After a huge nine days of racing, the action at the Australian Age Championships has wrapped up and our Victorian athletes have come home with an impressive medal tally of 85, including 20 Gold, 32 Silver and 33 Bronze.
Our para athletes started off strong in the MC events with Eli Kerr from Warrnambool bursting onto the scene in his Nationals debut. The 12 year old secured Victoria’s first medal of the Championships in the Boys 12-13 Years 100m Freestyle with a Bronze. He went on to claim Silver in the 100m Backstroke just 2 events later and backed it up the next day with another Bronze in the Boys 12-13 Years 100m Butterfly with a Bronze.
Western Melbourne Propulsion’s Hamish Keenan was in fine form, he claimed Gold in the Boys 14-15 Years 50m Butterfly and added two Silver medals to his haul in the Boys 14-15 Years 50m Backstroke and 100m Butterfly.
Everything Arika Erdenko (Surrey Park) touched turned to gold. She was a dominant force in the Girls 13 Years distance events, with victories in the 400m, 800m and 1500m Freestyle events and the 400m IM.
It was a similar story for Caulfield Aquatic’s Nicholas Stoupas, the 16 year old took out the trifecta in the 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke events.
Off the back of some impressive results at the recent Victorian Championships, Henry Allan from Bendigo East continued his great run with another trifecta in the Boys 15 Years 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke events. He also claimed a Bronze medal in the Boys 15 Years 50m Freestyle.
Another top performer was Ciara Jeffs (Yarra Plenty Waves). She took home an incredible 7 medals, including 2 Gold in the Girls 13 Years 100m and 200m Backstroke as well as 5 Silver medals, proving she’ll be one to watch in years to come!
Congratulations to all our medallists and their coaches:
Henry Allan (Bendigo East, coached by John Jordan)
G – Boys 15 Years 200m Backstroke
G – Boys 15 Years 100m Backstroke
G – Boys 15 Years 50m Backstroke
B – Boys 15 Years 50m Freestyle
Luca Brown (Melbourne Swimming Club, coached by Ian Pope)
B – Boys 14 Years 200m Backstroke
S – Boys 14 Years 100m Backstroke
Lachlan Chan (Nunawading, coached by Hayden Llewellyn)
G – Boys 17 Years 50m Breaststroke
S – Boys 17 Years 100m Breaststroke
Rhianna Chen (DVE Aquatic, coached by Brian Miller)
S – Girls 15 Years 100m Butterfly
Aleisha Clark (Nunawading, coached by Nick Veliades)
S – Girls 15 Years 100m Freestyle
Giselle Davey (Caulfield Aquatics, coached by Kenrick Monk)
G – Girls 17 Years 200m Freestyle
B – Girls 17 Years 100m Freestyle
Lucy Doyle (Nunawading, coached by Dan Gill)
B – Girls 14 Years 800m Freestyle
B – Girls 14 Years 200m Freestyle
B – Girls 14 Years 1500m Freestyle
Felix Dressel-de Bruyn (Melbourne Swimming Club, coached by Ian Pope)
B – Boys 17 Years 100m Breaststroke
B – Boys 17 Years 200m Breaststroke
Milo Dressel-de Bruyn (Melbourne Swimming Club, coached by Ian Pope)
B – Boys 14 Years 100m Breaststroke
B – Boys 14 Years 200m Breaststroke
Arika Erdenko (Surrey Park, coached by Demitri Erdenko & Justin Bell)
G – Girls 13 Years 800m Freestyle
G – Girls 13 Years 400m Freestyle
G – Girls 13 Years 400m IM
G – Girls 13 Years 1500m Freestyle
Harry Heath (Nunawading, coached by Dan Gill)
S – Boys 15 Years 200m Breaststroke
S – Boys 15 Years 100m Freestyle
B – Boys 15 Years 100m Breaststroke
B – Boys 15 Years 200m IM
