Metro South West Championships Results

Merrylands team of 11 had fantastic results at the Metro South West Championships on the weekend.  As a team Merrylands achieved 18 new personal best times, 1 Gold Medal, 3 Silver Medals, 6 top-10 Finishes and had a 100% PB rate in the 100m Freestyle.

Damien Chan had amazing results with 6 new personal bests from 3 events with all his 50m splits being new best times. Damien picked up a trio of silver medals in the 100m Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke.

Leo Zhu won a Gold Medal in a tight finish in the 100m Breaststroke, in a new personal best time.  Leo also achieved top 10 finishes in the 50m Breaststroke and 200m Individual Medley and his first sub-27 second swim in the 50m Freestyle.

Gabriella Assi took over 5 seconds off her 100m Freestyle, an event she had only qualified for a week before.

Joseph Assi achieved a new personal best in his 100m Freestyles and his 50m Breaststroke was close to his personal best.

Laura-Belle Casey earned a ribbon in the 50m Breaststroke coming 5th and also swam her second-fastest 200m Freestyle.

Tomas Dlesk swam a speedy 100m Freestyle and took almost 3 seconds off his time.

Patrick Hannan had a tidy 100m Backstroke and achieved a new personal best time by just 0.01 of a second. 

Coralie Havea continued to improve her racing skills and came away with a new personal best in the 100m Freestyle.

William Johnston achieved new personal bests in the 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle and picked up top 10 ribbons for both swims.

Alison Johnston came away with a ribbon with a 4th place in the 50m Freestyle.

Lastly, Jay Shrestha took a whopping 7 seconds off his 100m Breaststroke.

Congratulations to all our swimmers on their wonderful results and thank you to Peter, Alison and all the parents for their support over the weekend.

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