TRARALGON SWIMMING CLUB 19 MEDAL HAUL IN WANGARATTA

Traralgon Swimming Club sent a team of twelve swimmers to the Victorian Short Course Country Championships on the weekend of 23^rd and 24^th August which was held in Wangaratta. The team proved extremely successful against the other 41 country swimming clubs in attendance, achieving a third placing in the Victorian teams ranking with a total number of 19 medals won. Showing great leadership, Club Vice Captain Brayden Waltham was outstanding with six Gold (100m Fly, 200m Back, 100m Back, 200m Fly, 100m IM, 200 IM), two Silver (100m Breast, 400m Free) and one Bronze (200m Breast) medals in the 16/17 age group. Eleven year old Georgia Tsebelis dominated in the very competitive 11 and Under Girls age group to win five Gold (100m IM, 50m, Fly, 50m Breast, 50m Free, 100m Free), and one Silver (50m Back) Other medallists were Elliot Shaw with one Silver (100m Fly) and one Bronze (100m Back) in the 14/15 year age group, and 12 year old Daniel Golcic brought home three Bronze (200m Free, 100m Back, 100m Free) medals in the Boys 12/13 age group. State Short Course qualifying times were achieved by Thomas Morrison (200m IM and 100m Fly) and Daniel Golcic (100m Breast). Seven year old Alexander Tsebelis was the youngest swimmer at the meet and performed strongly in his 50m Butterfly event winning his heat and achieving a 4 second personal best time at his first individual Countries event in the 11 and Under age group. Personal Best times were achieved by all swimmers who attended which was a great effort; Taylah DaRos (50m Fly 40.89 and 50m Back 44.02), Daniel Golcic (200m Free 2:21.01, 100m Back 1:12.41, 200m IM 2:43.03, 100m Free 1:03.64, 100m Breast 1:28.65, 100m Fly 1:16.64), Brayden Haney (50m Breast 47.16), Cameron Juha (100m Fly 1:13.87, 200m Free 2:24.56), Jacob Lampitt (50m Fly 45.44, 50m Back 41.05, 50m Breast 45.56, 100m Free 1:20.97), Thomas Morrison (200m IM 2:48.05, 100m Free 1:08.27, 100m Breast 1:32.85, 100m Fly 1:19.23), Erin Roberts (100m IM 1:29.99, 50m Fly 38.12, 50m Breast 47.01, 50m Free 34.85, 100m Free 1:18.10), Sam Roberts (50m Fly 40.88, 50m Breast 49.22, 50m Free 36.73), Elliot Shaw (100m Fly 1.05.16, 200m Free 2:09.42, 100m Back 1:08.14, 200 IM 2:30.69, 100m Free 58.94, 100m Breast 1:25.37), Alexander Tsebelis (50m Fly 44.70), Georgia Tsebelis (100m IM 1:15.11, 50m Fly 33.57, 50m Back 35.45, 50m Breast 40.54, 50m Free 30.86), Brayden Waltham (100m Free 57.00, 100m Breast 1:12.43, 200m Breast 2:37.00, 100m Fly 59.11, 200m Back 2:12.44, 400m Free 4:18.37, 100m Back 1:00.57, 200m Fly 2.:15.05, 100 IM 1:02.94). Team Coach, Will Morrison was extremely proud of all swimmers and praised their efforts over the weekend which was a reflection of the training and preparation for the event and coming season.

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