Over the past weekend 11 of our Ravens competed at the NSW State Open Championships held at SOPAC.

By Sonia Johnson 20 March 2020

With swimmers in attendance from all over Australia, including a number of our top Olympians; it provided our swimmers with an excellent opportunity to race against some of the best swimmers in this country. Our swimmers raced hard in the morning heats to gain qualification for the evening session in either an ‘A’ or ‘B’ final. Ravenswood was well represented in the finals, with 5 ‘A’ finalists, 7 ‘B’ finalists and 2 relay teams gaining top 10 placings.

Congratulations to our Medal winners:

*Tom Elliot – Silver Men’s 200m IM *Myles Bailey, Tom Eliot, Andrew Newling, Jack Edie – Silver Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay *Andrew Newling, Myles Bailey, Andrew Spoor, Tom Elliot – Silver Men’s 4x100m Free Relay

Congratulations to our top 10 place getters:

*Myles Bailey – 8th Men’s 200m Free *Tom Elliot – 6th Men’s 50m Breast and 10th Men’s 100m Fly *Matt Flaherty – 4th Men’s 50m Free *Andrew Newling – 5th Men’s 50m Free

Congratulations to our ‘B’ Finalists:

*Myles Bailey – Men’s 100m Free and 50m Free *Matthew Flaherty – Men’s 50m Fly *Eli Malkin – Women’s 100m Free *Gabrielle Naumovski – Women’s 200m Breast *Andrew Newling – Men’s 50m Fly *Clare Robertson – Women’s 100m Free and Women’s 50m Free

Congratulations again to everyone who competed over the weekend.