Swimming

Record breaker Josh Yong is setting his sights on the 2023 World Aquatic Championships following his stunning performance in >

WAIS cycling graduate Luke Durbridge has claimed bronze in the team time trial mixed relay at the 2022 UCI >

The pool of talented swimmers in Western Australia continues to grow with offering developing athletes including the opportunity to continue training with their home club, while gaining access to elite coaching and the WAIS Performance Enhancement Team.

WAIS swimmer Alex Saffy has made a successful start to his international career, winning bronze in the S10 100m butterfly at the Para Swimming World Championships in Portugal

17 Western Australian athletes ready to line up at 2022 FINA World Championships across swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming and artistic swimming.

After swimming his way to the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, Grant Irvine now finds himself on the podium at Fortescue >

Iona Anderson is no stranger to planning her week. Balancing year 11, homework and the training load that comes with being an elite swimmer, including seven pool sessions a week

WAIS para swimmer Alex Saffy has been selected for his first World Championship debut after strong national championships. The >

Dual Olympic gold medallist Tamsin Cook has been selected as part of the Athlete Leadership Group set to guide the Australian Dolphins through to the Paris Olympic Games

Rising open water swimmer Kyle Lee has been selected to the Australian Dolphins Team for the 2022 FINA World Championships in Hungary later this year

19-year-old Kyle Lee, has started the 2022 season on a high, claiming two medals at the Swimming Australia Open Water National Championships, at the end of January.

The Western Australian Institute of Sport is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben Higson as Head Coach of the WAIS Swimming Program

WAIS swimmer Ben Popham has claimed a second Paralympic gold, after anchoring the Australian 4x100m freestyle relay to gold in a world record time

20-year-old WAIS swimmer Ben Popham has claimed gold in the 100m freestyle S8 on the opening day of competition at the 2020 Paralympic Games

Brianna Throssell is bringing home the equal largest medal haul of any Western Australian from the one games, winning gold and two bronze in swimming relays at the Tokyo Games.

World Champion Brianna Throssell and Olympic medallist Tamsin Cook have helped Australia qualify fastest for the women's 4x200m freestyle final

Fresh off his 4x100m relay medal Zac Incerti has helped Australia in to the final of the 4x200m freestyle relay.

Australia claim a surprise medal with West Australian Zac Incerti crucial to team success in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay

Rio Olympian Brianna Throssell with strong start to Tokyo campaign by qualifying for 100m butterfly semifinal.

WAIS swimmers Tamsin Cook and Brianna Throssell earn selection for second Olympic Games with Zac Incerti to make his debut in Tokyo

Para swimmer Ben Popham has been selected for his first Paralympic Games after breaking national record at selection Trials. After >

Dual World Champion Brianna Throssell has booked herself a ticket to a second Olympic Games, winning the 200m butterfly at the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials

Rio Olympic silver medallist Tamsin Cook has secured a ticket to a second Olympic Games in the 400m freestyle

2016 Olympian and Commonwealth Games medallist Grant Irvine has announced his retirement from swimming

Six WAIS swimmers claimed podium finished at the Hancock Prospecting Virtual Short Course meet with freestyle ace Ashton Brinkworth taking top honours in the 50m freestyle.

11 WAIS swimmers will contest the Hancock Prospecting Australian Virtual Short Course meet at HBF Stadium

#WAISatHome Swimmers and Rio Olympians Brianna Throssell and Grant Irvine walk you through some easy exercises you can do at home.

Brianna Throssell was named WAIS Athlete of the Year to cap off her best year to date in the pool at the 2019 WAIS Annual Awards of Excellence at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Thursday November 14, 2019.

West Australian swimmers excelled at the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course Championships winning 13 medals.

Western Australian swimmer Ben Popham has closed a highly successful 2019 Para World Championships campaign with three medals in London.

WA athlete Ben Popham has won a silver medal on debut at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London.

The 2019 FINA Junior World Championships have come to an end in Budapest with four Western Australian swimmers making their representative debut for Australia.

The FINA World Cup series ended in Singapore over the weekend with another medal haul for WA's attending swimmers.

