﻿{"id":406294,"date":"2019-12-09T18:26:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T01:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=406294"},"modified":"2019-12-09T21:41:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T04:41:16","slug":"clyde-lewis-kaylee-mckeown-and-lani-pallister-joined-by-a-host-of-internationals-headline-queensland-state-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/clyde-lewis-kaylee-mckeown-and-lani-pallister-joined-by-a-host-of-internationals-headline-queensland-state-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Clyde Lewis, Kaylee McKeown and Lani Pallister joined by a host of internationals for Queensland State Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"406296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/clyde-lewis-kaylee-mckeown-and-lani-pallister-joined-by-a-host-of-internationals-headline-queensland-state-championships\/website-banner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Website-Banner.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"915,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Website-Banner\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Website-Banner&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Website-Banner-700x410.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Website-Banner.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-406296\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Website-Banner-700x410.jpg\" alt=\"Website-Banner\" width=\"220\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The appearance of rising stars <strong>Clyde Lewis, Kaylee McKeown and Lani Pallister<\/strong>, a host of Olympians and a record number of internationals will highlight the up-coming 2019 McDonald\u2019s <strong>Queensland State Swimming Championships<\/strong> at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre (December 14-20).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The Open, Age and Multi-Class meet will kick-start on Saturday with the Club and Region Relays before the first individual events start on Sunday morning with the first finals session featuring the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke and 100m backstroke, that night.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_304391\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304391\" data-attachment-id=\"304391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-notes-cate-campbell-better-than-ever\/clyde-lewis-australia-200-im-2018-commonwealth-games\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/clyde-lewis-australia-200-im-2018-commonwealth-games.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1724,1149\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"clyde-lewis-australia-200-im-2018-commonwealth-games\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;clyde-lewis-australia-200-im-2018-commonwealth-games&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Clyde Lewis; Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr\/Swimming Australia Ltd.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/clyde-lewis-australia-200-im-2018-commonwealth-games-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/clyde-lewis-australia-200-im-2018-commonwealth-games-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304391\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/clyde-lewis-australia-200-im-2018-commonwealth-games-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"clyde-lewis-australia-200-im-2018-commonwealth-games\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-304391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clyde Lewis; Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr\/Swimming Australia Ltd.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Dual World Championship relay gold medallist Lewis and backstroking silver medallist McKeown were among the stars of Australia\u2019s Gwangju World Championship team and head 10 members of that 27-strong team who will start their Olympic season in earnest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Lewis (St Peters Western) tops the rankings in the opening 200m freestyle with his World Championship semi-final time of 1:44.90 \u2013 which stands as the second fastest time in the world this year and the second fastest time by an Australian behind the legendary Olympic champion Ian Thorpe \u2013 the only two Australians to have swum under 1:45.00.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The Dean Boxall coached Lewis will also start favourite in the 100m freestyle and line up in the 100 and 200m butterfly \u2013 after encouraging butterfly swims from the former Imer in the ISL season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The butterfly will see Rio team mates David Morgan (TSS Aquatics) and Grant Irvine (UWS West Coast) re-united on the starting blocks after Irvine moved to WA with his fianc\u00e9e, with the pair having their eyes on Tokyo 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Morgan recently contested the US Open in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing second in the B final to world\u2019s No 1 male sprinter in Caleb Dressell in the 200m butterfly.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_400763\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400763\" data-attachment-id=\"400763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cate-campbell-now-australias-premier-global-swimming-sta\/gwangju-kaylee-mckeown-reaction\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GWANGJU-Kaylee-McKeown-reaction-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2915,1943\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564265306&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GWANGJU Kaylee McKeown reaction\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;GWANGJU Kaylee McKeown reaction&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GWANGJU-Kaylee-McKeown-reaction--700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GWANGJU-Kaylee-McKeown-reaction--1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-400763\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GWANGJU-Kaylee-McKeown-reaction--700x500.jpg\" alt=\"GWANGJU Kaylee McKeown reaction\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-400763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaylee McKeown Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr\/Swimming Australia Ltd.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">McKeown (USC Spartans), who continued to shine with her stunning 200m backstroke silver in Gwangju, will line up in the 100 and 200m backstroke, 200 and 400 IM, 100m freestyle and the 100m breaststroke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lani-pallister-takes-distance-free-triple-with-1558-world-junior-championships-record-in-1500m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pallister, a three-time individual gold medallist over 400,800 and 1500m freestyle at this year\u2019s Fina World Junior Championships<\/strong><\/a>, has only just returned from Europe with the all-conquering Australian Life Saving team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">There will be no rest for the girl from Cotton Tree on the Sunshine Coast who will run into some of her main opponents in TSS Aquatic trio Kiah Melverton, Maddie Gough and the club\u2019s latest recruit Moesha Johnson and also the first Australian swimmer named on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic team, open water marathon representative Kareena Lee (Noosa) in the women\u2019s middle distance and distance freestyle events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The women\u2019s 400, 800 and 1500m freestyle will be amongst the most hotly contested of what promises to be non-stop week of racing.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_399414\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-399414\" data-attachment-id=\"399414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-hopeful-kiah-melvertons-gold-medal-start-in-melbourne\/kiah-melverton-smile\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/kiah-melverton-smile.