2024 QUEENSLAND SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Saturday, February 10th & Sunday, February 11th
- Brisbane Aquatic Centre
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Entries/Results
The 2024 Queensland Sprint Championships are slated for the Brisbane Aquatic Center this weekend. Elite and age groupers alike will take to the pool for showdowns in 50m sprints of each stroke, with prelims and finals taking place in the same session.
Among the high-profile attendees set to race is new mom Emily Seebohm.
Representing St. Margaretās 31-year-old Seebohm is entered in the womenās 50m free and 50m back events which both take place on Saturday, February 10th.
Seebohm hasnāt competed since Tokyo but did partake in the national teamās training camp in February 2023 on the Gold Coast while 8 weeks pregnant. She gave birth to her first baby, son Sampson, in October of last year and has since conveyed her desire to make a run at the Aussie team for this summerās Olympic Games in Paris.
Making the Olympic team āwould be insane,ā the 2020 Olympic Games 200m backstroke bronze medalist told The Courier Mail last September.
āI think to do it and have a baby as well, thatās the biggest lesson I could give to my child.
āYou donāt ever give up on something you want, even if you think itās not possible, anything is achievable.
āSo Iām just going to give it a go.ā
Seebohm will be up against Cate Campbell in the 50m free this weekend while American Linnea Mack enters as the top-seeded 50m backstroker.
Additional swimmers set to race include Thomas Nowakowski, Mark Nikolaev, Mitch Larkin, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Jack Taylor and Elizabeth Dekkers.
Hereās hoping sheāll swim at the 2024 Victorian and NSW State Championships. From memory, sheās gunning for an individual spot in the 200m backstroke.
Wonder if Em gave birth by caesarian (so common these days)?
If so, I bet training for this meet has been hard work. Good luck to her ā certainly not expecting any outstanding times from her.
Even if not Caesarian, it certainly affects the core muscles believe me. I had trouble swimming 500 metres about 8 weeks after
Water birth?
She wouldnāt be able to do this after a c-section. (Iām a former midwife).
Good for Emā¦ hope she can make the team. If sheās anywhere in the 2:06 territory she stands a strong chance. I donāt know about the 100 though.
But the bigger story here is that ZSC is swimming sprints. Good on him for trying haha.
Sheās in her Lisa Curry era
āI think to do it and have a baby as well, thatās the biggest lesson I could give to my childā.
Iām already feeling sorry for son Sampson ās future wife/partner. Heāll be expecting her to want to climb Everest 5 minutes after having their first child!
Having said that, good luck to Emily. Thereās nothing wrong with you giving it a go.
Good luck Em, you deserve every successful moment. Enjoy the racing.
Cute story but how about the biggest swimming news of the year out of Australia today that Rob Woodhouse has been named CEO of Swimming Australia? Probably time Swimswam had a correspondent on the ground down under.
Cute comment.
Knowing swimming Australia history heād probably quit his post before an article comes up lol
Omgā¦ ok thatās funny. Sad, but funny.
Frankly, Iād prefer them upright and with their wits about them, at least while theyāre on the job.