Chelsea Hodges, Macey Sheridan to headline Darwin-based swimming championships
A host of Territory swimmers made a splash at the 2023 Darwin Country Swimming Championships. See all the winners and photos here.
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The NT’s best swimming talent was on show this week at the 2023 Country Swimming Championships in Darwin, that saw swimmers from across the country come and test their mettle at the long course event.
Hosting the event in conjunction with Swimming NT and the Parap Swimming Pool, Darwin Swimming Club has had great success at home.
Claiming gold medals in the 800m, 400m, 200m, 100m freestyle, 200m medley relay, and silver in the mixed 200m freestyle relay, DSC’s own James Smith was in fine form over the eight sessions.
“It’s been a pretty good meet,” Smith said.
“Exhausting though, otherwise it’s been really good, some great competition.
“I’ve got a couple of golds (medals), and almost all of my races have been PBs’s.
“I think everyone (DSC swimmers) has done pretty well.”
The 17-year-old was stoked about the champs being in Darwin and having the opportunity to race in his home town.
“It’s nice to get to stay here (Darwin),” Smith said.
“It’s always great to race some quality swimmers at a big competition.”
Territory Swimmers Results
SESSION 2
- Boys 13 Year Olds 200 LC Metre IM: 3rd Harrison Baker Brown (DSC)
- Boys 14 Year Olds 200 LC Metre IM: 1st Liam Brown (DSC), 2nd Samuel Reader (DSC)
- Boys 15 Year Olds 200 LC Metre IM: 1st Sampson Gee (DSC)
- Boys 17 & Over 200 LC Metre IM: 3rd Andrew Materazzo (Casuarina Swimming Club)
- Girls 13 Year Olds 200 LC Metre IM: 1st Macey Sheridan (DSC), 2nd Ella Cox (DSC)
- Girls 15 Year Olds 200 LC Metre IM: 1st Chloe Reader (DSC), 3rd Melissa Roberts (DSC)
- Girls 17 & Over 200 LC Metre IM: 1st Tamsyn Walo (DSC)
- Boys 12 & Under 50 LC Metre Backstroke: 1st Cole Roberts (DSC)
- Boys 13 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Backstroke: 1st Harrison Baker Brown (DSC)
- Boys 14 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Backstroke: 3rd Alexander Harding (DSC)
- Boys 16 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Backstroke: 1st Zayne Mallett (DSC), 3rd Aidan Chilcott (DSC)
- Girls 13 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Backstroke: 1st Macey Sheridan (DSC), 2nd Elaine Smith (DSC)
- Girls 16 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Backstroke: 2nd Ellamae Tisbe (Katherine Swimming Club)
- Girls 13 & Under 50 LC Metre Backstroke Multi-Class: 2nd Sahrah Hancock (Nightcliff Swimming Club), 3rd Aiko Buckland (Nightcliff Swimming Club)
- Boys 15-16 200 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Bayleigh Young (DSC)
- Girls 13-14 200 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Ella Cox (DSC)
- Boys 12 & Under 100 LC Metre Breaststroke: 2nd Ethan Witham (DSC)
- Boys 15 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Breaststroke: 1st Sampson Gee (DSC), 3rd Jackson Dalzell (DSC)
- Boys 17 & Over 100 LC Metre Breaststroke: 2nd Andrew Materazzo (Casuarina Swimming Club)
- Girls 15 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Breaststroke: 1st Chloe Reader (DSC), 3rd Skyler Walo (DSC)
- Girls 17 & Over 100 LC Metre Breaststroke: 2nd Sienna Walo (DSC), 3rd Tamsyn Walo (DSC)
- Girls 13 & Under 100 LC Metre Breaststroke Multi-Class: 2nd Sahrah Hancock (Nightcliff Swimming Club)
- Boys 13-14 800 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Samuel Reader (DSC)
- Boys 15-16 800 LC Metre Freestyle: 2nd Aidan Chilcott (DSC)
- Boys 17 & Over 800 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st James Smith (DSC), 2nd Isaac Malley (Katherine Swimming Club)
- Girls 13-14 800 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Ella Cox (DSC), 2nd Elaine Smith (DSC)
SESSION 4
- Boys 13-14 400 LC Metre IM: 1st Liam Brown (DSC)
- Boys 15-16 400 LC Metre IM: 1st Bayleigh Young (DSC), 2nd Sampson Gee (DSC)
- Girls 13-14 400 LC Metre IM: 1st Ella Cox (DSC)
- Girls 15-16 400 LC Metre IM: 1st Chloe Reader (DSC)
- Girls 17 & Over 400 LC Metre IM: 1st Tamsyn Walo (DSC)
- Boys 12 & Under 50 LC Metre Breaststroke: 2nd Ethan Witham (DSC)
