THE Beerwah Masters Swim team recently competed at the Rum City Masters Swim Meet on June 10 and the Brisbane Southside Masters Swim Meet on June 17, with multiple placings at both meets.
One of the team’s new recruits, Cliff, joined established members Nardia, Kylie and Angela, at the Rum City meet in Bundaberg, and placed 2nd in the 25m butterfly, 25m and 50m freestyle, and overall in his age group 40-44 years.
Nardia placed 1st in the 100m individual medley, 50m and 100m breaststroke, 2nd in the 25m breaststoke, 4th in the 25m butterfly and 3rd overall in her age group 45-49 years.
Kylie came 1st in the 25m freestyle and 25m breaststroke, 2nd in the 100m freestyle, 3rd in the 25m butterfly and 25m breaststroke, and Angela placed 2nd in the 25m freestyle.
Beerwah Masters swimmer Kylie Cornock said it was a great meet to attend after a three month break from competitive racing, allowing for a extended training period.
“We haven’t had much of a break because we haven’t stopped training, we train several times a week, we got time to work on some things we’ve needed to work on which has been great,” she said.
“We always training towards a race so to have a little break between competition, it gets you fired up to get ready for the next one, we’ve been training hard so it’ll be great getting back into racing.”
The following weekend Kylie and Lene swam at the Brisbane Southside Masters swim meet, where Lene raced against Susie O’Neill who broke the 50m butterfly 50-54 world record after being absent from the pool since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
“Lene broke a Danish record in the 50m butterfly, a national record in the 25m butterfly, as well as placing first in her age group for the 25m and 50m Butterfly and 50m and 100m freestyle,” Kylie said.
“I achieved some new PBs at the swim meet, came first in my age group for the 25m freestyle and 25m breaststroke, and placed second in the 25m backstroke and 25m butterfly.”
The team have some upcoming swim meets coming up in July.