Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre will host the 2021 Swimming NSW Country Championships from Friday to Sunday, February 19-21, which will be attended by 12 Narrabri and Wee Waa swimmers.

The Narrabri Stingrays Swimming Club and Wee Waa Swimming Club will be represented at the event.

Wee Waa Swimming Club will be represented by Jaxon Gray, who is coached by Narrabri Stingrays Swimming Club head coach Fiona Connell, as well as Tayla Nott, Aleira Sunderland, Lilly Burford, Jack Lowick, Harry Bennett, Will Smith, Baxter Dalton, Nate Dewson and Darcy Gleeson, who are all coached by Karla’s Swim Team head coach Karla Carruthers.

Wee Waa Swimming Club’s Jemima Leslie also qualified for the event but will not be attending. Jemima is also coached by Carruthers.

Stingrays sisters Pip and Millie Collins have also qualified and will compete.

Coaches of the respective swimmers told The Courier that they were proud of them for qualifying for the SOPAC meet.

First up for the Narrabri Shire swimmers will be Darcy Gleeson who will compete in event nine, the men’s 13-years 100m breaststroke, which is scheduled to take place at 4.07pm in session one on Friday afternoon.

The full list of events which each swimmer will compete in are as follows:

Harry Bennett: Men’s 14-years 100m freestyle, men’s 14-years-and-under 400m IM, men’s 14-years 100m butterfly, men’s 13-14-years 200m butterfly, men’s 14-years 100m backstroke, men’s 13-14-years 200m IM, men’s 13-14-years 200m freestyle, men’s 13-14-years 50m freestyle.

Lilly Burford: Women’s 11-12-years 50m freestyle.

Millie Collins: Women’s 13-years 100m freestyle, women’s 13-14-years 50m freestyle.

Pip Collins: Women’s 10-11-years 50m breaststroke, women’s 11-years 100m breaststroke, women’s 11-years 100m freestyle.

Baxter Dalton: Men’s 10-12-years 200m medley relay (1), men’s 11-12-years 50m freestyle.

Nate Dewson: Men’s 10-12-years 200m medley relay (4), men’s 10-yeras 50m freestyle, men’s 10-years 100m butterfly, men’s 10-12-years 200m freestyle relay (2), men’s 10-years 100m freestyle.

Darcy Gleeson: Men’s 13-years 100m breaststroke.

Jaxon Gray: Men’s 10-12-years 200m medley relay (3), men’s 10-years 50m freestyle, men’s 10-12-years 200m freestyle relay (3)

Jack Lowick: Men’s 10-12-years 200m medley relay (2), men’s 10-12-years 200m breaststroke, men’s 11-12-years 50m freestyle, men’s 10-11-years 50m breaststroke, men’s 10-12-years 200m freestyle relay (4), men’s 11-years 100m breaststroke, men’s 11-years 100m freestyle, men’s 10-11-years 50m butterfly.

Tayla Nott: Women’s 13-years 100m backstroke.

Will Smith: Men’s 10-years 50m freestyle, men’s 10-12-years 200m freestyle relay (1), men’s 10-years 100m freestyle.
Aleira Sunderland: Women’s 11-12-years 50m freestyle, women’s 11-years 100m freestyle.

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