2012 Victorian Age Long Course Championships  Natalie Vercher 1st 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle 2nd 50m Freestyle  Ryland Brian 1st 200m Backstroke 2nd 100m Backstroke, 200m Butterfly,200m IM 3rd 200m Freestyle  Joshua Furnival 1st 200m Butterfly 2nd 200m IM 3rd 100m Butterfly  Shae Straw-McMahon 1st 50m Freestyle  Boys 12/u Freestyle and Medley Relays Ryland Brian, Joshua Furnival, Cameron Reid and Robbe Dilissen VICTORIAN AGE SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 Sixteen weeks of meticulous planning and application of various training programs by coaches and swimmers culminated in the swimming of the Victorian Age Short Course Championships on the weekend 26th through 28th August. A 36 member team represented the Wyndham City Swimming Club over the three day meet, and I’m extremely pleased to report that of more than 80 competing clubs from Victoria and interstate, we achieved our best ever result, placing sixth overall in the final points standing. 16 members of our team attained 71 finals qualifying spots, winning seven gold, six silver and six bronze medals. Our new Victorian Age Short Course Champions are: Ryland Brian – Boys 11 & under, 100 and 200m Backstroke and 200 I.M. Josh Furnival – Boys 11 & under, 200m Butterfly Natalie Vercher – Girls 15, 100m Freestyle Dylan Sadler – Boys 15 200m Butterfly Andrew Jarvis – Boys 15 100m Backstroke There were nine individual medallists for the Sharks over the course of the meet: Ryland Brian – Three gold and one bronze Josh Furnival – One gold and one silver Jesse May – Two silver and two bronze Natalie Vercher – One gold and one bronze Petar Shelev – One bronze Andrew Jarvis – One gold and one silver Dylan Sadler – One gold Caitlin Eccles – One silver and one bronze Marko Ivosev – One silver In terms of pure statistics, 44% of our team made finals and 56% of our finalists won medals. Of the most pleasing aspects in terms of numbers, 97% (35/36) of our team swam at least one P.B. and our squad groups all attained 90% or more P.B. swims over the course of the championship. A fantastic result for our club, a just reward for the efforts of swimmers and their parents, and I’m sure my coaching colleagues will agree, a most satisfying vindication of the swimming programs offered at Wyndham City Sharks! Peter
Sharks Finalists:
Sharks Team: Congratulations to our 36 swimmers who qualified to compete at the 2011 Victorian Age Championships. Boys: Ryland Brian (11), Cameron Reid (11), Joshua Furnival (11), Robbe Dilissen (11), Samuel Tzuntzurkas (12), Michael Shelev (12), Saxon Kegg (12), Connor Brian (13), Jesse May (13), Connor Ryan (13), James Tzelepis (14), Johnathan Scicluna (14), Keone Wright (15), Dylan Sadler (15), Andrew Jarvis (15), Petar Shelev (15), Mark Evans (15), Jordan Kirby (16), Jayden Brian (16), Marko Ivosev (17), Dylan May (18) Girls: Ariana Chase (11), Erin Devlin (11), Shae Straw-McMahon (11), Ivana Ivosev (11), Casey-Lee Beck (11), Sarah Dobie (12), Daina Tadic (13), Francesca Villagonzalo (14), Natalie Vercher (15), Kelcey Brian (15), Jodie Dunstan (15), Caitlin Eccles (16), Carly Botheras (17), Kiara Celestre (17)
WYNDHAM CITY VICTORIAN AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 Christmas came early for Wyndham City Sharks swimmers as they collected a club record 18 medals at the Victorian Age Swimming Championships held late December at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. The sharks finished eighth overall and the top west suburban club at the six day meet which featured the best young swimmers in Victoria. Leading the shark pack was 18 year old 'Madam Butterfly' Alicia Danaher who won both the 100m butterfly (1.01.91) and 200m butterfly (2.19.97) championship events and was 2nd in the 200m freestyle. 18 year old Kristy Dellios was champion in the 200m Backstroke event (2.17.96) and finished 3rd in the 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke 14 year old Andrew Jarvis had a thrilling win in the 100m Backstroke (1.02.10). His busy program also saw him win two silver medals in the 100m butterfly and 200m backstroke, bronze in the 50m freestyle and another 4 top 10 finishes for a total of 8 finals appearances, equal with another young shark 16 year old Caitlin Eccles who broke through for her first longcourse state medals winning silver in the 100m butterfly and bronze in the 200m butterfly. Other shark medallists were 16 year old Marko Ivosev whose busy program netted 2 silver in the 100m and 200m butterfly, 2 bronze in the 200m & 400m Individual Medley plus 3 other top 10 placings. 14 year old Natalie Vercher raced to silver in the 100m freestyle and bronze in the 50m freestyle sprint. The strong performance of younger sharks some who made their first finals appearances showed the club has terrific depth. 15 year old Jordan Kirby and 13 year olds Jackie Santi and Jesse May all just missed out on medals in their breaststroke events while finals debutantes 11 year olds, Sarah Dobie and Josh Furnival, and 10 year old Ryland Brian who made 5 finals, will be stronger performers after their finals appearances. Two 16 year old girls showed promise in their butterfly events to finish with top 10 placings, Carly Botheras, Natalie Tzelepis as well as 14 year old Dylan Sadler. Overall the clubs 45 strong squad won 4 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals and had another 46 top 10 placings. Head Coach Paul Taylor will now take his squad to a high performance training camp at Runaway Bay in Queensland during January where the squad will undertake intensive training before the Australian Championships in April. A highlight of the camp will be a training session held under the guidance of Michael Bolle who is the coach of Olympian Stephanie Rice.
Wyndham City Swimming Club 2011 Victorian Age Championships Results Age Competitors (45) Jaya Abela (11), Carly Botheras (16), Connor Brian (13), Jayden Brian (16), Kelcey Brian (14), Ryland Brian (10), Madeline Corfield (12),Alicia Danaher (18), Kristy Dellios (18), Erin Devlin (10), Sarah Dobie (11), Caitlin Eccles (16), Tim Eccles (18),Mark Evans (14), Joshua Furnival (11), Ivana Ivosev (11), Marko Ivosev (16), Andrew Jarvis (14), Jordan Kirby (15), Mikaela Leeson (13), Anne Livermore (18), Jean McGhie (12), Dylan May (17), Jesse May (13),Cameron Reid (11), Connor Ryan (12), Dylan Sadler (14), Jackie Santi (13), Isabella Scacco (12), Johnathan Scicluna (13), Petar Shelev (15), Michael Shelev (12), Joseph Suisuiki (14), Blake Sweeney (16), Daina Tadic (12), Andrew Takla (16), James Tzelepis (13), Natalie Tzelepis (16), Samuel Tzuntzurkas (12), Natalie Vercher (14), Samantha Volarich (15),Keone Wright (14), Olga Xinomilakis (15), Oxana Zaykova (12)
* FINISHED 8TH IN VICTORIA. HIGHEST RANKING CLUB IN THE WEST OF MELBOURNE. * 67 TOP 10 FINISHES * 5 SWIMMERS QUALIFIED FOR OPEN NATIONALS - ALICIA DANAHER, KRISTY DELLIOS, MARKO IVOSEV, CAITLIN ECCLES, NATALIE VERCHER * 8 SWIMMERS QUALIFIED FOR AGE NATIONALS - KRISTY DELLIOS, MARKO IVOSEV, CAITLIN ECCLES, JORDAN KIRBY, ANDREW JARVIS, NATALIE VERCHER, JACKIE SANTI, JESSE MAY
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