Grant Irvine, Holly Barratt and Nic Brown have all claimed medals in the second leg of the FINA World Cup circuit in Asia continuing WA swimmers' good form across the meets.

Brianna Throssell has continued her superb international form with another medal winning haul at the FINA World Cup meet in Tokyo.

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Brianna Throssell will swim for a second world title tonight when the Australian women's 4x200m freestyle relay team contests its World Championship final as top seeds.

Brianna Throssell has won a maiden world championship gold medal in a dream first night for the 23 year-old at the 2019 FINA titles in Korea.

Brianna Throssell has earned official selection for the Australian Dolphins team and will compete at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, Korea.

Brianna Throssell has qualified a second individual swim at next month's World Championships in Korea after she claimed victory in the 200m fly final at the Australian Selection Trials in Brisbane.

Grant Irvine has provided selectors with a timely reminder of his abilities after the 28 year-old claimed second place in men's 200m fly in Brisbane.

Holly Barratt took third place in the final of the women's 100m backstroke on night two of finals at the Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane.

WA swimming star Brianna Throssell has achieved an automatic qualifying time for the 2019 FINA World Championships after finishing second in the women's 100m fly final in Brisbane.

Holly Barratt was crowned the 2019 Lyn McClements medallist at Swimming WA's Annual Awards last weekend.

WA athletes have earned selection across Australian squads for the World University Games and the World Para Swimming Championships following announcements made by Swimming Australia.

Medals proved elusive for WA's elite swimmers on night four of finals at the Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

The first three nights of finals at the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide have seen some solid performances returned >

At just 23, there is much more to Olympic swim star Brianna Throssell than meets the eye. As she seeks selection on another major Dolphins team for the FINA World Championships in Korea next July, behind her already is a well-advanced Physiotherapy degree and a fast expanding start-up business which originally piqued from nothing more than a personal interest in fashion.

Western Australia's elite swim talent have shown promising early season form with a series of impressive results at the WA Swimming Championships at HBF Stadium.

Holly Barratt collected three medals in a stellar campaign for the Dolphins at the FINA World Short Course Championships in China.

Nicholas Brown has set a new personal best in finishing seventh in his first World Championship final in the men's 200m fly at the Short Course titles in China.

Nicholas Brown has qualified for the final of the men's 200m fly at the 2018 FINA World Short Course Championships in China.

Holly Barratt and Nicholas Brown will compete at December's FINA World Short Course Championships in China after securing selection through the Australian titles in Melbourne.

Holly Barratt and Nicholas Brown have both won medals on the opening day of the 2018 Australian Short Course Championships in Melbourne.

18 year-old swimmer Ashton Brinkworth has impressed at the recent Junior Pan Pacs in Fiji winning the 50m freestyle title.

Paralympians Jeremy McClure, Guy Harrison-Murray and Katherine Downie have all medalled for a dominant Australian Dolphins team at the 2018 Para Pan Pacs in Cairns.

Five Western Australian swimmers have earned selection on Australian Dolphins Teams across next month's Pan Pacs and Para Pan Pacs.

Brianna Throssell's impressive 2018 campaign has continued with victory in the final of the women's 200m freestyle at the Australian >

Commonwealth Games medallist Zac Incerti has withdrawn from the Australian swimming selection trials for the Pan Pacific Championships after succumbing to a back complaint.

Rio Olympic silver medallist Tamsin Cook has taken an indefinite break from swimming and will focus her immediate sights on studies.

Commonwealth Games champion Brianna Throssell was crowned the 2018 WA Swimmer of the Year on Saturday night following an outstanding representative campaign.

Five representatives of Western Australia's 2018 Commonwealth Games team have been nominated for the Lyn McClemonts Swimmer of the Year Award.

Brianna Throssell will earn a berth in Australia's 4x100m women's freestyle relay squad at April's Commonwealth Games after she finished fourth in the 100m free final at the Selection Trials on the Gold Coast.

Katherine Downie has given herself a big chance of competing at a second Commonwealth Games after winning the women's 200IM (SM10) final at the Australian Swimming Trials on the Gold Coast.

