ORANGE'S swim clubs continue to set the standard for the sport in the region after dominant showings at last weekend's annual Mountains and Plains Short Course Carnival at Orange Aquatic Centre.
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Jets, Kinross and City of Orange (COO) swim clubs finished first, second and third respectively in the carnival's overall team scores, while Jets and City of Orange also collected wins in the overall men's and women's point scores.
Jets claimed the overall title with 3905.5 points, finishing almost 300 in front of Kinross and another 800 or so in front of COO.
In the men's section Jets were equally as dominant, finishing almost 400 points in front of second-placed Kinross. Springwood came third, with COO seventh.
COO claimed the women's title by 500 points from, again, Kinross in second, with Jets finishing third.
Jets coach Michael Thornhill heaped praise on all three clubs following the meet.
"It was a great meet, there were many age champions from all three clubs and plenty of NSW Country, NSW State Age and NSW State Open qualifying times set," he said.
The most comprehensive of the three wins, City of Orange's women's crown was set up by a huge number of medal wins from their female contingent.
Millie Brodbeck claimed five medals, while Courtney Chapman swam seven personal best times on her way to 11 medals – five were gold.
Felicity Chitukudza, Francesca Chitukudza and Olivia Goodlock won 10, 10 and 11 medals respectively, Julia Grant won five and Eva Keegan won three, among other stunning individual performances from the likes of Tessa Smith, Kiara Wiggins and Imogen Johnston.
COO also claimed three age champion trophies.
