The championships are contested in a 50-metre pool, and it is always difficult for the Griffith swimmers to adjust to the rigours of long course racing.
The club, with 24 swimmers, was the largest team at the championships with our swimmers contesting 180 events.
The Exies Griffith Swimmers came home with 15 gold, 22 silver and 29 bronze medals from the two day meet.
The star of the meet was Meg Signor who swam beautifully to win seven gold medals and one silver from her nine events.
Another highlight was Mitchell Demamiel’s gold medal swim in the 50m breaststroke.
Mitchell also won bronze medals in the 100 and 200m breaststroke.
Mitchell Seers had eight events on his program and he came away with eight personal best times. This was an outstanding effort in the outdoor conditions and for his efforts Mitchell came home with five bronze medals.
Jacob Seers swam two personal best times and won a silver in his 800m freestyle event.
Jessica Soligo swam consistently throughout the meet and her efforts were rewarded with two silver and four bronze medals.
Eilish Aird had a huge ten-event program and she put in some lion hearted performances.
Her efforts in the 400 and 800m freestyle events were tremendous and may be a sign of where her future efforts could be focused.
Maddison Aird swam in nine events for two silver and two bronze medals along with three personal best times.
Logan Dunlop was seen following the swimming with great interest and his 100m freestyle swim saw him narrowly miss out on the medal with his fourth place finish.
Reagan Dunlop swam a six-event meet and medalled in all but one, with her gold medal swim coming in the 100m breaststroke and was followed by three silver swims and one bronze medal.
Connor Dunlop swam in four events and his best swim saw a 19 second personal best time in the 100m freestyle.
Louise Neale was contesting her first championship swim meet and she put in some great performances with four personal best swims.
Her five second personal best in the 100m freestyle was a great effort.
Emily Budd swam in nine events for four personal best times, with her five second personal best in the 100m butterfly the highlight, as was the silver medal for her 50m breaststroke and a bronze in her great 200m individual medley swim.
Olivia Budd is slowly regaining her fitness and came away from the meet with two gold and three bronze medals.
Her outstanding swim was her victory in the 100m freestyle against some class opposition.
Emma Groat was a model of consistency in her nine events to come away from the meet with two silver and two bronze medals.
Her butterfly swimming saw her narrowly miss out on gold but Emma secured the silver in both the 50 and 100m distances.
Lauren Piper was another swimmer contesting her first championship with eight events.
Lauren put in some solid swims with her 50m freestyle swim a great effort.
Ryan Altin finished with six personal best swims from his eight events for a big overall carnival performance.
His highlight was his super swim in the 50m backstroke where he won a silver medal.
Emma Altin medalled in all but one of her seven events.
Two gold, two silver and two bronze medals was a fitting reward for some outstanding swimming in a very competitive age group.
Her gold medals came in the 50m freestyle and the 50m backstroke events.
Latisha Forbes had a full program with nine events to swim over the two days, with five silver and three bronze medals Latisha was in some great racing form.
Her best swim was her personal best and silver medal performance in the 200m individual medley.
Toneya Moat swam in six events in the tough 14 year-old girls age group.
Claire Keenan had one swim in the 50m breaststroke and it was a personal best effort carried along by some solid team cheering.
Sarah Keenan had a great meet with her seven events netting her one silver, two bronze medals and three new personal best times.
Sarah’s best swim was in the 50m freestyle where she was narrowly beaten by her teammate.
Louise Hancock swam in six events with her best results coming from both the 50 and 100m breaststroke where she was unlucky to miss out on medals with fourth place finishes.
Shaun Delpiano was busy for two days with eight events, and his best result was in the 100m backstroke where a strong second lap saw him come home strongly.
Elise Delpiano won two gold medals, one silver and two bronze from her ten events. Her gold medal efforts were in the 50 and 100m backstroke.
In all it was a very strong team performance which would see the Club in contention to win the meet point score for the third year in a row.
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