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.

Joseph Assi swam a new personal best time in his 50m Breaststroke at the 2024 NSW Metropolitan Short Course Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this morning.

Joseph took 0.78 seconds off his previous best time and swam under 38 seconds for the first time, finishing in 37.75.

In the 100m Breaststroke on Friday evening, Joseph swam his fastest time this season.

Congratulations to Joseph on his swims.

Joseph Assi is representing Merrylands at the NSW Metropolitan Short Course Championships this weekend.

Joseph will swim in 2 events at the championships - the 100m Breaststroke on Friday evening and the 50m Breaststroke on Saturday morning.

Congratulations to Joseph for qualifying and we wish him the best at the meet.

See Also

• 2024 NSW Metropolitan Short Course Championships

Well done to our team that competed at the St George Mini Meet at Bexley this afternoon.

Our team of 9 swimmers took home 16 medals and swam 17 new personal best times.

Congratulations to:

• Gabriella Assi - 3 PBs
• Joseph Assi - 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
• Damien Chan - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze, 5 PBs
• Marcus Chan - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 PBs
• William Johnston - 1 PB
• Alison Sakurovs - 3 Gold
• Jay Shrestha - 1 Silver, 3 PBs
• Daniel Vicic - 1 Silver, 1 PB
• Matthew Vicic - 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 PB

Well done to our team on their results!

Merrylands' team of 12 had fantastic results at the Metro South West Short Course Championships over the weekend.

As a team, Merrylands achieved 27 new Personal Best times out of 32 individual swims, with 7 finalist placings and a Bronze medal! 

Damien Chan took home merch for all his swims, with a bronze medal and 3 finalist placings.  Damien amazingly achieved 6 personal best times in his 4 swims, including a 50m Butterfly PB in the 200m IM.  Damien' was unstoppable in his 100m Breaststroke, achieving a bronze medal from Lane 8 and 2 PBs in the one race!

Gabriella Assi had a ripper of a 100m Backstroke and achieved a new PB dropping over 8 seconds.

Joseph Assi smashed his 100m Freestyle time with an almost 3-second PB.  Joseph managed to equal his 50m Breaststroke time and picked up a finalist ribbon in his 100m Breaststroke, the very last event for the team.

Tomas Dlesk put in a top effort for his first-ever Area Championships and first time swimming at Sydney Olympic Park and swam his 2nd fastest 100m Freestyle.

Patrick Hannan achieved huge new personal best times in his 100m Breaststroke and 100m Backstroke with his backstroke splits being executed like a pro!

William Johnston was a pocket rocket and beat his 50m Backstroke PB in his 100m Backstroke and also bettered his 100m Freestyle time.

Alison Johnston picked up 2 finalist ribbons in her 50m sprints, happily dipping back under 30 seconds in the Freestyle.

Jay Shrestha did the double with 2 personal bests in the 100m Breaststroke and his 100m Freestyle was just outside his best.

Samantha Terry was on fire slashing 20 seconds off her 100m Breaststroke and also took a chunk off her 100m Freestyle.

Matthew Vicic started his meet with a classy personal best in his 200m Backstroke.  He then swam a gutsy 100m Butterfly, with a sneaky 50m split PB on the way to a new 100m PB.

Leo Zhu achieved his first sub 27-second swim in his 50m Freestyle with a 26.99.  Leo also achieved a new personal best in his 50m Breaststroke and 100m Backstroke where he also picked up a finalist ribbon.

Lillian was 3 from 3 with new personal bests in her 50m Freestyle, 50m and 100m Breaststroke and was just outside the finalists with an 11th place in the Open 100m Breaststroke.

Also special mention to Coralie who had qualified for this meet but unfortunately was unwell over the weekend and unable to attend.

Thank you to our parents for supporting our swimmers and also to our coaches - especially navigating the stairs all weekend!

Well done to the whole team on their performances!

Well done to our team on their results at the NSW Senior Metropolitan Championships this weekend.

Our team swam 3 new personal best times, with Leo Zhu swimming new PBs in both his 50m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle, while Daniel swam a new PB in his 50m Freestyle at his first Metropolitan Championships.