Four Western Australian swimmers will contest finals on the second evening of the 2018 Australian Swimming Trials on the Gold Coast.

Alex Milligan is a rising star in the world of swimming, having represented Australia at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships and the 2017 World University Games. This week we caught up with him to dive deeper into his sporting journey and to find out a little bit more about his life away from the training environment.

Australian representative swimmer Zac Incerti is hoping to earn a maiden berth at the Commonwealth Games next year after an impressive 2017 campaign.

Western Australia's high performance swimmers returned a swag of medal performances from the 2017 Short Course National Championships held in Adelaide.

WA swim star Brianna Throssell believes her switch to train under coach Michael Palfery and the Challenge High Performance squad has been one of the best decisions of her life.

Western Australian swim star Tamsin Cook says her decision to take a two month training break earlier in the year has provided the catalyst for a refreshed and balanced focus for her career ahead.

WA swimmers Alex Milligan and Nicholas Brown both recently represented Australia at the World University Games in Taipei.

WA swimmer Jemima Horwood has picked up a bronze medal from the 2017 FINA Junior World Championships in the USA.

Western Australian swim star Blair Evans has won a bronze medal and set a new personal best in the 400m IM at the Berlin World Cup short-course meet in Germany.

Young WA swimming talent Ethan McAleese has returned an impressive set of results from the Commonwealth Youth Games recently completed in the Bahamas.

Holly Barratt has swum a new personal best to qualify for the final of the women's 50m backstroke at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest.

Western Australian swimmers Holly Barratt and Zac Incerti were both in action in the 100m backstroke on day two of swimming events at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest.

Brianna Throssell and Zac Incerti were both in action on the opening day of swim events at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest.

WA's World Championship bound swimmers competed at the weekend French Open as the final preparations for Budapest intensify

Olympic silver medallist Tamsin Cook was awarded the Lyn McClements medal at the 2017 WA Swimmer of the Year Awards.

Western Australian swimmers Nicholas Brown and Alex Milligan have been selected for the 2017 World University Games in Taipei City, Taiwan.

Last Friday night saw three Western Australian swimmers named on the Australian Dolphins Team for the 2017 FINA World Championships following their performances at the Hancock Prospecting Australian Championships.

Nicholas Brown and Katherine Downie won medals on night four of the 2017 Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane, whist a fourth place effort from Zac Incerti in the men's 100m free has placed him firmly in selection calculations for a World Championships spot.

Holly Barratt has added a national title in the 50m backstroke to continue a breakout Australian Championship campaign for the 29 year-old.

Rockingham Swimming Club member Holly Barratt has sensationally booked a spot at the 2017 FINA World Championships after taking a silver medal and an all-important qualifying time in the final of the women's 100m backstroke.

Will Scott has today been unveiled as the head coach of the new Southern High Performance Training Centre (SHPTC).

WA swimmer Tamsin Cook has decided to withdraw for the 2017 Australian Swimming Championships and will take a short break from training and competition.

Western Australian swimming will be boosted by the addition of a third elite training centre in 2017 after Swimming WA announced that a Southern High Performance Training Centre will commence operation in May.

WA swimmer Tommy Sucipto has won a silver medal at the 2016 FINA World Short Course Championships in Canada as a member of the Australian men's 4x100m medley relay team.

Olympian Tamsin Cook has won the Railtrain Junior Sports Star prize at the 2016 RAC Sports Star of the Year Awards.

Tommy Sucipto has finished his heat at the 2016 FINA World Short Course Championships, held in Windsor, Canada, in sixth place.

WA swimmer Tommy Sucipto has earned selection for the Australian Dolphins team for the 2016 FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Canada.

Emerging WA swimmers Zac Incerti and Hadley Lindsay have both returned medal winning performances at the Oceania Swimming Championships in Suva.

Swimming Australia has selected squads for both the Junior Pan Pacs and Oceania Swimming Championship teams with WAIS scholarship athletes included in both camps.

WAIS scholarship athlete Tamsin Cook has qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics off the back of an impressive balancing act of study and training.

