Mornington Peninsula athletes have returned home from the 2022 Australian Lifesaving Championships with plenty of silverware and results to make themselves and their clubs proud. They brought home one gold, one silver and three bronze medals in the Masters water and beach competition as well as making 19 finals.
Portsea SLSC member Susan Crow won gold in the Masters’ 65-69 years surf race and silver in the 2km swim.
Point Leo Surf Life Saving Club’s open male belt swim team of Henry Atkins, Nicholas Ford, Caleb Gray, Myles Irwin and Hannah Scott were fifth in the hotly contested final against some of the nation’s best swimmers.
Competing for Warrnambool SLSC, Mount Martha Life Saving Club member Poppy Cook was part of the fourth-placed under-17 women’s Taplin relay with Mia Cook and Paige Holt.
Luca Phillips had the honour of being one of the first under-13s to compete at an Australian championships, with the age group included in the youth competition for the first time. He was ninth in the under-13 male 2km beach run and teamed up with Noah Kyriacou for a 10th in the under-13/14 male 2x1km beach relay.
In the Masters, Portsea’s Susan Crow won gold and silver, and Frank Christian (Point Leo), Chloe Hardman (Portsea) and Haydn Tierney (Point Leo) each picked up a bronze.
Senior: open male belt swim, Point Leo SLSC 5; under-17 male ski race, Gabriel Cornwall (Portsea SLSC) 12.
Portsea’s Chloe Hardman was one of three Peninsula athletes to pick up a bronze medal in the Masters water and beach competition.
Gabriel Cornwall, from the Portsea SLSC, was 12th in the under-17 ski race.
Youth: under-14 female 2km swim, Mia Horskins (Portsea SLSC) 5; under-13/14 2x1km run,
Point Leo A 10; under-13 male 2km run, Luca Phillips (Point Leo SLSC) 9; under-15 female 2km run, Chelsea Rosewarne (Mornington LSC) 12; Isabella Rosewarne (Mornington LSC) 13.
Masters: 65-69 years female surf race, Susan Crow (Portsea SLSC) 1; 40-44 years male 2km swim, Haydn Tierney (Point Leo SLSC) 3; 60-64 years male surf race, Frank Christian (Point Leo SLSC) 3; 50-54 years ironwoman, Chloe Hardman (Portsea SLSC) 5; 55-59 years ironman, Jon Ford (Point Leo SLSC) 6; 55-59 years male board rescue, Point Leo SLSC 8; 50-54 years male beach sprint, Andrew Kiss (Portsea SLSC) 10; 65-69 years female 2km swim, Susan Crow (Portsea SLSC) 2; 50-54 years female ski race, Chloe Hardman (Portsea SLSC) 3; 50-54 years male board race, Nicholas Clarke (Point Leo SLSC) 4; 50-54 years male surf race, Timothy Farrell (Point Leo SLSC) 6; 40-44 years ironman, Haydn Tierney (Point Leo SLSC) 7; 50-54 years ironman, Nicholas Clarke (Point Leo SLSC) 9.
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