We had 9 sharks compete at the Development Meet held at CISAC on Sunday, 18 October 2015 including Emily, Patrick C, Maddison, Kurt, Nicholas, Benjamin, Imogen, Natasha and Yaroslav.
- Congratulations to Emily who swam her first long course development meet and placed 2nd in her 25m Backstroke and 3rd in her 25m Butterfly.
- Patrick C achieved some great PBs, including 2.97 seconds in his 100m Backstroke, placing 3rd, 2.49 seconds in his 100m Breaststroke, placing 1st and a huge 8.81 seconds in his 100m Freestyle, placing 2nd. Patrick also placed 2nd in his 50m Butterfly.
- Maddison had a fantastic day placing 1st in her 50m freestyle, knocking off 12.41 seconds, and also took off 6.30 seconds in her 50m Backstroke. Maddison also competed in the 100m freestyle (LC) for the first time and placed 2nd.
- Kurt swam in 5 events and placed 1st in 50m Butterfly, PB of 6.20 seconds; 1st in 50m Freestyle; 2nd in 100m Backstroke, 2nd in 50m Breaststroke and 2nd in 100m Freestyle with a huge PB of 11.96 seconds.
- Nicholas placed 1st in 100m Backstroke; and took 6.73 seconds off in his 50m Backstroke, also placing 1st. He also took 1.57 seconds off his 50m Freestyle; a huge 8.44 seconds off his 100m Freestyle and swam long course 200m Backstroke for the first time, placing 2nd.
- Ben had a 100% PB rate for his events including 7.72 seconds in his 100m Backstroke, placing 1st; 8.10 seconds in his 100m Butterfly, placing 1st; 3.06 seconds in his 100m Freestyle, placing 2nd and a huge 13.19 seconds in his 100m Breaststroke, placing 2nd qualifying for MC Nationals. Fantastic Ben!
- Imogen competed in her first long course development meet and swam the 50m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke events.
- Natasha also competed in her first long course development meet and swam the 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke events.
- Yaroslav placed 1st in all his 4 events including first time long course100m Backstroke, 100m Butterfly and 100m Breaststroke; and took 21.04 seconds off his PB for 100m Freestyle. Yaroslav is now the Woden Valley Swim Club record holder for 9yo Boys 100m Butterfly at 1.31.64 (previously held since 2004). Congratulations Yaroslav.
Fantastic swimming by all our sharks, we are very proud of your achievements. Well Done!