Age Nationals – Day 4 Competition (Sunday 17/4).

Geoff Gedge

Day 4 was another good day in the pool all round for Team Victoria.

The morning started with U11 Girls 3m spring. Lea Malina took out the top spot with Kiara Field (3^rd) and Olivia Roche (4^th) close behind. SA took out 2^nd place.

In the 15/15 Boys 1m spring, the top 3 places went to NSW and SA with Harry Davies coming in a solid 4^th position.

Event 27, the Girls 14/15 5m platform. 21 divers lined up to contest this event. Abby Rowley took top place with QLD and NSW taking 2^nd and 3^rd respectively. Amy Kenny just missed a placing taking 4^th position. Emily Foord (8^th), Anjali Jackson (9^th), Matilda Baker (11^th), Elise Marcun (12^th), Paris Hefford (13^th), Darcy Furman (14^th), Hanna Vlamis (15^th), Claire Lumsden (17^th) and Sophie Westcott (18^th) all dived well in a tough field.

Next we had Girls 16-18 3m spring. WA, QLD and NSW all took places. Ellyse Byrne (6^th) and Sophia James (7^th) did well in a field of 14 divers.

Leading into lunch Girls 12/13 1m spring – a large field of 26 divers. NSW and QLD once again took the top 3 spots, with Holly Kenealy in 6^th place, Caitlin Westcott in 8^th and Zoe Adam-Gedge in 9^th. Scoring was very close. Isobelle Brosnahan and Sophie Bumpstead in 11^th place and Piper Bennett in 14^th.

Boys 16-18 Platform resulted in Victoria all the way. Cooper Read took top honours with Jordan Thein (2^nd) and Marc Jencik (3^rd).

Winding up the day was Men’s 30-49 Platform. Rohan Blake took 1^st place convincingly.

Final event was U13 Boys/mixed 3m synchro. NSW and WA took 1^st and 2^nd, while Josh Herington and Ryan King performed excellently coming in 3^rd place.

All in all, what a great Nationals it has been!