Age group swimmers top podium in Australia

Te Awamutu swimmer Vanessa Ouwehand added two more to her medal tally on the penultimate day of the Victorian Age Championships.

Ouwehand, 14, was first home in the 100m backstroke in 1:05.82 and collected the bronze medal in the 400m individual medley with a time of 5:10.28 to take her overall tally for the meet to five gold and a bronze.

Joshua Taylor-Martin (Enterprise) was also back on top of the podium in his third golden performance of the meet.

The 15 year old won the 200m freestyle in 1:53.90, just .26 seconds off breaking a national age group record.

Mary Tate (United) and Joshua Gilbert (Stratford) also made the podium yesterday.

Tate was third in the 15 year olds 200m breaststroke in 2:46.22 while Gilbert claimed second in the 13 year olds 100m breaststroke in 1:12.15.

Others in finals were Maggie Franks (Central Hawkes Bay), Libby Bradley (Greerton), Josh McCormack-Goeth (St Peters), Michael Woods (Te Awamutu), Cole McDowell (Thames), Thomas Hughson (Howick Pakuranga), Christopher Chen (Parnell), Millie MacDonald (Parnell), Maxwell Stubbs (Te Awamutu) and Chelsea Ouwehand (Te Awamutu).

The meet concludes today.