Victorian Country Championships 2026 – Geelong – The Numbers
Team Placings and Individual Awards
Ist – Won the Male team points score trophy.
2nd place overall by 44 points to Geelong. Last we were second by 1,219 points so we had an incredible Countries. WELL DONE TEAM!
Ash Nicholes
Bruce Carter Trophy winner – awarded to the 14/over swimmer scoring the highest points over all the events.
Swimmer of the Meet – awarded for the single swim by a male which scores the highest World Aquatic Points score – Open 100 metre Freestyle.
Overall Points Score
| Position | Team | Male | Femaie | Mixed Relays | Total |
| 1st | Geelong | 1104 | 1342 | 10 | 2456 |
| 2nd | Traralgon | 1434 | 930 | 48 | 2412 |
| 3rd | Ballarat Gold | 650 | 1030 | 34 | 1714 |
| 4th | South Gippsland Bass | 550 | 842 | 30 | 1422 |
| 5th | Warrnambool | 572 | 418 | 20 | 1010 |
| 6th | Warragul | 428 | 544 | 2 | 974 |
| 7th | Bendigo East | 316 | 569 | 56 | 941 |
| 8th | Wodonga City | 514 | 68 | 40 | 622 |
| 9th | Ballarat | 272 | 327 | 599 | |
| 10th | Sale | 172 | 160 | 332 |
Finals (Top 10 Placings)
Individual – 147
Relays – 44
Medals
| Individual | Relay | Total | |
| Gold | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Silver | 21 | 7 | 28 |
| Bronze | 18 | 5 | 23 |
Records – 4 Event, 1 Country
Henry Arnup – 3 Country Event
Boys 11 years 50m Back – 33.13 Heat (previous Alex Tsebelis (Traralgon) – 33.76 – 2012), 32.83 – Final.
Boys 11 years 50m Free – 29.40 (previous Ash Nicholes (Traralgon) – 29.57 – 2018)
Boys 17 years/over 4 x 50 Medley Relay – 1 Country Event, 1 Country
1.47.31 (Ash Delaney, Ash Nicholes, Darcy Connell, Shane Asbury) (previous Traralgon – 1.48.26 – 2014)
Individual Medal Winners – 16
| Swimmer | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ash Nicholes (19) | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Henry Arnup (11) | 4 | 1 | |
| Brody Cargill (16) | 2 | 2 | |
| Lockie Bellion (17) (MC) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Anna Mittell (26) | 1 | ||
| Tahlia Maccubbin (11) | 4 | 1 | |
| Kody Said (16) | 3 | 1 | |
| Elayna Pistrin (23) | 2 | ||
| Hayden Rawson (11) | 2 | ||
| Riley Bartlett (11) | 1 | 1 | |
| Zayden Burton (16) | 1 | 1 | |
| Darcy Connell (18) | 1 | ||
| Shane Asbury (36) | 5 | ||
| Kayla Wilson (19) MC | 2 | ||
| Olivia Baillie (18) | 1 | ||
| Phoebe Balcombe (15) | 2 | ||
| Individual | 12 | 21 | 18 |
| Relays | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Total | 20 | 28 | 23 |
Additional Relay Medal Winners – 24
Blake Warne (11) MC
Florence White (12)
Ruby Demetrios (12)
Claire McQuillen (12)
Angus Turnbull (12)
Austin Ryan (12)
Audrey Baillie (13)
Chloe Rawson (13)
Chloe Szkwarek (14)
Isal Ryan (14)
Macy Praetz (15)
Thomas Pendergast (15)
Lara Landels (16)
Ruby Paulet (17)
Emily Auteri (18)
Sam Wells (18)
Sam Sbaglia (20)
Eliza Watts (20)
Will Pendergast (21)
Josh Wight (21)
Evelyn Asbury (30)
Cam Juha (32)
Ashley Delaney (39)
Maasa Hummel (41)
Additional Finalists – 23
In addition to the above we have the following 23 swimmers who made individual and/or relay finals:
Ben Edgar (10)
Eli Hutty (11)
Oliver Bevis (11)
Henry Svoboda (11)
Lachlan Hynd (11)
Riley O’Mara (11)
Sarah Franklin (11)
Xander Szkwarek (12)
Addison Prout (13)
Sophie Arnup (13)
Kynan Burton (14)
Elijah Vercoe (14)
Aliza Couling (14)
Milla Said (14)
Harry Kurrle (14)
Tyler White (15)
Linden Chaplin (15)
Max Auteri (15)
Isabella Slocombe (16)
Zoe Dowler (20)
Abby Warner (20)
Mark Pistrin (21)
Brenton Ford (38)
Caitie Mitchell (38)
Courtney Ford (40)
Individual Statistics
78 of our Swimmers participated
6 Girls won Individual medals
10 Boys won Individual medals
24 Additional swimmers won medals in Relays
23 Additional swimmers also made Finals and/or finished in top 10 in relays
A total of 63 swimmers contributed to the Club points score – What a team effort!
February 2, 2026
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