NSW Swimming Open Championships

NSW Swimming Open Championships

NSW Swimming State Open Championships

Cranbrook Aquatic Swim Club had 33 swimmers compete at the NSW State Open Championships on Friday 21 – Sunday 23 March at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. We competed in 102 events against 140 clubs. Overall, we finished in 8th place on the point score (6th NSW club) and 9th on the medal tally (3rd NSW club).

Day 1 started with Marcus Da Silva (2024 Alumni) placing 2nd to Olympian Will Yang in the 100m Freestyle. The Men’s 4 x 100 medley relay team featuring Tate Sirianni (Year 12 Northcott), Aidan Park (Yr9 Northcott), Xavier Jacks and Marcus Da Silva (2024 Alumni). Other top 10 places included: Jackson McCleery 10th in the 400m Freestyle, Gladys Turner (AFC staff) 7th in the 800m Freestyle, Women’s 4 x 100m medley relay Stella Dodwell, Yuna Nagai, Isabelle Hanger and Frankie Somerville 5th. We also had 4 swimmers compete in B finals.

Cranbrook had a busy night on day 2 with our biggest number of finalists. Marcus Da Silva (2024 Alumni) won Gold in the 200m Freestyle, his first state open Gold medal. The Men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay featuring Max Moylan (2024 Alumni), Tate Sirianni (Yr12 Northcott), Jackson McCleery and Marcus Da Silva (2024 Alumni) won gold and the mixed 4 x 100m medley relay team won silver with Tate Sirianni (Yr12 Northcott), Yuna Nagai, Isabelle Hanger and Marcus Da Silva (2024 Alumni). Frankie Somerville also finished 10th in the 50m Freestyle and we had 6 B finalists.

The final day saw a silver medal to the men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay including Tate Sirianni (Yr12 Northcott), Ollie Moclair, Lucas Mitchelmore and Marcus Da Silva (Yr12 Alumni), as well as a bronze medal to Ollie Moclair in the 50m Freestyle. Isabelle Hanger placed 5th in the 200m Butterfly we had 1 additional B finalists.

Cranbrook’s 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze medals, along with 5 top 10 places, and 11 B finalists demonstrated our growing success at a state and open level across a range of events.

Swimmers – 33 (14 increase)

Medals – 7 (2 medal improvement) 

Points – 281 (29-point increase)

Place – 8th (5 place improvement)

Rebecca Wheatley
Head of Swimming