Rackley Swimming rallies local community behind aspiring Olympic swimmers

With the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials set return to Brisbane for the first time in 40 years, Rackley Swimming is rallying behind its athletes on their campaign to the trials through the Rackley Race to France initiative.

Rackley’s nearly 30,000 students and 2,100 squad members across South East Queensland and NSW will be banding together to swim the distance from South East Queensland to France - roughly 37,500 kilometres - alongside their homegrown heroes.

The Rackley Race to France campaign is aiming to heighten enthusiasm across its community by sharing the opportunity for the young swimmers to train alongside local swimming champions including Rackley swimming champions Jenna Strauch, Sam Short, Thomas Neill, Alex Graham, Max Giuliani and Meg Harris.

Since 20th March, Rackley swim students have been able to log each of their squad or learn-to-swim lessons in the Rackley Race to France LiveTracker, with the tracker accumulating the distance swam by each individual swim school, mapping their progress in an interactive race between schools to the French coastline.

Located across Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton Bay, Gold Coast and Western Sydney, Rackley Swimming has over two decades of active industry experience.

Through their specialised swimming programs, Rackley is committed to instilling families with the confidence and skills essential for fostering a life-long love for water play and sport.

The 2024 Australian Swimming Trials are being held from Wednesday 17th to Saturday 20th Apil.

Images: Rackley Swimming champions at the Centenary Aquatic Centre athletes (top, from left): Sam Short, Bronte Job, Ty Hartwell, Lily Price, Meg Harris and Tommy Neill and (below) Rackley learn-to-swim participants. Credit: Rackley Swimming/Nick James.