Thursday, August 24, 2023

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Cannons Go the Distance

The coaches named Harris Delac as the Swim Star of the week for his 100-metre IM.  Congratulations to Matilda Nicholes and Lucas Korosec for winning the Chocolate Awards for the best personal bests.  

Club Secretary Giselle Burton presented Upgrade Certificates to Max Smith, Molly Smith, Lucas Korosec, Remy Hedges, Lily Maher, and Millie Groom.  

The coaches, Ken Crittenden and Mark Erickson, were impressed by all the Cannons who took up the challenge to swim longer distances.

Highlights include Jy Parkinson and Jacob Bell swimming 1500-metre Freestyle, which was 60 laps with lots of turns.  

Nelson Malady, aged 10, swam a huge 56.96 second personal in his 800-metre Freestyle (32 laps).   Jack Ganter, aged 13, swam his first 800-metre Freestyle in a time of 11.17.05.  

Don Algie, aged 8, swam extremely well, swimming 400-metre Freestyle in 6.22.86 and 400-metre IM in 7.32.07.  

Eloise Chegwidden, only seven-years-old, swam a cracking 100-metre Freestyle in 1.52.46 and 100-metre Breaststroke in 2.13.69.  

Remy Hedges, aged 14, was very excited with her 400-metre Freestyle in 5.01.56 with a 0.07 second personal best.  

Harris Delac, aged 8, swam two massive personal bests in his 100-metre Freestyle and 200-metre IM.  He swam a whooping 85.38 second personal best in his 200-metre IM.

Harris’s sister Tora swam a fantastic time for her 400-metre Freestyle which was just under 6 minutes.  

Lily Maher, aged 13, swam super times in her 200m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke, both swims had personal bests over 20 seconds.  Celeste Orenshaw, aged 9, swam an excellent time of 1.45.19 in her 100-metre Freestyle which was a 33.08 second personal best.

Well done to all the swimmers and big thank you to all the wonderful parents for their support!

Contributed with thanks to Raylene Rasmussen

Lucas K with Upgrade and Chocolate awards

Max Smith upgrade

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