Shore Swim Club – Speedo Sprint Heats and Australian Open Water Championships
The newly formed Shore Swimming Club was out in action at Homebush competing in the 2023 Swimming Metro North East Under 13s Speedo Sprint Meet. The Speedo Sprint Meet has a history that dates back to the early 1970s when it was known as the ‘Shell Series’ and introduced sprint swimming to our younger age groups. Some very famous swimmers commenced their early careers with success in this competition. Today, this meet continues to be a relevant proving ground for our younger Swimmers.
Shore Swimming Club was well represented by Alex Freischmidt, and his brother Hugo Freischmidt, Arthur Ilaug, Archie Lawry, Jack Nelson, Hugo Stewart, William Watson, and Will Robinson.
Congratulations to all the boys on a fine effort, and thank you to their Swimming Coach, Katie Kelly, who was in attendance supporting all our boys through the racing process.
The boys who achieved a top six placing in events are listed below:
Top image credit: Swimming – Speedo Sprint Heats – Team shot
| Name | Age | Stroke | Distance | Time | Place |
| Alex Freischmidt | 12 | BF | 50m | 32.70 | 6th |
| Archie Lawry | 13 | BF | 50m | 32.20 | 6th |
| Arthur Ilaug | 9 | BF | 50m | 43.51 | 5th |
| Jack Nelson | 10 | Bk | 50m | 43.38 | 1st |
| Archie Lawry | 12 | Brs | 100m | 1.26.17 | 3rd |
| Hugo Freischmidt | 9 | FS | 50m | 36.29 | 4th |
| Jack Nelson | 10 | FS | 50m | 36.64 | 6th |
| Jack Nelson | 10 | Brs | 50m | 51.61 | 5th |
| Alex Freischmidt | 12 | FS | 100m | 1.04.51 | 3rd |
| Hugo Freischmidt | 9 | FS | 100m | 1.26.16 | 4th |
| Jack Nelson | 10 | FS | 100m | 1.25.32 | 6th |
Australian Open Water Championships – Busselton, Western Australia
Congratulations to William Bestic (Year 8) who recently qualified for and competed at the Australian Open Water Championships in Busselton, Western Australia. Will raced in the 5km event and placed 4th in his age category in a time of 1:4:51. A great effort from Will – congratulations!
Mr P Hardman
Head Coach, Shore Swimming