IT was a weekend of back-to-back swim meets for our Mansfield swimmers heading both to Melbourne and Albury for some racing.

Saturday saw four of our eight to eleven year old swimmers head to MSAC alongside Seymour Sharks Swim Club and Kilmore Swim Club as they represented Hume and Upper Goulburn District at the Country Junior District competition.

As a combined team of 16 swimmers they raced in individual events as well as relays against districts from all over country Victoria.

With some excellent results across the board, supported by team manager Briana Seaton and coach Amelie Walker, our Mansfield contingent did a fabulous job.

Well done to Vivian Knight (nine), Simon Zuzaniak (10), Levi Seaton (11) and Harvey Knight (11).

Sunday saw four swimmers driving up the Hume to Albury to take part in the Albury Swim Club Open meet.

Racing in a 50m outdoor pool, the sunshine and blue skies made for the perfect setting.

Our small team tackled some new events alongside some favourites, and it was an opportunity to enjoy swimming fast against some high-level swimmers.

Our youngest club member, Clara Creighton (7) cracked a massive personal best swim in the 50 metre breastroke, knocking 15 seconds off her time and taking home a bronze medal in the under eights.

This feat was matched only by older sister Rowena (12) dropping 12 seconds from her 200 metre freestyle and a gold medal in the 12U 50 metre backstroke – obviously the day for these girls.

Edward Creighton (10) brought home four medals across his races with some new PBs whilst relative newcomer to racing Paris Hopwood (11) dipped her toe into some new events and pulled off a personal best for her 50 metre free.

Team Mansfield is looking forward to our pool opening in just a few weeks so that squad training can begin in earnest.