Trent comes from a big family of swimmers. He has an older sister – Bianca and two younger brothers – Codie and Ridge. Trent’s parents, Fay and Rob, had all their children enrolled in learn-to-swim classes at a very young age. Slowly moving up the ranks, Trent started in his first proper squad at age 9, under John Dempsey at Lawnton Swim Club from there a short stint with Peter Diamond at Northern Districts Swim Club before moving to John Rodgers at Albany Creek Swim Club. Here Trent swam under John Rodgers (JR) for the next 11 years. JR took Trent from being an average age group swimmer who would struggle to make state finals to placing third at the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships (Olympic Trials) in the 1500m freestyle, just missing selection for the Olympic Team. Trent swam a time of 15.12.36, ranking him the 9th fastest all time Australian in that event.
At the end of 2008 is when Trent decided he wanted a new challenge, making the switch from pool swimming to open water swimming. With some great results in the first season which included: wins in the very prestigious “Tiburon Mile” in San Francisco and “King of the Sea” in Brazil, winning the double at the 2009 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships in the 5km and 10km events, winning the last World Cup race of the year in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and to cap it all off Trent came home with a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships in the 25km event held in Rome, Italy – the first time he’d ever swam that distance.
The end of 2009 is when Trent and JR parted ways with JR taking a job offer overseas. Trent then moved clubs to train under Harley Connolly at Lawnton Swim Club. Harley was previously JR’s assistant.
With a very positive 2009 season, Trent was hoping for great things of 2010. Unfortunately it was not to be, with Trent contracting Ross River Fever which kept him out of action for the whole season.
2011 was always going to be a rebuilding year. With some very positive results especially towards the end of the year Trent is back to his best and can’t wait to start racing in 2012…

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 26. IN a list of the various rule changes set to be discussed at the FINA Bureau meeting this summer, the Technical Swimming Congress will officially discuss allowing multiple dolphin kicks on the start of any breaststroke race for up to a distance of 15 meters.

This proposal was first made public in February, when Russian swimming federation President Vladimir Salnikov suggested it in a letter. Salnikov said the proposal was mentioned in a meeting of LEN, the European swimming federation, last December and was set to be submitted to FINA.

Following is the official wording of the proposed rule change:

After the start, the swimmer may take one arm stroke completely back to the legs during which the swimmer may be completely submerged for a distance of not more than 15 metres. Multiple Butterfly kicks are permitted while completely submerged.
Once the swimmer’s head breaks the surface of the water, the stroke cycle must be one arm stroke and one leg kick in that order. All movements of the arms shall be simultaneous and on the same horizontal plane without alternating movement. At the last stroke before the turn and at the finish an arm stroke not followed by a leg kick is permitted.

The proposed rule change comes with a “Bureau Recommends” green stamp of approval in the agenda. Various national federations, including the United States, Denmark, Switzerland and Sweden, submitted rule proposals that kept the single downward dolphin kick rule in the wording. Those proposals were not recommended for discussion by the Technical Swimming Committee or the FINA Bureau.

No matter how the Bureau votes for breaststroke starts, the single dolphin kick would remain on the turn portion for breaststroke, which applies to breaststroke races and during the breaststroke leg of the individual medley:

After each turn, the swimmers may take one stroke completely back to the legs during which
the swimmer may be completely submerged. A single butterfly kick is permitted while
completely submerged. Once the swimmer’s head breaks the surface of the water, the
stroke cycle must be one arm stroke and one breaststroke leg kick in that order.

Various elite breaststrokers have spoken out publicly against this proposed rule change. Most recently, Indiana junior Cody Miller did not support the proposal in a recent Morning Swim Show interview, and Olympians Eric Shanteau and Ed Moses voiced their dissent in a recent Twitter conversation:

Another major rule change up for discussion in July will be the official addition of mixed relays to the event schedule, though it is not clear if those events will be swum at events besides the World Cup series. Official world records will be kept for the mixed 200 medley and mixed 200 free relays in short course meters competition, and the mixed 400 medley and mixed 400 free relays in long course competition. Individual world records cannot be set in leadoff legs on mixed relays, according to the rule proposals, a situation that dates back to the 2007 Duel in the Pool, when the world was led to believe that Australia’s Libby Lenton (now Trickett) had set a world record in the long course 100 free leading off the 400 mixed free relay. The record time was not ruled ineligible by FINA.

The Technical Swimming Congress is set to meet on July 25, one week after the start of the world championships, but three days before the start of pool competition. Any rule changes approved by the FINA Bureau would not go into effect at those world championships.

