SWIMMERS from Central Victoria have again put their talents on display at the recent Swimming Victoria Country 7-10 Encouragement Competition.
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For many of the swimmers, it was the first time that they had the chance to perform on the big stage at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.
Pitted against the best seven to 10-year-olds across regional Victoria, the representative squad of 37 performed well with stellar results in Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly, as well as the Freestyle and Medley relays.
Standout swimmers among the boys for the Central Victoria squad were Echuca’s Nash Ramage and Angus Watson.
Nine-year-old Nash won gold in the Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle, and silver in the Butterfly, while seven-year-old Angus took the gold in Backstroke and Freestyle and silver in the Breaststroke.
Among the girls, Bendigo East swimmers Lily-May Kirby and Lacey Wilkie stood out, with eight-year-old Lily-May winning gold in Freestyle, silver in Butterfly and bronze in Backstroke.
Seven-year-old Lacey took home the silver in Backstroke and Freestyle.
Other standout performances were by Bendigo East’s Aimee McMahon winning the 10-year-old girls Butterfly, Echuca’s Milly Ross finishing third in the nine-year-old girls Breaststroke, with South Gisborne’s Darcy Smith also third in the 10-year-old Freestyle.
There was also Relay success, with the 10-year-old girls freestyle relay, which featured Maryborough’s Emmerson Wood, Bendigo East’s Somaiya Harriden and Ella Downing and South Gisborne's Darcy Smith, teaming up to win silver.
The nine-year-old girls freestyle relay claimed bronze, with Echuca’s Emma Judd and Milly Ross teaming with Castlemaine’s Megan Wilson and Gisborne Thunder’s Kiera Cooper.
The eight-year-old girls freestyle relay team of Lily-May Kirby, Mia O’Keefe, Charlotte Matthews and Trea Harkin stood on the podium for a well deserved silver medal.
The nine-year-old boys freestyle relay featuring East’s Hunter Boswell and Jedd O’Keefe joined Echuca’s Branden Batey and Nash Ramage to claim second place.
In the Medley Relays the 10-year-old-girls finished third, with East’s Claudia Mountjoy and Ella Downing teaming with Maryborough’s Emmerson Wood and South Gisborne’s Darcy Smith.
Again the nine-year-old boys team of Boswell, O'Keefe and Batey and Ramage claimed silver.
In the final relay, the mixed seven and eight-year-old Medley relay team of Lily-May Kirby, Angus Watson, Charlotte Matthews and Dempsey Smith put in a strong performance to finish the race in the bronze medal position.
