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Macarthur swimmers secure swag bag of medals

17 Mar, 2010 02:31 PM
NARELLAN Swimming Club and Mount Annan Swimming Club have scooped up medals at the Metropolitan South West Sydney Championships.

Mount Annan sent a team of 36 swimmers to Blacktown to compete.

Their swimmers came home with 30 gold medals, 28 silver and 10 bronze.

The team broke 25 district records and placed third among the 22 clubs which competed.

Stacey Kearns, 9, was the standout performer. She had six wins, six personal best times and six district records in just six swims.

All her swims qualified her for the state championships.

From Narellan Swimming Club, Lana Rogers, 13, placed first in the women's under-14 state junior surf lifesaving championship surf race at Swansea/Belmont.

Dahlas Rogers, 14, came first in the under-15 surf teams and first in the under-15 tube swim.

Sheree Farrell, 10, came first and broke the Metro South West Long Course Championship record in the 100 metre backstroke and also came first in the 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle and beat her personal bests.

Montana Greenfield, 14, swam in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the Metro South West Long Course Championships and beat her personal bests in both races.

``I am extremely proud of all of our swimmers, from our state representatives to our juniors,'' Narellan Swimming Club president Warren Dyer said.

``Our senior girls have become an inspiration to all of our club swimmers and exception role models for our juniors,'' he said.

``To watch our swimmers achieving such amazing results and striving closer and closer towards their dreams is truly a pleasure.''

The club's swimming coach Greg Rogers said the swimmers' ambitions to represent Australia in the 2016 Olympics was a driving force for success and the club's future looked ``extremely exciting''.

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Mighty good: Narellan Swimming Club members (from left) Sheree Farrell, Lana Rogers, Dahlas Rogers and Montana Greenfield a swag of medals.
Mighty good: Narellan Swimming Club members (from left) Sheree Farrell, Lana Rogers, Dahlas Rogers and Montana Greenfield a swag of medals.

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