Lyons, Nobbs lead the way as young swimming guns make a splash at Nationals

Lyons won three gold, two silver and two bronze from her seven events, setting personal best times every time she hopped in the water.

She nabbed gold in the 200-metre butterfly, 200 breaststroke and in the 400 individual medley, which on top of being a personal best was also a NSW state record.

The 200 medley and 100 breaststroke both resulted in silver for the Kinross young gun, while her two freestyle events - over 200 and 50 - both resulted in bronze medals.

The swimmer was joined by fellow Kinross five other young guns in the pool for individual events.

Mercede Cornelius-Feltus - who finished 30^th in both the 100 butterfly and 400 individual medley, the latter of which was a personal best, while Zac Lewis racked up two personal best times from his five events, coming 51^st in the 200 medley and 28^th in the 400 freestyle.

Returning from injury, Ethan Crisp just missed a number of finals but scored 12^th position in both the 200 backstroke and in the 800 freestyle, that race a personal-best time.

Mercede Cornelius-Feltus racked up a personal best in the 400m medley, coming 30^th in that and the 100m butterfly, while Oliver McLachlan scored two personal bests - one in the 100m freestyle and another while finishing 16^th in the 200m backstroke.

Elly McMiles also swam well in thee events before competing alongside Cornelius-Feltus, Kaitlyn Hinrichsen and Lyons in the 4x50m freestyle relay, finishing 10^th, while Zoe Browne, Catie Crisp, Kaitlyn Hinrichsen and Hugh Gillham all joined to team to take part in the mixed medley relays.

Outside of the Kinross group, City of Orange Swim Club's Breahna Burgess had personal best times in the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle and 400 individual medley, while also competing in the 200 breaststroke.

Will Thornhill from Orange Aquatic also swam a personal best in the 400 freestyle, making him the first national qualifier from the newly formed club.

Kinross head coach Kim Taylor said it was fantastic to see the swimmers do well in Adelaide.

"They're all pretty tight, they stick together well," he said.

"From where the club was three years ago we've improved in a big way."

While he lauded the performance of all the swimmers, saying it was a massive achievement to compete, and anyone in a final was ranked in the top swimmers in the country, he said Lyons' performance was something special.

"We knew she was capable of good times but her personal best times were in so many events," he said.

Kinross also had three swimmers at open nationals the week before, with Emily Nobbs picking up two silver medals in 100 and 200 breaststroke and Brandon Fraser silver in the 800 freestyle. Josie Gillham made the final in the 50 free and, incredibly, achieved a Olympic trial qualifying time.

Taylor said Nobbs' efforts were a "huge effort" competing against swimmers with more experience in the open ages, especially considering her swimming style is "not recognisable" from 12 months ago."

"This time last year we completely deconstructed her technique ... she's been really persistent and it's been hard but she's been able to make the change."