Meet & Train With An Olympian At Our Pool This Wednesday

Meet & Train With An Olympian At Our Pool This Wednesday

With the 2020 (2021) Tokyo Olympic Games starting this week, we are celebrating the big occasion with a special guest visiting the Canterbury Aquatic Centre this week too…

WHAT: Australian Swim Team Member & 2016 Rio Olympics medallist Jake Packard is coming to speak with our students, swimmers and parents about his swimming career – including his Olympic and Commonwealth Games experiences.

Swimmers will then have the opportunity to get in the water for a 1-hour training session run by Jake himself with our Canterbury Taipans Swim Club coaches! How good…

WHEN: From 3:30pm – 5:00pm, THIS Wednesday 21 July 2021

WHERE: Canterbury College Aquatic Centre
182 Old Logan Village Road, Waterford
– Use Entrance E via Old Logan Village Road
– Plenty Of Onsite Parking

WHO: Open to ALL members of the public & Canterbury College students.

COST: Gold coin donation which will go to Sport Inclusion Australia.

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Otherwise, see you at the pool on Wednesday afternoon with Jake!

JAKE PACKARD ACHIEVEMENTS – Courtesy of the Swimming Australia Website

Currently training under Chris Mooney at the University of Sunshine Coast, Jake took home his first individual medal – a silver in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke – at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo.

Most recently he was part of the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay team who won gold and set a new Games Record at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Packard is also studying animal ecology and was named USC’s Sportsperson of the Year in 2018.

OLYMPIC GAMES
Rio, Brazil 2016

– Won bronze in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
– Placed 9th in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke

COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Gold Coast, Australia 2018

– Won gold in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay (Games Record)
– Placed 4th in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke
– Placed 4th in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke

PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Gold Coast, Australia 2014

– Won bronze in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
– Placed 6th in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke

Tokyo, Japan 2018

– Won gold in the Men’s 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay
– Won silver in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke
– Won bronze in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay

WORLD SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Doha, Qatar 2014

– Placed 11th in the Men’s 200m Breaststroke

WORLD LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kazan, Russia 2015

– Won silver in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
– Placed 5th in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke

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