By Caroline Chart
SPIRITS were high as swimmers from Good Shepherd Aquatics Swim Club competed at the Queensland Short Course Championships in Brisbane last weekend and won 16 medals between the 14 of them.
Although not all the swimmers placed in their events, everyone single one of them swam personal best times with several top 10 finishes and other clubs are really starting to take notice of the growing club that’s based at the pool at Good Shepherd Lutheran College.
The youngest member of the team, 10-year-old Jamison Morgan excelled winning three golds, one silver and one bronze making him the most successful swimmer from the club and one of the most successful swimmers at the championships.
Other highlights were national medallist Arna Couper, aged 17, taking home gold in 200m backstroke, silver in 100m backstroke and bronze in 50m backstroke, 13-year-old Lauren Maguire winning bronze in the 400m freestyle in a huge 10 second PB and Jyah Poad aged 17 winning bronze in the 50m fly.
Dahlas Rogers, 21, who won gold in the 800m and 400m freestyle events and silver in the 200m freestyle, has been selected in the 2020 Towards Tokyo Squad meaning that she has been earmarked by Swimming Australia as a potential future Olympian.
Coaches Brian Stehr and Peter Diamond have many years coaching experience between them and it is largely due to their dedication that GS Aquatics is starting to see so much success.
The club meets every Tuesday from 5pm from October through to April and welcomes new members.
For more information visit www.gsaquatics.com.au.
