More than a dozen swimmers from the Boyne Tannum Bullets swim club have represented the region in a fierce statewide competition, returning with more than a few medals. See how they went below.
More than a dozen swimmers from the Boyne Tannum Bullets swim club competed at the 2023 Hancock Prospecting Short Course State Swimming Championships in Brisbane over the weekend, with five returning as medallists.
Jai Mckenna, 11, finished second in the 100 metre backstroke.
Daisy Dingle, 12, finished second in the 50 metre freestyle and third in the 100 metre freestyle.
Madison McKenna, 13, finished third in the 50 metre freestyle, third in the 100 metre freestyle and third in the 200 metre breaststroke.
Tom Crawshaw, 13, finished second in the 50 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle and 1500 metre freestyle.
Hayden Tabone, 15, finished third in the 800 metre freestyle and is now the state champion for the 400 metre freestyle.
The short course championships bring the best swimmers from the state to a fierce three day competition.
This year, the Bullets swim club had 18 swimmers in 99 races which has left the club sitting in first place for the region, and 23rd statewide.
This year, five swimmers returned as medallists, three of which broke CQ records.
Michelle Steinhardt, the publicity officer for the club said that the amount of swimmers attending the event had increased significantly.
“This year has seen a huge increase in qualifying swimmers, which is a reflection of the coaching staff and changes implemented since Coach Theo and Coach Helene started,” she said.
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“In 2021 we had four swimmers qualify, compared to this year with 18 qualifying competitive swimmers.”
Ms Steinhardt said that the training for an event like this was intensive, with some of the older swimmers training seven days a week for a 13 week period.
“Now they will start to train for the long course competition, and then they’ll move on to qualifying for another state competition in December, and the Australian National Age Championships in April next year.”
