Over the weekend, 21 swimmers from Cannonvale Cannons Swim Club made their mark at the Gardens Open Long Course Preparation Meet in Townsville, joining over 330 swimmers from Cairns to Mackay. This bustling event was filled with standout performances and personal bests.
One of the meet's highlights was the 8-10 years boys 200m Freestyle Relay, where Zane Clayworth, Alex Trefz, Harris Delac, and Eric Mulliss clinched the bronze medal.
Individual successes abounded, with Elouise Chegwidden medalling in all her events, joined by Jacob Bell, who also impressed with a full set of top placings across his individual races. Additional congratulations go to Zachary and Alex Trefz, Jax Clayworth, Charlie Doherty, and Tyler Bennett, who medalled in the majority of their events.
In terms of personal bests (PBs), Leo and Eric Mulliss, Matilda Nicholes, Isabella Pisaniello, Ruby Lawson, Charlie Doherty, Addie Saunders, Ella Bounden, Jax Clayworth, Tyler Bennett, and the Trefz brothers demonstrated incredible progress by achieving PBs in most of their races. Among the meet’s notable achievements, Tora Delac qualified for the 2025 Nationals with her outstanding swim in the 50m Freestyle —a tremendous milestone in her swimming career.
Several Cannons also secured Long Course times for the upcoming state titles, including Zach Trefz, Tyler Bennett, Nelson Malady, Isabella Pisaniello, Ella Bounden, and Jacob Bell. Well done to these swimmers, we can’t wait to see what you achieve in December at the Queensland Long Course Championships.
Wrapping up an outstanding weekend, Jax Clayworth and Eloise Chegwidden received certificates for breaking North Queensland records. Jax is now the North Queensland record holder in the 100m Butterfly and Elouise holds the title for the 25m Breaststroke.
Congratulations to all Cannons swimmers for an inspiring weekend of achievements!
Contributed with thanks to Jade Korosec
Team Cannons ready to compete amongst 330 swimmers
Elouise Chegwidden broke the 25m Breastroke NQ record, and then beat her own record again
Jax Clayworth hold the title of fastest 9yr old boy to swim 100m Fly in North Queensland
The 8 - 10 year boys 200m Freestyle Relay team who secured third place
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