2019 Australian Age: NSW off to a flying start on Day 1

16 April 2019
Matt Brown and Angus McDonald 2019 Australian Age

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Swimming Championships: The NSW Blues Wrap Day 1

Misha Payne w Robert Thorpe; Nick Dobson w Tyler Krenkels; Gavin Stewart w Jessica Madden; K Taylor & J Crisp w Collette Lyons

The Australian Age Swimming Championships started yesterday in Adelaide under a new Championship format. The new format introduced by Swimming Australia sees the age entry level change for the boys to 14 years old…the girls remain at 13 years.

NSW got off to a steady start claiming 4 Gold; 2 Silver and 6 Bronze medals in individual events and won 1 Gold in the relay events.

Clockwise from L to R: Angus McDonald w Coach Matthew Brown; Caleb Dryer w Coach Ben Tuxford; Anna Lee w Coach Matt Brown

 

Individual Event Athlete Club Final Time Placing

Girls 16 Year Old’s 200m Butterfly

Jessica Madden

SLC Aquadot

02:14.87

1

Boys 15 Year Old’s 200m Backstroke

Tyler Krenkels

Knox Pymble

02:04.16

1

Girls 13 Year Old’s 200m Breaststroke

Collette Lyons

Kinross Wolaroi

02:40.41

1

Boys 14-15 1500m Freestyle

Robert Thorpe

Carlile

16:18.39

1

Boys 17 Year Old’s 50m Freestyle

Angus McDonald

Trinity Grammar

00:23.34

2

Boys 14-15 1500m Freestyle

Caleb Dryer

Trinity Grammar

16:28.73

2

Girls 14 Year Old’s 200m IM

Anna Lee

Trinity Grammar

02:18.58

3

Girls 13 Year Old’s 200m Freestyle

Collette Lyons

Kinross Wolaroi

02:05.12

3

Girls 15 Year Old’s 200m Backstroke

Emily Jones

Novocastrian

02:18.39

3

Girls 14 Year Old’s 100m Butterfly

Sydney Brown

Wests Illawarra

01:01.68

3

Girls 13 Year Old’s 200m Breaststroke

Alex Hayes

Tamworth City

02:44.00

3

Boys 14-15 1500m Freestyle

Bailey Krstevski

Wests Illawarra

16:30.21

3

 

Relay Event

Athlete

Club

Final Time

Placing

Boys 14-15yrs 4 x 50m Medley Relay

 

Knox Pymble

01:46.06

1

 

Tane Bidois (Back)

 

00:27.42

 

 

Dylan Zhang (Breast)

 

00:30.25

 

 

Joseph Hamson (Fly)

 

00:24.78

 

 

Joshua Collett (Free)

 

00:23.61

 

 

L to R: Coach Nicholas Monet w Alex Hayes; Coach James Greathead w Sydney Brown; Coach Matthew Brown w Anna Lee

Congratulations to all our medal winners and their coaches…we look forward to adding to the tally on Day 2! GO THE MIGHTY BLUES!

 

Jon Shaw, Swimming NSW Coaching Director

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