Merrylands' team has finished the Australian Masters Championships with 22 medals and 24 new personal best times.
Sophia Vicic took home 9 medals from the meet - 2 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze. Sophia also swam 3 new personal best times. Alison Johnston finished the meet with 7 medals - 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze, with one new PB. Katie Hope claimed 3 medals, with 1 Silver and 2 Bronze, all in new personal best times. Peter Johnston won Bronze in the 200m Breaststroke and swam season-best times in all his events, while Leanne Tovkach finished with Bronze in the 100m Backstroke and 5 new PBs.
Our final medal came in the Women's 4x50m Medley Relay where our team of Sophia, Katie, Alison and Kylee Murray took home the Bronze. Kylee also swam 6 new PBs at the meet, narrowly missing out on a medal after finishing in 4th place, 4 times.
Varant Jambazian swam 4 new PBs at the meet, while Ian Johnston swam 2 new PBs and Steven Nguyen swam season-best times in all his events.
To top it all off, Merrylands finished second in the Life Member's Trophy point score at the meet. The Life Member's Trophy is for Clubs with 5-20 members and rewards performance & participation. It is calculated by taking the number of points gained at the National Championships, divided by the club's membership at end of the previous year.
Medallists
| Sophia Vicic |
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50m Freestyle |
(Bronze) |
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100m Freestyle |
(Bronze) |
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200m Freestyle |
(Gold) |
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50m Backstroke |
(Silver) |
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100m Backstroke |
(Silver) |
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200m Backstroke |
(Silver) |
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50m Breaststroke |
(Silver) |
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100m Breaststroke |
(Gold) |
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100m Individual Medley |
(Silver) |
| Alison Johnston |
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25m Freestyle |
(Gold) |
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50m Freestyle |
(Silver) |
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100m Freestyle |
(Bronze) |
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100m Backstroke |
(Silver) |
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50m Butterfly |
(Silver) |
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100m Butterfly |
(Gold) |
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200m Butterfly |
(Gold) |
| Katie Hope |
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200m Freestyle |
(Bronze) |
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50m Breaststroke |
(Bronze) |
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200m Breaststroke |
(Silver) |
| Peter Johnston |
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200m Breaststroke |
(Bronze) |
| Leanne Tovkach |
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100m Backstroke |
(Bronze) |
Personal Best Times
| Kylee Murray |
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25m Freestyle |
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50m Freestyle |
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200m Freestyle |
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25m Backstroke |
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200m Backstroke |
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25m Butterfly |
| Varant Jambazian |
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50m Freestyle |
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100m Freestyle |
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50m Breaststroke |
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50m Butterfly |
| Leanne Tovkach |
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50m Freestyle |
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100m Freestyle |
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100m Backstroke |
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25m Breaststroke |
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100m Breaststroke |
| Katie Hope |
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200m Freestyle |
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50m Breaststroke |
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200m Breaststroke |
| Sophia Vicic |
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200m Freestyle |
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100m Backstroke |
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200m Backstroke |
| Ian Johnston |
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100m Backstroke |
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200m Backstroke |
| Alison Johnston |
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25m Freestyle |
Medal Tally
Congratulations to our team on their results! A big thank you also to our coaching team of Peter, Alison and Katie for the work they have done with our squad.
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The final day of the Australian Masters Championships saw more excellent results from our team, with 7 medals and 8 new personal best times.
Alison Johnston picked up another 3 medals with Gold in the 200m Butterfly, Bronze in the 100m Freestyle and lastly a Gold in the 25m Freestyle in a new personal best time.
Sophia Vicic also took home another 3 medals, finishing with Gold in the 100m Breaststroke, Silver in the 50m Breaststroke and Bronze in the 100m Freestyle.
Katie Hope was our final medalist of the day, taking out the Bronze in the 50m Breaststroke and breaking her 11-year-old PB in the process.
Varant Jambazian swam another 2 new PBs, breaking his times in both the 50m Breaststroke and 100m Freestyle.
Leanne Tovkach swam new PBs in the 100m Freestyle and the 100m Breaststroke.
Kylee Murray also finished off the meet with 2 new PBs, with new personal best times in the 25m Backstroke and 25m Freestyle, while finishing just 0.45 outside her 100m Freestyle PB.
Lastly, Ian Johnston, Peter Johnston and Steven Nguyen all swam season-best times in all their events on the final day.
Congratulations to our whole team on their performances at the meet!
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Wow! What a great start to the Australian Masters Championships, with 10 medals and 11 PBs on Day 2.
Sophia Vicic finished the day with 3 medals - one of each colour. Sophia took home Bronze in the 50m Freestyle, Silver in the 100m Backstroke, in a new PB, and Gold in the 200m Freestyle in a new PB.
