It rained personal best (PB) times while medals were replaced with cash as Gunnedah swimmers competed at the popular Coolah swim carnival last weekend.
There were 45 placings with firsts, seconds and thirds during the short course hit-out while swimmers achieved more than 40 PBs.
As always, the Dash for Cash races attracted excitement from the sidelines.
Banjo Fitzgerald blitzed the 10&U 25m freestyle race to win in 14.97 seconds, and he also equalled the pool record.
Banjo topped the list of first placings with eight wins, along with two seconds and a third. Results included:
Bobbie Crane (9): 3rd 50m backstroke, three PBs.
Darcie Crane (11): 3rd 50m backstroke, five PBs.
Frankie Crane (7): 1st 25m breaststroke and 25m butterfly, four PBs.
Banjo Fitzgerald (10): 1st 50m freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, 100m freestyle and butterfly, 100m individual medley (IM), Dash for Cash; 2nd 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke; 3rd 100m breaststroke, five PBs.
Jimmy Fitzgerald (8): 1st 50m backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke; 3rd 100m butterfly and IM, five PBs.
Sarah Mudford (11) and brother George (8) turned in a solid effort to post new times for their first carnival.
Harry Ramien (8): two PBs.
Matilda Ramien (9): 1st 50m and 100m breaststroke, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke; 2nd 50m freestyle; 3rd 200m freestyle, one PB.
Reggie Stewart (7): 3rd 25m butterfly, two PBs.
Marsel Tikhonskiy (12): 3rd 50m and 100m freestyle, two PBs.
Pippa Wark (10): 1st 50m backstroke, freestyle and breaststroke; 2nd 100m freestyle and backstroke, 50m butterfly; 3rd 100m and 200m IM, eight PBs.
Samuel Wark (7): 1st 25m backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, four PBs.
Georgie Warmoll (8): 1st 50m backstroke, three PBs.
Isabel Warmoll (9): five PBs.
Jock Warmoll (6): 1st 25m freestyle and backstroke.
The Gunnedah squad will now turn its attention to the NSW Speedo Sprint heats and New England and North West Championships in Armidale this weekend.
Banjo Fitzgerald blitzed the 10&U Dash for Cash.
Darcie Crane, Matilda Ramien, Bobbie Crane and Sarah Mudford at Coolah.
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