The Junior School Swimming National Championships were held on the Gold Coast from 24 to 26 July. There were six swimmers from the Somerset Swim Club who competed at the Championships against the best swimmers from around Australia. For our Junior School swimmers, this is the pinnacle of sport and the highest level of competition.
The swimmers from Somerset Swim Club who represented Queensland were Makyra Melo, Braxtyn Truman, Sophia Tarrant, Meggie DeChhimba, and Knox Anderson, while Jack Sewell represented New South Wales. Our swimmers were amazing in the pool all securing Top 10 results, a remarkable achievement!
Well done to our swimmers on these very impressive results. A special thank you to coach Cheryl who prepared and supported our athletes for this meet.
The Senior School Swimming National Championships were held on the Gold Coast from 28 to 31 July. Somerset had 16 swimmers compete at the National Championships which included 7 College students. There were 12 swimmers from the Somerset Swim Club (including 3 College students). There were some amazing performances from our swimmers with an impressive number of medals. A special mention must go to Cohen Tarrant for setting a new School Sport Australia and International record in the Boys 14yrs 100m Breaststroke! In addition, Ryan Bambach was named Queensland male swimmer of the meet for his outstanding results.
This is a long list of very impressive results from Somerset swimmers and all students competing must be congratulated on their outstanding results.
A special thank you to the Somerset Swim Club coach Chris for guiding our athletes to these extraordinary levels of results against the best in Australia.
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