| Tuggeranong Vikings Top ACT Club at the NSW Country Championships |
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| Written by head coach | |
| Saturday, 10 July 2010 07:30 | |
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The Tuggeranong Vikings Swim Club was the first-placed team from the ACT and finished in 5th 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 5th 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:
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