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Year 8-9 Boys SKINS Finalists. Photo Supplied
The Cannonvale Cannons Swimming Club welcomed more than 150 swimmers from across Queensland for the club's annual Winter Transition Meet, with competitors chasing medals, cash prizes and qualifying times ahead of the upcoming Queensland Short Course Championships.
Home pool advantage certainly paid off for the Cannons, with the team producing an outstanding 264 personal best times from 389 races—an impressive success rate of almost 68 per cent.
Every cannon should be incredibly proud of their performances over the weekend. With so many outstanding swims, it is almost impossible to single out individual achievements, but a handful of performances deserve special recognition.
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Our younger swimmers led the charge, with the club's Under 12 athletes delivering exceptional performances throughout the weekend. Faithlyn Trotter, Miranda Palmero, Leo Mulliss, Cooper Konopka, Indigo Harland, Wilson Hounsell, Blaire Harland and Isla Johnston all impressed with confident racing and strong improvements.
Alexander Trefz enjoyed one of the standout performances of the meet, recording personal bests in 14 of his 15 events, while Jax Clayworth dominated his age group by winning all 17 events he contested.
The Cannons' 8-to-9-year-old boys were unstoppable in the crowd-favourite SKINS events, claiming five of the six final places in backstroke, butterfly and freestyle, while sweeping all six places in breaststroke.
A special congratulations goes to Eloise Chegwidden, who claimed victory in the Girls 10–12 Years Breaststroke SKINS before producing a remarkable final swim to break a 27-year-old Swimming North Queensland record after racing through four heats just 60 seconds apart.
More than $4,000 in prize money and $2,000 worth of raffle prizes were awarded across the weekend, made possible through the incredible generosity of our sponsors. Their support continues to make our annual carnival one of the region's premier swimming events.
Contributed with thanks by Jade Korosec.
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