UniSC is home to the USC Spartans Olympic and Paralympic swimming squad
Jenna Jones (UniSC student)
Owner of 11 age records as a junior, Jenna will contest her first Commonwealth Games in the 50m freestyle S13. One of six children, Jenna was born in 2001 in Maitland, New South Wales and competed in the Rio 2016 Paralympics in five events.
Emily Beecroft (UniSC student)
One of triplets, Emily was born in Victoria in 1999, before later moving to Queensland. After finishing fourth in the 100m freestyle S9 at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018, she is hoping to go at least one place better in Birmingham. Won two medals at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Liam Schluter
A silver medalist in the 200m freestyle S14 at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Liam began swimming at Kawana Aquatic Centre on the Sunshine Coast at age two. Liam came from a multi-sport background, competing in rugby league, golf and tennis before swimming.
Alexandria Perkins
Caloundra resident Alexandria will contest the 100m butterfly after a remarkable meet in May where she achieved five personal bests from five events. Her 100m butterfly time dropped from 1:00.18 in 2020 to 58.39 at the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships.
Lakeshia Patterson
Bailey Armstrong (Open Water)
Lia Belle Wiese
Paige Leonhardt
Zac Incerti
Zachary Tabuai
Joshua Moore
Imogen Wassing
Matthew Lamb
Ruan Van Der Riet
Abbey Connor
Tom Novakowski
Coaching team
Harley Connolly
USC Spartans Head Coach, Paralympic
Mick Palfrey
USC Spartans Head Coach - Olympic
A former Paralympic swim competitor who also collected bronze at the World Championships, Palfrey made his debut as an Australian swim coach at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. He recently spent nine years as head swimming coach at the West Australian Institute of Sport.
Michael Sage
Hub Assistant Coach
Casey Akins
Paralympic Scholarship Coach
Casey has been the Assistant Coach at the UniSC based hub since 2021 working with the Para Swimming Program. Casey began this role though a QAS GEN2032 coaching scholarship, to develop her high performance coaching skills. She was recently appointed her first Australian team coaching position as a team coach at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester.