Dan and Dawn arrived at Cambridge pool for the early session to swim the 800/1500 double and both did great times; Dan winning his heat with ease and Dawn smashing out a 22 min 1500 which was almost a minute off October's short course time.
During the interval between sessions supporters Sally and Julie took advantage of the break and got in the pool for a dip. But they weren't going to be tricked into racing! It was fabulous having John, Sally and Julie there providing encouragement and support to those racing. Thanks guys.
The afternoon session bought some fabulous racing, there were literally flames flying off the back of some our swimmers. Two more NZ records were nabbed, Deryn in the 100 breaststroke and Avy scorched up the pool in NZ record time in the 50 freestyle. Avy also got agonisingly close in 100 freestyle, missing the record by a measly 0.3s.
Lots of PB's were swum and everyone had fun. After the swimming was done came the joy of removing the compression suit and then off to prize giving in which South City was covered all over in glory. The club easily won the Club Points Competition. Every swimmer from South City placed in their age group and earned themselves a piece of metal, be it gold, silver or bronze and those tinny Walkers even managed to nab a spot prize.
Here are some photos:
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| The whole team - swimmers and supporters. Happy bunch! |
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| Mike Harrison-Ford relaxing between races. |
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| Jump contest |
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| Sprinter Avy is so fast she has jumped in, got out, run around and is ready to go again. |
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| And the winner is - Ross 'stumpy' Faulkner |
One last thing. Today Manukau Masters super swimmer Katrina Price swam the entire length of Lake Taupo. That is a staggering 40.2 km. Katrina has trained for months to do this and it is a truly amazing feat. Katrina is truly a superwoman!
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