Mackenzie Hunter (MLC Aquatic, coached by Jayden Brian)
G – Girls 17 Years 800m Freestyle
B – Girls 17 Years 1500m Freestyle
Ciara Jeffs (Yarra Plenty Waves, coached by Alex Hirschauer)
G – Girls 13 Years 200m Backstroke
G – Girls 13 Years 100m Backstroke
S – Girls 13 Years 100m Butterfly
S – Girls 13 Years 400m Freestyle
S – Girls 13 Years 50m Backstroke
S – Girls 13 Years 200m Freestyle
S – Girls 13 Years 100m Freestyle
Lillianah Jones (St Leonards, coached by Jackson Sainty)
B – Girls 14 Years 50m Freestyle
Hamish Keenan (Western Melbourne Propulsion, coached by Marcus Blake)
G – Boys 15 Years 50m Butterfly MC
G – Boys 15 Years 200m IM MC
S – Boys 15 Years 50m Backstroke MC
S – Boys 15 Years 100m Butterfly MC
Eli Kerr (Warrnambool, coached by Jayson Lamb)
S – Boys 12 Years 100m Backstroke MC
B – Boys 12 Years 100m Freestyle MC
B – Boys 12 Years 100m Butterfly MC
Lily Koch (Nunawading, coached by Nick Veliades)
S – Girls 15 Years 50m Butterfly
B – Girls 15 Years 50m Backstroke
B – Girls 15 Years 100m Breaststroke
Tommy Lane (Cheltenham, coached by Kelly Stubbins)
S – Boys 18 Years 1500m Freestyle
Mia Mifsud (Essendon District Aquatic, coached by Chris Stathis)
B – Girls 14 Years 200m Butterfly
Jacob Nimmo (Caulfield Aquatics, coached by Kenrick Monk)
G – Boys 17 Years 100m Breaststroke
S – Boys 17 Years 50m Breaststroke
Imogen Nolan (Ivanhoe Swim, coached by Ako Kusafuka)
S – Girls 16 Years 50m Breaststroke MC
S – Girls 16 Years 100m Breaststroke MC
Zahra Olowoniyi (Nunawading, coached by Dan Gill)
G – Girls 13 Years 50m Backstroke
B – Girls 13 Years 100m Breaststroke
Isabella Osborn (MLC Aquatic. Coached by Jayden Brian)
S – Girls 16 Years 100m Butterfly
B – Girls 16 Years 200m Butterfly
Cameron Ricchini (Geelong, coached by Aaron Tenabel)
B – Boys 18 Years 200m IM
Zahlie Snjiders (Geelong, coached by Aaron Tenabel)
S – Girls 14 Years 200m Freestyle
S – Girls 14 Years 400m Freestyle
Nicholas Stoupas (Caulfield Aquatics, coached by Kenrick Monk)
G – Boys 16 Years 100m Breaststroke
G – Boys 16 Years 200m Breaststroke
G – Boys 16 Years 50m Breaststroke
Thomas Sutherland (Caulfield Aquatics, coached by Kenrick Monk)
S – Boys 16 Years 100m Breaststroke
S – Boys 16 Years 200m Breaststroke
S – Boys 16 Years 50m Breaststroke
Alannah Torrance (MLC Aquatic, coached by Jayden Brian)
G – Girls 17 Years 200m Breaststroke
S – Girls 17 Years 200m IM
S – Girls 17 Years 100m Breaststroke
S – Girls 17 Years 50m Breaststroke
Jessica Wilson (Nunawading, coached by Nick Veliades)
S – Girls 16 Years 100m Backstroke
B – Girls 16 Years 50m Backstroke
Campbell Wilson-Moran (Caulfield Aquatics, coached by Kenrick Monk)
S – Boys 16 Years 200m Backstroke
B – Boys 16 Years 800m Freestyle
B – Boys 16 Years 400m Freestyle
Joshua Witkowski (MLC Aquatic, coached by Mel Klamt)
B – Boys 16 Years 400m IM
STATE RELAYS – VICTORIA
S – Mixed 15-16 Years 4x50m Medley Relay
S – Mixed 16-17 Years 4x50m Medley Relay
B – Mixed 13-14 Years 4x 50m Medley Relay
B – Mixed 14-15 Years 4x50m Medley Relay
B – Girls 13-14 Years 4x50m Freestyle Relay
B – Boys 14-18 Years 4x 50m Freestyle Relay
CLUB RELAYS
S – Nunawading – Girls 15-16 Years 4x50m Medley Relay
B – Nunawading – Girls 13-14 Years 4x50m Medley Relay
B – Nunawading – Boys 16-17 Years 4x50m Medley Relay
B – Nunawading – Girls 13-17 Years 4x100m Medley Relay
For full results click here.
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