MEET REPORT : ACT Championships

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We had a great team of 20 sharks compete at the ACT Championships held at the AIS over the weekend.  Congratulations to Patrick C, Alexis, Patrick D, Patrick H, Jarrod, Jessica, Maddison, Ethan, Jake, Kiara, Nicholas, Katie, Ben, Imogen, Jasmine, Natasha, Rebecca, Eric, Andy and Yaroslav. 

Friday night saw some fantastic achievements including:-

  • Alexis placed 2nd in her age group in the 400m Freestyle.
  • Patrick H placed 2nd in his age group in the NC 200m Individual Medley.
  • Jarrod placed 2nd in his age group in the 200m Individual Medley, and 1st in the 400m Freestyle.
  • Jessica achieved a HUGE 16.40 second PB in the 400m Freestyle.
  • Ethan achieved a PB and placed 1st in his age group for the 200m Individual Medley.
  • Jake achieved a PB and placed 3rd in his age group for the 200m Individual Medley.
  • Katie placed 1st in the 200m MC Individual Medley.

Saturday was another huge day of amazing results, including:-

  • Patrick C placed 4th in his age group and achieved a 1.05 second PB in the NC 100m Freestyle; 3rd in the NC 50m Butterfly; and 3rd in the NC 100m Breaststroke with a HUGE 5.89 second PB.
  • Alexis achieved a PB in the 100m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly.
  • Patrick D placed 2nd in his age group for the 100m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke.
  • Patrick H achieved a 1.53 second pb and placed 4th in his age group for the 100m freestyle and achieved a PB and placed 3rd in the NC 50m Butterfly.
  • Jarrod placed 1st in his age group in all of his Saturday events including the 100m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke, 50m Backstroke.
  • Jessica achieved a 1.50 second PB in the 100m Freestyle event and a PB in the 50m Butterfly event.
  • Maddison achieved a PB in all of her Saturday events including the NC 100m Freestyle, NC 50m Butterfly and NC 50m Backstroke.
  • Ethan placed 1st in his age group for the 100m Breaststroke and 400m Individual Medley; 2nd in the 200m Backstroke and 50m backstroke; and 3rd in the 100m Freestyle event.
  • Jake achieved a 2.17 second pb in the 100m freestyle; placed 1st in his age group for the 200m Breaststroke; and 1st in his age group for the 100m Breaststroke with a 1.97 second pb.
  • Kiara achieved a 2.84 second PB and placed 1st in her 100m Freestyle, qualifying her for Country Championships.
  • Nicholas achieved a HUGE 5.31 second PB and placed 3rd in the NC 100m Freestyle and achieved a 0.66 second PB and placed 2nd in the NC 50m Backstroke.
  • Katie placed 1st in all of her Saturday events including the 100m MC Freestyle, 50m MC Butterfly and 50m MC Backstroke.
  • Benjamin placed 1st in all of his Saturday events including the 100m MC Freestyle, 50m MC Butterfly, 100m MC Breaststroke and the 50m MC Backstroke.
  • Imogen achieved some HUGE PBs including a 5.18 second PB in the NC 100m Freestyle and a 4.03 second PB in the NC 50m Backstroke.
  • Eric achieved a HUGE 6.06 second PB in the NC 50m Butterfly.
  • Yaroslav placed 1st in his age group in all of his Saturday events including the 100m Freestyle, which he also achieved a PB in; NC 50m Butterfly; 100m Breaststroke; and NC 50m Backstroke.

And finally we have Sunday, and yet again, we had another great day.

