City of Perth Swimming Club

WA States wrapped 🔴⚫️

A fantastic championship campaign from the City of Perth Swimming Club athletes:

🏊‍♂️ 12 athletes raced
⏱️ 48 completed swims
🔥 31 PBs
📈 64.6% PB rate
⏬ 89.68 seconds dropped
🥇 8 gold
🥈 10 silver
🥉 2 bronze
🌍 7 reported record performances

Kate Wallington completed an outstanding campaign with eight PBs from eight swims and six medals—three gold, two silver and one bronze.

Kate also produced seven reported Virtus II3 world-record performances across six events. These performances remain pending formal Virtus ratification.

A brilliant weekend from the City team and everyone who supported them.

Formidable Strength & Conditioning is proud to support City of Perth’s athletes through both swim coaching and strength and conditioning.

🌟 STATES — DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS 🌟

Another outstanding day for City of Perth at the 2026 Hancock Prospecting Western Australian Age & Open Short Course Championships!

A particularly special congratulations goes to Elke Lee, who claimed the first State Championships medals of her career in the multiclass 100m freestyle and 50m backstroke. An exciting milestone for one of our emerging athletes! 👏

Tani Davey
🥈 2nd — 18+ 200m Butterfly

Joshua Hofer OAM — Multiclass
🥇 1st — 50m Breaststroke
🥈 2nd — 100m Freestyle
🥈 2nd — 50m Backstroke

Liam Smith — Multiclass
🥇 1st — 50m Backstroke
🥇 1st — 50m Freestyle

Kate Wallington
🥇 1st — 18+ 200m Butterfly
🥉 3rd — Open 200m Butterfly
🥇 1st — 18+ 400m Individual Medley
🥈 2nd — Open 400m Individual Medley
🥇 1st — Multiclass 200m Freestyle
🥉 3rd — Multiclass 50m Butterfly

Kate also broke an incredible five Australian S19 Open multiclass records!

Congratulations to all on a fantastic day of racing—and to every City of Perth swimmer who represented the club with pride. ❤️🖤

Day 3 at WA States ✅

A huge final day from the City of Perth Swimming Club athletes:

🏊‍♂️ 10 athletes raced
⏱️ 17 completed swims
🔥 13 PBs
📈 76.5% PB rate
⏬ 33.89 seconds dropped
🥇 4 gold
🥈 3 silver
🥉 1 bronze

Kate Wallington completed an outstanding final day with two gold, one silver and one bronze medal across her four events.

A brilliant finish from the entire City team after a huge weekend of racing.

Formidable Strength & Conditioning is proud to support City of Perth’s athletes through both swim coaching and strength and conditioning.

🌟 STATES — NIGHT ONE 🌟

What an incredible opening night for City of Perth at the 2026 Hancock Prospecting Western Australian Age & Open Short Course Championships!

🥈 Kate Wallington claimed silver in the able bodied Open 1500m freestyle as well as setting some record breaking splits:
🌏 Four Virtus world records— 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle
💚🫶Two Australian S19 records — 800m and 1500m freestyle

🥇 Joshua Hofer OAM powered to gold in the 400m freestyle, smashing an outstanding 8.92 seconds from his entry time!

Two medals, six records and a brilliant start to the championships. Congratulations, Kate and Joshua! ❤️🖤

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✨ Junior Swimmer of the Month - July ✨

A huge congratulations to Mikey Carlos who was named junior swimmer of the month for July 2026!

Mikey was proudly awarded SOTM in recognition of his hard work, dedication, and commitment to training. Mikey has consistently demonstrated a positive attitude, an excellent work ethic, and a determination to improve in every session. Keep up the awesome work Mikey!

Congratulations Mikey on being awarded SOTM for July 2026. Keep up the fantastic work 💪🏼

🎉 Wishing City Athletes the Best in Melbourne 🎉

Good luck to Maximus Tsoutsoulis and Elizaveta Fedotova as they represent WA at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre! 👏🏼

Racing starts this Sunday for 4 big days of heats and finals 🏊🏼‍♀️🏊🏼‍♂️

City is proud of you both - swim fast, have fun, and represent WA with pride! 💪🏼💥

Insert of Max wearing his SSWA uniform 🙌🏼

On Saturday, May 23, Swimming WA hosted the 2026 National Championships Awards hosted by New Town Toyota, recognising the incredible achievements of WA's athletes on the national stage. 🏊‍♂️

A huge congratulations to our athletes:

❤️🖤 Kate Wallington – Multiclass S19
Kate delivered an outstanding Nationals campaign which culminated in being a top 3 finalist for the Hancock Prospecting Perpetual Trophy.
• 6 PB’s
• 5 Finals
• 4 Virtus World Records
🏅 400m Freestyle National Record – Gold Coast Nationals
🏅 3km Open Water National Champion
💪 Selected into the 2026/27 WA Performance Pathway (WA Development Squad athlete)
Beyond her performances in the pool, and setting multiple Swimming Australia and Virtus World records, Kate continues to lead by example through her dedication to the sport, support of her teammates, and encouragement of younger swimmers within our club.

❤️🖤 Elke Lee – Multiclass S19
• First National Championships qualifier
• B Finalist
💪 Selected into the 2026/27 WA Performance Pathway (WA Development Squad athlete)
An incredible achievement for 14-year-old Elke, we are so proud of the hard work and determination she has shown this season.

❤️🖤 Isaac Iaschi (15)
• A Finalist for the 100m Breaststroke
• B Finalist and Australian Trials qualifier for the 50m Breaststroke
Congratulations Isaac on a fantastic Championships campaign and well-deserved results.

We are incredibly proud of all our athletes on their outstanding achievements and the way they continue to represent our club both in and out of the pool and a big shout out to head coach Eoin Carroll and Meg Hobson for supporting our athletes 🎉

It’s National Volunteers Week, and we want to say a huge THANK YOU to the incredible volunteers who keep our club moving 💙

From early mornings on pool deck to behind-the-scenes organising, timing, fundraising, team managing and everything in between - our club simply wouldn’t exist without you.

A special shout out to our tireless committee members, whose dedication, leadership and countless hours of work help create opportunities for every swimmer to thrive. And to our amazing parent volunteers - thank you for always stepping up, cheering loudly, lending a hand and being the heart of our community.

We appreciate you more than words can say 🙌