Congratulations to everyone – Coaches, Parents and especially swimmers – who were involved in the 2020 Traralgon Country Challenge! What a fabulous weekend of swimming and camaraderie as the club made it 20 victories in the last 21 years. A wonderful effort.
Here are the numbers:
Points Score
| Club | Girls | Boys | Total (Including Mixed relays) |
| Traralgon | 1287 | 1014 | 2361 |
| Geelong | 916 | 674 | 1590 |
| Ballarat Gold | 521 | 693 | 1244 |
| Bendigo East | 476 | 361 | 881 |
| Warrnambool | 322 | 388 | 722 |
| South Gippsland Bass | 326 | 284 | 610 |
| Warragul | 212 | 372 | 584 |
| Wodonga | 24 | 330 | 520 |
| Ballarat | 176 | 252 | 428 |
| Shepparton | 168 | 176 | 334 |
Finals
130 Individual
31 Relay
Medals
| Individual | Relay | Total | |
| Gold | 25 | 9 | 34 |
| Silver | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| Bronze | 14 | 5 | 19 |
Records
Caiden Gill (Event Record)
Boys 18 years/over 50m Free – 23.89 (previous record Carter Swift (Shepparton) – 24.08 – 2017)
Individual Medal Winners
| Swimmer | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jordy Cargill (15) | 8 | 2 | |
| Ashley Nicholes (13) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Caiden Gill (21) | 2 | 1 | |
| Brody Cargill (10) | 1 | 2 | |
| Ashley Delaney (33) | 1 | 1 | |
| Joel Baillie (15) | 3 | 1 | |
| Alex Tsebelis (19) | 2 | 1 | |
| Tom Dowler | 1 | ||
| Ruby Storm (16) | 5 | ||
| Molly Cargill (14) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bridget Cain (18) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mia Nippers (13) | 1 | 1 | |
| Mikaela Cornelissen (21) | 1 | 1 | |
| Kayla Wilson (13) | 1 | 2 | |
| Abby Warner (14) | 1 | ||
| Ako Kusafuka (34) | 1 | ||
| Neisha Ablett (16) | 1 | ||
| Abby Paulet (13) | 1 | ||
| Ruby Paulet (11) | 1 | ||
| Elayna Pistrin (17) | 1 | ||
| 25 | 18 | 14 | |
| Relays | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| 34 | 25 | 19 |
Relay Medal Winners
In addition to the above we have a further 17 swimmers winning medals in relays:
Olivia Baillie (12)
Kayla Pratt (12)
Emily Auteri (12)
Shae Nippers (10)
Morgan McConville (11)
Maasa Hummel (35)
Fabienne Schoutens (21)
Bec Cainey (20)
Audrey Lee (18)
Steph Morgan (28)
Cam Juha (26)
Logan Archibald (16)
Will Pendergast (15)
Penny Georgeson (20)
Trent Morrow (23)
Caydence Bezzina (16)
Jeremy Saunders (30)
Individual Statistics
72 swimmers
12 Girls won Individual medals
8 Boys won Individual medals
17 additional swimmers won medals in Relays
12 additional swimmers made Finals or finished in top 8 in relays
A total of 49 swimmers contributed to the Club points score – a fantastic point result.
Additional Trophy Winners
Caiden Gill – Australia Day Medal – FINA points 50m freestyle
Traralgon Club – Australia Day trophy highest points on the day
Ashley Nicholes – Rob Godfrey trophy highest points 13/Under
Thank you to our Country Championship Sponsors
Bring on Mildura 2021. I AM! YOU ARE! WE ARE! TRARALGON!!
NO SURRENDER!!!!
January 28, 2020
Traralgon Swimming Club News