A title win to WAIS athlete Holly Barratt in the 50m fly and a world record to Jeremy McClure in the 50m backstroke (S11) has highlighted the WA action on day 6 of the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

WAIS athlete Brianna Throssell last night achieved a childhood dream by qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games after finishing second in the womens 200m fly final at the Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

WAIS athlete Brianna Throssell will tonight swim for a spot in the Australian Olympic Team for Rio after qualifying second fastest for the final of the women's 200m fly.

WAIS swimmer Tamsin Cook has earned a debut berth onto the Australian Olympic Team after finishing second in the womens 400m freestyle final at the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

WAIS athlete Blair Evans has booked herself a ticket to Rio after a dominant swim in the womens 400m IM final on the opening night of the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

WAIS athlete Blair Evans will tonight swim for a berth at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, after she qualified second fastest in the morning heats of the 400m IM at the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

WAIS athletes Tamsin Cook and Damian Fyfe have completed a highly successful World Junior Swimming Championships campaign in Singapore, with >

WAIS swimmer Tamsin Cook has won a second medal from the 2015 Junior World Swimming Championships in Singapore after claiming >

Western Australian Institute of Sport swimmer Tamsin Cook has set a new championship record with her opening leg swim of >

One small step at the FINA World Championships in Kazan is one giant leap towards Rio for 19-year-old WAIS scholarship >

WAIS swimmer Brianna Throssell has qualified for tonight's women's 200m fly final at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia.Throssell >

Australian Dolphin team member Brianna Throssell has been named 2015 Lyn McClements Swimmer of the Year at the Swimming WA Swimmer of the Year Awards.

WAIS open water swimmer Rhys Mainstone has won the third open water swimming World Cup of the year, taking out the 10km marathon event in Noumea last weekend.

WAIS athlete Tamsin Cook has made a bright start to the 2015 Australian Age Championships winning gold in girls' 16 years 200m butterfly.

WAIS swimmer Lennard Bremer has won a silver medal in the men's 200m breaststroke final at the 2015 Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney.

WAIS swimmer Brianna Throssell has become the first WA athlete to earn selection onto the Australian Dolphins team for this year's FINA World Championships in Russia.

The 2015 Australian Swimming Championships commence this Friday at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) running through til April 10 as the nation's best go head to head.

WAIS swimmer Brianna Throssell has completed a busy first day schedule at the 2014 World Short Course Championships in Doha with a bronze medal.

WAIS swimmer Brianna Throssell has earned selection for the Australian Short Course Team to compete at next month's World Championships in Doha after the 2014 National Championships completed in Adelaide over the weekend.

WAIS athletes have medalled on the first night of finals at the 2014 Australian Short Course Championships in Adelaide.

WAIS swimmers Tamsin Cook, Grace Hull, Sacha Downing and Damian Fyfe have all medalled at the Junior Pan Pacs in Hawaii as part of an impressive 18 medal haul for the Australian team.

WAIS athlete Brianna Throssell has won seven bronze medals in the pool at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) after coming >

Recent WAIS scholarship recipients Brianna Throssell and Nicholas Brown have won a combined seven medals for Australia at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.

Western Australian swimming icon Eamon Sullivan has called time on a decorated career that has seen him represent Australia at three Olympic Games, after succumbing to a shoulder complaint that forced him to withdraw from this year's Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Triple Olympian Eamon Sullivan has had to withdraw from the Australian Swim Team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in July, due to an ongoing shoulder injury, with his place on the team to be taken by former training partner Matthew Abood.

WAIS swimmers competing at the 2014 Oceania Championships have enjoyed medal winning performances in Auckland.

The future of swimming in Western Australia is looking bright following the announcement more than a dozen swimmers from the State will represent their country over the coming months.

The 2014 Australian Age Swimming Championships continued over the Easter break in Sydney, with more encouraging results for WAIS swimmers.

WAIS Swimmer Tamsin Cook has made a big splash at the 2014 Australian Age Championships in Sydney taking gold in the 400m freestyle.

WAIS swimmers have returned some impressive medal winning performances on the opening two nights of competition at the 2014 Age National Championships in Sydney.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Katherine Downie has earned selection onto the Australian team for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games after winning the women's 200m IM (multiclass) at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane on the weekend.

