Shayna Jack

Shayna is a swimmer who has represented Australian Senior Dolphins during 2017 to 2019 and the Australian Junior Dolphins from 2013-2016. She has been fortunate to enjoy a reputation as someone who is positive and genuinely upbeat in her approach to life and sport. Shayna's aim is always to engage and interact in a fun and engaging manner with people. She became acutely  aware of the impact that she can have as a high profile swimmer with young athletes and the broader sporting community. Shayna takes her responsibilities to sport and all participants seriously and has a deep-rooted desire to have a positive impact on every person that crosses her path.

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Shayna has been presented with significant challenges in her sporting career. These challenges have equipped her with the necessary skill set to mentor and teach. Shayna's objective is to instruct upcoming athletes and their families about how to deal with the adversity and obstacles that all participants in sport encounter along their personal and professional pathway. Shayna believes she would be an ideal mentoring coach for anyone and everyone as she has learnt so much about how important being positive and setting goals can help improve everyday life as well as any career dreams you have. Shayna's understanding of the value of positive mental health and the benefits of a positive mind was confirmed. Her belief in who she is and what she stands for was reinforced and my message is one to be shared with others. Shayna became aware of the power of residual determination and resilience.

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In 2019, she was subjected to a seismic change to my sporting career. Shayna was accused of using a performance enhancing substance. Despite knowing that she did not use such substances, her whole world was turned upside down and she was pitchforked into an unknown world of lawyers, politics and machinations that was completely foreign to her. Throughout this process, Shayna learnt a considerable amount about herself. She learnt that the purest pursuit for me was my sport of swimming. Shayna learnt that her individuality was her strength. That message is that honesty and the truth will prevail and both factors should never be compromised by anyone or anything. Shayna looks forward to sharing the strategies and practices that have supported her to stay strong in uncertain times, to other athletes no matter how big, or small, their challenges or sporting goals.