Metropolitan Results

Matthew Vicic swam two new personal best times at the NSW Senior Metropolitan Championships last weekend.

Matt took 3.61 seconds off his 200m Butterfly, finishing in 2:34.06. He also took 0.35 seconds off his 100m Backstroke, with a new PB of 1:13.49.

In Matt's other events, he was just 0.22 outside his 100m Butterfly PB and 0.30 outside his 100m Freestyle PB.

Congratulations to Matt on his swims.

Metropolitan Championships

Matthew Vicic will represent Merrylands at the NSW Senior Metropolitan Championships this weekend.

Matthew will race 4 events at the championships which are being held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on 25-26 February.

Matt will be swimming in:

  • 100m Backstroke
  • 200m Butterfly
  • 100m Freestyle
  • 100m Butterfly

Congratulations to Matt on qualifying for the meet and we wish him and his coach Alison the best of luck.

Merrylands SwimFest Results & Medals

Thanks for your patience as we finalised the results from the weekend.

Results for all events up to and including the first 3 heats of the Mens 100m Freestyle have been uploaded to Swim Central last night and are awaiting approval.

Medals that had not been collected will be available for collection by a representative from each club at the Senior Metropolitan Championships this weekend. We will arrange distribution to clubs not in attendance.

Please note that medals will not be awarded for the Mens 100m Freestyle as the event was not completed.

Thanks again for attending our meet.

Merrylands SwimFest Update

Thank you to everyone for attending the Merrylands SwimFest today.

Unfortunately due to the storm, we were unable to complete the meet or the results for the final few events. Our priority was everyone's safety.

The outstanding results will be completed as soon as possible. Medals for events where the results had not been announced will also be distributed as soon as possible. Please note that all times listed in the live results on the website are unofficial. Official results will be posted and uploaded to SwimCentral once the results are complete.

Thank you again for attending today's meet.

Speedo Sprint Series Results

Merrylands team of 13 swimmers hit the water at the Metro South West Speedo Sprint Heats on the weekend. The heats were held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre and for 5 of our swimmers it was their first time racing at this pool!

All our swimmers had great performances and as always there were so many wonderful moments.  As a team, we achieved 30 new personal best times!

Aisha achieved 3 new personal best times including a fast 50m freestyle where she swam under 37 seconds for the first time.

Gabby was on debut at this meet and achieved personal best times in all her events, cracking the minute in her 50m Breaststroke.

Joseph took a chunk of time off his 50m Backstroke and continued to drop his 50m Freestyle after only achieving a PB the week before.

Cameron successfully completed his first-time swimming at SOPAC and did a great job with his 2 swims.

Patrick had classy swims with a beautiful 50m Backstroke taking 5 seconds off his time, as well as his Butterfly and Breaststroke swims.

William broke the minute for the 50m Backstroke for the first time and swam his first sub-50 second 50m Freestyle.

Anastasia was a bundle of excitement all day and put her energy to good use with personal best times in all her events.

Nikolai achieved personal bests in his 50m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle events, edging closer to the 40-second barrier.

Jay had a cracking 50m Backstroke taking over a second off his time, with his head lovely and still.

Lisa had awesome swims with new personal best times in her 50m Backstroke, Butterfly and Freestyle and was only 0.04 off her Breaststroke time.

Daniel achieved a new personal best time in his 50m Butterfly, having only dropped it in our championship the day before. Daniel also swam under 32 seconds for 50m Freestyle for the first time.

Leo set new times in 3 of his events, including a speedy 50m Backstroke in 33 seconds and continued to lower his 50m Freestyle time after successive PBs in his last 3 swims.

Lillian broke her 50m Backstroke time and was close to her best in all her other swims.

Thank you to all our parents and support crew for encouraging our swimmers and thank you to Peter and Alison for preparing our swimmers for the meet.

Speedo Sprint Heats

Merrylands will be sending a team of 13 swimmers to the Speedo Sprint Series Heats which will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre tomorrow.

Our team will compete in 46 individual events at the meet and consists of:

Aisha Abdelraheem
Gabriella Assi
Joseph Assi
Cameron Evans
Patrick Hannan
William Johnston
Anastasia Krga
Nikolai Krga
Jay Shrestha
Lisa Shrestha
Daniel Vicic
Leo Zhu
Lillian Zhu

Good luck to our team at the meet, especially those swimming at their first Speedo Sprint Series!

New Freestyle Records

Three new championship records were set at club races on Saturday with Kylee Murray breaking 2 records and Matthew Vicic breaking 1.

Kylee set a new record of 36.68 in the Veterans 50m Freestyle breaking the previous record of 37.09 by 0.41 seconds which she had held since 2017. Kylee then backed up for the Veterans 200m Freestyle where she also broke her own record. Kylee took a massive 3.8 seconds off the record of 3:10.40 which she had set in 2020.

Meanwhile, Matthew set a new record time in the 15yrs 200m Freestyle, breaking the old record of 2:24.72 which had been held by Robert Griffey since 1999. Matthew took a huge 3.06 seconds off the time to touch in 2:21.66.

Well done to Kylee and Matt on their swims!

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New 50m Breaststroke Records

Congratulations to Lillian Zhu, Joseph Assi and Leo Zhu who all set new records in the 50m Breaststroke Championships this morning.

Lillian set a new record in the 9yrs 50m Breaststroke in a new personal best time of 50.84. Lillian took 1.27 seconds off the record set by Lisa Shrestha in 2020.

Joseph swam a new record time of 40.83 in the 12yrs 50m Breaststroke, breaking the record held by Mitchell Emery since 2002. Joseph took 0.76 off the old record.

Lastly, Leo took 1.31 seconds off the 13yrs 50m Breaststroke record, finishing in 37.48. This record had been held by Anthony Ventra since 2006.

Congratulations to Lillian, Joseph and Leo on their swims.

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