Western Australian Institute of Sport sprinters Yolane Kukla and Holly Barratt will go head to head with the fastest girls in Australia in the final of the women's 50m freestyle at the 2014 National Swimming Championships in Brisbane on Thursday night.

WAIS athletes Eamon Sullivan and Yolane Kukla have moved through to finals at the Australia Swimming Championships in Brisbane, whilst fellow WAIS swimmers Lennard Bremer and Katherine Downie have finished fifth in their finals.

WAIS swimmer Yolane Kukla has recorded an impressive win over a strong representative field in the women's 50m freestyle at the NSW State Championships.

Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holders Yolane Kukla and Kat Downie both received Medals of the Order of Australia >

Swimming Australia has announced 15 Podium Centres for 2014 to provide a world's best training environment and support for our elite swimmers and coaches, as they push for international podium success in Glasgow, Rio, Tokyo 2020 and beyond.

Swimming in Western Australia has received a significant boost following the announcement that a Challenge Stadium based consortium spearheaded by the Western Australian Institute of Sport will be awarded Podium Performance Centre status as part of Swimming Australia's national direction towards achieving Australia's Winning Edge.

WAIS Open Water swimmer Rhys Mainstone achieved a podium finish at the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup held at Repluse Bay in Hong Kong on Saturday.

WAIS swimmer Katherine Downie has claimed two medals from the IPC Swimming World Championships in Canada with silver in the 200m IM and bronze in the 100m backstroke.

WAIS swimmer Katherine Downie has finished fourth in the women's 100m freestyle S10 at the 2013 IPC Swimming Championships in Montreal, Canada.

WAIS open water swimmer Rhys Mainstone has finished 13th in the men's 10km event at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona.

Applications for the Challenge High Performance Training Centre Swimming Program are now open.

The nine members of the EnergyAustralia Swim team competing in Berlin have wrapped up proceedings at the Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften (IDM) and will be returning home with a total of 11 individual medals.

WAIS athlete and 2012 London Paralympian Katherine Downie has been awarded the Swimming WA, Multiclass Swimmer of the Year.

Six London Paralympians will compete in Germany this weekend, as a nine-strong EngeryAustralia Swim Team contest the Berlin Internationale Deutsche >

A group of 28 of the country's most talented up-and-coming swimmers will represent the Georgina Hope Swimmers Foundation Australian Swim Team at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai this year from August 26-31.

WAIS athlete Yolane Kukla has completed a successful campaign at the 2013 Age National Championships in Adelaide, capturing three gold medals from three events.

WAIS athlete and London Olympic gold medallist Yolane Kukla has taken gold in the girl's 17/18 years 50m freestyle on >

More than half of the EnergyAustralia Swim Team from London, including multiple medallists Alicia Coutts and Emily Seebohm will come together at the 2013 New South Wales State Open Championships this weekend, from Friday to Sunday at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

WAIS athlete Rhys Mainstone has won a third consecutive 10km open water national championship after taking victory at the 2013 Australian titles at Lake Macquarie.

From Friday February 8 to Sunday February 10 over 470 swimmers from 129 clubs will descend on Point Wolstoncroft Sport and Recreation Centre, Lake Macquarie to take part in the 2013 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships.

West Australian open water swimmer and FINA World Cup gold medallist Rhys Mainstone will have tough competition in the 2013 >

WAIS swimmer Brianna Throssell has claimed a pair of silver medals from the World Short Course Championships in Turkey with swims in the Australian 4x100m medley and freestyle relays.

WAIS swimmer Brianna Throssell at 16 years of age has equalled her personal best in the 200m butterfly at the World Short Course Championships in Turkey despite narrowly missing out on the final for the event.

Swimming Australia will be holding a National Event Camp on the Gold Coast in early 2013 as the long road to Rio begins in earnest.

The Western Australian swimming High Performance Network Program (HPNP) has enlisted the services of highly regarded coach Michael Palfery to run a High Performance Training Program (HPTC) in Perth's northern suburbs.

WAIS open water swimmer Rhys Mainstone has taken fourth place in the 10km Marathon at the Shantou World Cup event in China.

