LAUNCESTON Aquatic swimmer Freya Jetson continues to rewrite the record books following a blistering weekend in the pool at the Tasmanian winter regional swimming championships.
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Jetson, 14, set four state benchmarks.
In the 200m freestyle, she clocked 2:05.86, breaking former clubmate Ariarne Titmus’s record of 2:05.96 set in September 2014.
Jetson’s 100m backstroke time of 1:03.88, broke Nikita Moore’s July 2005 record of 1:04.30.
Her 200m backstroke time of 2:15.98, took the record from Moore’s 2:17.10, also dating back to 2005.
And her 100m butterfly time of 1:04.62, broke a joint record held by Nicole Hunter and Penny Sproal of 1:04.80 which dates back to September 2002.
The record blitz, at the Launceston Aquatic Centre, comes just weeks after Jetson also broke the state 50m backstroke record.
The Launceston Church Grammar School student won individual gold medals in the 100m fly, 100m and 200m backstroke; and the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle.
She also teamed up with clubmates Brooke Cairns, Chelsea Ford and Dawson Howell, all 14, to win gold in the girls’ 13-14 years 200m freestyle relay.
Freya’s father, Guy, thanked coach Derek Taylor and his wife Carolyn, for returning to LAC to help out with coaching over winter.
It was Taylor’s last swim meet in Tasmania before returning to Queensland.
‘‘LAC have really appreciated Derek and Carolyn helping LAC out while we look for a new coach,’’ Mr Jetson said.
Freya’s next swimming events are the Tasmanian short course championships in Hobart at the beginning of September followed by the national state teams short course championships in Canberra. She gained her first qualifying time to swim at the Australian short course titles in Sydney in November from the 200m backstroke swim on the weekend.
Freya holds three short course and four long course records, in addition to the four set on the weekend.
In other record-breaking swims over the weekend, Aran Miller, 21, of South Esk , set Downs Syndrome Swimming Australia national records in the 100m butterfly with a time of 1.15.97, and the 200m backstroke with a time of 2.55.49.
In the Southern regional championships, Stefanie McCarthy, of Hobart Aquatic Club, also rewrote the Tasmanian record books, for the second time in a month.
She set a 11 years record in the 400m freestyle on Saturday with a time of 4:58.33. This record, formerly held by Emily Bird, stood for 12 years.
Nearly 250 swimmers from across Tasmania took part in the regional championships, held in Hobart on Saturday and Launceston on Saturday and Sunday.