Matthew Vicic swam his third fastest 200m Butterfly and Joseph Assi swam his second fastest times ever in the 100m Breaststroke and 200m Breaststroke.

Well done to the boys on their swims.

Merrylands is being represented by 4 swimmers at the NSW Senior Metropolitan Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this weekend.

Our team will contest 7 events over the 2-day meet and consists of:

Congratulations to these swimmers on qualifying, especially Daniel who has qualified for his first Metropolitan Championships. We wish them all the best of luck!

Merrylands' team of nine swimmers had fantastic results at the Metro South West Area Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

Our team contested 29 individual events and ended with 22 new personal best times, 4 finalists and 1 bronze medal.

Joseph achieved 5 new personal best times across his 4 swims, including a new 50m Freestyle PB split in his 100m Freestyle.  Joseph further reduced his 200m Breaststroke time after only just beating it at a meet last weekend.  Joseph also achieved new personal bests in his 50 and 100m Breaststroke, with his first Long Course 38 seconds in the 50m.

Laura-Belle took a break from HSC studies to scoop up a Bronze medal in her 50m Breaststroke in a new personal best time.  Laura-Belle was also a finalist with 7th place in her 100m Breaststroke which was an excellent achievement for an Open event, and was 0.02 outside her best in the 50m Freestyle.

Alison was a finalist in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly, with 6th and 4th respectively.  Her butterfly sprint was her fastest time in over 4 years.  Alison's 100m Freestyle was also her fastest in 2 years.

Jay was just a fraction off his personal best in his 100m Freestyle with only 0.1 seconds outside his mark.

Lisa had a great result in her 100m Backstroke with a 4-second personal best time and was just outside her 100m Freestyle time.

Daniel achieved 3 new Backstroke personal bests in his 2 Backstroke swims with a PB split in the 100m and then reduced it the following day in the 50m event, taking a further 2 seconds off his time.  Daniel also took over 2 seconds off his 100m Freestyle personal best.

Matthew contested 6 events and came away with 5 new personal best times.  Matthew started with a personal best in his 200m Butterfly and continued to fly with personal bests in his 100m and 50m Butterfly.  Matthew was a finalist in the 100m Butterfly and his 50m Butterfly was his first time under 30 secs in a Long Course event.  Matthew also achieved new personal best times in his 50m Freestyle and 200m Backstroke.

Leo had some fast 50s with new personal bests across his 3 swims.  Leo achieved sub 35 seconds in his 50m Breaststroke, sub 28 in his 50m Freestyle and took 0.5 off his 50m Backstroke.

Lillian achieved 2 new personal bests in her 100m Breaststroke, taking a huge 6-second chuck off her existing time. Lillian also took over 9 seconds off her 100m Backstroke later that afternoon.

Congratulations to all our swimmers on their wonderful performances!  

Joseph Assi achieved 3 new personal best times and a State Finalist result at the NSW Junior State Age Championships this weekend. 

Joseph's first swim was the 200m Breaststroke and his first time swimming this distance at the State Championships.  Joseph went out like a flash, beating his 100m personal best in the process and held on to achieve a new personal best over the 200m.  He was just outside the finalists with 11th place.

In the 50m Breaststroke, Joseph swam his second fastest time ever, having only achieved a personal best at his school zone a few weeks earlier.

Joseph finished the meet with the 100m Breaststroke where he further reduced his time to finish in 10th place, earning his first NSW State Age finalist ribbon.

Congratulations Joseph on your fantastic performances and thank you to our coaches for preparing him for this meet.

Our team had fantastic results at the New South Wales Junior Metropolitan Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this weekend.

Leo Zhu contested 7 events at his first Metrops and achieved 100% new personal best times.  Leo was just outside the top 10 with 11th place in his 100m Breaststroke, took a massive chunk off his 50m Backstroke to win his heat from lane 0, and achieved 6th place in the 200m Breaststroke, earning himself his first Metropolitan finalist ribbon.

Joseph Assi raced 3 events and achieved 2 new personal best times.  Joseph gained another Junior State Age qualifying time with his personal best in the 100m Breaststroke. Joseph also was a Metropolitan finalist with a top-10 finish in the 200m Breaststroke taking 2 seconds off his time in the process.

Well done boys and thank you to Alison for all her hard work with the team.