Amelia Simm wrapped up a hugely successful Australian Age Swimming Championships individually, and for the five-strong Tamworth City contingent, with another top 10 finish on the final night of competition at the Gold Coast Swimming & Aquatic Centre.
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After qualifying for her fourth final from as many events, the superfish was placed sixth in the girls 14yrs 200m breaststroke.
Sharks team-mate Ella Fittler also made the final, touching in 10th.
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Simm had started off the championships with a seventh place in the 14yrs girls 200m individual medley. Seeded 22nd on times heading in, she slashed overall over four seconds off her entry time after dropping 0.87secs between the preliminaries and the final.
It was a common theme with Simm swimming a pb pretty much every time she hit the water.
She went on to also finish seventh in the 400m, after shaving off 2.91secs between the prelims and the final, and fifth in the 100m breaststroke.
Alex Hayes meanwhile finalled in both the 15yrs girls 100m and 200m breaststroke, placing fifth in the 200m and ninth in the 100m.
Fittler also swam a pb her 100m breaststroke, as did Tilani Smith in the 13yrs girls 200m breaststroke and James Ryan in his 14yrs boys 400m individual medley (he swam a five second pb). He also competed in the 200m breaststroke.
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