Lucas Miller

Club: Miami Swimming Club & BMD Northcliffe

Coach: Swim - Alex Beaver

             Surf - Gavin Hill

Instagram Handle: Mom & myself

Favourite Event: Swim – Endurance Races (200m, 400m, 800m 1500m and    

                                         Open Water))

       Surf – Ironman

Personal Best Results:

Surf

• Junior Athlete of the Year (South Coast and Queensland)
• 1^st Swim and Iron (U12)
• 2^nd Swim and Iron (U13)
• Qualifying into the South Coast Branch team

Swim

• South Coast Captain (2017)
• 1^st 400m Freestyle (2017)
• 2^nd 400m Freestyle (2018)
• 1^st 1.25km (2015+ record, 2016)
• 2^nd 2.5km (2017)
  

Goals for this Season:

Open Water: To qualify for nationals in the 5km

Swim: Qualify for Age Nationals for the 200M Free, 400m Free, 800m Free,  

         200m IM

Surf: Place in the Surf Swim and Ironman at QLD states and make it to the

       finals for those events at Aussies.

Long Term Goals: Represent Australia for Open Water. Become the next upcoming Ironman

Weekly Training Schedule: 5-6 Swim sessions

                                                   1-2 Surf sessions

                                                   1 Gym Session

Favourite Training session: Swim: Distance

                                                Surf: Iron

Favourite Engine Product (and why):
Engine Backpacks as they provide me with enough space to fit all my gear for training and competitions

Favourite activity/hobby outside of your sport: Hanging with friends at the beach and catching free waves.

Best Advise you have received: Are you going to let the pain overcome you or are you going to push through it and succeed?    

Mentors: Parents and Coach

Favourite Quote: “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying again.” – Michael Jordan