We did it!! We finally did it!!
After finishing 2nd at MSSA Short Course State Cup in April 2021, we finally took home the MSSA Long Course State Cup. Special mention to Phoenix Master, the runners up at LC States and winner of SC States. What a performance from both club? Only 43 points separating the top 2 clubs.
After a stressful week for head coach Andrew with injured swimmers to late withdraws, nevertheless, the club had the biggest attendance at the meet with 21 swimmers and 5 relay teams.
The competition started off slow with 400m races in Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and individual Medley. UniSA saw a representative in each 400m swim which gave the club a good lead.
MVP swimmer of the meet would have to go to Allana Sagubo for swimming the least popular events such as 400 Back, 200 back, and 200 Fly. 3 tough events to swim plus the 50m Backstroke. This was to ensure the club scores maximum points. Huge team player!!
Jack had an incredible meet as he swam the 50m Backstroke, 200 IM, and 50m Freestyle. Jack had an incredible swim in the 200m IM where he splited the race 33.65 (Fly), 40.32 (Back), 45.79 (Breast) and 33.76 for the Freestyle leg.
Special mentions to Chelsea Robinson, Shania Morgan, Nick Tam, Ethan Crook, and Albert Sztolc on State recording breaking swims in the Women's 18-24 400m Breaststroke, Women's 18-24 400m Individual Medley, Men's 18-24 400m Breaststroke, Men's 18-24 50m Butterfly, and Men's 25-29 400m Breaststroke. Ethan Crook broke his own state record in the 50m Butterfly by 0.54s. There were some swimmers who were close to a state or national record. Liam McHugh was 0.44s off the state record for 200m Freestyle. Ethan missed his 50m Freestyle state record by 0.07s. Chelsea missed the state record by 1.05s in the 100m Freestyle and 0.15s off the 50m Freestyle. Shania missed her state record by 0.73s in the 50m Breaststroke. Nick missed his 50m Breaststroke state record by half a second.
I'm sure these near state record breakers will come back stronger, faster and hungrier at the next competition. Andrew was sandwiched between 2 of the fastest male swimmers in the club in the 50m Butterfly with Nick on his right and Ethan on his left. Nick and Ethan had a flying start off the block with a 0.65 and 0.66 reaction time compared to Andrew's slow 0.73 reaction time. It was near impossible to catch Ethan in the 50m Butterly with his state record breaking swim but it was tight between Andrew and Nick. Nick out touched Andrew by a fingernail with only 0.3s separating the 2 swimmers. Chelsea swam the 100m Freestyle with Albert next to her on the inside lane. Both are evenly speed for the 100m Freestlye so it was a good race to watch. Chelsea had a race plan set by coach Andrew. She had to stay with Albert at the turn and turn the burners on the home stretch if she wanted to overtake Albert. She executed the race plan perfectly with both Chelsea and Albert turning at 50m in 30.51s and 30.43s. Both pushed off at the same time but Chelsea's experience got her the gold as she swam home in 32.26 to Albert 34.01. Arina braved it out and attempted the 100m Butterfly, an event she hasn't raced in for over 5 years when she was a 200m Butterfly specialist. Arina swam the 100m Butterfly in 1:25.18. Speaking about 200m Butterfly, it was brutal for Allana to finish her individual races with a 200m Butterfly before swimming the 4x50m Freestyle Relay and claim gold in the relay team alongside her teammates, Erin, Eli, and Kimberley and beating Phoenix along the way. It was great to see so many spectators in the crowd and all members cheering each other on. It was great to see the girls cheers the boys on during their relay race and vice versa with the boys cheering the girls after their race. This is the culture the club has developed in 18 months and to the members for creating the culture and supporting one another. The team was lead by 2 great club captains, Alvin and Albert. The double A battery definitely brought the energy to the club and charged the team to victory and of course the State Cup!!! 🏆🥇
Erin Barrera
50m Butterfly: 33.56
Ethan Crook
50m Butterfly: 27.04 (State Record)
50m Freestyle: 24.58
Jamie Ford
400m : 5:39.13
50m Butterfly: 35.02
200m Backstroke: 2:59.46
100m Backstroke: 1:22.34
Alvin Fu
400m Backstroke: DQ
50m Backstroke: 30.33
100m Freestyle: 56.44
100m Backstroke: 1:07.64
Shelby Gristede
50m Backstroke: 35.42
200m IM: 2:47.29
50m Freestyle: 30.25
100m Backstroke: 1:16.63
Arina Gvozdeva
50m Butterfly: 34.18
100m Freestyle: 1:13.70
100m Butterfly: 1:25.18
50m Freestyle: 34.42
Jack Jackson
50m Backstroke: 33.40
200m IM: 2:35.52
50m Freestyle: 27.53
Gary Lai
400m Freestyle: 6:01.28
100m Breaststroke: 1:25.87
50m Butterfly: 32.46
50m Breaststroke: 37.38
Liam McHugh
400m Freestyle: 4:39.63
200m Freestyle: 2:11.34
200m Backstroke: 2:33.17
Rebecca Milton
50m Butterfly: 44.51
100m Freestyle: 1:23.12
50m Freestyle: 36.83
50m Breaststroke: 48.55
Shania Morgan
400m Breaststroke: 6:11.60 (State Record)
100m Breaststroke: 1:19.10
200m Breaststroke: 2:54.90
50m Breaststroke: 35.82
Jordie Parker
100m Breaststroke: 1:45.89
100m Freestyle: 1:20.24
50m Freestyle: 35.24
50m Breaststroke: 47.81
Daniel Pearce
100m Freestyle: 1:18.74
50m Freestyle: 34.6
Chelsea Robinson
400m IM: 5:53.28 (State Record)
50m Butterfly:32.86
100m Freestyle: 1:02.77
50m freestyle: 28.83
Allana Sagubo
400m Backstroke: 6:24.47
50m Backstroke: 34.92
200m Backstroke: 3:04.02
200m Butterfly: 3:27.08
Albert Sztolc
400m Breaststroke: 6:33.62 (State Record)
100m Freestyle: 1:04.44
Chun Yik Tam
400m Breaststroke: 5:58.67 (State Record)
50m Butterfly: 28.04
200m IM: 2:29.22
50m Breaststroke: 31.10
Elinor Teo
200m Freestyle: 2:50.54
50m Butterfly: 35.25
50m Freestyle: 31.40
50 Breaststroke: 43.81
Andrew Truong
50m Butterfly: 28.34
200m IM: 2:40.63
50m Freestyle: 28.41
100m Backstroke: 1:15.78
Kimberley Vidura
50m Backstroke: 35.45
100m Freestyle: 1:05.76
100m Butterfly: 1:15.21
100m Backstroke: 1.16.88
Male 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Ethan Crook
Daniel Pearce
Jack Jackson
Alvin Fu
1:52.21
Liam McHugh
Gary Lai
Andrew Truong
Nick Tam
1:50.11
Female 4x50 Freestyle Relay
Erin Varrera
Rebecca Milton
Elinor Teo
Kimberley Vidua
2:05.50
Shania Morgan
Joride Parker
Jamie ford
Shelby Grsisted
2:09.52
Arina Gozdeva
Samantha To
Rebecca Milton
Chelsea Robinson
2:12.57
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