeavours this year.