At the recent NSW Country Championships, held over the 27th
and 28th of February 2010 at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre,
the Tuggeranong Vikings swimmers continued their outstanding form.
Our team 44 swimmers entered, the largest of any Canberra-based
club and the 3rd largest team overall. The club placed in the top-10 for the first time in a number
of years with swimmers in all age-groups performing well and setting new
personal best times.
Fourteen Tuggeranong Vikings swimmers made finals in the
able-bodied events. Leading the charge was Rebecca Cross (10yrs) who won gold
in the girls 100m breaststroke and silver in the 50m breaststroke and made 5
other finals. Other medallists
included Lachlan Colquhuon with two silver and two bronze and 5 other finals,
and Angus Funnell with 1 silver and 1 bronze and 5 other finals.
Other finalists included: Bianca Pitts (6), Asheligh
Streatfield (5), Breanna Gilroy (4), Tizana Fiorese (4), Rebekah McCoy (4),
Natha De Meillon (3), Kate Tabke (3), Luke Abberton (1), Emma Gillinham (1),
Nic Phillipa (1) and Milla Wolf (1)
One of the clubs senior swimmers, Bianca Pitts (19) achieved
a life-time goal of qualifying for the Commonwealth Games trials when she
smashed her life-time best time in the 100m breaststroke and 50m breaststroke
events. The swims were especially
sweet for Bianca who dislocated her shoulder during a race in the 2009 NSW Open
Championships and has had a tough road back to full fitness. Lachlan Colquhuon also achieved his
personal goal of qualifying in every freestyle event for the upcoming national
age championships in April.
Head Coach Jaan Murphy summed up the meet:
“We are were very please to
have produced so many finalists and to have achieved our goal of placing in the
top-10 teams for the first time in many years. It was also pleasing that despite the club only growing by
about 15% we got close to our goal of doubling our pointscore from last year,
with most of our swimmers in the younger bracket of their respective double-age
groups. To see a whole stack of 11
year old and 13 year old swimmers getting up and scoring points – even
winning medals – against the 12 year old and 14 year olds – was
fantastic and bodes well for the future”
List of Finalists and Medalists
- Rebecca
Cross (10yrs)
- 1st
10/U 100m breaststroke
- 2nd
10/U 50m breaststroke
- 5th
10/U 50m butterfly
- 6th
10/U 100m backstroke
- 7th
10/U 100m butterfly
- 7th
10/U 50m backstroke
- 10th
10/U 100m freestyle
- Lachlan
Colquhuon (13yrs) –
- 2nd
13-14yrs 100m breaststroke
- 2nd
13-14yrs 50m Breaststroke
- 3rd
13-14yrs 200m Breaststroke
- 3rd
14yrs /U 400m IM
- 4th
200m IM
- 4th
13-14yrs 400m Freestyle
- 6th
13-14yrs 200m freestyle
- 7th
13/14yrs 100m freestyle
- Angus
Funnell (12yrs)
- 2nd
11-13yrs 200m breaststroke
- 3rd
11-12yrs 100m breaststroke
- 4th
11-12yrs 200m IM
- 4th
11-12yrs 50m breaststroke
- 5th
11-13yrs 50m freestyle
- 7th
11-12yrs 200m freestyle
- 7th
11-12yrs 100m freestyle
- Emma
Gillinham (11yrs)
- 5th
11-12yrs 200m butterfly
- Tizana
Fiorese (11yrs)
- 6th
11-12yrs 200m butterfly
- 7th
12yrs /U 200m breaststroke
- 9th
11-12yrs 100m butterfly
- 10th
11-12yrs 100m breaststroke
- Kate
Tabke (10yrs)
- 6th
10/U 100m butterfly
- 7th
10/U 50m freestyle
- 8th
10/U 100m freestyle
- Rebekah
McCoy (11yrs)
- 6th
12yrs /U 200m backstroke
- 8th
11-12yrs 200m butterfly
- 10th
11-12yrs 100m backstroke
- 10th
11-12yrs 200m IM
- Ashleigh
Streatfield (15yrs)
- 6th
15yrs & over 400m IM
- 9th
15yrs & over 200m breaststroke
- 10th
15yrs & over 200m IM
- 10th
15yrs & over 100m breaststroke
- 10th
15yrs & pver 200m backstroke
- Nic
Phillipa (15yrs)
- 6th
15yrs & over 1500m freestyle
- Bianca
Pitts
- 8th
15yrs & over 200m butterfly
- 8th
15yrs & over 200m breaststroke
- 8th
15yrs & over 100m breaststroke
- 9th
15yrs & over 200m butterfly
- 10th
15yrs & over 50m breaststroke
- 10th
15yrs & over 400m IM
- Breanna
Gilroy (10yrs)
- 8th
10/U 100m butterfly
- 8th
10/U 50m freestyle
- 9th
10/U 100m freestyle
- 10th
10/U 50m butterfly
- Nathan
De Meillon (12yrs)
- 8th
12yrs /U 200m backstroke
- 9th
11-12yrs 100m backstroke
- Luke
Abberton (16yrs)
- 10th
15yrs & over 400m IM
- Milla
Wolf (10yrs)
- 10th
10yrs /U 100m breaststroke