Six West Australian athletes attended the 2010 Australian Age Multi Class Championships at the AIS pool in Canberra from Friday 26^th through to Sunday 28^th February. The three day event consisted of swimmers aged from 11 years through to 18 years competing against other state representatives.

Multi Class races see athletes compete against the world record mark in that event for their classification, and not necessarily the swimmers in the lanes next to them.  The winner of the race is not who touches the wall first, but the swimmer who gets closest to the world record in their classification.

The classifications are broken down as follows;
1-S10                      Functional Disability
S11 - S13                 Visually Impaired
S14                         Intellectually Disabled
S15                         Deaf
S16                         Transplant recipients

17 year old from Superfins, Brendon Masters finished in 10^th place in the Men's 17-18 years 100m Freestyle with a time of 1:19.62 and in the 17/18 years 50m Freestyle stopping the clock at 34.74.

Fellow club member Sebastian McMahon took home a bronze medal with a time of 32.79 in the Men's 11-14 50m Freestyle, 4^th place in the 11-14 years 100m Freestyle touching the wall at 1:17.04, 5^th place in the 11-14 years 50m Backstroke with a time of 41.53 and 6^th place in the 11-14 100m Backstroke stopping the clock at 1:31.47.

Megan Saggers, also from Superfins, placed 4^th im the Women's 15-16 years 100m Breaststroke in a time of 2:32.19 and stopped the clock at 1:01.86 in the 15-16 50m Backstroke coming in 5^th place.

Luke Smith of Victoria Park Swimming Club had a brilliant swim taking home two gold medals in the Men's 16-18 years 50m Breaststroke (34.74) and 100m Breaststroke (1:19.86), two bronze medals in the Men's 16-18 200m IM (2:42.98) and the 15-16 50m Butterfly (33.82). Luke placed 4^th in the Men's 15-16 50m Freestyle (29.30 ) and 15-16 50m Backstroke (36.54), 5^th in the 15-16 100m Backstroke (1:19.97) and in the 16-16 100m Freestyle (1:05.12). Luke also placed 6^th with a time of 5:10.71 in the Men's 16-18 400m Freestyle.

15 year old Liam Smith from Kalamunda finished in 4^th place in the Men's 15-16 100m Backstroke with a time of 1:21.09, 5^th place in the 15-16 50m Backstroke stopping the clock at 38.62, 6^th place in the 15-16 50m Freestyle with a time of 33.61, 7^th place in the 15-16 100m Freestyle touching the wall at 1:14.45 and 9^th place in the 11-15 400m Freestyle with a time of 5:56.53.

Jade Stepanoski of Western Sprint took home a bronze medal in the Women's 15-16 50m Freestyle stopping the clock at 40.14 and finished in 4^th position in the 15-16 50m Breaststroke with a time of 52.19.

Congratulations to all the swimmers that competed over the three day event. We hope that competing at a national level was a valuable experience and will help further develop your swimming career.

These athletes will be recognised and rewarded at the Team WA Open Presentation Evening that will be held on the 5^th March at the Department of Sport and Recreation. We look forward to seeing all the athletes in attendance to receive recognition that is well deserved.