Sixteen swimmers will represent Merrylands at the McCredie Park Anniversary Meet at Guildford Swimming Centre today.
Our team consists of:
Aisha Abdelraheem
Ameena Abdelraheem
Lucas Alvarez
Ren Hum
William Johnston
Vanessa Ozols
Alison Sakurovs
Nevah Shrestha
Niushka Shrestha
Ruby Shrestha
Unish Shrestha
Chloe Ton
Ethan Ton
Daniel Vicic
Matthew Vicic
Leo Zhu
Best of luck everyone!
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Merrylands' junior boys combined forces at the NSW Junior State Age over the weekend with some excellent results! Every swimmer for the club swam a new official or unofficial personal best during the meet.
Joseph Assi qualified for this event for the first time in individual events and swam in the 10 Years 50m and 100m Breaststroke. Joseph was just outside his entry times, having already PB'd in the 50m Breaststroke 5 times since the start of the summer season!
It was Matthew Vicic's third time qualifying for this event and he competed in the 13 Years 50m Butterfly. Matthew achieved a new personal best time of 31.68!
Unish Shrestha, Joseph Assi, Joab Hada and Daniel Vicic worked together as a team in the 10/11 Years 4x50 Freestyle and Medley Relays. In the Freestyle relay the boys took over 3 seconds off their entry time with some extremely fast swimming. Whilst the split times are unofficial, it is very encouraging to see what the boys are capable of doing!
Congratulations to our swimmers on their results!
Merrylands' team of 15 swimmers had an amazing time at the Metro South West Junior Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park today.
As a team, Merrylands achieved 43 new personal best times out of 47 swims with every swimmer contributing to the PB tally!
We scored 17 top 10 finishes, 2 silver medals, 2 bronze medals and a new State Qualifying time.
Congratulations to all our swimmers on the wonderful performances and thank you to our coaches for the ongoing support.
Medalists
Matthew Vicic
Silver - 100m Freestyle
Bronze - 100m Backstroke
Bronze - 100m Butterfly
Joseph Assi
Silver - 100m Breaststroke & State Qualifying Time
Finalists
Lucas Alveraz - 100m Freestyle
Joseph Assi - 200m Individual Medley
Niushka Shrestha - 100m Butterfly
Shreya Shrestha - 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke
Unish Shrestha - 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke, 200m Individual Medley, 100m Breaststroke
Daniel Vicic - 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke
Matthew Vicic - 400m Freestyle
Leo Zhu - 200m Individual Medley, 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke
Fifteen swimmers will represent Merrylands at the Metro South West Junior Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this Saturday.
Our team will contest 47 individual events at the championships and consists of:
Ameena Abdelraheem
Lucas Alvarez
Joseph Assi
Joab Hada
Ren Hum
Avani Pradhan
Nevah Shrestha
Niushka Shrestha
Ruby Shrestha
Shreya Shrestha
Unish Shrestha
Chloe Ton
Daniel Vicic
Matthew Vicic
Leo Zhu
Congratulations to all our swimmers on qualifying, especially Ameena, Lucas, Ren, Avani, Ruby, Chloe and Leo who have all qualified for the first time.
Congratulations to Matthew Vicic who won the 200m Butterfly at the Metro South West Junior Championships Distance Meet held today.
While Matthew turned in 2nd place with 50m to go, his efforts at training working on his finishes certainly paid off! Matthew came over the top to achieve the gold, winning the event by 0.16 seconds.
Well done Matthew!
Congratulations to Matthew Vicic who set a new 200m Freestyle record today.
Matt swam a new record of 2:28.77 in the 13yrs 200m Freestyle Championship, breaking the previous record of another current member, Steven Nguyen. Steven set the record in 2003, with a time of 2:31.69.
Congratulations to Matt on his swim (and commiserations to Steve).
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Our team of 5 swimmers had a scorcher at the NSW Metropolitan Championships held at SOPAC this weekend.
While it was hot outside our swimmers were burning up the pool with great swims and results. Our swimmers achieved 6 new personal best times.
It was Joab Hada's first time competing at this meet and he had a terrific swim in the 50m Freestyle. Joab was only 0.1 shy of the personal best time he achieved 3 weeks earlier.
Matthew Vicic dropped time in both his events. Matt dipped under 32 seconds for the first time in the 50m Butterfly and also achieved a personal best in his 50m Freestyle.
Summer Shrestha had 4 events at these Championships and saved the best for Day 2. Summer achieved a personal best in the 100m Freestyle. In her last event of the meet Summer dropped time in her 50m Freestyle to achieve a Senior State Age qualifying time.
Unish Shrestha and Joseph Assi finished off our campaign with fantastic results in the 50m Breaststroke. It was the first time for both of them at this meet and both of them dropped over a second in this event.
Congratulations to all our swimmers on their results.
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Five members will represent the club at the NSW Junior Metropolitan Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this weekend.
Our team consists of:
Summer Shrestha
Matthew Vicic
Joab Hada
Unish Shrestha
Joseph Assi
For Joseph, Joab and Unish, this is the first time they have qualified for these championships
Congratulations all our team members on qualifying and we wish them the best of luck.
Swimming NSW are live streaming the championships and they can be viewed below.
Matthew Vicic set a new record in the 100m Butterfly Championship yesterday.
Matt took over 2 seconds off the previous record of 1:19.90 in the 13ys 100m Butterfly, finishing in 1:17.62. The record had been held by Brett Taylor since 1981.
Congratulations to Matt on his swim.
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Merrylands will send a team of 7 swimmers to the Metro South West Senior Championships this weekend.
The Championships are being held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November.
Our team is competing in 39 individual events over the weekend, and consists of:
Laura-Belle Casey
Michael Evans
Brendan Kirkpatrick
Elie Menhem
Vanessa Ozols
Alison Sakurovs
Summer Shrestha
Following the session on Saturday, Metro South West are holding a Junior Qualifying Meet. We will have 6 swimmers competing at this meet in 8 events.
Our team consists of:
Joseph Assi
Joab Hada
Niushka Shrestha
Unish Shrestha
Daniel Vicic
Matthew Vicic
Good luck to all our swimmers at both meets.