Team Norwood were incredible over the eight days of competition, finishing the championships with three gold, five silver and two bronze, plus many, many finalists and a huge number of PBs.
New records & sensational finishes
Huge congratulations to Harrison Biddell, who took more than 3 seconds off his entry time to win the GOLD in the 200 breast. In doing so, he also broke the state record, set way back in 1994!
The final night was a fitting way to end the campaign, with Fergus McLachlan’s outstanding come-from-behind swim to win GOLD in the 200 back, dropping almost a full second off his PB.
Congratulations to our top 20 finishers
Arabella Bahr
200 fly – 8th
800 free – 7th
400 IM – 3rd
400 free – 15th
200 IM – 5th
Summer Bament
100 breast – 10th
200 breast – 5th
50 breast – 19th
Harrison Biddell
100 breast – 5th
200 breast – 1st
200 IM – 10th
50 breast – 5th
Tom Braunack
1500 free – 14th
Clara Carrocci
100 fly – 2nd
200 back – 2nd
100 free – 5th
100 back – 4th
200 free – 11th
Hugh Caton
200 IM – 14th
200 back – 11th
100 free – 15th
200 free – 11th
Emma Everitt
400 IM – 10th
200 fly – 9th
800 free – 15th
400 free – 18th
Fergus Keighran
50 free – 20th
Hamish Langman
100 fly – 15th
Luc Lindsay
1500 free – 6th
400 free – 8th
800 free – 5th
Poppy Marshall
200 breast – 19th
Juliet Mazur
200 fly – 16th
Fergus McLachlan
100 fly – 3rd
100 back – 1st
50 back – 4th
50 fly – 4th
200 back – 1st
Grace Morton
50 back – 13th
Indyanna Rashleigh
50 fly – 16th
Brooke Simpson
100 back MC – 13th
50 free MC – 12th
50 back MC – 12th
100 free MC – 15th
400 free MC – 4th
Katie Simpson
200 fly – 14th
100 breast – 18th
400 IM – 12th
200 breast – 6th
200 IM – 17th
Alyssa Tran
100 breast – 15th
50 breast – 5th
200 breast – 14th
Isabelle Tran
50 back – 20th
50 fly – 19th
Isabella Vincent
100 back MC – 1st
50 back MC – 2nd
100 free MC – 2nd
50 breast MC – 2nd
200 free MC – 5th
By our calculations, Norwood finished the meet on about 575 points, right on the cusp of the Top 10 in Australia (of the almost 200 clubs that scored at least one point) and as the highest-ranked South Australian club*! Every swimmer who competed over the past few days played a part in that success.
A massive thank you to our wonderful Head Coach extraordinaire Shaun, as well as coaches Ed, Paul and Luke, for all your work getting our swimmers ready for this meet. Their success is a direct reflection of your dedication and commitment and the brilliant program at Norwood.
Thanks also to our wonderful, unflappable, always smiling team managers Scott Simpson and Andrew Bahr, who gave up so much time to ensure they were there for our swimmers and coaches.
And thanks to all our parents and other supporters for being there for our athletes. None of these swimmers could do this without you. GO NORWOOD. 💙❤️🏊♀️🏊🏻♂️🥇🥈🥉🏆 #gonorwood