WAIS athlete Rhys Mainstone has defeated Olympic silver medallist Thomas Lurz to win the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Hong Kong.

Thirty up-and-coming swimmers will descend on the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra this Sunday, to attend a six-day Talent >

WAIS swimmer Brianna Throssell will represent Australia at the Short Course World Championships in Turkey this December.

WAIS open water swimmer Rhys Mainstone will this Sunday take on the world's best at the FINA 10km Open Water event in Eilat, Israel.

Western Australian swimmers Blair Evans, Tommaso D'Orsogna and Sally Foster have last night been officially selected by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has missed out on medals in both the 400m and 200m freestyle finals at the Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has earned Olympic nomination in the 400m Individual Medley after finishing second in last night's final in Adelaide.

Western Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Blair Evans and Travis Nederpelt have set the fastest times for tonight's 400m Individual Medley finals at the 2012 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

WAIS open water swimmer Rhys Mainstone has reclaimed his Australian Open Water title in the 10km distance after a thrilling event at the 2012 Australian Open Water Championships in Perth.

Australia's best open water competitors will feature in this year's Australian Open Water Championships being held at the Champion Lakes Regatta Centre for the first time.

Twenty-year-old WAIS athlete Blair Evans recently impressed at the South Australian State Championships at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre. Her superb style saw her smash two SA All-comers records and record two A-qualifying times in the 200m and 400m freestyle events.

WA swimmer Rhys Mainstone turned it on for the 1000 spectators at the recent Swimming WA Open Water Championships finishing just one one-hundredth of a second ahead of rival Trent Grimsey in the 10km event.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has finished the three leg FINA World Cup series with a gold medal in the 400m freestyle in Tokyo for a total haul of five gold and a bronze from six events.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Blair Evans has swam a new Australian record for the 400m freestyle at the FINA World Cup in Beijing overnight, setting the Water Cube alight with the second fastest time in the world this year, as the Aussies head to Tokyo with a total of 11 gold medals from China.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has continued her golden run in the World Cup series, this time in Beijing, winning the 200m freestyle.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has started her World Cup campaign in fine style after claiming gold medals in the 200m and 400m freestyle finals in Singapore.

WAIS Swimmers Blair Evans and Travis Nederpelt are set to fire ahead of next week's FINA World Cup meets in Singapore, Tokyo and Beijing.

WAIS open water swimmer Rhys Mainstone has finished fifth in the Waikiki Rough Water Swim event held in Honolulu, Hawaii last Monday.

WAIS swimmers have secured bronze medals on different corners of the planet this week, with Kris Taylor medalling at the World University Games in China, whilst Brianna Throssell earned success at the World Junior Championships in Peru.

A new name has been added to the list of Western Australian swimmers gunning for a place in London and it belongs to 15 year-old school girl Brianna Throssell.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has helped the Australian women's 4x200m freestyle relay team earn silver behind a dominant US quartet at the World Championships in Shanghai.

WAIS open water swimmer Rhys Mainstone has missed out on an opportunity to book himself an Olympic Games spot, after finishing outside the top ten in the 10km event at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist and WAIS scholarship holder Blair Evans has topped off a sensational 2010/2011 swimming season by claiming the 2011 Vorgee WA Swimmer of the Year award at last weekend's awards event.

Nine of Australia's leading male swimmers will be in camp in Canberra at the AIS this week taking part in the Men's Sprint Camp with one eye on the FINA World Championships in Shanghai in July, and the other firmly focussed on London 2012.

A number of WAIS swimmers have begun high-altitude training at a 28-day swim camp in Mexico ahead of the World Championships in Shanghai, China in July.

WAIS swimmer Travis Nederpelt claimed victory in the Fran Crippen Memorial Mile Swim in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last weekend.

Western Australian Institute of Sport swimmer Brianna Throssell has been named in the Australian Team for the World Junior Swimming Championships to be held in Lima, Peru in August.

After a personal haul of seven medals from the recent National Age Swimming Championships in Adelaide, it's not surprising WAIS athlete Brianna Throssell is sporting her trademark beaming smile.

