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 Well-done team on very successful Championships.

 The Girls finished in 28^th position on 60 points and the Boys 11^th on 251 points. This gave the club a ranking of 16^th in the Combined Aggregate.

 13-year-old Nathan Keating was the outstanding Geelong swimmer of the meet.

 He collected:  A Gold medal in the 200FS in 2.06.24 (just 0,04 outside an AUSAGE qualifying time), Two Silver medals in the 50 FS in 26.19 and 100 FS in 57.03 (both AUSAGE times), One Bronze medal in the 200IM in 2.24.08                                                 (1 sec off AUSAGE time).

He also finished 5^th in the 100 BRS final.  He swam a total of nine Personal Bests out of 11 swims

 Andrew McColl was the other medal winner. He collected Silver in the 17/18 years 50FS in 24.19.

He also placed fourth in the 100FS in 53.19 and 6^th in the 100BKS in 59.87. All times were Australian Open and Australian Age qualifying times. Andrew swam a total of five Personal Bests out of six swims

 Eliza Kol swam an Australian Open qualifying time in the 100Butterfly in 1.05.18.   She has already qualified for the 50 Butterfly for the Olympic trials. She also swam an Australian Age time of 5.17.03 in the 400IM which adds to her program of the 100BKS, the 200BKS and the 100Butterfly events.

 Eliza’s other finals included the 200 Butterfly, 200 Backstroke (at 2.26.19 just 1 sec off an AUSOPEN time) and the 200IM. She swam seven Personal best times out of eleven swims

 10 year old, Sharni-Lee Dennis  swam in her first State final in the 11years 100 FS producing a very impressive time of 1.10.25. Lachie Hayter swam PB’s in both the 11 years 100 and 200 backstroke finals for a fourth and fifth place.

 Sarah Harte swam a fantastic heat in the 13 years 200 Breaststroke to qualify for the final. Sarah finished the Championships with six PB’s.

 Sabrina Jessup qualified for the 200IM 13 years final. She was also emergency for the  50 FS final, the 100 Butterfly and the 100 FS. Her 50 FS and 100 FS were very close to AUSAGE times. Her 1.03.10 100 freestyle places her in the top three in the Club for this event. Sabrina achieved nine PB’s out of eleven swims

 Luke Rush swam into the 15 years 100 Breaststroke final with a solid performance.

 Mitch Norton is proving to be a multiple event swimmer at State level. He swam in six finals for three National Age qualifying times. His program also included four relay 100’s but he was still swimming fast on the sixth day.

 Tyler Parkinson continues to be a great role model to the junior swimmers completing 18 swims for the Championships. Despite a limited preparation Tyler still swam in six finals. He has already qualified for six events at the 2012 Olympic trials in March and five at the Australian Age championships in April.

 A number of swimmers managed multiple best times:

 James Bedford (2/2)                        Alana Bindokas (2/2)                       Ben Carmody (5/5)

Amber Duncan (2/2)                        Tobias Fredericks (3/4)                  Zac Hussian (6/8)

Nick Kemp (3/3)                            Harry Kershaw (2/5)                       Fraser Mahony(2/4)

Alexandra Platt(2/3)                        Cam Platt (2/2)                                 Ruby Veale (2/2)

 Fraser Mahony, Chelsea Rowe and Michaela Caldow deserve a special mention as they swam under duress due to injury and illness. Their courage and determination is to be respected.

 No doubt there will be swimmers who are disappointed with their States. I encourage you to remember that disappointments are the stepping stones of future success.

 Act NOW:

 train harder than you race

• Be the first in the pool at training and the last to leave,
• Lead your lane,
• Show the discipline and commitment that earns you a LANE promotion
•  Perfect your stroke technique at all speeds
• Practice race turns and finishes on every repeat
• Do your core work with Chelsey and once by yourself.
• PERSIST

 A HUGE thank you to Sandra Parkinson and Peter Norton our Team Managers. Their assistance was invaluable!!!

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