After 4 huge days of competition at the Australian Masters Championships in Perth over the past week, Merrylands' team has finished the meet with 11 medals, 5 new personal best times and 14 season best times.

Alison Johnston took home 10 medals from the meet - 4 Gold and 6 Silver. Her gold medals are her first at a National level. The highlight of the meet for Alison though was undoubtably her gold medal in the 50m Freestyle - her final event of the championships. Alison had been working for the gold in this event for the past 3 years and it all came together this year. Putting aside the distraction of being in the same heat as her husband, and the fatigue from the previous 3 days of competition, Alison posted a time just outside her PB to take the gold and finish with the 3rd fastest female time overall. (For the record, Peter touched just 0.22 in front).

Peter won the club's 11th medal at the meet, with Bronze in the 50m Breaststroke, and season best times in all 12 of his events.

Ian Johnston had an excellent meet, swimming 4 new personal best times from his 9 events. Ian took 2 seconds off his 50m Backstroke, 5 seconds off his 100m Backstroke, 12 seconds off his 200m Backstroke and 1.5 seconds off his 50m Butterfly. Ian also swam 4 new season best times.

Our final swimmer, Tricia Johnston, gradually warmed-up up as the meet progressed, with a Freestyle swim in the relay on Day 3 just outside her personal best. She followed this up on Day 4 with a big 1.5 second PB in the 50m Freestyle.

To top it all off, at the Presentation Dinner, Peter was named as the 2017 Masters Swimming Australia Coach of the Year.

Medallists

Alison Johnston
   50m Freestyle  (Gold)
   100m Freestyle  (Gold)
   200m Freestyle  (Gold)
   400m Freestyle  (Gold)
   800m Freestyle  (Sliver)
   50m Backstroke  (Silver)
   50m Butterfly  (Silver)
   100m Butterfly  (Silver)
   200m Individual Medley  (Silver)
   400m Individual Medley  (Silver)
Peter Johnston
   50m Breaststroke  (Bronze)

Personal Best Times

Ian Johnston
   50m Backstroke
   100m Backstroke
   200m Backstroke
   50m Butterfly
Tricia Johnston
   50m Freestyle

Medal Tally

 Gold 4
 Silver 6
 Bronze 1

 

Congratulations to our team on their results!

See Also

HBF Stadium, PerthHBF Stadium in Perth hosted the 2018 Australian Masters Championships from Wednesday 18th April to Saturday, 21st April, 2018.
HBF Stadium, Perth
HBF Stadium in Perth hosted the 2018 Australian Masters Championships from Wednesday 18th April to Saturday, 21st April, 2018.