The Abbotsleigh had 15 swimmers competing at these championships. This by itself was already a success as in 2023 the Abbotsleigh swimming club only had 7 swimmers in this same meet.
As the meet started swimmers understood that the level of the field was high, clubs and swimmers use this meet as their final chance to get a national qualifying time and therefore the focus and intensity was high. Our Abbotsleigh team was prepared and rolled through their normal activation routine and got ready for the water warm-up. It’s great to see that our Senior swimmers are very autonomous and understand the importance of these routines.
As the meet started the results started coming up and Abbotsleigh was able to collect a total of 11 medals (5 gold/3 silver/ 3 Bronze) woohoo!!!
Our medal winners:
Emma Bao – Gold 50 breast & Silver 50 Fs
Audrey Jackson – Gold 50 Fs / Silver 50 Fly & Bronze 50 Bs
Marcus Primdal – Bronze 50 Fs
Shaun Champion- Gold 100 Fly,50Fly,200Fs / Silver 100 Fs
A special mention to Audrey Jackson achieving her Olympic Trials qualifying time for the 50 FS and Jensen Goodchild achieved his National qualifying time for the 200 FS.
We come back with lots of learning, specially with for our younger seniors and their race planning, but overall, it was a great meet for the Abbotsleigh swimming club and once again it Is clear that our foundations have been done well and swimmers are being efficient with their stroke and skills regardless of the meet, they are in. The commitment and belief are there. It is now time to keep on fine tuning in preparation for the 2024 Age national championships and beyond.
Go Abbotsleigh!!
