The Wide Bay Committee would like to congratulate Dale Cox on passing his referees exam. Dale received a call on Monday to confirm he has passed his exam. Dale works really hard for swimming in the South Burnett and throughout Wide Bay. We are so proud of you Dale!
This morning was a great session with all swimmers competing really well.
Finalists:
Jonothan Ritzau is seeded 1st in the men’s 15/16 200m breaststroke final.
Kieran Rodgers seeded 10th into the final of the 17yrs & O 200m Breaststroke final.
Ashlea Sloman is seeded 6th into the girls 13/14 200m backstroke
Nicholas Parchert is seeded 3rd into the Men’s 15/15 50m backstroke finals
Chelsea Babec is seeded 10th into the girls 13/14 yrs 100m Breaststroke.
Kareena Lee is seeded 4th into the women’s 15/16 400m IM.
Relays:
The girls A team of Jess, Chelsea, Cianna and Kareena are seeded 6th into the 200Ind. Medley relay tonight
Boys A team of Jono, Nick, Callum & Ammon are seeded 3rd into the final tonight.
Cianna Thomson swam a PB in a swim off in the 50m free trying for a place as the second visitor in the final. Cianna came a very close second to the NSW swimmer.
Drew and Callun also qualified for the final however they were the 3rd visitor to qualify so cannot swim in the final.
Remember results are posted live on the Swimming NZ website.
Congratulations to our swimmers who swam so well today.
Final results:
Jessica Hobbin - 3rd 13 & Over 50m Fly; 2nd 13 & Over 100IM
Drew Timbs – 8th 13/14yrs 400 IM
Kareena Lee – 2nd 15/16yrs 800m Freestyle; 7th 15/16yrs 100m free
Chelsea Babec – 4th 13 & Over 200m Breaststroke
WB AUS men’s 400m relay team A 4th; team B 6th
WB AUS women’s 400m relay team A 6th.
After some awesome swims this morning we have Emily and Drew in one final each. Jess is in two finals and Kareena in three including the 800m freestyle. The two boys relays went through to the final and the A girls relay team. Finals start at 6pm (3pm your time). GO Aussie GO! Thanks to all those sending messages. The swimmers love it!
This morning the following swimmers qualified for finals.
Individaul results:
Jess Hobbin in h the 100m Backstroke. Jess is placed 5th into the final.
Kareena Lee in the 200 fly and 400 Free. Kareena is placed 2nd in the 200 fly final and 3rd in teh 400 Free final.
Nick Parchert – Nick is placed 9th into tonights final of the 100m Backstroke.
Emily Marshall – Emily is placed 3rd into tonights 50 Breast final.
Jonothan Ritzua – Jono is placed 5th into tonights 100 breast final.
Drew also placed 3rd visitor in both his events. Well done Drew!
Relays:
WB 15 & under girls relay team of Cianna, Maddie, Kristen & Kareena are into the final tonight.
WB 15 & under boys A relay team of Nick, Jake, Callen & Ammon qualified 3rd fastest for tonights final.
WB 15 U under boys B relay team of Jerram, James, Lachlan & Jack also qualified for the final tonight.
GO WIDE BAY GO!!!
Today is first day of the four day NZ Spring Meet where the Wide Bay Development squad is competing. Watch for live results as the events happen on the Swimming New Zealand website.
If you want to send a meesage to be read out at our daily team meetings just email Michele. michelewatson@widebayswimming.org.au
We are all connected up to the internet now so there will be updates made on the NZ 2009 page of the website. But just to let you know we had a really good trip down the coast picking up the kids and saying goodbye to the parents as we went. Our flight was great, the landing ahead of time so were off to bed by 1am.
This morning saw us off to the QE11 pool for a swim… keep reading updates on the NZ 2009 page.
Information has been sent to each club, via the WB email address, regarding the upcoming JX clinics to be held in Hervey Bay (9-11am) and Nambour (2-4pm) on Sunday 4th October. If you received a shirt in the JX program recently you are eligible to enrol in the program. Be quick places are limited to 40 swimmers at each clinic. Contact admin1@swimming.org.au to register.
