Day 5: The Mighty Blues impressive with another 9 Golds:
Another day, more golds for the Mighty Blues swimmers! Once again there were some outstanding swims on Day 5 at the 2024 Australian Age Championships…with a couple of clean sweeps thrown in!
Our triple treats were in the Girls 15yrs 50m Freestyle & the Boys 17yrs 200 IM. Congratulations to Lillie Mcpherson (Manly – Coach Justin Rothwell) Gold, Frankie Somerville (Cranbrook – Coach Tom Sunter) Silver and Asha Ring (SOPAC – Coach Matt Brown) Bronze. In the boys 200 IM Sam Higgs (Warringah – Coach Angelo Basalo) Gold, Oscar Kreutzberger (North Albury – Coach Mitch Brown) Silver and Brayden Woodford (West Illawarra – Coach Pat Stellino) Bronze. Awesome job!
Our other Gold medallists on the night:
- Heidi Shumack (SOPAC – Coach Ryan Frost) – Girls 14yrs 100m Butterfly
- Archie Kreutzberger (North Albury – Coach Mitch Brown) – Boys 15yrs 100m Butterfly
- Avery Koh (PLC Sydney – Coach Kevin Hyun) – Girls 13yrs 50m Breaststroke
- Christopher Montana (Trinity – Coach Calum Timms) – Boys 14yrs 50m Breaststroke
- Joel Flemming (Forster – Coach Peter Sanders) – Boys 17yrs 50m Freestyle
- Alexander Foreman (KPD – Coach Debby Tattoli) Boys 18yrs 50m Backstroke
- Luke Higgs (Warringah – Coach Angelo Basalo) Boys 15yrs 200m Freestyle
Congratulations to all our Australian Champions and medallists! The day 5 medal tally was: 9 Gold, 6 Silver & 12 Bronze bringing our overall total to:
The NSW medal winners from Day 5:
Club Relays:
Some great results from our club relay teams…
- Boys 14-18 4x100 LC Metre Freestyle Relay Club Relay – Knox Pymble – Gold
- Girls 13-17 4x100 LC Metre Freestyle Relay Club Relay – SOPAC – Silver
- Boys 14-18 4x100 LC Metre Freestyle Relay Club Relay – Cranbrook – Bronze
Coaches and swimmers, tomorrow Day 6 is hump day…stick to your processes, recover well and keep swimming FAST!
GO THE MIGHTY BLUES!