Alison Johnston finished with 2 Silver medals, with 2nd place in both the 50m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke.
Katie Hope won a Silver in the 200m Breaststroke and a Bronze in the 200m Freestyle - both swims in new personal best times.
Peter Johnston took home a Bronze medal in the 200m Breaststroke, with season-best times in all 3 of his events.
Leanne Tovkach took home her first national medal, with Bronze in the 100m Backstroke in a new personal best time, taking over 2 seconds off her previous best. Leanne also took almost 2 seconds off her 50m Freestyle PB.
Our final medal came in the Women's 4x50m Medley Relay where our team of Sophia, Katie, Alison and Kylee Murray took home the Bronze.
Kylee also swam 3 new PBs, taking over a second off her 50m Freestyle - a time that had stood since 2016; over a second off her 25m Butterfly PB; and 2 seconds off her 200m Freestyle, breaking her time from 2014 and swimming under 3 minutes for the first time.
Steven Nguyen swam a season-best time of 27.56 in the 50m Freestyle.
Ian Johnston swam a massive PB in the 100m Backstroke, taking 5 seconds off his time from 2015. Ian also swam season-best times in the 50m and 200m Freestyle.
Lastly, Varant Jambazian swam a massive 3 second PB in the 50m Freestyle.
A great start to the meet! Day 3 will see our team in action in the 400m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 25m Breaststroke, 100m Individual Medley 50m Butterfly and 200m Backstroke. You can follow their progress in the Live Results.
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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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Merrylands has 13 swimmers competing at the 2019 Metro South West Area Short Course Championships. The Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th June, 2019.
Our team consists of:
Joseph Assi
Laurabelle Casey
Brendan Kirkpatrick
Steven Nguyen
Alison Sakurovs
Nevah Shrestha
Niushka Shrestha
Shreya Shrestha
Summer Shrestha
Unish Shrestha
Daniel Vicic
Matthew Vicic
Sophia Vicic
Good luck to all our swimmers at the meet and may the whale be with you!
Merrylands will be represented by a team of 6 swimmers at the NSW State Masters Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this weekend.
Our team consists of:
Alison Johnston
Tricia Johnston
Peter Johnston
Kylee Murray
Steven Nguyen
Ben Taylor
Good luck to our swimmers at the meet.
You can follow their progress over the weekend on the Live Results page.
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The final day of the Nationals saw Merrylands win another 4 medals and swim 3 new personal best times.
Alison Johnston finished the meet with another 2 medals, starting the day with Gold in the 50m Backstroke and then taking Silver in the 100m Freestyle in a season best time.
Steven Nguyen also won two more medals with Silver in the 400m Freestyle and Bronze in the 100m Freestyle.
Kylee Murray finished off her meet with another 2 personal best times in the 400m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke, while Melissa Cohen also swam a new PB in the 400m Freestyle.
Congratulations to our whole team on their performances at the meet.
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Merrylands has finished Day 3 of the Nationals with 4 more medals and 3 PBs.
Alison Johnston continued to add to her medal tally, with Gold in the 400m Individual Medley and Silver medals in both the 50m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke. Alison also swam a personal best time in the 100m Backstroke.
Steven Nguyen also added another medal to his count, with Gold in the 200m Breaststroke.
Melissa Cohen swam a new PB in her 50m Freestyle, while Kylee Murray swam a new PB in her 100m Backstroke.
Day 4 tomorrow - the final day in the pool - will see members of our team competing in the 400m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke, 200m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle.
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Day 2 of the Nationals saw another 5 medals for Merrylands, plus 2 new PBs.
Steven Nguyen finished the day with 3 medals - Gold in the 50m Breaststroke, and Silver in the 200m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley.
Alison Johnston took home our other 2 medals with Silver in the 100m Butterfly and 200m Individual Medley.
Melissa Cohen swam new PBs in both her events with new personal best times in the 50m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle
Day 3 will see our team in action in the 200m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle, 400m Individual Medley and 100m Backstroke.
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A fantastic start to the Australian Masters Championships with 5 medals and 3 new PBs on Day 1 at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Adelaide.
Steven Nguyen took home 2 medals with Gold in the 100m Breaststroke and Silver in the 50m Butterfly.
Alison Johnston also won 2 medals. Alison finished with Silver and a new personal best time in the 200m Backstroke, and Bronze in the 50m Butterfly, in her second fastest time ever.
Kylee Murray won her first national medal, finishing with Bronze in the 200m Backstroke in a new PB. Kylee also swam a new PB in her 50m Butterfly.
Day 2 tomorrow will see our team hit the water in the 100m Butterfly, 50m Breaststroke, 200m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley.
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