Merrylands' team of 15 swimmers had a successful meet at the recent Metro South West Long Course Championships.
It was a big two days of exciting racing, long waits, huge PBs and a relay swim to truly build character!
Laura-Belle came in fast for the team's first event of the meet and smashed her 100m Freestyle PB by over 2 seconds.
Joseph earned himself a bronze medal in a well-executed 100 Breaststroke swim and also achieved a 4 second personal best in the process. Joseph PB'd and was a finalist in both the 100m Backstroke and 200m Individual Medley. He also PB'd in the 100m Freestyle with his first sub 1.20 swim.
Joab further reduced his 100m Freestyle time, dropping another second to achieve a new PB.
Vanessa achieved two new personal best times in the 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly with over a second taken off in both swims. Vanessa also picked up two bronze medals in her 50m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle events.
Alison jumped in for some 50s between coaching and picked up a finalist ribbon in the 50m Freestyle in a sub 30 second time - her fastest of the season.
William, our youngest swimmer, competed for the first time at SOPAC and enjoyed the excitement of the meet and exploring the centre.
Jay was on fire and achieved new personal best times in all his 50s and also gained himself 4 new finalist ribbons.
Lisa took huge chunks off her 100m times - taking 6 seconds off her 100m Freestyle and 5 seconds off her 100m Breaststroke in very classy swims.
Nevah had a fast start and sliced further time off her 100m Backstroke.
Shreya showed true guts for having a massive break between swims and had a strong 100m Butterfly at the end of her meet.
Summer started her meet strongly with a new personal best in the 100m Backstroke, taking over a second off her time.
Unish was a finalist in both the 100m Breaststroke and Backstroke, where he achieved two new personal best times including taking off 7 seconds in his Backstroke.
Daniel was three from three with PBs in all his events, coming in under 1.20 for his 100m Freestyle and also earned a finalist ribbon in the 100m Backstroke.
Matthew had a fantastic meet where he achieved new personal bests in all 5 of his swims. Matthew gained a Metropolitan time in a very fast 100m Freestyle, a 5 second PB in the 200m Fly and a well earned ribbon in the 200m Individual Medley with an impressive breaststroke leg.
Daniel, Joseph, Unish and Daniel also combined forces for an adrenaline-pumping Medley Relay, where they smashed their combined entry time with unofficial personal best times.
Ameena impressively lowered her 100m Freestyle time right at the very end of the meet on Sunday afternoon, as well as a big chunk off her 100m Backstroke time.
Congratulations to all our swimmers on their results. Thank you to our coaches for supporting our swimmers all weekend.