Swimming: Teams combine to win first relay title

Swim Rotorua filled their trophy cabinet after a top performance at the Bay relay championships. Photo / Supplied

Swim Rotorua came of age at the Swimming Bay of Plenty Relay Championships last Sunday at the Rotorua Aquatic Centre.

The club underlined their emerging strength in depth to storm through to take a very impressive 10 victories from 16 events and claim the Gladesville Trophy as top club, with a massive haul of 221 points.

This is the first time the Swim Rotorua Club had finished first. What was equally impressive was the winning margin of 83 points.

Head coach Alastair Johnson was very upbeat with his young team.

"To be the top relay club in the Bay of Plenty is a real achievement for us, as it demonstrates our growing strength in depth. It was great to see so many young athletes step up and race their hearts out.

"We have a lot of juniors coming through now and I was really pleased how they handled themselves. We definitely have an exciting future ahead of us as we continually seek to make daily improvements."

-The Swim Rotorua relays that finished in the top three were:

Mixed 12-14 years' 100m medley relay - silver - Joe Nagera, Ana Nagera, David Boles, James Baldwin; girls 10-11 years' 100m medley relay - gold - Emily Spear, Rebecca Lyall, Milla Theobald, Haylea MacCormick; girls 10-11 years' 100m medley relay - silver - Molly Sinclair, Stella Win, Alyssa Pingol, Annelyse Cowie; mixed open 400m freestyle relay - gold - Jack Weston, Zoe Sherwood, William Spear, Bianca Donelley; mixed 9 years & under 100m freestyle relay - gold - Emma Balmer, Stella Weston, Sam Reid, Theo Harvey; mixed 9 years and under 100m freestyle relay - bronze - Caitlin Newson, Toby Stubbs, Caitlin Lang, Dion Wright; men's open 200m medley relay - silver - Joe Nagera, Jack Weston, William Spear, James Baldwin; women's open 200m medley relay - silver - Bianca Donelley, Ana Nagera, Tara Chemis, Zoe Sherwood; boys 10-11 years' 100 metres freestyle relay - silver - Sam Baldwin, Josh Balmer, Clay Fookes, Ronan McKenzie; mixed open 150m freestyle relay - silver - James Baldwin, Paddy Baylis, Bianca Donelley, Hana Stubbing;

Girls' 10-11 years' 100m freestyle relay - gold - Molly Sinclair, Emily Spear, Stella Win, Milla Theobald; girls' 10-11 years' 100m freestyle relay - silver - Alyssa Pingol, Haylea MacCormick, Annelyse Cowie, Rebecca Lyall; mixed 12-14 years' 150m freestyle relay - gold - Joe Nagera, Ana Nagera, James Baldwin, Cullen Smith; Mixed 12 years and older 200m freestyle relay - gold - Jack Weston, William Spear, Bianca Donelley, Zoe Sherwood; boys' 10-11 years' 100m medley relay - silver - Sam Baldwin, Clay Fookes, Josh Balmer, Ronan McKenzie; Mixed 9 years and under 100m medley relay - gold - Sam Reid, Stella Aeston, Emma Balmer, Theo Harvey; mixed 9 years and under 100m medley relay - bronze - Caitlin Newson, Toby Tubbs, Caitlin Lang, Dion Wright; Mixed Open 100m medley relay - gold - Joe Nagera, Jack Weston, William Spear, James Baldwin; Mixed Open 250m freestyle relay - gold - Emma Balmer, Theo Harvey, Emily Spear, Josh Balmer, Bianca Donelley, James Baldwin, Paddy Baylis, Hana Stubbing, Tara Chemis, Jack Weston; Mixed Open 250m freestyle relay - bronze - Dion Wright, Stella Weston, Sam Baldwin, Molly Sinclair, Jude Carpenter, Samantha Irving, Anna Cairns, David Boles, William Spear, Zoe Sherwood; mixed 30 years and older 100m freestyle relay - gold - Simon Keaney, David Spear, David Boles, Aaron Donelley; mixed 30 years and older 100m freestyle relay - bronze - Peter Weir, Susan Lock, Cindy Carpenter, Helen Baldwin.-Alastair Johnson is the head coach at Swim Rotorua.