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WA Pool Life Saving State Team 2024

Dive into all that happened at the APLSC 2024

25 January 2024

underwater shot of WA pool lifesaving athlete in actionTeam WA has been taking the Australian Pool Lifesaving Championships (APLSC) by storm since its inception in 1987 – an event loved by all who compete and attend.

This year was no different as the team headed to Melbourne to attend the three-day competition at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. The APLSC brings a sense of comradery with individual athletes, teams, volunteers and staff all coming together to make the event possible.

Throughout the competition, the WA State Team and the West Life Saving Club competed in a number of individual and team events including obstacle relays, manikin tow, CPR competition, super lifesaver and much more. We congratulate all those who competed for making WA proud at the championships!

The WA State Team took home six gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals with West Life Saving team members, Peter Traeger and David McCarron receiving four and one silver medallions respectively.

Male lifesaver of the meet Jake SmithBut the awards don't stop there for WA with the State Team winning Interstate U16 Champion, Interstate Open Champion, Interstate Men's Overall Champion and Interstate Overall Champion.

Jonnine Rowe, Royal Life Saving WA Sports Coordinator said, ''I cannot be prouder of this year's state team – they trained tirelessly under Bec Hartman, Jen Jones and our senior athletes whilst mentoring several new young athletes to the sport for the very first time.

"So to take out gold, a WA first in 22 years was very exciting and rewarding. We can't wait to continue our winning streak next year!''

WA State Team with their medalsAll those wins under the belt for Team WA and West Life Saving needed to be celebrated in style and they were at the Presentation Dinner held at Zinc Federation Square.

If you would like to see the full results list for the Australian Pool Lifesaving Championships 2024, follow the link below.

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WA Winners List:

  • Team WA: 6 Gold (Men Open 4x50m Obstacle Relay, Men U16 Obstacles Relay, Mixed U16 4x25m Manikin Carry Relay, Mixed U16 4x50m Medley Relay, Mixed Open 8x50m Fin Relay, Men Open 450m Medley Relay), 1 Silver (Mixed Open 4x50 pool lifesaver relay), 2 Bronze (Men 4x25m Manikin Carry Relay, Mixed U19 4x50m Medley Relay)
  • Sam Hicks (U19s): 1 Bronze (200m Obstacles)
  • Eleanor Flowers (U16s): 3 Gold (125m Line Throw, 50m Manikin Carry, 200m Superlifesaver), 2 Silver (100m Manikin Tow, 100m Manikin Carry), 1 Bronze (200m Obstacles)
  • Harrison Hynes (Open): 3 Silver (200m Obstacles, 100m Manikin Tow, 50m Manikin Carry), 1 Bronze (200m Superlifesaver)
  • Jake Smith (Open): 4 Gold (100m Manikin Tow, 100m Manikin Carry, 100n rescue medley, ), 2 Silver (125m Line Throw, CPR), 1 Bronze (200m Obstacles)
  • Jurgens Wilson (U16): 1 Gold (200m Obstacles), 3 Silver (100m Manikin Tow, 50m Manikin Carry, 200m Superlifesaver)
  • Mitchell Tuckey (U16): 3 Gold (100m Manikin Tow, 100m Manikin Carry, 200m Superlifesaver), 1 Silver (200m Obstacles), 1 Bronze (CPR)
  • Kelton Rothnie (Open): 1 Gold (125m Line Throw), 1 Bronze (1oom Manikin Carry)
  • Jaimee Traeger (U19): 1 Gold (125m Line Throw)
  • Hitomi Cording (U16): 1 Silver (100m Manikin Carry)
  • Kate Rigoll (U19): 1 Silver (100m Manikin Carry)
  • Charlie Czaplinska (U16): 1 Bronze (200m Superlifesaver)
  • Peter Traeger (West Life Saving): 4 Silver (100m Obstacles, 100m Manikin Tow, 100m Manikin Carry, 50m Manikin Carry)