Swimming School Nationals

Junior School Swimming National Championships

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!

Congratulations to:

• Makyra Melo - 12yo Girls 1st place 50m Breaststroke, 2nd place 200m Mixed Medley Relay, and 3rd place 200m Girls Medley Relay.
• Jack Sewell - 11yo Boys 3rd place 100m Back, 1st place Medley Relay, 5th place 200m IM, 5th place 50m Backstroke, and 5th place 200m Freestyle Relay.
• Braxtyn Truman -12yo Boys 6th place 200m Free, 5th place 100m Butterfly, 4th place All Age Freestyle Relay.
• Sophia Tarrant – 12yo Girls 8th place 50m Breaststroke.
• Meggie De Chhimba – 11yo Girls 9th place 100m Breaststroke.
• Knox Anderson – 11yo Boys 9th place All Age Freestyle Relay.

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.

Senior School Swimming National Championships

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.

Congratulations to the following National Champions and medallists

• Cohen Tarrant - Boys 14 yrs 1st 100m Breaststroke (SSA & National Record), 1st 200m Breaststroke, 1st Mixed 200m Medley Relay, 2nd 200m Medley, 2nd Men’s 200m Medley Relay, 3rd 50m Breaststroke
• Ryan Bambach Boys 16 yrs – 1st 100m Breaststroke, 2nd 200m IM, 2nd 200m Medley relay, 1st 50m Breaststroke, 3rd 400m IM, 7th 50m Backstroke, 1st 200m Breaststroke, 3rd, 4 x 100m Freestyle relay, 2nd 200m Freestyle relay
• Bessie Dear - Girls 17-19yrs 4th 50m Free, 2nd Girls 200m Medley Relay, 3rd 50m Breaststroke, 3rd 50m Backstroke, 1st Girls 200 Free Relay
• Chelsea Strachan - Girls 14yrs 1st 200m Breaststroke, 2nd 400m IM, 7th 50m Breaststroke
• Zahri Jarrett - Girls 15yrs 1st 100m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Freestyle, 4th 200m Freestyle, 1st Girls 13-19 400m Freestyle Relay, 2nd Girls 200m Freestyle Relay, 3rd Girls 15-16yr Medley Relay
• Danny Baxter – Boys 14 yrs 1st 400m Freestyle, 2nd 400m IM, 2nd 200m Butterfly
• Leny Grigor - Boys 15yrs 1st 400m IM, 3rd 200m IM, 4th 400m Freestyle, 4th 200m Butterly, 7th 100m Freestyle, 4th Medley Relay
• Riley Johnston - Boys 14yrs 3rd 50m Freestyle, 3rd 100m Backstroke, 1st 200m Medley Relay, 4th 50m Breaststroke, 3rd 50m Backstroke, 2nd 200m Breaststroke, 1st 200m Freestyle Relay
• Koa Stotz - Boys 14yrs 2nd 50m Freestyle, 1st 200m Medley Relay, 1st 50m Breaststroke, 2nd 100m Freestyle, 1st Boys 200m Freestyle Relay
• Kyla Brown - Girls 17-19yrs – 2nd 100m Breaststroke, 1st 50m Breaststroke, 2nd 200m Medley relay
• Olympia Pope - Girls 16yrs – 1st 100m Breaststroke, 1st 50m Breaststroke, 2nd 200m Breaststroke, 3rd 200m Medley relay
• Maximus Truman - Boys 14yrs 5th 200m Freestyle, 4th 400m Freestyle, 5th 100m Freestyle, 2nd Boys All Age Relay
• Matilda Grimson -Girls 15yrs 3rd 100m Backstroke, 5th 50m Backstroke
• Summer Johnston - Girls 14yrs 5th 50m Freestyle, 4th 100m Freestyle
• Jessica Melo - Girls 15yrs 3rd 50m Backstroke, 3rd 200m Girls Medley Relay, 6th 200m Backstroke
• Holly Hembling - Girls 17-19yrs – 8th 50m Butterfly, 2nd 200m Medley relay, 5th 200m Breaststroke, 2nd 200m Freestyle relay

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.