Records broken at Cool Water Classic

Callum Greenshields went one better than he did last year, as he smashed the course record on route to victory at the 2024 Yahava KoffeeWorks Cool Water Classic on Saturday.

Perfect conditions greeted over 400 swimmers as they started the 20km swim in Dunsborough.

With the solo swimmers starting first, it was Greenshields who set the early pace with one eye on the title.

Increasing his lead along the stunning Geographe Bay coastline, he crossed the finish line at Busselton Jetty in four hours and 38 minutes, smashing the course time from a year ago to cement himself at the 2024 winner and course record holder.

Giacomo Lucivero and Paul Newsome both completed the course in under five hours to round out the podium in second and third respectively.

It was a similar story in the solo women’s race with Jasmine Wynen-Gaugg building a lead in the opening four kilometres and not looking back.

Wynen-Gaugg wrote her name into the record books with the eighth fastest overall time to win the women’s category. Her new record of five hours and 39 minutes, nearly two hours faster than the 2023 winning time. Lauren Lord and Jenni Vile completed the podium.

In the duos it was Stuart Anderson and Nathan Perrett (men), Niamh Healy and Mia Evans (women) and David Maggs and Naomi Watters (mixed) taking victory.

The teams categories were hotly contested with more than 60 teams across men, women and mixed categories battling for the honour of being named 2024 winners.

In the men’s, Les Plane, Liam Logan, Geoff Davieson, Sam Griffiths and Leon Musca took the win, Natasha ONeill, Shonel Allison, Toni Moore, Georgina Kovacs-Muller and Kylie English in the women’s.

In the mixed category Olga Londsale, Cameron Robertson, Kasia Rymarczyk, Jay Prchal and Matt Dohmen emerged on top.

“To build on what we delivered last year, and have the event now established as one of the leading open water swims in Western Australia is a fantastic result,” Event Director Sam Moore said.

“We designed the Yahava KoffeeWorks Cool Water Classic for everyone and to watch people from all walks of life, some new to the sport, others swimming with mates as a challenge, through to experienced swimmers celebrate as they crossed the line tells us we have delivered for them. Congratulations to everyone who took part and enjoyed their own personal successes and to Callum and Jasmine on setting new records.

“Thanks to our event partners Yahava KoffeeWorks, Ray White Stocker Preston, City of Busselton and the Western Australian Government through Tourism WA for their ongoing support.”