Fantastic results on Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Masters Championships in Darwin with 4 medals, 2 new all-time personal best times and 5 season-best times.
Varant Jambazian picked up another 2 new personal best times with big PBs in the 50m and 100m Freestyle.
Alison Johnston took home another 3 medals with silver in the 50m Freestyle, bronze in the 100m Freestyle and bronze in the 200m Backstroke in a season-best time.
Ian Johnston also took home his first medal of the meet, with bronze in the 200m Backstroke. He also swam his fastest 100m Freestyle since 2018 and a season-best time in the 50m Freestyle. Kylee Murray also swam a season-best time in the 50m Freestyle.
Lastly, our Mixed 4x50m Freestyle team improved their entry time and ranking to finish in 8th place with some very fast split times.
Well done to our team on their results today! The team will be back at the Parap Pool for Day 3 tomorrow for the 400m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke.
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An excellent start to the 2024 Australian Masters Championships with 2 medals, 4 all-time PBs and 3 season-best times on a long day 1 that finished well after sunset.
Varant Jambazian swam new PBs in all 3 of his events with excellent swims in the 200m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly.
Alison Johnston took home the club's 2 medals with bronze and a PB in the 100m Backstroke and silver in the 50m Butterfly.
Ian Johnston swam 2 season-best times and his fastest times since 2018 in the 800m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke while Kylee Murray swam her fastest 50m Butterfly this season.
Well done team! Day 2 tomorrow sees our team competing in the 100m Freestyle, 4x50m Freestyle Relay, 200m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle.
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The Australian Masters Championships will be held in Darwin from Friday 3rd to Tuesday 7th May, 2024.
Merrylands will be represented by a team of 4 swimmers, competing in 41 individual events and 2 relays over the 5-day meet. Our team completed their pre-meet training session today, are ready and raring to go and consists of:
- Varant Jambazian
- Ian Johnston
- Kylee Murray
- Alison Johnston
Good luck to our swimmers at the meet!