Speedo Sprint Series Final Results

21 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
David Wang took home the Silver Medal in the 11yrs 50m Breaststroke from the Speedo Sprint Series Finals at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre yesterday.

Swimming in lane 4 in the fastest heat of the Preliminary Finals, David qualified second fastest for the Grand Final in a new Personal Best Time of 41.91, over a second faster than the time he swam to win the Cumberland District Heats.

In the Grand Final, David maintained his second place position to win the silver medal in 42.24. After finishing 4th in the Grand Final for the last two seasons this was David's first medal at the Speedo Sprint Series.

Congratulations to David on his results.

See Also
  • Speedo Sprint Series Finals

  • Speedo Sprint Series Heat Results

  • Speedo Sprint Series Heats

    • Winter Season

    16 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Our second Winter Season makes a splash on Saturday, April 2nd and will run for 7 short weeks, finishing on Saturday, 14th May.

    As with last year, the Winter Season will feature some different events that are not run as part of the summer season.

    Firstly we will have Distance Day on April 30th with 800m & 1500m events which form part of the winter pointscore. The qualifying time for these events has been lowered to 6:20:00 but there are still a couple of opportunities to achieve the time.

    Secondly the Winter Season will again feature the 200m Mystery Medley. This event is a 200m Individual Medley however the order of strokes for each swimmer is drawn out of a hat prior to the event, making a very interesting race.
    Swimmers can swim the Mystery Medley in addition to their 3 Graded Pointscore races on the morning. Just put MM in the distance on a Medley Card to enter. This season you will have an extra opportunity to swim the Mystery Medley with three on the program.

    Most weeks we are finished by 8am.

    See Also
  • Winter Season Kicks Off

    • 3rd Annual Website Survey

    14 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Participate in the 3rd Annual Merrylands A.S.C. Inc. Website Survey and go into the draw to win a prize.

    By completing the survey (15 Questions) you can help influence the development of our website over the coming season.

    To be eligible for the Prize Draw, the survey must be completed by Friday, 1 April, 2005. One survey respondent will be selected at random from all surveys submitted. The selected respondent will win a prize.

    Click here to complete the survey.

    See Also
  • 3rd Annual Merrylands A.S.C. Inc. Website Survey

    • Speedo Sprint Series Finals

    14 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The Speedo Sprint Series Finals are on at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this Sunday. David Wang will represent our club at the finals for the 4th year in a row in the 50m Breaststroke.

    David will be competing against the top two swimmers from each district from across the state in the Preliminary Finals on Sunday morning. The top ten swimmers from the Preliminary Finals then progress to the Grand Final later that day.

    We wish David the best of luck at the finals.

    See Also
  • Speedo Sprint Series Heat Results

  • 2005 Cumberland District Speedo Sprint Series Heats - Merrylands Results

  • 2005 Speedo Sprint Series Finals & Grand Finals - Program of Events

    • Australian Championships Move To Melbourne

    14 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Swimming Australia has announced that Melbourne will host the Australian Swimming Championships in 2006 & 2007.

    Sydney has hosted the Championships for the past three years but next year they will move to The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre which will also be used for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Championships.
    Holding the Australian Championships, which also double as the selection trials for the events, at the centre will give the Australian team the best possible preparation for the meets.

    With the Championships moving to Melbourne, this year's Championships are your last chance for at least a couple of years to see the Australian Swimmers in person. Finals tickets for the meet are still available through Ticketek and can be purchased via http://www.ticketek.com.au/ or at the door. Ticket prices range from $20.00 - $10.00 for adults and $10.00 - $5.00 for concessions.

    However Swimming Australia will still have events in Sydney and they are in negotiations over the possibility of running one of the World Cup events in Sydney in November this year.

    Source: Wide World of Sports

    See Also
  • 2005 Australian Championships

  • Australian Championships Move To Sydney

  • 2002 Australian Championships

  • Swimming Australia

    • Development Squad Changes

    13 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    This season will see some changes made to the State and District Development Squad programs.

    Swimmers will now only be eligible for one squad and NSW Swimming will take over control of the District's A Squads (the Challenge Squad in the Cumberland District).

    The District B, C and D squads (currently the Cumberland Target, Achiever and Novice Squads) will also undergo changes with changes to the selection criteria, athlete eligibility, and focus of the different squads. Swimmers will also need to apply for selection in the squads.

    Cumberland is yet to decide on the new structure of their District Squads however the changes will come into effect this season. Application forms and more information will be available once the squad structure is finalised.

    More information can be found on the NSW Swimming website.

    See Also
  • NSW Swimming - Swimming Development

  • NSW Swimming - District Development Program

    • Swimming Australia Junior Sport Policy

    12 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Some major changes will occur over the next 12 months to the way swimming competitions are conducted, as a result of Swimming Australia’s new Junior Sport Policy.

