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Sienna Toohey Breaks 20-Year Record to Earn Dolphins Team Selection

She will represent Australia at the World Championships in Singapore next month.

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Albury swimmer Sienna Toohey has won two races at the Australian Swimming Trials at the age of 16. Picture by Delly Carr/Swimming Australia
Sienna Toohey powers towards her win in the 100 metres breaststroke to qualify for the Australian team that will compete at the world championship in July. Picture by Delly Carr/Swimming Australia

Overview

  • At the Australian Swimming Trials in Adelaide from June 9 to 14, Toohey posted a 1:06.55 time in the 100-metre breaststroke to eclipse Leisel Jones’s 1:07.31 mark from 2005.
  • She overcame winter training hurdles in Albury by relocating to Canberra for six weeks ahead of the Trials due to her hometown’s lack of an indoor pool.
  • Her record-breaking swim secured her first selection to the senior Australian Dolphins team.
  • Toohey will join roughly 2,500 elite athletes at the World Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3.
  • The championships will feature six aquatic disciplines, including swimming, water polo and high diving, across the Singapore Sports Hub and Sentosa venues.