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Which of our 13 year old boys has achieved an Australian Top 25 Performance this Long Course Season?
Did you realise that we have 3 swimmers with top ten performances in 50 freestyle for boys aged 15 years this year!?
How many of our swimmers has recorded top ten performances in two separate age groups this year?

With the end of the Long Course Season also comes time for consideration of our swimmers achievements. Below are summaries and links to acknowledge our District Swimmers and our National Swimmers and results achieved in District and National competition. Individual achievements are highlighted in a number of ways , not only in the number of Medals and Podium places, but also in State and National rankings:

For a summary of Victorian Top Ten performances for MLC Aquatic Swimmers during the long course season see here.
For a summary of Australian Top 25 performances for MLC Aquatic Swimmers during the long course season, see here.

2010 Metro East District trip to Canberra will take place this year and MLC AQUATIC has increased the number of swimmers representing the District from 4 in 2009 to 10 in 2010. The following young swimmers qualified through the District Championships and have been selected to swim for the District.

2010 Australian Age Championships (AAC) 4 Victorian Records, 5 medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze), 10 finals swims, 17 swimmers, 37 individual swims, 4 relays, resplendant in our Nationals'10 uniform shirts provided by sponsors 2XU and our National Team 2XU Jackets drawing compliments and admiring glances from swimmers of other Swim Clubs, MLC AQUATIC had it's best championships for years. Read the Coaches Report here.

The Club Newsletter for March is now available and this month reviews "Tassie" as well as The District Championships and a detailed introduction to the MLC Aquatic representatives swimming at the Australian Age Championships - read it!

Well done and congratulations to all the MLC Aquatic Swimmers who took part in the recent APS (Boys and Girls) and GSV Swimming Finals. Many swimmers achieved exceptional individual results as well as contributing to their Schools overall performance.

All Junior Finals took place in the Outdoor Pool at MSAC and during one of the busiest periods of the season for our young swimmers we saw some excellent results , check the results by Swimmer here and by Event here.

Metro East District Championships took place in weather somewhat different from that experienced last year. This year spectators were looking for shade from the sun rather than shelter from the cold and the rain. In any case the new marque's sourced by Le Prez provided that shade and will undoubtedly be very useful if we are unfortunate enough to experience inclement weather again. A number of our younger swimmers placed which in addition to their achievement on the day has also put them into consideration for the District Team which will travel to compete at the AIS in Canberra later in the year. Review the results by Swimmer here and by Event here.

Once more fun was to be had in the annual pilgrimage to "Tassie". The Tasmanian State Championships for those who qualify and want to enjoy the competition as well as the fun is a highlight of the swimming calendar for which a meet report is included in the March Newsletter and the results can be reviewed by Swimmer here and by Event here.

The weather started off chilly, but the competition was hot as almost 200 young swimmers competed in the MLC Aquatic Encouragement Meet sponsored by 2XU. MLC Aquatic hosted the event at Ashburton Outdoor Pool and gave a large number of swimmers their first opportunity to compete and record a time. Thanks go to the whole MLC Aquatic community for participating and making the Meet so successful - State and National Squad Swimmers provided timing and parents undertook a number of activities and roles on the day. Thanks as always to all the MLC Aquatic coaches for preparing the MLC Aquatic swimmers and encouraging those from other clubs as well as unattached swimmers on the day. Results (PDF).