USC Spartans get podium success at Australian Multi-Class Swimming Championships

USC Spartan Benjamin Hance has blitzed the field to earn a maiden long course Australian title in the pool.

USC Spartan Benjamin Hance won the Men's 100m Backstroke Multi-Class at the Australian Multi-Class Swimming Championships.

USC Spartan Benjamin Hance has blitzed the field to earn a maiden long course Australian title in the pool.

Hance, 20, became the fastest S14 Australian in the men’s 100m backstroke multi-class, after touching the wall in a time of 58.88 (1019 points) on night two of the Australian Multi-Class Swimming Championships.

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Harrison Vigg (S9) from the Brisbane Jets secured the silver medal in 1:05.32 (823 points), while Belgravia’s Brenden Hall (S9) snared bronze with a time of 1:07.69 (740 points) during the event, held at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre

“It’s really cool to be the fastest Australian and between now and trials I want to get even faster in the 100 back,” Hance said.

It was a successful night for the USC Spartan’s, with Katja Dedekind (S13) showing why she’s one to watch, securing her third medal of the meet and her second gold with victory in the women’s open 100m backstroke multi-class with a time of 1:08.22 (896 points),

“It’s pretty cool actually, I don’t really look at the medals too much, it’s more about the results, but to be able to touch first and also get a medal is pretty cool,” Dedekind said.

“I’ve just really been working on my swimming technique and keeping fit in all areas not just in the pool and in the gym.”

Spartan Kiera Stephens (SM10) placed third in the women’s open 200m individual medley multi-class.

Liam Schluter (SM14) showed his class in the men’s open 200m individual medley multi-class to claim his first Australian title of the meet.

The Kawana Waters’ product had hot competition in North Sydney’s Matt Levy (SM7) who pushed him all the way to the wall.

Only five points separated the pair when they touched – 863 to 857. Jesse Aungles (SM8) from Marion posted 2:30.07 and 812 points.

Backing up her performance from night one when she took home gold in the women’s 400m Freestyle Multi-Class, Belgravia and Sunshine Coast product Lakeisha Patterson (S9) couldn’t be stopped in the women’s open 100m freestyle multi-class race.

She posted a time of 1:04.07 to record 812 points, the 22-year-old narrowly took the spoils ahead of defending champ, Cole (S9) (1:04.15, 809 points), and Melbourne Vicentre’s Ashleigh McConnell (S9) (1:04.98, 779).

Originally published as USC Spartans get podium success at Australian Multi-Class Swimming Championships