Jared Child, Tara Child, Jocelyn Rixon-Zonnenbergs and Mikaela Rixon-Zonnenbergs all won ribbons and medals for Mt Beauty Swim Club at the Ovens and Murray District Swimming Championships.
Written by SCOTT ANDERSON.
MT Beauty swimmers caused a few upsets at the weekend’s Ovens and Murray District Swimming Championships, with four of the club’s eight competitors reaching finals.
Jared Child was the most successful of the bunch, taking out gold in the 10 and under boys 200m freestyle in a time of 3:23.26.
Jared’s time was nearly 16 seconds better than his previous personal best, achieved at last year’s club championships.
His swim also qualified him to compete at Melbourne MSAC at the All Junior Country Championships, which will be staged in March.
Jared also picked up a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke, stopping the clock at 1:53.17.
This was also a massive personal best, beating the 2:06.42 he set at Myrtleford last December.
Jared’s sister Tara was also in good form on the weekend, swimming personal best times in the 12 and under girls 200m freestyle (3:06.23), 100m backstroke (1:44.21) and 100m breaststroke (1:50.55).
This was despite the fact her goggles came off twice while competing.
Mikaela Rixon-Zonnenbergs came home with two medals after sensational performances in the 12 and under girls breaststroke events.
She shaved nearly four seconds off her best time in the 100m, finishing in 1:37.32 to take out the silver medal, and took more than one second off her 50m time, claiming bronze in 44:47.
Mikaela also recorded PBs in the 50m freestyle and the 200m individual medley.
Jocelyn Rixon-Zonnenbergs also performed well, reaching two finals.
Jocelyn beat her previous best in the 14 and under girls 50m freestyle (35.23) and 200m freestyle (3:00.39).
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