2021 Open Nationals Wrap Up

It was a big week of racing up on the Gold Coast at the 2021 Australian Swimming Championships with our F-Teamers taking on massive race schedules across the five days. After a tumultuous year, it was an excellent opportunity for the swimmers to see where they're sitting in the lead up to Trials that will take place in June in Adelaide.

Highlights from the event included Commonwealth Games swimmer Meg Bailey and dual Olympian Blair Evans pushing each other in the 400m IM to claim Silver and Bronze respectively. 2012 Olympian and Commonwealth Games Silver medallist Tessa Wallace had a successful Nationals campaign winning Silver in the 50m Breaststroke and the 200m IM where she finished behind Kaylee McKeown. Meg Bailey had another big day winning Bronze in the 200m Butterfly.

Our F-Teamers stole the show in the 50m Butterfly final on the last day of competition with Commonwealth Games medallist Holly Barratt winning Gold in a time of 25.75 and 19-year-old Abigail Schoorl swimming her way to a Bronze medal in her APEX Predator Futurismo race suit.

Congratulations to all of our National Medallists!

Gold
Holly Barratt - 50m Butterfly
Ashley Weill - 200m Backstroke 19-20 Age
Georgia Powell - 200m Breaststroke 17-18 Age

Silver
Meg Bailey - 400m IM
Tessa Wallace - 50m Breaststroke and 200m IM
Georgia Powell - 100m Freestyle 17-18 Age and 50m Breaststroke 17-18 Age
Abby Schoorl - 50m Backstroke 19-20 Age
Layla Day - 100m Backstroke 17-18 Age
Emily White - 800m Freestyle 17-18 Age
Ashley Weill - 100m Backstroke 19-20 Age

Bronze
Blair Evans - 400m IM
Meg Bailey - 200m Butterfly and 200m IM
Abigail Schoorl - 50m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke 19-20 Age
Gabriella Peiniger - 200m Freestyle 17-18 Age