The Telstra Dolphins Australian Swim Team will take a 52-strong team to the FINA World Championships in Shanghai this July, with Geoff Huegill, Leisel Jones, Stephanie Rice and Brenton Rickard joining seven newcomers Olivia Halicek, Jarrod Killey, James Roberts, Sam Ashby, Mitch Larkin, Jessica Ashwood and Rebecca Kemp selected at Sydney Olympic Park tonight.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has booked her ticket to the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai despite missing out on a third national title at the current Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney.

Australia's best swimmers will converge on the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic centre this Friday for the 2011 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships incorporating selection trials for the 14th FINA World Championships to be held in Shanghai in July.

WAIS swimmer Rhys Mainstone has claimed second place in the 10km event at the 2011 Australian Open Water Championships, at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith.

WAIS athlete and reigning Australian 10km Marathon Champion Rhys Mainstone (City of Perth) is looking to wrap up the final phase of his preparations ahead of the National Open Water Swimming Championships in two weeks time with one final session alongside World Champion Valerio Cleri and ten of his Italian teammates in Perth.

Australia's track record of producing world class swimmers is often chalked down to a generous climate, a culture of loving water and a Kieran Perkins style of competitive spirit.

City of Perth Swimming Club teammates and leading female performers Blair Evans (WAIS) and Jessica Pengelly plough through kilometre after kilometre every day of the week. Side by side they push and drive each other in pursuit of a common goal. A goal that will eventually pit one against the other as opponents, at the highest level in world sport.

In the wake of the devastation caused by extensive flood waters in Queensland and NSW, Swimming Australia has enlisted the support of the country's best swimmers to help lend a hand in raising money to help those affected.

Not even a 19 year-old record set by five times Olympic Gold Medallist Krisztina Egerszegi could withstand the blitzing performance of WAIS athlete Adelaide Hart this week as she proved why she has Australia's top female swimmers looking over their shoulders.

Western Australian Institute of Sport swimmer Blair Evans led the Australian Women's4x200m Freestyle Relay to a silver medal atthe recent World Swimming Championships in Dubai, UAE.

The Western Australian Institute of Sport and University of Western Australia has been awarded an Australian Research Centre linkage grant that will help develop its Computational Fluid Dynamic research, in a major boost to the WAIS swimming program.

WAIS athlete Blair Evans was awarded the Australian Unity Club Leadership Award at the Australian Swimming night of nights in Melbourne.

WAIS swimmer and City of Perth club member, Rhys Mainstone placed fifth at the FINAWorld Cup in the 10km marathon in Dubai, UAE over the weekend.

WAIS swimming scholarship holder Travis Nederpelt and his City of Perth training partner Jessica Pengelly capped off a successful stint in Singapore over the weekend competing at the third-stop of the 2010 FINA World Swimming Cup Series.

Western Australian Institute of Sport swimmer Travis Nederpelt caused a major upset at the 41st Annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim in Hawaii this week, finishing ahead of the pack to claim his first international open water win.

WAIS athlete Blair Evans has enjoyed the month of her young life, after a triple medal effort at the recent FINA Pan Pacific Championships in California was followed by her official naming on the Australian Commonwealth Games team for October's showpiece in New Delhi, India.

Keep in touch with the WAIS swimming squad as they complete a training camp in the USA. Each athlete will take you behind the scenes and share their experiences of training from a suitcase in the grand old land.

Western Australian Institute of Sport swimmer Blair Evans has won her first individual medal at a major championship after taking bronze in the women's 200m freestyle in a new personal best time.

The Australia 'A' swim team has come within a whisker of winning the Nations Cup against Canada, France and Brazil in Victoria, Canada today, with the home team taking the title by just 10 points overall.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans talks to Inside WAIS about her 2010 campaign and the build up to the Pan Pacific Championships and the Commonwealth Games.

WAIS swimmer Rhys Mainstone has finished a courageous sixth at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Canada in the 5km event, just days after bouncing back from hypothermia.

