FORTY-ONE swimmers will represent Central Victoria in the Country Inter-district Championships at at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre this Saturday.
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The team will be captained by Bendigo East’s Emma Hindson and Cameron Jordan and includes swimmers from seven of the region's clubs.
Bendigo East will supply just under half of the squad, with Gisborne Thunder the next best represented with 10 swimmers.
The team features state sprint champion and multiple Victorian country medallist Layla Day, country champions Cameron Jordan and James Kealy, state medallist Ella Downing, country medallist Kiara Verbeek, national age record holder multi-class swimmer Katerina Pizzo, all from Bendigo East, and country medallist Emmerson Wood, from Maryborough.
Also in the team will be country finalists Matthew Baxter, Hunter Boswell, Zalli Lau, Sophie Waller, Thomas Hawke and Aimee McMahon, from Bendigo East, Darcy Smith and Tyler Theodore, from Gisborne Thunder, and Jordy Martin from Bendigo Hawks
The full squad is:
Bendigo East: Emma Hindson, Cameron Jordan, Thomas Hawke, Ziggy Lau, Katerina Alexander, Kiara Verbeek, Layla Day, Sophie Waller, Georgia Waller, Varlee Nihill, Harry Downing, James Kealy, James Alexander, Katerina Pizzo, Layla Day, Zalli Lau, Aimee McMahon, Hunter Boswell, Henry Waters-Hughes, Ella Downing.
Gisborne Thunder: Kyle Cozens, Bradley Bruce, Hunter McKay, Dempsey Smith, Kiera Cooper, Darcy Smith, Charlotte Matthews, Zack Matthews, Izabella Crawford, Tyler Theodore.
Maryborough: Emmerson Wood, Lachlan Bates, Celeste Lean.
Echuca: Thomas Watson, Lachlan Watson, Angus Watson.
Bendigo Hawks: Jordy Martin, Tahneesha Butcher.
South Gisborne Sharks: Abbey Coughlin, Emily Conroy.
Castlemaine: Megan Wilson