    The Policy addresses a number of areas, one of which is keeping swimmers involved in the sport for the long term. Currently there is an estimated 30% dropout every year and the view is that younger swimmers are being pushed too hard, too early, creating a situation where swimmers are dropping out of the sport at an early age.

    To change this trend, the approach to competition will be changed, with and emphasis on fun and development. The changes are expected to include:

    10yrs & Under
    • No State Championships
    • Regional/District Championships for 10yrs only (no 10yrs & Under)
    • No “Championship” events at Regional/District for 9yrs & Under where medals are to be presented
    • Recognition of participation at all State run or sanctioned events
    • Modified rules - no disqualifications, meets no longer than 4 hours, no one-start rule

    11-12 Years
    • State, Regional/District Championships for 11yrs (no 11yrs & Under)
    • Championship events no longer than 400m
    • Not eligible for Open Water events

    13yrs & Over
    • No Change

    These changes are supported by the Australian Swimming Coaches & Teachers Association and it is proposed that the policy will be implemented from 1st October, 2005. The full policy can be viewed on the Swimming Australia website.

    See Also
  • Swimming Australia - Junior Sport Policy

    • Cumberland Sprint Meet Cancelled

    10 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2005 Cumberland Sprint Meet which was due to be held at the E.G. Whitlam Centre on Saturday, 19th March has been cancelled due to a lack of Technical Officials.

    The Sprint Meet was due to be held following the completion of the 5-8yrs Meet, which will be held at the Whitlam Centre on the same day, however Cumberland had insufficient officials to fill all the positions required to run the meet.

    This is not the first time that Cumberland has had trouble getting officials to work at the Sprint Meet. The last two seasons the meet has been held at the Prairiewood Leisure Centre with the bare minimum of officials. This season it had been planned to hold the meet at Merrylands Swimming Centre and our club had offered to provide a good number of officials to work at the meet to ensure it's smooth running. However, Cumberland decided to move the meet to the Whitlam Centre to enable it to be run in conjunction with the 5-8yrs Meet.

    The Sprint Meet was to form part of the selection criteria for some of the Cumberland Development Squads but now that will not be the case. The selections will based on performances at the other selection events that have already been held this season.

    Our members have achieved some good results at the meet over recent years and hopefully it will make a return to the calendar next year.

    See Also
  • Successful Sprint Meet

  • 2001 Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

  • 2002 Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

  • 2003 Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

  • 2004 Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

    • Australian Championships

    09 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2005 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships kick off at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this Saturday.

    The Telstra Trials will feature dual Olympic champion Grant Hackett, triple Olympic medallist Matt Welsh; the golden girls of Athens and Indianapolis – Jodie Henry, Libby Lenton, Alice Mills, Leisel Jones, Giaan Rooney, Brooke Hanson, Jessicah Schipper and Sophie Edington and host of emerging new stars.

    The Trials will be held from March 12-19 and will double as the selection trials for the 2005 World Championship team.

    If you missed out on purchasing tickets through the club, Finals tickets for the event are on sale through Ticketek and can be purchased via http://www.ticketek.com.au/. Ticket prices range from $20.00 - $10.00 for adults and $10.00 - $5.00 for concessions.

    Nine's Wide World of Sports and Fox Sports will also be showing live coverage of every finals session on the eight-day program.

    Nine will show live coverage on five nights and a late-night highlights on the three nights that Fox Sports take over the live coverage.
    See the Finals Program and Television Coverage for full details.

    See Also
  • 2005 Australian Swimming Championships Finals Program and Television Coverage

  • Swimming Australia

  • Ticketek

  • Wide World of Sports

  • Fox Sports

    • Cumberland Championship Results

    06 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    David Wang has taken home the Bronze Medal in the 100m Breaststroke at today's Cumberland Championships.

    After turning in fourth place at the 50m mark, David finished strongly over the last 25m to move into third and finish in 1:31.35, just 3/10ths of a second ahead of the fourth place swimmer.

    Our other swimmers also performed well with 12 finalists out of the 18 events contested and 9 PBs.

    Our finalists were:

    David Wang
    11yrs 100m Freestyle (6th)
    11yrs 200m Individual Medley (6th)
    11yrs 100m Breaststroke (3rd)
    Todd Jenkin
    16yrs 100m Breaststroke (8th)
    Open 100m Breaststroke (5th)
    Peter Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (9th)
    17yrs & Over 50m Backstroke (5th)
    17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (7th)
    17yrs & Over 50m Butterfly (5th)
    Brittany Johnson
    15yrs 100m Freestyle (6th)
    15yrs 200m Individual Medley (9th)
    Rachel Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (10th)

    Congratulations to all our swimmers on their great results.

    The full results are now available.

    See Also
  • Cumberland Open & Age Championships

  • 2005 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results