THE Beerwah Masters team swam to impress at the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast November 9-13, winning multiple medals among the swimmers.
Competitors from countries from across the globe came to compete on the Gold Coast for this event in a variety of sports from swimming to equestrian and volleyball.
Lene Knudsen from the Masters squad arguably had the best run, however she remained humble in her achievements.
“I won gold in all of my individual races except for the 1km open water swim, which I got a silver, which was a really hard swim”, she said.
She also broke two of her Queensland records in the 50m and 100m freestyle and broke her national record for the 100m butterfly.
Beerwah Masters swimmer Kylie Therese spoke about her own achievements in the pool and the rest of the team’s accolades.
“I beat my personal bests in the 50m freestyle in both the relay and medley, and 100m freestyle, and swam the 50m butterfly,” she said.
“Nardia swam the 400m breaststroke and shocked us all by winning silver and achieving a 24 second personal best in the race and got a personal best in the 100m breaststroke.”
Lene told GC&M News the atmosphere on the day added to the great experience the Beerwah team had over five long days of competitive swimming.
“It was a very good atmosphere down there though, people are always friendly at these events,” she said.
“It went very well, and I think it’s nice that we’ve got our little club going and we had a lot of support down there, people are lovely.
“We are a small club but we had our new banner down there, we had our new shirts, so there is a lot of support around for us which is really nice.”