Loy Yang B Gippsland Championships 2023

Gippsland Swimming salutes the many heroes of the Gippsland Championships starting with the Sale Swimming Club who from set up to tear down did an outstanding job of hosting the event. Congratulations to Kylie and her team!
Thank you to our Amazing Officials, many of whom worked every session, every day! Couldn’t do it without them!

We celebrate the multiple medal winners:
Callum Halloran-Lavelle – WGL – 12 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze – a medal in every event he swam – 2 Event Records
Molly Cargill – TRL – 10 gold, 1 silver – 2 Event Records
Ash Nicholes – TRL – 8 gold, 7 silver, 1 bronze – 2 Gippsland Records, 3 Event Records
Olivia Holmes – SGB – 6 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze
Olivia Baillie – TRL – 4 gold, 4 silver
Phoebe Balcombe – TRL – 6 gold
Archer Marsland – TRL – 4 gold, 1 silver
Kayla Watson TRL, Pippa Brideson SLE and Arlo Warner MOE – 4 gold
Congratulations to the many, many swimmers who swam PBs, won medals and swam in club relays!!

Record Breakers
Ash Nicholes (16)
Gippsland Records: 16 years and Open 50M Freestyle 23.71
16 years 200M Freestyle 1:57.80
Event Records: Open 50M Freestyle 23.71
15/16 100M Freestyle 54.66
Open 200M Freestyle 1:57.80
Callum Halloran-Lavelle (18)
Event Records: 17/O 50M Butterfly 26.06
Open 400M IM 4.52:25
Molly Cargill (17)
Event Records: 17/O 50M Backstroke 31.61 (18 year old record)
Open 50M Freestyle 27.53
Joshua Seignior (22)
Event Record: Open 100M Freestyle 52.58
Courtney Ford (37)
Gippsland Record: 35/Over 50M Freestyle 29.43
Event Record: 35/Over 50M Freestyle 29.43

SGB
Event Records: Boys 17/O 4x50M Freestyle Relay 1:41.15
Mixed 4x50M Freestyle Relay 1:46.71
Boys 4x100M Freestyle Relay 3:88.33

Below are full results and Team and Individual Trophy/Shield winners.
If there are any questions, please contact entries@gippslandswimming.org.au

Full Results

Team Points
Ken and Pat Hewat Premiership Trophy – Traralgon Swimming Club

14/U Team Points
Ashley Delaney 14/U Team Award – South Gippsland Bass Swimming Club

Swimmer Individual Points
Charles Ford Trophy Male Champion – Ashley Nicholes – Traralgon
Jewell Family Trophy Female Champion – Olivia Holmes – South Gippsland Bass

Alan Harlow Award Points
Alan Harlow 14 & Under Champion female – Phoebe Balcombe – Traralgon
Alan Harlow 14 & Under Champion Male – Archer Marsland – Traralgon

Alan Godfrey Encouragement Award – Cooper Sampson – EGWD
Jane Mitchell Encouragement Award – Emily Auteri – Traralgon

Brian Ford Relay Shield – Traralgon Swimming Club
Morwell  11 points
EGWD   72 points
Sale    135 points
Warragul  220 points
SGB  297 points
Traralgon 570 points

Faye Staughton Open Points Shield – Open Points at Gippsland Seasonal Meets
7^th Morwell                                       406
6^th Moe                                            620
5^th EGWD                                       1930
4^th Sale                                           2921                              
3^rd Warragul                                   3109
2^nd SGB                                           5433
1^st Traralgon 6066

Jacqueline Madden Interclub Points Shield – Interclub Points at Gippsland Seasonal Meets
7^th Morwell                                       587
6^th Moe                                            754
5^th EGWD                                       1986
4^th Sale                                           2702
3^rd Warragul                                   2989
2^nd SGB                                          3525
1st Traralgon 4164

Loy Yang B Most Outstanding 14 & Under Swimmer in the Gippsland Season – Cooper Sampson – EGWD

Jeremy Saunders Trophy – most outstanding performance by a Gippsland senior swimmer, that is 15 and over, outside of Gippsland – Kayla Wilson – Traralgon

Noelle Brajkovic trophy is awarded to the Most Outstanding Junior Swimmer Outside Gippsland –
Teddy Ripper – Sale Swimming Club