Traralgon Swimming Club Premier Country Team 2014
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Traralgon came away winners for the 14th time in 15 years at the Victorian Country Swimming Championships held in Wodonga. In a stunning victory, Traralgon beat closest rival, Geelong, by 1867 points. (Full point scores below.) It was a wonderful team effort from coaches, swimmers and parents to produce some outstanding results.
Congratulations to Georgia Tsebelis who won the ‘Swimmer of the Meet’ for the highest points score by any swimmer, male or female. Georgia won on the last individual swim of the day from a strong field which included National Age champion, Isaac Jones, who was only 2 points behind. Georgia competed in all 14 individual events (heats and finals) and 4 relays over the 3 day program winning 7 gold medals! A well deserved result for a super effort.
Alex Tsebelis won the Rob Godfrey Award for the highest point score for a swimmer 13 and under in 13/U events. Alex won all 5 13/U individual events.
An Australia Day medal for the individual swim netting the highest FINA points score on Australia Day went to Mikaela Cornelissen. Locke DeGaris and Lauren Akers brought home the ASCTA Country Swimmer awards for potential.
Traralgon team also won the Australia Day trophy for highest point score on Australia Day.
It was great to introduce so many young swimmers to the thrills of ‘Countries’. We surely hope that they will continue to love the experience for many years as our many 18/O swimmers who return do! It was wonderful to have Jeremy Meyer, Sam and Scott Ashby, Matt and Jess Norwood, Kirsten and Alice Lieshout, Courtney and Brenton Ford, Elliot Shaw, Cameron Juha, Sven Eriksson, Stephanie Spehar, Zoe Trembath, Brayden Waltham, Shae Haney, Nicole Moon and Lily Collins return to support the 2014 Country Campaign and greatly add to the fun and team spirit.
Thank you to our coaches who worked so hard all weekend to challenge, encourage, inspire and motivate our swimmers and for all their hard work leading up to the Championships to ensure swimmers were well prepared. Thank you to Veronica Roberts and Sam Fenton who kept the swimmers going with well planned and monitored ‘cool downs’ and therapeutic massage. Thank you to the parents and siblings who worked as One Team to set up, tear down, tow, and organise to ensure all went smoothly. Special thanks to the Haneys and Helen Trickett for their efforts – AND to our band of photographers whose efforts we will soon share (Wayne Moon, Michael Mihaly, Steven Spehar and Sue Juha). But mostly, thank you to our 87 fabulous swimmers from 9 – 48, who gave us much reason to cheer and to be so very proud.
Team scores
Individual Swimmer Scores
Full Results
In short: Points Score
| Girls | Boys | Total | |
| Traralgon | 1796 | 1227 | 3023 |
| Geelong | 520 | 636 | 1156 |
| Wodonga | 477 | 540 | 1017 |
Medals
| Individual | Relay | Total | |
| Gold |
39 |
14 |
53 |
| Silver |
24 |
8 |
32 |
| Bronze |
21 |
7 |
28 |
Records
Country – 1 – (Relay)
Event – 19 – (Individual – 14, Relay – 5)
Out of Gippsland – 2 – (Individual)
Individual Statistics
86 Individual and 2 Relay Swimmers
16 Girls won Individual Medals
12 Boys won Individual Medals
19 additional swimmers won medals in Relays
11 additional swimmers made individual finals
12 additional swimmers made finals in relays
A total of 70 swimmers assisted in the points score of our fabulous result – thank you!
Individual Medal Winners and Achievements
|
Swimmer |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Comments |
| Georgia Tsebelis (16) |
7 |
1 |
2 |
Overall Champion Swimmer of Meet, 4 Event records – Over 3 km of racing |
| Alex Tsebelis (13) |
5 |
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13 years/under overall champion, 3 Event records in outstanding performance |
| Mikaela Cornelissen (15) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Winner of Australia Day Medal for Best Performance on the day2 Event records |
| Locke DeGaris (13) |
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3 |
Winner of Victorian Coaches Association Potential Award for Males |
| Lauren Akers (13) |
1 |
2 |
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Winner of Victorian Coaches Association Potential Award for Females |
| Sam Ashby (25) |
2 |
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2 Event and Out of Gippsland Records – First swims for the Club in 10 years – Brilliant! |
| Ellodie Reid (13) |
3 |
3 |
1 |
Over 3 kilometres of racing for the club in Age and Open |
| Emily Beecroft (14) |
3 |
1 |
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Outstanding Multi Class Swimmer of the meet |
| Melina De Cort (13) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Over 3 kilometres of racing for the club in Age and Open |
| Jeremy Meyer (22) |
3 |
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2 Event records – Great to have back from AIS for weekend |
| Brayden Haney (17) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Winner of 16/17 100 breast |
| Connor O’Neill (13) |
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3 |
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Over 2.5 kilometres of racing for the club in Age and Open |
| Lily Collins (18) |
2 |
2 |
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Winner of 18/over Fly and Breast |
| Brayden Waltham (21) |
|
1 |
1 |
Silver – Fly, Bronze – Back |
| Taylah Da Ros (16) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Event Record in 16/17 100 Fly |
| Fabienne Schoutens (15) |
1 |
|
1 |
Won 14/15 100 Breast |
| Courtney Ford (28) |
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2 |
Bronze in 18/over 200IM and 50 Back |
| Mitchell O’Neill (13) |
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1 |
Bronze in 13 years 100 Free – first medal at Countries |
| Erin Roberts (15) |
1 |
2 |
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Winner of 14/15 200 IM |
| Sophie Fitzpatrick (15) |
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1 |
Bronze in 14/15 100 Back – first medal at Countries |
| Caiden Gill (15) |
2 |
2 |
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Broke Event record in 14/15 100 Free |
| Bridie O’Keefe (15) |
1 |
1 |
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Won 14/15 100 Free – first medals at Countries |
| Ben Geard (32) |
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1 |
In winning bronze in 50 Breast has now won medals at 15 consecutive Countries |
| Trent Morrow (17) |
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1 |
Bronze in 16/17 100 Free |
| Sophie Waller (10) |
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1 |
Bronze in 11/under 50 Fly – first medal Countries |
| Chance Doultree (11) |
1 |
1 |
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Gold in 11/under 50 Breast and silver in 50 Fly |
| Alice Peddle (13) |
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1 |
Bronze in 13 years 100 Back – First medal at Countries |
| Emily Goode (11) |
1 |
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Gold in 11/under 50 breast |
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| TOTAL |
39 |
24 |
22 |
A FANTASTIC RESULT!!!!! |
Thank you to everyone who assisted over the weekend to make it the best Countries ever.
– Fabulous swimming
– Outstanding Crowd Support
– Hard working parents in all areas
– Terrific coaching
Well done team – you displayed all the best attributes of the Traralgon Swimming Club culture.
Bring on 2015!!!
January 27, 2014
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