2009 STATE SWIMMING CARNIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights of the 10-12’s and 13-18 NSW state swimming carnival at SOPAC (January 5th-11th) include:

• Zoe Johnson (15 years) winning the 200m Butterfly (2:16:42) and the 100m butterfly (1:01.50) in a new record.
• Nicole Chen (11 years) winning the 100m Freestyle(1:04.06), 50m  freestyle (28.83), 200m Freestyle (2:19.48), and the 100m Fly (1:11.43). Plus a host of minor medals.
• Christina Ouzas, Nicole Chen, Jasmine Choi-Christou, Lauren Sloane  are the title holders for the 200m medley relay (2:12.30) and the 200m Freestyle relay in a new state record (1:56.73)

Fantastic Four win State Relays

by Liz Ouzas

SSCPLC swimmers Christina Ouzas (10), Jasmine Choi-Christou (10), Lauren Sloane (10), and Nicole Chen ( 9) won an amazing two gold medals at the recent State Age Championships.

The girls won their first gold medal in the 4 x 50m freestyle relay with a fantastic time of 2:12:04. Each of the girls swam PBs. They then went on to win the 4 x 50m medley relay later in the day with a great time of 2:30:18. All four girls swam PBs again for the medley relay. Lots of enthusiasm from coach Pancha and extra training has really paid off.

Congratulations to the girls for a great effort and wonderful team spirit.