Warringah had 43 swimmers competing over the 6 days and 6 nights at SOPAC. There were a few hiccups along the way with some swimmers having to isolate due to Covid but overall, we were fortunate that the majority of our team were able to compete each day. Each night we had a number of swimmers qualifying for the Finals sessions which kept everyone on their toes and the coaches very busy!
With the Piranhas powering down their lanes, PBs were getting smashed left, right and centre earning our swimmers medals and lots of National qualifying times. It’s always a gruelling week but it was so rewarding to watch our Piranhas swim their hearts out and come together as a team. The week ended on a crowd favourite, the 4 x 100m Medley Relay where we saw our boys leave everything in the pool to come from the back of the field to score the Bronze medal.
Congratulations to the following Swimmers, our Individual Medallists:
Macy Beuzeville
BRONZE 200m Freestyle
BRONZE 400m Freestyle
BRONZE 800m Freestyle
BRONZE 1500m Freestyle
Lachlan Davies
GOLD 100m Backstroke
GOLD 200m Backstroke
Matthew Harris
GOLD 50m Breaststroke
GOLD 50m Butterfly
Luke Higgs
GOLD 400m Freestyle
GOLD 800m Freestyle
GOLD 1500m Freestyle
GOLD 400m Individual Medley
BRONZE 200m Butterfly
BRONZE 200m Freestyle
Sam Higgs
GOLD 400m Freestyle
GOLD 800m Freestyle
GOLD 400m Individual Medley
SILVER 200m Butterfly
SILVER 200m Freestyle
BRONZE 200m Individual Medley
Zara Kasprowicz
BRONZE 100m Freestyle
Remy Lennon
SILVER 200m Individual Medley
BRONZE 200m Freestyle
Dom Melbourn
GOLD 800m Freestyle
GOLD 1500m Freestyle
SILVER 100m Backstroke
SILVER 200m Backstroke
SILVER 400m Freestyle
BRONZE 200m Freestyle
Bailey Screen
GOLD 50m Breaststroke
GOLD 100m Breaststroke
GOLD 200m Breaststroke
Alex Smith
BRONZE 1500m Freestyle
Rhys Thomas
GOLD 50m Freestyle
BRONZE 50m Butterfly
Our Relay teams had a lot of success as well with the following results:
GOLD Boys 13-15 Yrs 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay
GOLD Boys 13-17 Yrs 4 x 50m Medley Relay
BRONZE Girls 12-14 Yrs 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay
BRONZE Girls 12-16 Yrs 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay
BRONZE Boys 13-17 Yrs 4 x 50m Medley Relay
BRONZE Boys 4 x 100m Medley Relay
We ended up coming 3rd in the point score with our largest point score ever, behind two bigger impressive Clubs, showing the depth of talent in our squads.
Special mention to Luke Higgs (800 Freestyle) and Lachlan Davies (50 Backstroke) who earned a well deserved place in the Australian All Time Top Ten Rankings for their massive swims at this meet!
And lastly, thank you to the parents who volunteered many, many hours to help run this meet. I’m proud to say there was at least one Piranha parent timekeeping on pool deck the entire meet!!
Checkout the highlights on our Youtube channel!
Well done Piranhas, you have made us all very, very proud!
