SWIMMING
FORTY swimmers from the Traralgon Swimming Club competed at the Victorian State Sprint Titles held at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre.
Eight swimmers won four gold, seven silver and nine bronze medals, with a further 13 top 10 finishes. The club also won a relay gold in the Mixed Para – Able bodied 4 x 50m freestyle (Lockie Bellion, Blake Warne, Isla Ryan and Milla Said). Traralgon finished sixth in the Club Points Score in Victoria, beating a number of well-credentialled city clubs.
Traralgon Swimming Club Senior Head Coach, Brian Ford was proud of the club’s achievements.
“With every race (featuring) a 50 metre sprint in all strokes it certainly was a fast meet with thebest sprinters in Victoria showing their form,” he said.
“To come away with 21 medals and a top 10 finish was a terrific result for the club.”
A Victorian Country record was also broken by 11-year-old Henry Arnup in the 50 metre butterfly in a time of 31.29, just beating the previous record of 31.38 held by another Traralgon swimmer, Alex Tsebelis, from 2012.
Those to medal were: Ash Nicholes (18 yo) – 1 gold (free), 2 silver (back, breast), Henry Arnup (11) – 1 gold (back), 1 bronze (fly), Jess Whiting (16) – 1 gold (fly), 1 bronze (free), Olivia Baillie (18) – 1 gold (back), Lockie Bellion (17) – 1 silver (back), 3 bronze (fly, breast, free), Tahlia Maccubbin (11) – 1 bronze (fly), Phoebe Balcombe (15) – 1 bronze (fly), Darcy Connell (17) – 1 bronze (back).
