Prue Watt Selected for IPC Short Course in Brazil
12 August 2009
Prue will join a 16-strong squad for the 2009 IPC World Short Course Championships to be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in December.
2009 Telstra Australian Short Course Championships
9 August 2009
Prue Watt (S13) continued her good form after winning silver in the 50m butterfly last night to set a provisional world record time of 30.11 in the second heat and also go through to the final.
Prue Watt swam the Women’s 100m Freestyle Multi Disability final and finished with the SILVER medal in a time of 59.84.
Prue Watt finished with the BRONZE medal in the Multi Disability 50m Freestyle in a time of 27.90.
50 SC Metre Breaststroke Multi-Disability - 37.01
Paralympians head to Manchester for World Cup racing
Friday 22 May 2009
Five Australian Paralympic swimmers will compete in Manchester this Sunday and Monday at the Paralympic World Cup before going on to Berlin for the International German Swimming Championships later next week.
The team of Rick Pendelton, Jeremy Tidy, Ellie Cole, Teigan van Roosmalen and Prue Watt will be coached by Paralympic Head Coach Brendan Keogh, with Swimming Australia Head Coach Alan Thompson also traveling to Manchester to attend the meet.
While only taking a small team to Manchester and then Germany for the racing experience, Keogh says he’s looking forward to seeing how individual form from the Australian Trials stacks up against international opposition.
“We’re looking towards the World Short Course at the end of the year as our major goal, and this is a great opportunity for these guys to get some good racing experience,” said Keogh.
“I want to see some solid racing. We always put in solid performances overseas and I want to see some good improvements from heats to finals. There are specific goals for each individual swimmer to reach, but the key here is to get some racing experience.”
With all five swimmers showing good form at the Australian Championships in Sydney in March, Keogh is particularly interested in the progression of 22-year-old Victorian Prue Watt, who has already swam a World No 1 time for the 50m freestyle this year.
“Prue’s time for the 50 at the trials would have won here a gold medal in Beijing so we’re pretty excited about how she is improving at the moment, and it will be good to see all the athletes race both in Manchester, and in Berlin.”
The Paralympic World Cup also includes athletics, track cycling and wheelchair basketball, with the swimming events to be held on Sunday 24 May and Monday 25 May at the Manchester Aquatic Centre.
Athlete Profiles for Paralympic World Cup in Manchester
Prue Watt (Victoria)
Event: S13, 100m Butterfly
DOB: Jan 1 1987
World Championships Results / Paralympic Games Results including Medals: PG: Beijing 08 - Women's 100m Butterfly - S13 Final – 4th; Women's 400m Freestyle - S13 Final – 6th; Women's 100m Freestyle - S13 Final – 6th; Women's 200m IM - SM13 Final – 5th; Women's 100m Backstroke - S13 Final – 8th; Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 Final – 5th.
Jeremy Tidy (VIC)
Event: SM10 200m IM
DOB: Jun 4 1987
World Championships Results / Paralympic Games Results including Medals: PG: Beijing 08 - Men's 200m IM -SM10 Final – 6th; Men's 100m Backstroke - S10 Final – 8th.
Day 6 Results from World Championships Trials
March 2009
Prue Watt 10 free 1st 1.01.18
Day 5 Results from World Championships Trials
March 2009
Prue Watt 50 brs 1st 38.31
Day 3 Results from World Championships Trials
March 2009
Prue Watt 100 fly 1st 1.08.13
Day 2 Results from World Championships Trials
March 2009
Prue Watt 200 IM 1st 2.32.54
Day 1 Results from World Championships Trials
March 2009
Prue Watt 50 free 1st 27:77
Prue Watt nominated for the Australian Paralympic Swim Team
Nunawading’s Prue Watt has been nominated to represent Australia and the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing following her superb performances at the 2008 Australian Championships in Sydney last week. Prue’s swim in the Women’s 100m Butterfly M/D (Multi-Disability) final finished off a fantastic week with a win and clocking a world number one ranked time of 1.08.26.