- Boys 15 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Breaststroke: 1st Joseph Bonson (Nightcliff Swimming Club), 3rd Jackson Dalzell (DSC)
- Boys 17 & Over 50 LC Metre Breaststroke: 2nd Isaac Malley (Katherine Swimming Club), 3rd Andrew Materazzo (Casuarina Swimming Club)
- Girls 15 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Breaststroke: 1st Chloe Reader (DSC), 3rd Skyler Walo (DSC)
- Girls 17 & Over 50 LC Metre Breaststroke: 2nd Sienna Walo (DSC), 3rd Tamsyn Walo (DSC)
- Girls 13 & Under 50 LC Metre Breaststroke Multi-Class: 1st Sahrah Hancock (Nightcliff Swimming Club)
- Boys 12 & Under 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Cole Roberts (DSC)
- Boys 13 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 3rd Harshdeep Singh Shira (DSC)
- Boys 14 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Liam Brown (DSC), 2nd Samuel Reader (DSC)
- Boys 15 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Sampson Gee (DSC), 2nd Patrick Brown (DSC)
- Boys 16 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 2nd Aidan Chilcott (DSC)
- Boys 17 & Over 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st James Smith (DSC), 2nd Isaac Malley (Katherine Swimming Club)
- Girls 13 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Ella Cox (DSC), 2nd Elaine Smith (DSC)
- Girls 15 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 3rd Melissa Roberts (DSC)
- Girls 17 & Over 200 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Sienna Walo (DSC)
- Boys 12 & Under 100 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Cole Roberts (DSC)
- Boys 15 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Butterfly: 2nd Andrei Dans (Nightcliff Swimming Club)
- Boys 16 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Bayleigh Young (DSC), 3rd Zayne Mallett (DSC)
- Girls 13 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Macey Sheridan (DSC), 2nd Ella Cox (DSC), 3rd Christina Kiranou (Nightcliff Swimming Club)
- Girls 16 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Butterfly: 2nd Ellamae Tisbe (Katherine Swimming Club)
- Boys 100 LC Metre Butterfly Multi-Class: 2nd Sean Deutsch (Casuarina Swimming Club)
- Mixed 200 LC Metre Freestyle Relay: 1st Patrick Brown, Bayleigh Young, Macey Sheridan, Sienna Walo (DSC A), 2nd Sampson Gee, James Smith, Tamsyn Walo, Chloe Reader (DSC B)
SESSION 6
- Boys 12 & Under 400 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Cole Roberts (DSC)
- Boys 13 Year Olds 400 LC Metre Freestyle: 2nd Harshdeep Singh Shira (DSC)
- Boys 14 Year Olds 400 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Samuel Reader (DSC), 2nd Liam Brown (DSC)
- Boys 15 Year Olds 400 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Sampson Gee (DSC)
- Boys 16 Year Olds 400 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Aidan Chilcott (DSC)
- Boys 17 & Over 400 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st James Smith (DSC), 2nd Isaac Malley (Katherine Swimming Club)
- Girls 13 Year Olds 400 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Ella Cox (DSC), 2nd Elaine Smith (DSC)
- Girls 17 & Over 400 LC Metre Freestyle: 3rd Megan Gallagher (DSC)
- Boys 12 & Under 50 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Cole Roberts (DSC)
- Boys 15 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Andrei Dans (Nightcliff Swimming Club), 2nd Patrick Brown (DSC)
- Boys 16 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Bayleigh Young (DSC), 2nd Zayne Mallett (DSC)
- Girls 13 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Macey Sheridan (DSC)
- Girls 15 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Butterfly: 2nd Chloe Reader (DSC)
- Girls 16 Year Olds 50 LC Metre Butterfly: 2nd Ellamae Tisbe (Katherine Swimming Club)
- Girls 17 & Over 50 LC Metre Butterfly: 1st Sienna Walo (DSC), 3rd Tamsyn Walo (DSC)
- Girls 13 & Under 50 LC Metre Butterfly Multi-Class: 2nd Sahrah Hancock (Nightcliff Swimming Club)
- Boys 13 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Backstroke: 1st Harrison Baker Brown (DSC)
- Boys 16 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Backstroke: 1st Bayleigh Young (DSC)
- Girls 12 & Under 200 LC Metre Backstroke: 3rd Bronte Bellot (DSC)
- Girls 13 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Backstroke: 1st Ella Cox (DSC)