  • Patrick C achieved a 2.19 second PB in the NC 50m Breaststroke and a 1.61 second PB and placed 1st in the NC 50m Freestyle.
  • Alexis achieved a 1.76 second PB and placed 1st in her age group for the 200m Freestyle.
  • Patrick D placed 3rd in his age group for the 50m Breaststroke.
  • Patrick H placed 3rd in his age group for the 50m Freestyle.
  • Jarrod placed 1st in his age group in all of his Sunday events including 100m Butterfly; 100m Backstroke and 200m Freestyle.
  • Jessica placed 3rd in her age group in the NC 50m Breaststroke with a 1.12 second PB and 3rd in the 100m Backstroke with a 1.02 second PB.
  • Ethan placed 1st in his age group in the 400m Individual Medley, 2nd in the 100m Butterfly with a WHOPPING 23.33 second PB; 1st in the 200m Breaststroke and achieved a PB in the 50m Butterfly.
  • Jake placed 1st in his age group in the 200m Breaststroke; achieved a 0.82 second PB in the 50m Freestyle; placed 3rd in the 100m Backstroke with a 1.64 second PB and achieved a 0.48 second PB in the 50m Breaststroke.
  • Kiara placed 1st in her age group in the 200m Individual Medley with a 2.19 second PB; 1st in her 100m Butterfly; 1st in her 50m freestyle; and 2nd in her 100m Backstroke with a 1.13 second PB.
  • Nicholas placed 3rd in his age group for the NC 50m Breaststroke with a 0.70 second PB; 3rd for the 200m Breaststroke and 3rd in the 100m Backstroke.  Nicholas qualified for Country Championships in the 100m Backstroke.
  • Katie placed 1st in all of her Sunday events including the 50m MC Breaststroke; 50m MC Freestyle and the 100m MC Backstroke in which she achieved a HUGE 5.91 second PB.
  • Ben placed 1st in all of his Sunday’s events including 50m MC Breaststroke with a 1.28 second PB; 100m MC Butterfly; 50m MC Freestyle and 100m MC Backstroke.
  • Imogen achieved a 100% PB rate in her Sunday events including a 0.73 second PB in her NC 50m Breaststroke; and a HUGE 4.59 second PB in her NC 50m Freestyle.
  • Natasha achieved a 100% PB rate in her Sunday events.  Natasha competed in the NC 50m Breaststroke with a 3.85 second PB; a HUGE 8.33 second PB in her NC 50m Freestyle and a 1.35 second PB in her NC 100m Backstroke.
  • Rebecca competed for the very first time in both the NC 50m Breaststroke and NC 50m Freestyle. Great swimming Rebecca!!
  • Eric achieved a 100% PB rate in his Sunday events including a 2.06 second PB in the NC 50m Breaststroke and a HUGE 4.34 second PB in the NC 50m Freestyle.
  • Andy competed for the first time in the NC 50m Breaststroke, NC 50m Freestyle and NC 100m Backstroke. He placed 4th in his age group for the NC 100m Backstroke.
  • Yaroslav placed 1st in his age group in all of his Sunday events including 200m Individual Medley, NC 50m Breaststroke, 100m Butterfly with a 1.92 second PB, 50m Freestyle; and 100m Backstroke with a 0.23 second PB.

Congratulations to Yaroslav who is the new ACT Championships Record Holder for the 100m Freestyle; 100m Breaststroke; 100m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle.  Yaroslav is now also the Woden Record holder for 9yo Boys 100m Freestyle and the 9yo Boys 100m Butterfly (both previously held by Yaroslav).

Congratulations also to Yaroslav who holds the top ranking position for the ACT area Speedo Sprint Heats in the Boys 9yo 50m Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly. 

Congratulations also to Nicholas who holds 1st place position for the ACT area Speedo Sprint Heats in the Boys 11yo Backstroke and 2nd place for Breaststroke.

Congratulations also to Patrick C who holds 2nd place position for the ACT area Speedo Sprint Heats in the 11yo Butterfly.

All swimmers should be very proud of their performance over the weekend.  You all swam very well and you should be pleased of all your achievements.  Great Swimming! Great Results! Great Weekend!  

And finally, THANK YOU Coach Bill and Coach Neill for all that you have done, and for all that you do!!