New South Wales claims 4x200m freestyle relay meet: Australia State Teams Age Group SC Championships
Day one of the 2011 Australia State Teams Age Group Short Course Championships ended with scintillating swims of New South Wales and Queensland’s swimmers in Canberra, Australia, on Saturday, September 17. The final session of the meet conducted the Girls
16 & under 4x200 freestyle relay and Boys 17 & under years old 4x200m freestyle relay finals.
In the Girls 16 & under years old 4x200m freestyle relay final heat, New South Wales’ team of Leanne Wright, Georgia Miller, Alicia Caldwell and Ami Matsuo hit the wall in 8 minutes and 01.35 seconds to win the gold medal on the podium. In the corresponding
race, Queensland’s group of four, Carla Buchanan, Megan Gianotti, Taylor Mckewon and Leah Neale earned silver in a time of 8 minutes and 05.85 seconds and Victoria’s squad of Natalie Vercher, Karly Mansfield, Eliza Ham and Meg Parry settled for bronze with
an impressive mark of 8 minutes and 15.18 seconds.
New South Wales finished fourth in a time of 8 minutes and 18.62 seconds, while Queensland earned fifth place honours in a time of 8 minutes and 21.64 seconds. Victoria settled sixth in a time of 8 minutes and 23.14 seconds, whereas, Western Australia was
placed seventh with an impressive mark of 8 minutes and 24.06 seconds. South Australia earned eighth place honours in a time of 8 minutes and 38.41 seconds. Finally, Western Australia wound up ninth in a time of 8 minutes and 42.65 seconds.
Meanwhile, Queensland’s team of Ridge Grimsey, Regan Leong, Cameron Mcevoy and Andrew Digby took home the Boys 17 & under years old 4x200m freestyle relay crown with a victorious mark of 7 minutes and 18.49 seconds. In the corresponding race, New South Wales’
group of four including Jake Hodgetts, Jarrod Poort, Nicholas Rispoli and Hugo Morris earned silver medal on the podium by posting a winning time of 7 minutes and 27.59 seconds.
Meanwhile, Victoria’s squad of Benjamin Schreiner, Jack Gerrard, Mack Horton and Ewan Bennett settled for bronze with an inspiring mark of 7 minutes and 28.85 seconds. Queensland finished fourth in a time of 7 minutes and 36.17 seconds, while New South Wales
rounded out the top five with an impressive mark of 7 minutes and 37.53 seconds.
In the corresponding race, Victoria was placed sixth with a mark of 7 minutes and 42.86 seconds and Western Australia earned seventh place honours in a time of 7 minutes and 49.30 seconds. South Australia finished eighth with a mark of 8 minutes and 00.76
seconds, while Western Australia secured ninth in spot a time of 8 minutes and 05.44 seconds. Last, but not the least, South Australia settled tenth with a mark of 8 minutes and 05.66 seconds.
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