Swimmers from across the Central West descended on the JM Robson Aquatic Centre but it was Lithgow’s swimmers who starred during the Mountains and Plains Summer Championships.
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Lithgow Swimming Club members won 23 medals and received high praise for their organisation of the event.
Nearly 300 swimmers from 15 clubs covering Forbes, Parkes, Katoomba, Orange and Bathurst attended with almost 2000 entries across the two-day carnival.
The team from Orange’s Kinross Wolaroi School was named champion club.
However, Lithgow’s 31 swimmers, who competed across most age divisions, registered some sensational personal results during the weekend.
Lithgow’s Brodie McManus was named 16-year-old boys champion, with nine gold medals and one bronze.
McKenzie Stewart won four gold medals and set three championship records. Mia Dunleavy won three silver medals and one bronze.
Dunleavy was also part of the girls’ 10-years and under relay team with Tayah Crook, Maggie Thompson and Emily Dean, when they won bronze in the 4x50 metre freestyle.
Kyan Campbell won a bronze medal in the eight-years 50m backstroke, while Amy Kennedy won a gold medal in the nine-years and under 25m butterfly.
Tyler McManus won bronze in the 50m breastroke and 100m freestyle.
Mountains and Plains Swimming Championships results
Girls age champions
8/under: Isla Puri from Glenbrook
9 years: Tahlia O'Connell Titanium
10 years: Francesca Chitikudza from City of Orange
11 years: Collette Lyons from Kinross Wolaroi
12 years: Amelia Hinrichsen from Kinross Wolaroi
13 years: Zara Grout from Titanium
14 years: Zoe Keown from Kinross Wolaroi
15 years: Jade Browne from Kinross Wolaroi
16 years: Georgia Lewis from Kinross Wolaroi
17 years: Josie Gillham from Kinross Wolaroi
19-24 years: Courtney Chapman from City of Orange
45-54 years: Cathy Marshall from Jets
Open: Josie Gillham from Kinross Wolaroi
Distance: Courtney Chapman from City of Orange
Boys age champions
8/under: William Pell from Jets
9 years: Fyn Harrison from Parkes
10 years: Francis Chitikudza from City of Orange
11 years Casper Larkin from Katoomba
12 years: Haig Buckingham from Katoomba
13 years: Oliver McLaughlin from Kinross Wolaroi
14 years: Rory Thornhill from Jets
15 years: Ben Gillham from Kinross Wolaroi
16 years: Brody McManus from Lithgow
17 years: Thomas Geyer from Kinross Wolaroi
18 years: Brandon Fraser from Kinross Wolaroi
19-24 years: Tristan Harrison from Jets
Open: Tristan Harrison from Jets
Distance: Brandon Fraser from Kinross Wolaroi
Team champions
Pointscore: Kinross Wolaroi
Small Teams: City of Orange
Declan Rurenga
Declan Rurenga was the editor of Griffith's Area News and Leeton's Irrigator until September 2023. Before landing at the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, he reported news in Junee, Wagga Wagga, Orange and Cootamundra.
Declan Rurenga was the editor of Griffith's Area News and Leeton's Irrigator until September 2023. Before landing at the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, he reported news in Junee, Wagga Wagga, Orange and Cootamundra.
