Riverton Champions Smash State Records

Huge congratulations go to Tammy Souster (pictured above right) and Malira Cocking (pictured above left) for their achievements in the State Swim held at Challenge Stadium on 1 and 2 May. Each of them broke two state records in their respective age groups.

In the 30-34 years age group, Tammy set records in:

• 100m backstroke (short course): by swimming a new time of 1 minute 15.35 seconds and breaking the old record by 2.44 seconds; and
• 25m butterfly (short course): by swimming a new time of 15.36 seconds and breaking the old record by 0.21 of a second.
  

In the 40-44 years age group, Malira set records in:

• 100m breaststroke (short course): by swimming a new time of 1 minute 26.52 seconds and breaking her own previous record by 0.08 of a second; and
• 25m breaststroke (short course): by swimming a new time of 18.22 seconds and breaking her own previous record by 0.45 of a second.

These are superb efforts. Well done!