Essendon District Aquatic
An inclusive swimming club based in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne offering competition squad programs from development to performance levels
Gallery Highlights
Vic Metro All Junior Champs!
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Well done to our medalists:
Indy - 🥇50m Backstroke, 🥉50m Butterfly
Angelina - 🥈50m Breaststroke
Ruby - 🥉50m Breaststroke
Megan - 🥉50m Freestyle
Shout out to our other finalists on their great performances:
Lily, Daniele, Matthew, Lucinda, Madison & Aiden
2024 Australian Age Championships! 💦
A fantastic 9 days of racing culminating in a Bronze Medal and finishing as the top club in Metro West!
Well done to all swimmers, coaches & parents on a fantastic meet!
#swim #swimming #nationals #team #water #pool #competiton #winning #fun #goldcoast #australia
Australian Age Championships 🤩
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Worth the wait!
Day 9 of the championships and we have our best result at National Level. Congratulations Mia on winning a Bronze Medal in the 14yrs 200m Butterfly in a new PB time of 2.21.79. A time that also qualifies for the 2024 Olympic Trials!
Australian Age Championships
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Our second last day of racing and we had Ruolan, Josh and Mia in the pool. Ruolan swam a solid 200m IM and both Josh (100m Backstroke) and Mia (200m IM) swam PB’s in their events.
Australian Age Championships
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Day 6 and we had Megan, Ruolan, Alan and Mia in action. Megan & Ruolan in the 50m butterfly, Alan in the 50m freestyle and Mia in the 400m freestyle. Some solid performances this morning, the highlight being Mia’s 400m Freestyle. Winning her heat from lane 9 in a 3 second PB!
Australian Age Championships
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Day 5 we had Ruolan and Megan in the 100m Backstroke, Mia in the 100m Butterfly and Alan in the 50m Backstroke. We got off to a great start with Megan and Mia qualifying for the B final of their events and Ruolan was 1st emergency. Alan then finished the morning with a PB in his 50m Back finally going under the 28 sec.
Congratulations to Megan who swam in her first National final and to Mia for backing up her PB morning swim with another PB in the final!
Australian Age Championships
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Indy, Josh & Alan were all in action on day 4 in the 50m Backstroke and Butterfly. All three put in solid performances to hit the wall on their PB’s.
In the night 4 Finals session we had the Girls 13-14yrs 4x50m Medley Relay. Megan, Angelina, Ruolan & Lucinda swam a blistering race to finish 1.17 seconds under their entry time and finish 34th overall. Congratulations to Megan who lead the team off and achieved a new PB in her 50m Backstroke!
Australian Age Championships
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Day 3 we had Molly, Ruolan and Megan hitting the pool. Molly had her final event, the 50m Freestyle. She ended her meet with another great PB and she finished 12th just missing another final. Ruolan & Megan both had the 100m Butterfly which was part of a tough double this morning for Ruolan who also had the 200m Backstroke. Both girls were just off their PB’s.
#swimming #swim #nationals #race #team #goldcoast #queensland
Australian Age Championships
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What a great first day we had in the pool. Molly was up with the 100m Freestyle & Backstroke. Progressing through to her first ever National Finals in both events!
Swimming from lane 9 in her Freestyle, Molly finished in 9th place overall taking over 6 seconds off her PB across the heats and finals!
She then backed up in the backstroke finishing 10th.
Shout out to Josh, Megan, Indy and Ruolan for cheering Molly on!
#swimming #nationals #swim #sport #team #competiton
When you meet your hero’s! 🥹
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#swimming #swimmingaus #swimvic #states #longlive #wonderstruck #taylorswift #ts #eras #melbourne
Victorian Open Championships
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Congratulations to both Molly and Mia who competed in their first Open State Final. Both girls came away with PB’s!
Molly
8th - 50m Backstroke MC ✨
Mia
8th - 200m Butterfly ✨
Thanks to everyone who came along to our EDA Long Course Meet on Sunday. Great to see so many fast swims and new qualifying times achieved.
Victorian Sprint Champs - Day 2
Day 2 saw our 15/O swimmers hit the pool. Our senior swimmers picked up where the juniors left off yesterday with another great day of swimming.
Congratulations to the following swimmers:
Alan
🥈17-18yrs 50m Backstroke
7th 17-18yrs 50m Butterfly
9th 17-18yrs 50m Freestyle
Josh
7th 17-18yrs 50m Backstroke
8th 17-18yrs 50m Freestyle
Molly
6th 50m Backstroke MC
6th 50m Breaststroke MC (PB🌟)
10th 50m Freestyle MC
Relay (Josh, Alan, Ella, Ruby)
18th 15/O Mixed 200 Freestyle
Victorian Sprint Champs - Day 1
Day 1 saw our 14/U swimmers hit the pool. It was a great morning with PB’s and new National Times achieved.
Megan, Ruolan, Mia, Lucinda (relay), River (relay) & Matthew (relay) were back in the pool for the finals session.
Congratulations to the following swimmers:
Megan
🥇12yrs 50m Butterly (PB🌟)
🥇12yrs 50m Backstroke (PB🌟)
4th 12yrs 50m Freestyle
Ruolan
5th 13yrs 50m Backstroke (PB🌟)
Mia
10th 14yrs 50m Freestyle
Relay (Lucinda, River, Matthew, Mia)
13th 13/14yrs Mixed 200 Freestyle
2024 Victorian Age Championships!
One of EDA’s best results. Congratulations to all swimmers, coaches and parents on a great meet!
21 finals
4x Gold 🥇
5x Silver 🥈
5x Bronze 🥉
6x new National Times
48x PB’s
#swimming #state #champs #team #sport #melbourne
Victorian Age Championships Day 5 Finals!
What a week it’s been in the pool for EDA! We capped off the 2024 Victorian Age Championships with another 2 Gold and 1 Bronze medal. We then had our junior girls finish the evening in the medley relay!
Mia
🥇200m Butterfly (PB🌟)
🥉400m IM (PB🌟 & NQT)
Molly
🥇100m Freestyle MC
Ruolan
6th 400m IM (PB🌟)
Victorian Age Championships Day 4 Finals!
Another amazing night for EDA with Mia, Ruolan and Molly picking up 5 medals between them.
Molly had two great swims dropping over 11seconds in her 100m Back. Ruolan backed up her morning swim with another PB in the 200m Back and Mia showed her true fighting spirit swimming two finals in under 30minutes both in PB and National qualifying times.
Our mixed Freestyle relay finished the night swimming under their entry time!
Mia
🥈200m IM (PB🌟 & NQT)
🥉400m Freestyle (PB🌟 & NQT)
Molly
🥈100m Backstroke MC (PB🌟)
🥈50m Freestyle MC
Ruolan
🥉200m Backstroke (PB🌟)
Relay
21st Mixed 4x50 Freestyle
Victorian Age Championships Day 3 Finals!
Night 3 saw Molly, Mia and Alan back in the pool for finals. We then had 3 relay teams in action. Special shout out to Ella and Elsie who stepped up at the last minute and swam some amazing splits!
Molly
🥉200m Freestyle MC
Alan
4th 100m Backstroke
Mia
6th 100m Freestyle (PB🌟)
Relays
11th Girls 4x50m Medley
28th Girls 4x50m Freestyle
18th Boys 4x50m Freestyle