At the Senior Years Swimming Carnival two weeks ago, Year 12 student and Prefect Jennifer Nothdurft dominated the pool to break a massive six records including two free style records, one record for each stroke and also broke her own 2020 record for the 200 metre individual medley. She slashed a whopping 3.63 seconds off the 50 metre butterfly event which is her preferred storke and obviously one where she has recently excelled. Jennifer easily won her age group at the Carnival and has set herself some fantastic goals for the rest of the season.

Jennifer has been a swimmer since she was little and can't imagine her life without her training. She dedicates herself to nine training sessions a week with coach Darren from the Dalby pool. Jennifer gets up four times a week to train from 5am and then dives in on Saturday's at 6am. She also trains another three afternoons a week and swims at swimming club for the Dalby Dolphins.

When asked what she attributes her great success this year to, Jennifer says she has really worked hard with coach Darren who is new to the Dalby pool and says her training intensity has really stepped up and her attention to technique has helped her to start faster.

Jennifer attended the Queensland State Sprint Championships earlier this month for club swimming representing her team, the Dalby Dolphins and came 12th in the state for the 50 metres butterfly and achieved a further two top 20 results. 

Following on from her incredible success at the College carnival, Jennifer is now focusing on her next meet at the Darling Downs trials next Tuesday. From there she hopes to make the team and then attend the State Championships later in March where she would love some top 10 finishes and a finals berth in her favourite event, the butterfly. We wish Jennifer every success with her upcoming swim meets and congratulate her on her hard work and success as a swimmer. Well done!

For all the details on Jennifer's records, please see Mr Lincoln's Sport Report.