Cumberland Short Course Results 19th September, 2007

Anthony Ventra won Merrylands' sole medal at the Cumberland District Open & Age Short Course Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on the weekend.

Swimming in the 50m Breaststroke, our club's final event of the weekend, Anthony took home the Bronze Medal in a new personal best time. Anthony's medal followed some other outstanding swims by our other team members earlier in the weekend.

In addition to Anthony's medal, our team of 5 swimmers finished with 16 finalists ribbons and 14 personal best times from 23 events at the two day meet.

Anthony also finished with finalist ribbons in 4 other events and swam 3 new personal best times along the way.

Amber Johnson swam new personal best times in four of her six events and finished in the top 10 in 3 events. Amber's best result came in the 50m Backstroke where she finished 6th in a new personal best time of 34.41.

Peter Johnston's best result was in the 50m Breaststroke where he finished 7th in a new personal best of 34.05. In total, Peter swam new PBs in 3 out of his 5 events with finalist ribbons in 4 events.

David Wang was our fourth finalist at the meet and finished in the top 10 in all 5 of his events. David also swam 3 new personal best times with his best result coming in the 200m Individual Medley where he finished 4th after breaking his PB by over 13 seconds.

Timothy Tunks was our fifth swimmer at the meet and he was swimming in his first District Championships. Tim swam well, dispite not breaking his PB.

Finalist Summary:

Anthony Ventra
14yrs 50m Freestyle (9th)
14yrs 100m Freestyle (10th)
14yrs 50m Breaststroke (3rd)
14yrs 100m Breaststroke (4th)
14yrs 200m Individual Medley (7th)
David Wang
14yrs 50m Freestyle (10th)
14yrs 100m Freestyle (8th)
14yrs 50m Breaststroke (6th)
14yrs 100m Breaststroke (6th)
14yrs 200m Individual Medley (4th)
Amber Johnson
14yrs 50m Backstroke (6th)
14yrs 100m Backstroke (7th)
Open 100m Backstroke (10th)
Peter Johnston
17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (7th)
Open 100m Breaststroke (8th)
Open 200m Breaststroke (10th)
17yrs & Over 50m Backstroke (9th)

The swimmers who swam PBs were:

Anthony Ventra
50m Freestyle
100m Freestyle
50m Breaststroke
200m Individual Medley
David Wang
50m Freestyle
100m Freestyle
200m Individual Medley
Amber Johnson
50m Freestyle
50m Backstroke
100m Backstroke
200m Individual Medley
Peter Johnston
50m Breaststroke
200m Breaststroke
50m Butterfly

Congratulations to all 5 swimmers on their performances. Overall our club finished in 19th position on 223 points.
The full results with splits are now available.

Medal Tally

Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1

See Also
  • Cumberland Open & Age Short Course Championships

  • 2007 Cumberland District Open & Age Short Course Championships - Results
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