A dozen swimmers from the Ocean Shores Aquatic Swim Team are Sydney bound, having secured places to compete in state finals after battling through schools, district, zone and regional eliminations.
The swimmers from across various ages will compete in a range of different state championships including those for the Primary Schools Sports Association, Combined High Schools, and Combined Independent Schools.
The finals will take place over the coming weeks.
‘What was needed to be enforced was quality control, doing it once and doing it well, maintaining effort upon effort and a higher level of discipline which would make up for any time deficit for those looking at staying competitive,’ swim coach Adrian Filipic said.
‘To their credit Oceans 12 did precisely that and will now get the opportunity to compete at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre along with a few others on the team who are going down for relays’.
Some of the athletes have multiple events to compete in, some are on debut, and some are veterans that are familiar with the territory having swum there for many years in succession.
Relay swimmers include: Monty Wilton, Angus Boyd, Jaxon Molenaar and Harriet Killips.
‘We wish them all the best, to enjoy the moment and give it their all,’ he said.
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