FOURTEEN swimmers hit the road for a big weekend at the Wangaratta outdoor 50 metre pool with a swim meet running over two days.

Saturday afternoon was hot – both in and out of the pool – with some sizzling races from our swimmers whilst the temperature gauge hovered around 38 degrees.

Several of our swimmers tackled new events – with Keziah Wolfe (13) adding the 200 metre backstroke to her mix, Lara Seaton (12) taking on both the 200 metre individual medley and the 100 metre butterfly and Harvey Knight (11) and Paris Hopwood (11) giving the 200 metre individual medley a good crack.

Stepping up to try something new is always a challenge and these swimmers have made our club proud.

Sunday morning saw us back on pool deck with a different weather pattern in the air – grey clouds that turned to drizzle and showers for most of the day.

Our swimmers showed incredible resilience and persistence to hold it together and get the job done with some worthy results.

Hamish Hopwood (7) took on his first meet wearing the Mansfield cap and dived into the 25 metre races in freestyle, backstroke and breastroke.

Heidi Setchell (9) had four swims for the day with each of them finishing in the top four in the 9U – with a gold in the 50 metre freestyle and a silver in the 50 metre butterfly.

Vivian Knight (9) tackled a program of nine events, finishing top 10 in all of them and securing the bronze medal in the 50 metre butterfly.

Clara Creighton (8) knocked off more than 13 seconds across her three swims in the 9U 50 metre backstroke, freestyle and breastroke.

Haim Wolfe (9) hit the nail on the head for consistency with three top 12 results for his 50 metre swims, also in 9U backstroke, freestyle and breastroke.

Levi Seaton (10) added the 100 metre freestyle to his list this meet as well as rounding down his times on his 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre breaststroke swims.

Simon Zuzaniak (10) showed enormous improvement in both his 50 metre breastroke and freestyle with over 10 seconds dropped between them.

Edward Creighton (10) took on a big program of six events and ticked off some of his meet goals, taking home some new qualifying times.

Hannah Setchell (12) came away with some new personal best times amongst a big field of 12–13-year swimmers.

Rowena Creighton (12) improved on her 200 metre freestyle once more after tackling it for the first time at the end of October in Albury.

Out of 67 events for the weekend, Team Mansfield headed home with 29 new personal best times, three medals, one new State Age Championships QT, three new Victorian Country Championships QT and one State Sprints QT.

We’re off to Shepparton next weekend to see if we can do one better.