Swimland at the Victorian Championships 2010

9 February 2010

Congratulations to all the Swimland athletes who competed in the recent Victorian State championships. Qualifying for and competing in these Championships takes great commitment and talent in itself, and our athletes competed hard. This included 10 athletes who swam in individual events and relays at the 12 and under championships (held just before Christmas), 16 who competed in the 13-18 years Vic Age championships and 11 athletes who took part in the Vic Open and SWD (Swimmers With a Disability) Championships.

12 and under Age Group:

Our committed team of younger swimmers performed well and enthusiastically. This included many swimming at their first State championships. These are a group to be proud of and an inspiration for our other up and comers. Athletes participating were:

  • David Allen, 5 individual events and a personal best (PB) in the 200 IM
  • Leah Allen, 10 events, 4 PBs, including an improvement of over 8 seconds in the 200 fly, and top 10 finishes in the 200IM, 200 fly, 200 breast and 400 free
  • Kaitlyn Cooper, a 7 second PB in her 100 fly
  • Nathan Huynh, 8 events, 5 PBs, and top ten (finals) in 100 free, 200 back, 200 fly and 200 free
  • Reece Jones, 4 events, PB in the 100 breast
  • Jack Marshall, 4 events, 2 PBs
  • Lauren Southall, a PB in the 100 free
  • Kodilee Strahan in the 100 fly
  • Chloe Veitch, 2 events, and a PB in the 100 fly


Thanks also to Zach Miesen for a great effort in the relay. Well done to all.

13 to 18 year Age Group:

Two athletes made the state finals in an event in their age group at this meet - David Burgess (9th in Victoria in the 15 and under 200 breaststroke) and Zoe Robertson (7th in 13 and under 200 Fly). Our 14 and under 200 freestyle relay team of Luke Edwards, Sam Russo, Ryan Pola and Shain Gulen reached the final and finished in 9th place achieving a time qualifying for the National Age Championships. Athletes participating were:

  • David Burgess, 2 individual events, PBs in 100 and 200 breasttroke
  • Luke Edwards, 8 events, 6 PBs, including more than 7 seconds off his 200 individual medley
  • Brooke Griffin, 6 events, 3 PBs
  • Shain Gulen, 3 events
  • Stephanie Holmes, 2 events with PBs in both.
  • Jordyn Jackson, 10 events, 4 PBs
  • Dylan Joiner, 3 events, 2 PBs, more than 5 seconds off his 200 breast time
  • Evie Lilley-Hale - 2 events, both PBs
  • Sarah McNamara - 2 events, competed well at first individual State events.
  • Zoe Robertson, 10 events, 7 PBs, 4.5 seconds off 200 individual medley
  • Emma Russo, 2 events
  • Sam Russo, 4 events, 4 PBs, 6 seconds off 200 backstroke time
  • Emily Smith, 6 events, 1 PB.
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We thank and congratulate all these swimmers as well as Callum Leahy, Ashleigh Lewis and Ryan Pola for their great efforts in the relays.


Open/SWD

This meet was held at MSAC between the 15th and 17th January. Lauren Caulfield starred in her four SWD events with 100% PBs, top ten finishes in the 50 and 100 back, and an improvement of over 9 seconds in her 100 free time.

Others representing SSC with distinction at this meet were David Burgess (4 events, PBs in 200IM and 100 breast), Luke Edwards (2 events), Brooke Griffin (5 events), Jordyn Jackson (4 events), Evie Lilley-Hale (PB in the 50 back), Emily Meyerink (5 events, 3 PBs), Zoe Robertson (100 and 200 fly, both PBs) and Emily Smith (3 events).

Thanks also to Dylan Joiner and Stephanie Holmes for their efforts in the relays.

Swimland finished with an overall rank of 28th in the 12 & under championships, 50th in the 13 to 18 year meet, and 53rd in the Open/SWD. We look forward to seeing many more of our athletes train well, qualify and enjoy moving up the rankings with us in the next 12 months, as we see the hard work pay off. We will then see more swimmers reach a standard high enough to be rewarded at a meet with one of Head Coach Peter Howes’ ‘Kinder Surprise’ awards for ‘swimmer(s) of the day’! Peter thanks all athletes and the parents and family members who helped with recording statistics and timekeeping across the meets.

More detailed results for these meets can be found by selecting the results link for each meet within the meet calendar found here.
 

 
 
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