This year’s Georgia Hope Foundation Australian age and multi class championships, held last week (April 16-23), attracted more than 1800 from throughout Australia.
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Swimming North Coast swimmers were out in force for this event with 19 able bodied swimmers who qualifying for the 40 events during the first six days.
The following two days seven multi class swimmers qualified for 36 events.
In the age championships 13-year-old Tayla Hall from Sawtell came ninth in the final of the 200m backstroke in a time of 2:27.97, while 17-year-old Port Maquarie swimming, Sam Harris was first reserve for the final of his age 200m freestyle with a time of 1:54.26.
In the multi class championships, Aidan Yourell, 17, Lismore Workers was the star with five second placings and one first.
He was first in his pet event, the 100m backstroke 1:05.46 and second, 50m 27.68 and 100m butterfly, 57.12 PB; 50m backstroke, 30.84, 50m freestyle, 26.35 PB and 100m butterfly 1.01.30 PB.
He was also placed fourth in the 400m freestyle 4.36.22.
Fourteen-year-old Morgan Jean, Wauchope was fifth in the 50m freestyle 30.26 PB and 50, butterfly fly 35.54; seventh, 100m freestyle, 1.10.40 PB; eighth, 50m breaststroke 43.94 PB and ninth,100m breaststroke 1.42.46.
Sarah McIntosh, 12, Laurieton 100 breaststroke, 9, 1.47.83; McKinley Arnison, 11, Richmond Valley club 50m butterfly, 9, 48.96 PB.
Forster swimmers were Claire Van Kampen, 15, 200m backstroke, 2:31.00 and 100m backstroke 39th 1.08.19 PB, and Dane Jeffery, 15, 100m breaststroke 24th, 1.10.48 PB.