This year’s SMNE Speedo Sprints Heats and 12&U Meet were held on the 11th Feb down at Sydney Olympic Park. 28 Abbotsleigh swimmers competed in 50m and 100m events. Swimmers had to bring their best racing, executing strong starts and finishes to race to the wall. We had 5 relay teams compete on the day demonstrating Abbotsleigh Team Unity. Swimmers performed great finishes and starts to ensure our changeovers were quick.
Congratulations to April Avery who achieved the 100 Breaststroke national time.
A highlight of the day was watching swimmers rise to the challenge of racing the 100m freestyles and backstrokes after an already long day of racing, with many swimmers having already competed in 5 events. Swimmers did a fantastic job daring greatly and executing their race plans making sure they controlled technique and controlled speed to achieve some very successful swims.
The first four swimmers in each age group in the 50m events have been selected to compete at finals. Congratulations to the following swimmers for being selected to compete at the NSW Speedo Sprint Finals in March:
Louis Csirszka
Lucie Csirszka
Alison Deng
Zoe Durbidge
Talia Lam
Alice Liu
Harriet O’Hara