WAIS swimmer Rhys Mainstone was forced to withdraw from the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Roberval, Canada after cold >

Australian swimming's best age group swimmers between 13 and 17 will cross the Tasman this Sunday, as two Australian youth teams take on their New Zealand counterparts in the annual six-meet Trans Tasman series.

After two hours and 17 minutes, an inside track and a fingernail was all that separated Belinda Bennett and WAIS >

Australia has started the 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships with a double-double, winning gold and silver in both the men's and >

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has completed her European Mare Nostrum Series in Canet, France over the weekend with two silver medals taking her overall tally to five.

Blair Evans has kicked off her 2010 Mare Nostrum series with two medals in picturesque Monaco over the weekend.

Swimming Australia will send a 15-strong Australia 'A' Team to Vancouver and Victoria Island in July and August to take on Canada and France across two meets designed to give more athletes vital international experience.

Following successful summer campaigns for national champions Blair Evans and Reece Mainstone, their City of Perth and WAIS coach Matt Magee has been named on the Australian coaching team for the Pan Pacific Championships in California.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans has capped off her best ever Australian Swimming Championships with silver and two bronze medals in Sydney.

WAIS Commonwealth Games bound swimmer Blair Evans has posted the fastest time in qualifying for Friday night's 800m freestyle final at the Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney.

Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Rhys Mainstone has claimed his maiden 10km open water national championship after the 19 year-old held off a challenge from defending champion and World Championship silver medallist Trent Grimsey.

Three WAIS open water swimmers will head east next week to tackle the best Australia has to offer at the >

WAIS swimmers Blair Evans and Katrina Porter have both captured medals recently with the summer season gearing up. Evans made >

Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Blair Evans has received an early Christmas present after winning a set of >

WAIS open water swimming athlete Rhys Mainstone has continued his fine form in 2009 with a strong fourth place finish >

WAIS swimming athlete Rhys Mainstone has returned a career best effort of sixth place at the 10km open water World Cup event in Dubai over the weekend.

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans was listed in the Telstra International All Star Team at last night's Swimmer of Year Awards >

Fresh from breaking a world record at the Australian National Short Course Championships in Hobart last month, WAIS scholarship holder >

Fresh from their National Short Course medal success in Tasmania earlier this month, WAIS athletes Blair Evans and Ayrton Dickey >

Twenty year old WAIS IASP athlete Katrina Porter of the West Coast Swimming Club was part of the World Record >

Young WAIS swimming athletes Blair Evans and Rhys Mainstone competed in their world championship debuts last week at the FINA event >

WAIS swimmers Adelaide Hart and Brianna Throssell have been earmarked as potential stars in the next generation of Australian swimmers, >

WAIS swimmer Blair Evans was the pick of the bunch at the Hancock Family Medical Foundation Open and Junior Short >

A number of WAIS swimmers have taken home awards after Swimming WA held their annual awards function over the weekend. >

Triple Commonwealth Games medallist and dual Olympian Jennifer Reilly has today announced her decision to retire from competitive swimming effective >

Western Australian Institute of Sport swimming athlete Blair Evans has booked her ticket to Rome as part of the 41 >

The search for the next generation of Australian swimming talent will begin in Sydney tonight as the 2009 Australian Swimming >

WAIS open water swimming prodigy Rhys Mainstone has added his name to the 2009 Australian Telstra Dolphins squad for the >

WAIS swimmers have returned an impressive haul of medals from the 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships at the Leo >

WAIS open water swimmer Rhys Mainstone (Duncraig) has qualified for the Junior Pan Pacs after a second place finish in the >

2008 Beijing Paralympic swimming gold medallist Katrina Porter is the latest WAIS athlete to blog for the WAIS website, with >

The rapid rise to prominence of WAIS swimmer Tommaso D'Orsogna has continued after the 17 year-old accepted an invitation to >

WAIS athletes Blair Evans and Tommasso D'Orsogna have been included into the Australian Telstra Dolphins squad for the Junior Pan >

Swimmers Eamon Sullivan, Travis Nederpelt and Sally Foster have joined fellow Western Australians,sailors Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson on the >

WAIS medley swimmer Travis Nederpelt has booked himself a spot in the Beijing Games with a personal best swim in >