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4386,2924\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571943258&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Winning smile\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;kiah melverton smile&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/kiah-melverton-smile-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/kiah-melverton-smile-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-399414\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/kiah-melverton-smile-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Golden smile from TSS Aquatic's Kiah Melverton and a hug for silver medal winning teammate Moesha Johnson.\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-399414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiah Melverton (right) and Maddie Gough. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Melverton has already started her long course racing campaign up against US superstar Katie Ledecky at the US Open, recording some encouraging results to again declare her intentions coming into the Olympic selection year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The World Championship finalist finished second to Ledecky in the 1500m (16:05.95) and the 800m (8:26.08) freestyles, with Johnson ninth in the 1500 (16.30.81) and seventh in the 800m (8:34.91).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The meet will also see the return of Griffith University\u2019s dual Olympian David McKeon after a long rehabilitation from shoulder surgery, who will swim in the 100 and 200m freestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">While it may be missing meet poster girl and reigning World Champion Ariarne Titmus, who is on International Swimming League Grand Final duties in La Vegas (Dec 20 and 21), with a host of Australian stars, it has still attracted huge interest from throughout Queensland and Australian clubs from almost every Australian State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">But it is the record entries from overseas that will create enormous interest with teams from New Zealand (69), Japan (33), Singapore (22), Hong Kong (20), Czech Republic (11), China (10), Great Britain (3), Papua New Guinea (2), Cook Islands (2), South Africa (2) and Indonesia, Samoa, Sweden, Thailand, Philippines and Scotland (1) that has created enormous interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Included in the internationals are Japanese breaststroke guns, London Olympic silver and bronze medallist Satomi Suzuki\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">and dual Pan Pac champion Yasuhiro Koseki (ranked 12<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">th<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\"> in the world in 2019 for 200m breaststroke) and rising Kiwi medley star, World Championship and Commonwealth Games 400IM bronze medallist Lewis Clarburt (Capital Swim Club, Wellington).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53797\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53797\" data-attachment-id=\"53797\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/satomi-suzuki-sets-japanese-record-on-night-two-in-japan\/olympics-swimming-womens-100m-breaststroke-finals\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/USATSI_6423746-e1411639978625.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1525,1143\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jul 30, 2012; London, United Kingdom; Satomi Suzuki (JPN) reacts after finishing in third in the women&#039;s 100m breaststroke finals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1343679909&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Richard Mackson&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Olympics: Swimming-Women&#039;s 100m Breaststroke-Finals&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Satomi Suzuki\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8\/19\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n4\/3\/2018&lt;br \/&gt;\nJul 30, 2012; London, United Kingdom; Satomi Suzuki (JPN) reacts after finishing in third in the women&#8217;s 100m breaststroke finals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/USATSI_6423746-e1411639978625-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/USATSI_6423746-e1411639978625-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53797\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/USATSI_6423746-e1411639978625-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Jul 30, 2012; London, United Kingdom; Satomi Suzuki (JPN) reacts after finishing in third in the women's 100m breaststroke finals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Koseki will go head to head with Queensland\u2019s own Zac Stubblety-Cook (Chandler Aquatic) who holds down the fourth-fastest 200m breaststroke time in the world this year of 2:07.36 to Koseki\u2019s 2:08.05.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Stubblety-Cook is one of 10 members of this year\u2019s Australian World Championship Team entered in the meet, and will be joined by with Lewis, McKeown, Tom Fraser Holmes (Griffith University), Jack McLoughlin (Chandler Aquatic), Melverton, Morgan, Leah Neale (USC Spartans) and Jenna Strauch (Bond University).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_274970\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274970\" data-attachment-id=\"274970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aussie-thomas-neill-sets-junior-short-course-wr-in-400-free-mitch-larkin-shines\/zac-stubblety-cook-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zac-stubblety-cook-jr-worlds-2017-6035.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1MarkII&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;zac-stubblety-cook-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1503746121&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;zac-stubblety-cook-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zac-stubblety-cook-jr-worlds-2017 6035\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;zac-stubblety-cook- 200 Breaststroke, 2017, FINA Jr. World Swimming Championships, Stubblety-Cook Zac&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zac-stubblety-cook-jr-worlds-2017-6035-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zac-stubblety-cook-jr-worlds-2017-6035-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-274970\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zac-stubblety-cook-jr-worlds-2017-6035-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"zac-stubblety-cook-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-274970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zac Stubblety-Cook. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">This year\u2019s co-poster girl for these Championships, Paralympic and World Champion and Paralympic Program Swimmer of the Year Lakeisha \u201cLucky\u201d Patterson (Belgravia Swim Team), will also be joined by a host of her Paralympic team mates, including Rio gold medallists Brenden Hall (Belgravia) and Rachael Watson (Chandler).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">It\u2019s a huge promotional rewards for Patterson, who shares the poster with fellow World Champion Ariarne Titmus with Swimming Queensland rewarding the two girls for their outstanding years throughout 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The State Championship posters that adorn the corridors of the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, purposely built for the 1982 Commonwealth Games, have featured the who\u2019s who of Queensland swimming\u2019s legends \u2013from Kieren Perkins, Suzie O\u2019Neill and Samantha Riley, to the Campbell sisters.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The appearance of rising stars Clyde Lewis, Kaylee McKeown and Lani Pallister, a host of Olympians and a record number of internationals will highlight the up-coming 2019 McDonald\u2019s Queensland State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7938,"featured_media":391368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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Father of 2004 Olympic swimming gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/ianhanson\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Janelle Elford, 1988 Olympic swimmer for Australia, and daughter Lani Pallister, World Junior Champion - Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr, Swimming Australia","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/JanelleElfordLaniPallister.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1HH8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}