Records tumble at national Swimming Virtual Short Course
Posted on November 30, 2020 by NSW Institute of Sport
The Hancock Prospecting Australian Virtual Short Course took place across the country over the weekend, with a large number of NSWIS athletes competing.
Throughout the weekend swimmers from the NSW Institute of Sport set both world and Australian records.
Teenager Alexander Tuckfield (S9, SLC Aquadot) claimed a world record with his second place swim in the Men’s 200m Freestyle Multi-class, swimming faster than his record split in the 400m in Sydney the day before with a time of in 2:01.41.
Auburn teenager Ricky Betar (2:07.77) claimed top spot and a world record in the Men’s 200m IM Multi-class with his swim in Sydney on Friday night, as four-time Paralympian Matthew Levy claimed second place in a new world record time of 2:32.42 in Brisbane.
Nelson Bay’s Taylor Corry followed suit with a World Record in the 100m Backstroke in a time of 1:05.78
SOPAC’s Matthew Wilson took out the Men’s 100m breaststroke in a new Australian record of 56.89, beating Samuel Williamson’s (Firbank Aquatics) swim of 57.00 in Melbourne on Friday morning.
The final night just saw North Sydney’s Matthew Levy (SB6, 1:21.25) add his second world record of the meet to his tally after he took out the Men’s 100m Breaststroke Multi-class.
For all further results across the weekend please see the Swimming Australia website.
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