Cumberland Championship Results

06 February 2008 Peter-Johnston Latest News
Merrylands' swimmers achieved the club's best result since 2004 at the last ever Cumberland Championships on the weekend. The club had 4 medallists and 12 finalists from the 26 events contested over the two day meet.

David Wang won the club's first medal of the meet when he finished 3rd in the 14yrs 100m Freestyle and also won the club's final medal of the meet when he came from behind to snatch third in the 200m Individual Medley.
David was also a finalist in two events, finishing 4th in the 100m Breaststroke and 6th in the 100m Backstroke.

Anthony Ventra and Mitchell Burt became our other medallists when they finished 2nd and 3rd in the 14yrs 100m Breaststroke, both in new personal best times. For both swimmers it was their first ever individual long course championship medals.
Anthony and Mitchell were also both finalists in the 100m Freestyle (5th & 9th), 100m Backstroke (5th & 4th), as well as the 200m Individual Medley (8th & 4th).

Amber Johnson finished 8th in the 15yrs 100m Backstroke while Peter Johnston was our fifth individual finalist at the meet, finishing 10th in the 17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke and 10th in the 50m Backstroke.

The club's Open Mens 4x50m Freestyle also finished in 10th place.

Medallist & Finalist Summary:

Mitchell Burt
14yrs 100m Breaststroke (Bronze)
14yrs 100m Backstroke (4th)
14yrs 100m Individual Medley (4th)
14yrs 100m Freestyle (9th)
Anthony Ventra
14yrs 100m Breaststroke (Silver)
14yrs 100m Freestyle (5th)
14yrs 100m Backstroke (5th)
14yrs 100m Individual Medley (8th)
David Wang
14yrs 100m Freestyle (Bronze)
14yrs 100m Individual Medley (Bronze)
14yrs 100m Breaststroke (4th)
14yrs 100m Backstroke (6th)
Amber Johnson
15yrs 100m Backstroke (8th)
Peter Johnston
17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (10th)
17yrs & Over 50m Backstroke (10th)
Mens Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Peter Johnston, Mitchell Burt
David Wang, Anthony Ventra		 (10th)

Our swimmers also swam 19 personal best times with another 4 unofficial PBs swum in the relays. Mitchell Burt (100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley) and Anthony Ventra (200m Individual Medley) both swam two PBs in one event, with Mitchell breaking his 50m and 100m times in his 100m events and Mitchell and Anthony also breaking their 50m Butterfly time in the 200m Individual Medley.

The swimmers who swam PBs were:

Mitchell Burt
100m Freestyle
100m Backstroke (50m & 100m)
100m Breaststroke (50m & 100m)
200m Individual Medley
50m Butterfly (200m Individual Medley Split)
50m Freestyle (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
Anthony Ventra
100m Freestyle
100m Backstroke
100m Breaststroke
200m Individual Medley
50m Butterfly (200m Individual Medley Split)
50m Freestyle (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
David Wang
100m Freestyle
100m Backstroke
200m Individual Medley
Chantel Teakle-Jones
100m Backstroke
100m Breaststroke
Belinda Sloane
50m Freestyle (Relay Leg)
Tanya Cleland
50m Freestyle (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
Kelly Broschofsky
50m Freestyle (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
Amber Johnson
100m Freestyle

Congratulations to all our swimmers on their great results.

The full results with split times are available here.

Medal Tally

Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 3

See Also
  • Cumberland Open & Age Championships

  • 2007/2008 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results
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