The Tuggeranong Vikings Swim Club was the first-placed team from the ACT and finished in 5^th overall at the recent NSW Country Winter Championships.  The Vikings fielded a team of 35 swimmers, with 6 swimmers winning medals and 17 swimmers overall making finals.

Leading the charge was 10 year old Rebecca Cross who was named the female swimmer of the meet by NSW Swimming for her haul of 2 NSW Country Records in the 10yrs age group 50m and 200m Breaststroke events on her way to 1 gold and 2 silver medals. 

Lachlan Colquhuon lowered his own 13yrs 200m Breaststroke NSW State resident record by a whopping 3 seconds to smash the old NSW All-comers record in a time of 2.27.33

Lachlan also won the 13yrs 100m Breaststroke in 1.08.60.  Lachlan also won silver in 100m Freestyle, and bronze medals in the 100 & 200 Butterfly, and 400 Medley, as well as making a slew of finals in a very competitive 13-14yrs age group.

Breanna Gilroy joined the winners podium for the first time with gold in the 10yrs 100m Freestyle, and Emma Gillingham (11yrs) won medals in all her butterfly events with silver in the 100m and 200m events and Bronze in the 50m swim. Emma also set a new NSW Country 11yrs 200m butterfly record, well done Emma!

Ryan Hore, competing as a 15 year old in the 15/O events scored silver in the 200m backstroke and Medley events as bronze in the 50 backstroke. He also set a new NSW Country 15yrs 200 Medley record along the way

Rebekah McCoy (12yrs) pulled out some impressive PB’s to bag 3 bronze medals in the 100 & 200 Backstroke and 100 Butterfly events as well as making finals in several other swims. Gabrielle Scarth-Johnson won her first medal at the NSW Country Championships with a bronze in the 11yrs 50 Backstroke.

While he didn’t win a medal, 11 year old Lachlan Webb sum a new 11yrs NSW Country 200 Butterfly record by placing 5^th in the 12/U 200 butterfly event.

In the relays, every Vikings “A” team made the top-10 with the 15/O women’s freestyle relay team of Bethany Colquhuon, Bianca Pitts, Monique Murphy and Ashleigh Streatfield winning bronze. 

List of medal winners and finalists:

1. Lachlan Colquhuon: 1^st 13-14yrs 200 Breaststroke (New NSW All-comers, Resident, and Country record), 1^st 13yrs 100 Breaststroke, 2^nd 13yrs 100 Freestyle, 3^rd, 13-14ys 200 Butterfly, 3^rd 14/U 400 Medley, 3^rd 13yrs 100 Butterfly, 4^th 13-14yrs 200 Freestyle, 4^th 13-14yrs 200 Medley, 4^th 14/U 400 Freestyle, 5^th 13yrs 100 Backstroke, 6^th 13-14yrs 50 Freestyle, 9^th 13yrs 100 Backstroke
2. Rebecca Cross: 1^st 10yrs 100 Breaststroke, 2^nd 11/U 50 Breaststroke (New 10yrs NSW Country Record), 2^nd 10/U 100 Butterfly, 5^th 12/U 200 Breaststroke (new 10yrs NSW Country Record), 5^th 10yrs 100 Freestyle
3. Breanna Gilroy: 1^st 10yrs 100 Freestyle, 5^th 10yrs 50 Freestyle
4. Ryan Hore:  2^nd 15/O 200 Backstroke, 2^nd 15/O 200 Medley (NSW Country 15ys record), 3^rd 15/O 100 Backstroke, 4^th 15/0 400 Medley, 4^th 15/O 50 Backstroke
5. Emma Gillingham: 2^nd 11yrs 100 Butterfly, 2^nd 12/U 200 Butterfly, 3^rd 11/U 50 Butterfly
6. Rebekah McCoy: 3^rd,             12yrs 100 Backstroke, 3^rd 12yrs 100 Butterfly, 3^rd 12yrs 200 Backstroke, 4^th 12/U 200 Medley, 5^th 12yrs 200 Freestyle, 5^th 12/U 200 Backstroke, 6^th 12yrs 100 Freestyle
7. Gabrielle Scarth-Johnson: 3^rd 11/U 50 Backstroke, 9^th 11yrs 100 Backstroke,
8. Lachlan Webb: 4^th 11yrs 100 Butterfly, 5^th 12/U 200 Butterfly (new 11yrs NSW Country Record), 7^th 11yrs 100 Freestyle, 9^th 11yrs 100 Backstroke
9. Asleigh Streatfield: 4^th 15/O 400 Medley, 5^th 15/O 100 Medley, 6^th 15/O 200 Breaststroke, 6^th 15/O 200 Medley, 8^th 15/O 50 Breaststroke, 8^th 15/O 100 Breaststroke, 8^th 15/O 200 Backstroke, 9^th 15/O 400 Freestyle
10. Angus Funnell; 4^th 13yrs 100 Breaststroke, 5^th 13-14yrs 200 Breaststroke, 6^th 13yrs 100 Butterfly, 7^th 13yrs 100 Freestyle, 8^th 13-14yrs 200 Medley
11. Dylan Weir: 4^th 10yrs 100 Breaststroke, 10^th 11yrs 100 Butterfly
12. Amelia Laudenbach: 6^th 10yrs 100 Freestyle, 7^th 10/U 100 Backstroke, 8^th 10yrs 100 Breaststroke
13. Kate Tabke: 6^th 11yrs 100 Freestyle, 10^th 11yrs 100 Butterfly
14. Bethany Colquhuon: 7^th 15/O 200 Butterfly, 7^th 15/O 400 Medley
15. Jackson Savage: 7^th 12/U 200 Butterfly
16. Bianca Pitts: 9^th 15/O 100 Medley
17. Abbey Webb: 10^th 10/U 100 Backstroke