Records tumbled at the Swimming North Coast Long Course Championships at Coffs Harbour Memorial Pool on November 26 and 27.
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A total of 184 records were smashed -102 able-bodied and 82 multi-class. Sam Harris of Port Macquarie broke a massive eight records.
14-year-old Jean Morgan from Wauchope came first in the 50m freestyle multi-class, the 100m freestyle multi-class and second in the 50m breaststroke and the 50m backstroke.
12 year-old Phoebe Bentley from Wauchope came first in the 200m multi-age, the 200m breastroke, second in the 100m breaststroke and third in the 50m backstroke and 200m backstroke.
Age championships included:
Boys:
11 Nathan Smith, Port Macquarie,
13 Luke Mapstone, Port Macquarie
16 Tom Berryman, Port Macquarie
17 & O Samuel Harris, Port Macquarie
Girls:
14 Grace Bannon, Port Macquarie
16 Bianca Jamison, Port Macquarie
Distance Champions:
Boys:
13&U Adam Grant Port Macquarie
14&O Samuel Harris, Port Macquarie
Multi-class champions
Women’s 1 Claire McIntosh S14 Laurieton
Mens 1 Jack Agland S14, Port Macquarie.
There were some close finishes with one of the closest being the Mens Open 400 Medley with Samuel Harris of Port Macquarie victorious over Alexander McKenna, Trinity with only .45 separating them over this distance event .
Entries were up again on last year even though qualifying times were cut. 32 area clubs were competing from Forster in the south to Twin Towns in the north.
The Rex Clark Memorial trophy for the open mixed Medley Relay was won by Port Macquarie team and presented by some of Mr Clark’s descendants. Rex Clark was a founding member of Wauchope Amateur Swimming Club.
The overall club point score this year was close with Trinity Lismore victorious for the first time in the area’s history over Port Macquarie. The minor placings were Coffs Harbour, Sawtell and Forster.