- Girls 15 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Backstroke: 3rd Melissa Roberts (DSC)
- Girls 16 Year Olds 200 LC Metre Backstroke: 2nd Ellamae Tisbe (Katherine Swimming Club)
- Boys 12 & Under 100 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Cole Roberts (DSC)
- Boys 14 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Liam Brown (DSC), 2nd Samuel Reader (DSC)
- Boys 15 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Sampson Gee (DSC), 2nd Patrick Brown (DSC)
- Boys 16 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Zayne Mallett (DSC)
- Boys 17 & Over 100 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st James Smith (DSC), 3rd Isaac Malley (Katherine Swimming Club)
- Girls 13 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Macey Sheridan (DSC), 3rd Elaine Smith (DSC)
- Girls 15 Year Olds 100 LC Metre Freestyle: 2nd Melissa Roberts (DSC)
- Girls 17 & Over 100 LC Metre Freestyle: 1st Sienna Walo (DSC)
- Girls 13 & Under 100 LC Metre Freestyle Multi-Class: 2nd Sarah Hancock (Nightcliff Swimming Club), 3rd Aiko Buckland (Nightcliff Swimming Club)
- Boys 200 LC Metre Medley Relay: 1st Zayne Mallett, Sampson Gee, Bayleigh Young, Patrick Brown (DSC)
- Girls 200 LC Metre Medley Relay: 1st Macey Sheridan, Sienna Walo, Chloe Reader, Tamsyn Walo (DSC), 3rd Melissa Roberts, Skyler Walo, Ella Cox, Elaine Smith (DSC)
SESSION 8 TBC
Photos from Session 7
Preview
Local rising stars, interstate challengers and a world record holder make up the more than 250 swimmers set to make a splash in the Country Swimming Championships in Darwin.
Olympic gold medallist Chelsea Hodges will headline as not just the event ambassador, but also in the pool showing off her world class speed in the 50m and 100m breaststroke.
And watching her in action will inspire the 280 other competitors, 103 from the NT, take their own craft to the next level.
Swimming NT chief executive Warren Dopson said the tournament was coming together really well ahead of this weekend’s event at the Parap Swimming Pool.
“This is a massive event for Swimming NT and all the kids who are part of swimming up here as it provides access to high level competition,” he said.
“We’re running it in a format similar to the Australian Championships to give them experience competing in heats in the morning and finals at night.
“Not only is this a competitive swim meet but it’s part of their development cycle just to get them used to competing at higher level competitions and having people from interstate bolsters that.
“It’s a multifaceted opportunity not only for kids in the NT, but also all the regional swimmers that are coming up because this is a regional event.”
Among the local swimmers to watch is Macey Sheridan who won six gold medals at this year’s Age Championships, and is targeting some records to add to her growing haul.
Sienna Walo and Tamsyn Walo will also be swimmers to keep an eye on having impressed at the Short Course Championships in Sydney.
But Hodges will be the one to inspire as she dives in for her two events.
“Macey did incredibly well in the Australian Age Championships on the Gold Coast in April so we expect her to have a fantastic meet once again,” Dopson said.
“Olympian and event ambassador Chelsea Hodges is coming up and racing the 50m and 100m breaststroke
“It’s exciting for girls competing against her and fantastic of her to give the opportunity to see an Olympian in action, we’ve already got 100 people signed up for her clinic on Friday.”
Swimmers to watch
Chelsea Hodges – Olympic and world Championship Gold Medallist and world record holder
Sienna Walo – National Qualifier and Bronze medallist in the Breaststroke at the Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney recently.
Tamsyn Walo – National Qualifier
Macey Sheridan – 6 x Australian age gold medallist
Ellamae Tisbe – Up and coming swimmer from Katherine
Sahrah Hancock – Multi-class Swimmer and national qualifier
James Smith – Australian Age finalist
Bayleigh Young – Australian Age finalist
Sampson Gee – National age qualifier
Andrei Dans – An up and coming swimmer from Nightcliff
Sean Deutsch – Multi Class Swimmer and National Qualifier
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