On March 25-27, the Queensland School Sports Swimming Championships were held at the Sleeman Aquatic Centre in Chandler (Brisbane) with seven Noosa Swim Club swimmers representing the Sunshine Coast region and each one receiving medals. There was an arduous selection process that included winning events at their school swimming carnivals, placing top 2 at the North district schools swimming carnival and again placing top 2 at the Sunshine Coast regional swimming carnival (swimmers from Caboolture to Noosa). Medal results were as following;
Kilian Carrel – Silver – 800 Free, Silver – 400 Free, Bronze – 1500 Free
Finella Gibbs-Beal – Gold – 400 Free, Bronze – 800 Free
Lola Gibbs-Beal – Gold – Sunshine Coast Medley Relay
Oscar Rechtin – Silver – 200 Breast, Bronze – 100 Breast
Ella Reynolds – Bronze – 200 Free, Bronze – 400 Free
Taj Ryan – Silver – 200 Free, Bronze – 400 Free, Bronze – Sunshine Coast Medley Relay, Bronze – Sunshine Coast Free Relay
Harry Wright – Gold – 50 Breast, Gold – 100 Breast, Gold – 200 Breast, Gold – Sunshine Coast Medley Relay
Finella, Oscar, Taj and Harry were selected in the Queensland School Sport 13-19yrs Swimming State Merit Team. However, due to COVID-19, School Sport Australia has made the decision to cancel all 2021 National Championships.
Overall, the Sunshine Coast team finished 3rd in Queensland.
Two weeks prior to the QSS Championships, 5 members of our club qualified for the Australian Open Water Championships. Once again, all 5 swimmers medalled! Results were as follows;
Nick Sloman – 2nd Open 10km, 1st Open 5km + qualified for the next stage of the marathon swim Olympic selection process in Fukuoka for Australia
Kareena Lee- 1st Open 10km
Finella Gibbs-Beal – 1st 16-19y 7.5km, 1st 16-19y 5km + qualified for junior world championships
Kilian Carrel – 3rd 18y 7.5km, 3rd 18y 5km
Billy Thorley – 2nd 19y 10km, 2nd 19y 5km + qualified for the next stage of the marathon swim Olympic selection process in Fukuoka for Hong Kong
The Noosa Swim Club is coached by Australian swimming legend John Rodgers (JR) and assistant coach Ciro Ramalho. They train at the beautiful Noosa Aquatic Centre (NAC) Monday – Saturday. New members are always welcome. You can find out more about the Noosa Swimming Club at their website, noosaswimclub.swimming.org.au.
