There were 55 PB's recorded today!!!

PB champs of the day:
* Oriana Findlay - 5 races, 5 PB's - you can't do much better than that!
* Danielle Findlay - 6 races*, 5 PB's (What did these girls eat for breakfast, I wonder? Please tell us the secret!)
* Cameron Mackintosh - 6 races*, 5 PB's
* Hano Smith - 5 races, 4 PB's
* Natasha Rusch - 5 races, 4 PB's
* Brandon Andrews - 5 races, 4 PB's

*Extra races not scheduled in the events list.

Then 3 PB's from the two Jessica's - Robertson and Schurz

And 2 PB's from Hannah Ryan, Sophia Graybill, Sarah Pickard, Alex van Vlaanderen, Eddie Royle, Aimee van Vlaanderen, Mieke van Vlaanderen, Zoë Frangeskides and Cuan Smith.

And a PB each from Crystal Findlay, Max Ryan and Timothy Schurz

Also, great performances from Nicolas and Jacob Bertram swimming in their first major gala for AIS Torpedoes, bagging a huge number of points for the Torpedoes and setting the baselines for their future PB's.

And for those of you who didn't get a PB today - please don't be discouraged. Sometimes galas are like 'bad hair days.' You try your hardest but for some reason it just doesn't come together. The good news is that these 'bad hair days' usually don't last and by the next gala, everything will fall into place and the PB's will come thick and fast. (And you hair will also look good!) Cuan and Muzeya - what is the hair colour scheme for the next gala??? Please don't disappoint us!

So, to summarise.....the big highlights of the day
* Cuan Smith broke the national age group record for the 50m freestyle. Way to go, Cuan!!!
* Fifty five PB's were recorded today by AIS swimmers .
* Twenty new times were set today by swimmers who swam these events for the first time ever. Ten of these new times were set by Nicolas and Jacob Bertram who really entered into the spirit of the gala by swimming every single event on offer. Other swimmers doing events for the first time ever were Crystal Findlay, Jessica Robertson, Peter Frost, Aimee van Vlaanderen, Mieke van Vlaanderen, Zoë Frangeskides, David Frost and Stefan Celeketic.
* Cuan and Mieke's freestyle performances in the medley relays.

Swimmers of the day:

11 and under girls - Oriana Findlay followed by Natasha Rusch

11 and under boys - Brandon Andrews followed by Nicolas Bertram

12 and over girls - Danielle Findlay followed by Mieke van Vlaanderen

12 and over boys - Cuan Smith followed by Cameron Mackintosh

Biggest PB's of the day (hope I haven't forgotten anyone but by the end of the day my gala notes look like chicken scratchings!)

Aimee van Vlaanderen - 42 seconds in the 200 free

Mieke van Vlaanderen - 24 seconds in the 200 IM

Max Ryan - 14 seconds in the 100 free

Hano Smith - 13 seconds in the 200 back

Oriana Findlay - 12 seconds in the 50 fly

Sarah Pickard - 12 seconds in the 200 IM

Eddie Royle - 12 seconds in the 200 IM

Danielle Findlay - 11 seconds in the 100 breast

Crystal Findlay - 11 seconds in the 100 free