Day 4

A fantastic finish to the Australian Championships as the final day saw our members take home another 7 medals and swim 27 more personal best times.

The 400m Freestyle was the first event of the day, with 9 of our members competing. Lauren Leckie finished with another Bronze medal in a new PB of 6:09.96. Steven Nguyen wen one place better with a Silver and new PB of 4:45.05. Alison Sakurovs also took home a Bronze, also in a PB of 5:21.35, as did Ian Wilson in a new PB of 5:05.64.
Peter Johnston (5:08.18), Kylee Murray (6:31.51), Melissa Cohen (7:04.72), Craig Leckie (7:32.83) and Ian Johnston (7:16.77) all swam new PBs.

Shelley Zerni and Ian Wilson were our competitors in the 200m Backstroke, with both swimming new personal best times of 2:58.63 and 2:52.33.

The Blue Riband event - the 100m Freestyle was up next, with 12 of our members entered. Lauren (1:12.15), Alison (1:04.56), Shelley (1:10.68), Melissa (1:30.49), Craig (1:31.53), Margaret Edwards (1:33.71), Graham Edwards (1:27.53), Tricia Johnston (2:00.70) and Ian Johnston (1:26.07) all swam new PBs.

The 50m Breaststroke was up next and saw our first Gold medal of the championships. Lauren swam a new PB of 42.84 to win the gold by just 0.15 seconds as Steven Nguyen and Peter Johnston both took home silver medals. Kylee, Melissa, Ian Wilson, Margaret and Ian Johnston all swam new PBs.

The final individual event of the meet was the 200m Butterfly. Alison Sakurovs was our only competitor in the event and she swam a new PB of 2:58.33, taking over 14 seconds off her best time to go under 3 minutes for the first time.

An excellent performance by our entire team over a long 4 days. Well done to you all!

See Also

Hobart Aquatic Centre
The 2015 Australian Masters Championships will be held at the Hobart Aquatic Centre.
Hobart Aquatic Centre
The 2015 Australian Masters Championships will be held at the Hobart Aquatic Centre.