On the 14th – 16th of July, the Abbotsleigh swimming club team joined all the best clubs in the metropolitan area and participated at the NSW metropolitan championships. We had a total of 14 swimmers competing at these championships. This meet was at the end of the school holidays and the teams plan was to do some good quality work during the break and be ready for these championships. We knew that SC metropolitan championships is a tough one where there is combined age groups and a lot of intensity swim after swim. We had great results across all age groups with PB’s, top 10 finishes and a bronze medal.
Result totals:
Medal – 1 Bronze – Tinglan Chen- 100BS
Top 5 finishes: 2
Top 10 finishes: 7
Our energy was always up throughout the 3 days meet, athletes understood the importance of recovering well and getting themselves in the best spot of being successful by keeping their body well refuelled during 3 days of competition. This is an important part of athlete development.
It is important to say that this is a meet where Junior and Senior swimmers are together and more than ever the team was always supportive to each other and showed amazing camaraderie across all the different ages, from Junior to seniors if it was an Abbotsleigh swimmer everyone was watching and cheering.
The work will keep on going and now we start our preparation for Senior and Junior State championships. Go Abbotsleigh!
