Competition brought out the best in Deniliquin’s young swimmers in their local lanes on Saturday.
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The Deniliquin Swim Club hosted its Southern Inland Swimming Association long course meet, with local swimmers competing against others from across the district in cold, post-heatwave conditions.
Deniliquin Swim Club president proudly announced that 29 Deniliquin swimmers achieved new personal bests during the day.
And it was not just one or two each.
The swimmers had 77 new personal best times recorded between them.
Collecting the most new PB times of any individual swimmer was 12 year-old Ben Macdonald, with six.
His best on the day was an 11.96 improvement in the 200m freestyle, which he finished in a time of 3:18.38.
Five other swimmers achieved five new PB times each.
Tyler Littmann’s most significant improvement was shaving 12.20 seconds off his male aged eight and under 25m backstroke, with a time of 40.02 seconds.
The best of Georgina’s Butcher’s five PBs was finishing the 12-13 years 100m breast stroke in 2:06.19 and shaving 15.85 seconds off her time.
12 year-old Lexi Maher’s best PB improvement of five was in wiping 13.53 seconds off her 200 freestyle PB, finishing with 2:59.83.
Julia Smith’s best of five new PBs was shaving an impressive 53.16 seconds off her 12-13 year-old individual medley performance. She finished on Saturday with a time of 3:59.96.
The other five PBs achiever was Jake Woolston, whose best improvement was tied to his 9-10 year-old 50m backstroke performance. He finished with a time of 51.85 seconds, which was an improvement of 11.5 seconds.
As the club’s first formal event since the death of life member Chris Hayes, attendees paid tribute with a minute of silence and the Chris Hayes Memorial Park.
Seven older age swimmers – many of them adults with children involved in the swim club – took part.
Placings were determined by wall touch, with times accounting for handicaps.
Results: Priscilla Horsley, 37:42, 1; Tom Hetherington, 38:49, 2; Jai Park, 31:19, 3; Chris Butcher, 37:25, 4; Bianca Armytage, 40:70, 5; Isla Ho, 28:02, 6; Glenn Hayes, 31:71, 7.
The full list of Deni PBs are as follows:
Isla Andrews: 12-13 100m Breast - 1:56.69L (-29.36); 11-12 50m Back - 50.09L (-6.70); 11-12 50m Breast 54.70L (-3.35); 12-13 100m Free 1:37.22L (-17.37).
Henry Braybon: 9-10 50m Back 1:32.27L (-0.01).
Georgina Butcher: 11-12 50m Free - 39.06L (-0.06); 12-13 100m Breast - 2:06.19L (-15.85); 11-12 50m Back - 55.93L (-6.37); 11-12 50m Breast 1:01.00L (-0.91); 12-13 100m Free - 1:30.38L (-17.72).
Olivia Butcher: 9-10 50m Free - 52.43L (-8.77); 9-10 50m Back - 1:02.90L (-10.65).
Stella Butcher: 11-12 50m Free - 36.58L (-0.21); 10-11 100m Back - 1:42.47L (-6.23); 10-11 100m Free - 1:28.69L (-1.09).
Ned Campbell: 11-12 50m Free - 44.30L (-0.18); 11-12 50m Fly - 1:09.98L (-12.26).
Jasper Dellwo: 10-11 200 Free - 4:11.85L (-14.47); 10-11 100m Free - 1:59.29L (-9.02).
Oliver Dellwo: 11-12 50m Free - 34.58L (-0.38); 11-12 50m Back - 48.55L (-2.06); 12-13 100m Free - 1:29.25L (-3.41).
Elsie Fellows: 8 & Under 50m Free - 1:04.26L (-1.44).
Alice Gordon: 8 & Under 25m Breast - 41.06L (-5.98).
Isobel Gordon: 11-12 50m Free - 48.30L (-0.48); Female 10-11 100m Breast - 2:11.80L (-9.79).
Jock Gordon: 10-11 100m Breast - 2:37.28L (-5.61).
Millicent Hall: 8 & Under 50m Free - 46.03L (-6.35); Female 8 & Under 50m Back - 59.90L (-12.40).
Robert Landale: 9-10 50m Back - 1:16.12L (-2.03).
Logan Littmann: 9-10 50m Free - 41.49L (-0.60).
Tyler Littmann: 8 & Under 50m Free - 58.68L (-3.64); 8 & Under 25m Back - 40.02L (-12.20); 8 & Under 25m Breast - 45.39L (-0.41); 8 & Under 25m Fly - 37.55L (-5.16); 9 & Under 100m Free - 2:28.04L (-9.54).
Ben Macdonald: 11-12 200m Free - 3:18.38L (-11.96); 11-12 50m Free - 38.00L (-0.22); 12-13 100m Breast - 1:57.58L (-1.64); Male 11-12 50m Fly - 46.83L (-4.43); 12-13 100m Free - 1:28.78L (-6.10); 12-13 200m IM - 3:50.40L (-3.20).
Jack Macdonald: 10-11 100m Free - 2:14.05L (-1.36).
Harriet Maher: 10-11 100m Breast - 2:01.10L (-15.36); 11-12 50m Back - 55.49L (-4.62); 10-11 100m Free - 1:45.60L (-11.81); 10-11 200m IM - 4:27.73L (no previous PB).
Lenny Maher: 10-11 100m Breast - 2:16.99L (-2.92).
Lexi Maher: 11-12 200m Free - 2:59.83L (-13.53); 11-12 50m Breast - 48.46L (-0.96); 12-13 100m Back - 1:36.94L (-2.23); 11-12 50m Fly - 38.26L (-1.92); 12-13 100m Free - 1:19.77L (-3.25).
Claire Menadue: 11-12 50m Free - 38.90L (-1.44); 11-12 50m Fly - 50.60L (-3.13); 12-13 100m Free - 1:35.06L (-5.70).
Ruby Menadue: 8 & Under 50m Free - 55.44L (-4.93); 8 & Under 25m Fly - 27.35L (-7.95); 9 & Under 100m Free - 2:21.59L (-3.49).
Skylah Parlato: 11-12 50m Free - 46.33L (-0.07); 11-12 50m Back - 56.81L (-5.15); 11-12 50m Breast - 1:06.14L (-5.15); 12-13 100m Free - 2:01.28L (-2.94).
Tate Parlato: 10-11 100m Free - 2:06.57L (-8.41).
George Pisasale: 9-10 50m Back - 1:07.80L (-3.63); 9-10 50m Fly - 1:09.15L (-4.57); 9 & Under 100m Free - 1:57.07L (-2.26).
Julia Smith: 12-13 100m Breast - 2:01.32L (-3.47); 11-12 50m Back - 52.04L (-2.94); 11-12 50m Breast - 53.90L (-1.49); 12-13 100m Free - 1:28.99L (-8.82); 12-13 200m IM - 3:59.96L (-53.16).
Jake Woolston: 9-10 50m Free - 38.56L (-1.44); 9-10 50m Back - 51.85L (-11.50); 9-10 50m Breast - 58.53L (-3.21); 9-10 50m Fly - 47.41L (-0.21); 10-11 100m Free - 1:32.70L (-11.16).
Maxwell Woolston: 8 & Under 50m Free - 49.94L (-3.43).