Wentworthville Invitational Results 18th April, 2008

Merrylands' swimmers won 26 medals at the Wentworthville Invitational Carnival on Sunday, 6th April. The meet was held in some gloomy conditions and occasional rain at Wentworthville Swimming Centre.

Rebecca Tuivawa won 5 medals, finishing 1st in the 12yrs 50m Butterfly, 2nd in the 50m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke & 200m Individual Medley and 3rd in the 50m Backstroke.

Erin Cooper also took home 5 medals, all silver, after finishing second in all four of her individual 50m events. Erin then teamed up with David Wang, Jacqueline Gardner and Peter Johnston to take second place in the 15yrs & Over 4x50m Freestyle Relay.

David and Peter also won individual medals at the meet. David took home 4 individual medals with gold in the 15yrs 50m Freestyle & Breaststroke, and silver in the 50m Butterfly & Backstroke. Peter won gold in the 16yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke and silver in the 50m Freestyle.

Mitchell Burt won 6 medals at the meet, with gold in the 14yrs 50m Freestyle & 50m Butterfly, silver in the 50m & Open 100m Backstroke & 50m Breaststroke and bronze in the Open 100m Freestyle.

Ryan Bartolo took home bronze in the 11yrs 50m Butterfly while the club won medals in the 9yrs Boys events as well, with Ethan Burton 2nd in the 50m Backstroke and Timothy Tunks 3rd in the 50m Freestyle. Ethan and Tim also won a medal in the 10yrs & Under 4x50m Freestyle Relay with Logan Woodcock and Angela Gardner, finishing in 3rd place.

Likewise, our other swimmers at the meet swam well, with a number of new personal best times swum.
The following swimmers all swam at least one new PB:
Ryan Bartolo
Ethan Burton
Tanya Cleland
Erin Cooper
Angela Gardner
Jacqueline Gardner
Paige Scurrah
Belinda Sloane
Lachlan Stewart
Chantel Teakle-Jones
Rebecca Tuivawa
Timothy Tunks
David Wang

Congratulations to all our swimmers on their results. The club's results are available here.

Thank you to Teresa Johnson, Janet & Darren Sloane and Ian Wilson for their assistance in organising shelter for the day. Thank you to Janet who also acted as our Team Manager for the meet.

Medal Tally

Gold 6
Silver 15
Bronze 5

See Also
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    Gloomy Conditions Merrylands team of 20 swimmers won 26 medals at a wet 2008 Wentworthville Invitational Meet on Sunday, 6th April, 2008.
    Gloomy Conditions
    Merrylands team of 20 swimmers won 26 medals at a wet 2008 Wentworthville Invitational Meet on Sunday, 6th April, 2008.

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