Essendon District Aquatic
A premier swimming club based in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne offering competition squad programs from development to elite performance levels
Gallery Highlights
Metro Junior District Competition
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Congratulations to Lily, Sophia & Daniele who were representing Metro West at the Metro Junior District Comp.
Top 10 Results:
Daniele
🥇50m Butterfly
🥈50m Backstroke
4th 50m Breaststroke
8th 50m Freestyle
4th 4x50m Freestyle Relay
🥉4x50m Medley Relay
Lily
10th 50m Butterfly
6th 4x50m Freestyle Relay
7th 4x50m Medley Relay
Sophia
7th 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Metro West District Champs - Week 2
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The second weekend of District Champs saw the boys take to the pool. We had 14 swimmers in action with a good day of racing producing new PB’s and State Qualifying times!
Metro West District Champs - Week 1
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The first weekend of the Metro West District Champs saw the girls up first. We had 19 swimmers in action and we had some great swims for our first official comp of the long course season.
Recapping a great Vic Age Short Course Champs!
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33 PB’s
27 Top 20 finishes
4x Finalists
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Bring on LC season!
Vic Age SC Champs - Day 3 Results
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It seems our EDA swimmers saved their best swims for Day 3, with 14 PB’s swum in the morning!
Congratulations to our two finalists who backed up their morning PB’s with finals PB’s too!
Megan
13yrs 100m Backstroke - 5th (PB🌟)
Eve
14yrs 200m Breaststroke - 5th (PB🌟)
Vic Age SC Champs - Day 2 Results
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Day two saw another solid day of racing with 8x PB’s this morning. Well done to Megan and Indy on progressing through to the finals in their events:
Megan
13yrs 100m Freestyle - 10th
Indy
16yrs 200m Backstroke - 9th
Vic Age SC Champs - Day 1 Results
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After a great heat session this morning we had 4 finalists racing in the afternoon. Congratulations to the following swimmers on their results:
Eve
14yrs 100m Breaststroke - 4th (PB 🌟)
Megan
13yrs 100m Butterfly - 6th
Indy
16yrs 100m Backstroke - 8th
Hunter
16yrs 200m Butterfly - 8th
Best of luck to our 20 swimmers racing at the Victorian Age Short Course Championships!
Racing kicks off tomorrow. Good Luck everyone!
On Saturday, EDA was extremely fortunate to have 2x Olympian and Paris Silver medalist @jenna_strauch join us for the morning to share her journey from Age Group swimmer to Olympian. Jenna’s journey is one of resilience and persistence and we are so grateful she was able to share this with us. A great motivation for our swimmers leading in to Vic Age SC Champs!
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#olympics #paris #swimming #swim #swimmer #team #silver #medal #picoftheday
VIC OPEN SHORT COURSE CHAMPS
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A sold weekend of racing for our Vic Open swimmers as they practiced their race plans and skills leading into Vic Age States. Shout out to Hunter who went 4x PB’s from 4x events on Sunday!
Yesterday we held our annual EDA SC Meet. Thanks to everyone who helped out behind the scenes on the day to make sure it ran smoothly and to all those who came and supported the meet!
Thanks to @keatspics2 for taking these great action shots!
What an amazing experience for our Head Coach Chris to attend the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as the head coach for Tonga.
A lifelong dream fulfilled.
We can’t wait to hear all about it!
#olympics #olympicgames #paris #swimming #coach
VIC METRO SHORT COURSE CHAMPS
DAY 2 - Results
Well done to our swimmers who raced on Day 2 of the Vic Metro Champs. Todays stats included:
22 PB swims
5 medals
8 top 10 finishes!
EDA also finishes 16th overall in the Club Point Score!
Congratulations to the following swimmers:
Molly
🥇100m Freestyle
🥇50m Freestyle
Daniele
🥈100m Butterfly
🥉100m Backstroke
Indy
🥉100m Backstroke
VIC METRO SHORT COURSE CHAMPS
DAY 1 - Results
Congratulations to all our swimmers who swam on Day 1 of the Vic Metro Champs. We had 27 PB swims, 4 medals and 13 top 10 finishes!
Shout out to the following swimmers:
Daniele
🥈50m Butterfly
🥉50m Backstroke
🥉100m IM
Megan
🥉100m Butterfly
With the swimming kicking off today, make sure you keep an eye out for Alan who is competing in the 100m Backstroke Heats on Sunday.
Good Luck Alan!
Good Luck to one of our newest members Eve as she represents Team Vic at the School Sport Australia Championships!
Eve will be competing in the 50m, 100m & 200m Breaststroke as well as the Freestyle relay.
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Keep your eyes peeled during the opening ceremony as Alan has been named one of the flag bearers for Team Tonga!
Congratulations Alan, what an amazing honor!
#paris2024 #olympics #olympicgames #paris #france #swimming #swim #team
EDA in Paris!
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Good luck to Head Coach Chris and Alan as they gear up for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! Both Alan and Chris are representing Team Tonga. We wish Alan and the remainder of the Tongan Swimming Team all the best in Paris!
#paris2024 #paris #olympics #swimming #swim
EDA Presentation Night!
A wonderful night celebrating all our wonderful swimmers achievements in the pool. Congratulations to all on a fantastic season! Onwards and upwards from here!
#EDA #presentation #awards #celebrate #swim #swimming #team #friends #squad #pool