Geue top performer

Four members of Horsham Sharks Swimming Club and five Wimmera swimmers representing other clubs competed at the 2019 Victorian Country Championships in Gippsland at the weekend.

Horsham swimmer Luca Geue, competing for Ballarat Gold Swimming Club, was the Wimmera’s top performer at the championships, finishing second in the 12-year-old boys 100-metre freestyle final and first as a member of the winning 4x50-metre freestyle and medley relay teams.

Geue also finished sixth in the 13-and-under boys 200-metre individual medley, fourth in the 12-year-old boys 200-metre breaststroke and second in the 12-year-old boys 100-metre backstroke.

Warracknabeal’s Lily Eldridge won a gold medal in the girls 14 and 15-year-old 100-metre breaststroke and was part of the winning Bendigo East Swimming Club 16-and-under girls 4x50-metre freestyle relay team.

Horsham Sharks member Jorja Clode finished fourth in the girls 11-and-under 50-metre freestyle final.

Deacon Briggs, also swimming for Ballarat Gold, finished eighth in the boys 14 and 15-year-old 100-metre breaststroke final and seventh in the men’s 200-metre breaststroke final.

Other Horsham swimmers competing were Horsham’s Matt Ough, with Ballarat Swimming Club, Ballarat Gold Swimming Club’s Isabella Geue and Horsham Sharks members Montanna Connelly, Claudia Lanyon and Jack Lanyon.