Source: swimmingworldmagazine

The “Missile” won the 100M free at Australian Open Championship with the time of 47.53; an identical time when he took silver at the London Olympic last year

JAQ News will start to launch some swim updates from different disciplines of Aquatic Sports (Swimming, Water Polo, Synchronize, Diving, Open Water, Fin Swimming). It will be adopted from different sources from our partners and variety sites.

JAQ Swimming menyelenggarakan sekaligus meluncurkan Liga akuatik antar sekolah dan Universitas (LISCA) di Indonesia pada tanggal 6-7 April 2013 bertempat di Universitas Pelita Harapan Olympic Pool. Ini adalah liga akuatik pertama bagi atlet pelajar dan mahasiswa di Indonesia yang bertujuan untuk menciptakan karakter atlet pelajar yang lebih baik, kuat dan pintar
JAQ Swimming didirikan oleh mantan atlet dan professional pada tahun 2004. JAQ  menciptakan liga akuatik untuk atlet pelajar yang mendorong siswa dan perenang untuk tetap bersekolah untuk mengejar keunggulan akademik dan olahraga untuk mencapai tujuan profesional mereka nanti. Para penggagas JAQ percaya bahwa pendidikan yang solid merupakan bekal penting untuk masa depan perenang ‘. Kemampuan fisik memiliki keterbatasan tetapi intelektual dan keterampilan yang berkelanjutan untuk akan dimiliki sampai kapanpun. Sebelum LISCA, JAQ telah mengadakan Liga Invitational di antara sekolah dasar untuk menumbuhkan semangat atlet pelajar. invitasi ini dilakukan setiap kuartal sepanjang tahun.

“Pada 2012, JAQ berbagi misi dan visi dengan kami, kami menemukan bahwa kami memiliki misi yang sama untuk tumbuh dan membuat Indonesia sadar akan pentingnya untuk tidak meninggalkan bangku sekolah dan mengembangkan bakat akuatik secara bersamaan. Karena kami mencapai kesepakatan bersama untuk memperkenalkan liga akuatik antar universitas, kami memutuskan untuk memulai liga air untuk atlet mahasiswa pada 2013, “kata Stephen Metcalfe Direktur Departemen Olahraga Universitas Pelita Harapan

Pada seri 1 dari LISCA musim 2013, yang diselenggarakan pada 6-7 April, 12 universitas dan 8 SMA telah berpartisipasi. Para atlet mahasiswa akan mewakili sekolah mereka dan setiap peserta yang mengambil bagian telah lolos seleksi nilai akademik minimum di sekolah mereka.

Belajar dari keberhasilan Collegiate Athletic Association Nasional (NCAA) liga siswa untuk Atlet Mahasiswa kampanye di AS, “kami ingin mendorong atlet mahasiswa Indonesia untuk mengejar impian mereka untuk menjadi atlet profesional sementara memiliki prestasi akademik yang cemerlang di sekolah. Jadi, ketika karir mereka dalam olahraga selesai, mereka bisa sukses dalam pekerjaan profesional yang mereka pilih, “kata Wisnu.

Tahun ini, LISCA berfokus pada Swim Meet & eksibisi polo air. Tahun depan LISCA berencana untuk memasukkan Polo Air dan Renang sirip. Penghargaan akan berupa pelatihan, beasiswa dan magang dengan perusahaan mitra pendukung.

JAQ juga mengundang berbagai pihak untuk mendukung program ini melalui dana pendidikan untuk atlet mahasiswa, saat JAQ memiliki program Student Athlete Force (SAF) dengan dana yang dihimpun dari perusahaan mitra. “Acara ini diadakan dengan dukungan dari berbagai pihak yang peduli dengan masa depan atlet Indonesia. Kami ingin mendorong sektor swasta yang memiliki Corporate Social Responsibility dalam program olahraga untuk ambil bagian dalam acara ini,” kata Wisnu.

Kemudian, Wisnu ingin LISCA bisa menjadi lembaga pendidikan dan olahraga yang nanti para alumninya langsung dapat berkontribusi untuk mendukung para yunior mereka. “Rencana kami untuk masa depan, kita akan membuat ikatan alumni atlet LISCA, sehingga ketika mereka telah mencapai tujuan profesional dan sukses dalam karir mereka, mereka akan membantu kita untuk mempromosikan pentingnya menyelesaikan program studi di sekolah dan mengembangkan bakat untuk masa depan atlet pelajar,” tambah Wisnu.