Victorian Country SC Championships

What a fantastic weekend of racing by the Traralgon Swimming Club in winning their 8th and 7th in a row Victorian Country Short Course Championship in Shepparton. The team of 59 swimmers, Coaches Ben Geard, Dean Gooch and Brian Ford, and Team Managers Heather Haney, Veronica Roberts, Renee Cargill and Frank Bezzina supported by a host of travelling parents displayed amazing resilience in and out of the pool to dominate the event.

Details of the results are as follows:

Points Score

Girls

 BoysTraralgon – 1,270
Geelong – 486
Wangaratta – 450

Traralgon – 810
Ballarat Gold – 546

Ballarat – 424

 Total

Traralgon – 2080
Geelong – 990
Warrnambool – 709

Medals

32 gold, 18 silver, 16 bronze

Medal Winners

1. Lauren Akers (13) – 7 gold
2. Emily Beecroft (14)- 4 gold, 1 silver
3. Mikaela Cornelissen (16) – 6 gold , 2 silver
4. Harliai Curthoys – Davies (11) – 2 gold, 2 silver
5. Melina DeCort (14) – 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
6. Locke DeGaris (13) – 5 gold, 2 silver
7. Caiden Gill – 3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
8. Thomas Hamilton – 1 gold
9. Bridie O’Keefe – 1 gold
10. Caydence Bezzina – 1 silver
11. Taylah DaRos – 1 silver, 1 bronze
12. Cameron Juha – 2 silver, 2 bronze
13. Trent Morrow – 1 silver
14. Connor O’Neill – 1 silver
15. Erin Roberts – 2 silver
16. Fabienne Schoutens – 1 silver, 3 bronze
16. Sophie Waller – 1 bronze
17. Neisha Ablett -1 bronze
18. Riley Akers – 1 bronze
19. Thomas Bouquet – 2 bronze
20. Sophie Fitzpatrick – 1 bronze
21. Alice Peddle – 1 bronze

 Out of Gippsland Records

Molly Cargill – Girls 8/under 50 Free – 35.67 (broke her own record of 38.01 from this year)
Molly Cargill – Girls 8/under 50 Fly – 39.68 (broke Courtney Ford’s record from 1994 of 43.08)
Caydence Bezzina – Girls 10/under 50 Back – 35.94 (broke Melina deCort’s record from 2011 of 37.08)
Sophie Waller – also broke Girls 10/under 50 Back – 36.30 (broke Melina deCort’s record from 2011 of 37.08 also broken by Caydence)
Thomas Hamilton – Boys 10/under 50 Breast – 39.68 (broke Matt Dinsmore’s record from 2001 of 40.49)