A COUPLE OF LAPS WITH......

In the second series of eSwimmer’s exclusive new athlete profiles, David Lyall throws on a pair of Speedos and some flippers to kick a few laps along side some of Australia’s best swimmers.

This month Lyall sought a quick reaction from new world record holder Jade Edmistone and Olympic relay medallist Nic Sprenger.

Just two years after coming out of a premature retirement, Edmistone had a sensational Telstra Australian Short Course Championships, shattering the Commonwealth 50m breaststroke record three times on her way to first equaling and then breaking the World record for the event. She then went on to win a gold and two silver medals at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis.

Nic Sprenger continued the great form that saw him win a silver medal as part of Australia’s 4x200m freestyle relay team in Athens, taking out the 200/400m freestyle double at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships.

Jade Edmistone

Jade Edmistone, world record holder: Pretty cool
Brisbane: Home
AIS: Home again
50m breaststroke: Fast
100m breaststroke: aaah…getting better
Your own early retirement: Premature
Your comeback: Perfect
Making the Telstra Dolphins for World Short Course: My dream
Beijing: My next dream
Role models: mmm..No one in particular
Inspiration: Myself
Family: Supportive
University: U of Southern QLD, education, career
Life after swimming: Who knows?
Music: R&B
Last book you read: Algebra and calculus

Nic Sprenger

Olympics: Competitor, spectator and sightseer
Winning silver: Disappointing at the start, then extremely exhilarating
Lessons learnt: To be more focused during the day, to realise there’s disappointments but at the end of the day to realise I left a silver medallist
Winning the 200/400m freestyle double at the WSC Trials: Amazing, I thought it could be possible but to get out and do it, especially after the Olympics is very positive
Ian Thorpe: Freak
Michael Phelps: Equal freak
Coach Michael Bohl: Haha…equal freak as well, he’s got me to where I am today, along with my family, and I’d like to consider him a very tight support group
University: Podiatry
The future: Continue improving
Beijing: Around the corner and certainly something to continue refocusing on
Inspirations: Seeing the likes of Ian Thorpe, Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett at the Olympic Games – all huge
Role models: Those guys I just mentioned
Last book read: Lance Armstrong’s book
Music: Anything…it’s 106.9 (Brisbane) at the moment
Life after swimming: Podiatry, maybe something else but a lot more free time
Funniest member of the Telstra Dolphins Australian Squad: Brett Hawke