For the very first time, the Gold Coast was host to the National Age and Open swimming championships held in April. The National Age event was held from 5 to 12 April and included the multiclass competition for both age and open competitors, while the National Open event was held from the 14 to 18 April.
This is the most elite level of competition held in Australia and very strict qualifying times are required to compete. For the Open level swimmers, this was the lead up event to the 2021 Olympic Games Trials to be held in Adelaide in June.
Swimmers from both the Somerset Swim Club and Somerset College attended these events and there were some outstanding results.
Jaxon Brimble, Bessie Dear, Ciara Fay, Gisele Howard, Ethan McCullough, Isabelle Sly, Aveline Rounsley and Sasha Henrison.
Somerset swimmers who also competed, some at their first Open Championships also included Ky Codd, Cameron Donovan, Tomas Elliot, Matthew Flaherty, Andrew Newling, Ellena Perry, Leon Shirayama, and Charlie Stelle.
Well done to all of these athletes and the coaches who supported them at these meets.
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