Over the weekend, 130 swimmers participated at the Cannonvale Cannons SC Transition Meet. The 50 Cannons who competed had a very successful and fun weekend. All the coaching team – Mark Erickson, Ken Crittenden, Rylee Erickson, Jarrod Keys, Kate Thomson, and Shay Wilmot enjoyed watching all the Cannons race and were very impressed with the swimmers and their achievements.
The highlight of the carnival was the SKINS events. Swimmers were very excited to be selected for the SKINS and the chance to win cash prizes.
On Sunday morning, the Cannons celebrated the birthdays of Indi Smith, Addie Sanders, and Eloise Chegwidden with a very delicious cake.
There were so many fantastic achievements – swimmers who swam PBs, achieved A grade times, won ribbons/ribbons or swimmers in the SKINS events.
Highlights: Don Algie (11 years) won 11 events and achieved a massive 61 second PB in his 400m IM. Jacob Bell (17 years) won 9 events and swam 11PBs. Eloise Chegwidden, Anisa Helou, Ehsan Helou, Tora Delac, Zach Trefz and Jax Clayworth won most of their events and swam PBs throughout the meet. Harry Chegwidden (6 yrs), Miranda Palmero (7yrs), Holly Perrin (16yrs), Isabella Pisaniello (13yrs) and Jax Eaves (7 yrs) achieved top placings in all their events. Isabella swam the biggest PB which was 99.83 second in her 200m Backstroke. Declan Dichiera’s best swim was his 200m Freestyle which he swam in a time of 2.50.19 which was a 26.09 secomd PB. Charlie Doherty, Addie Sanders, Levi Smith, and Miller Eaves smashed all their events, swimming PBs in every event. One of Charlie’s best swims was his 200m Breaststroke which he won in a time of 3.30.32, a 17.44 second PB. Thomas Ganter swam massive PBs in his 200m Breaststroke(1st), 200m Backstroke (1st) , 400m Freestyle and 200m Freestyle (1st). Millie Groom (14 yrs) swam a brilliant 400m Freestyle in a time of 5.44.57 to earn 2nd place and a huge 33.49 second PB.
Congratulations to all the Cannons for a successful weekend of swimming! A big thank you to all the wonderful parents and volunteers.
Contributed with thanks to Raylene Rasmussen.
