Mollie O’Callaghan of St Peters Western Swim Club likened to senior Australian Dolphins

These 10 glittering gold medals won earlier in the year at the junior Australian championships helped Mollie O’Callaghan onto the Australian team bound for the world juniors. Now her coach at St Peters Western Dean Boxall paid her a stunning tribute.

St Peters Lutheran College student Mollie O'Callaghan. (AAP Image/Renae Droop)

St Peters Western head coach Dean Boxall has given world junior swimming championship selection Mollie O’Callaghan the ultimate complement by likening her to an array of international swimmer from the club

O’Callaghan, 15, who attends St Peters Lutheran College Springfield, joined Australian swimming’s No. 1 club at the start of the year.

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Senior, junior and school club champions, St Peters Western will supply six swimmers to the senior world championships starting on July 15 while another six, including O’Callaghan, made the world junior squad bound for Budapest (August 20-25).

“What an asset,’’ Boxall said of O’Callaghan.

“Mollie is conscientious, she wants to improve. She is a great kid to coach because she gets herself in the zone.

“She is really attentive to try and work hard.

“Her ability to race is special. She has a bit of (Michael) Pickett in her race, a bit of Shayna (Jack) in her race, a bit of Mitch (Larkin) in her race.

“She loves to race and she enjoys it. I can see a big future for her.’’

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From Greenbank in Logan City, O’Callaghan said she was now fitter and benefiting from training at St Peters Western. “I was not as fit at my other squad, but when I moved I found I benefited from the other girls and boys training against me and the environment around me.

“The training fitted my races, the structure of it, the hard sessions, right down to the taper.’’

St Peters Springfield trio Ella Ramsay, Mollie O'Callaghan and Claveria Johnson are thriving under the environment at the St Peters Western Swim Club. (AAP Image/Renae Droop)

At the junior nationals earlier this year which led to her Australian selection, the year 10 student won a staggering four individual gold medals in personal best times, six relay gold medals and one relay bronze medal.

Asked about her performance, she replied: “I was more surprised because there are so many competitors and everyone was there.

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“There were so many girls who do the time but who didn’t get selected, so I was surprised.’’

O’Callaghan was not a natural water baby. “I started swimming because of my sister.

“I never really liked swimming but as I got older, I got more determined and consistent and began to like it.

“When I got to age seven I wanted to race.’’

She said her aim was at least to make a semi-final or final at the worlds and to do personal best times.