Youngsters once again shine on big stage in Albany

Irmuun Amarbayasgalan broke three local records and was named junior swimmer of the meeting while leading Kalgoorlie Amateur Swimming Club’s charge at last weekend’s Albany Short Course Classic.

The 12-year-old’s performance was underpinned by three breaststroke gold medals, while teammate Oliver Samuels was victorious in the 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley.

Eleven KASC members made up the combined field of 154 swimmers across 27 WA clubs and came away with 24 medals — five gold, 11 silver and eight bronze.

KASC medal winners:

Gold:

Irmuun Amarbayasgalan (50m, 100m, 200m breaststroke).

Oliver Samuels (200m freestyle; 200m individual medley).

Silver:

Irmuun Amarbayasgalan (100m backstroke; 200m individual medley).

Jarvis Leo (100m backstroke).

Oliver Samuels (50m butterfly; 50m freestyle; 100m freestyle).

Lily Ngatokorua (50m backstroke).

Zali Slade (50m, 100m backstroke; 50m, 100m freestyle).

Bronze:

Irmuun Amarbayasgalan (50m butterfly; 100m butterfly; 100m individual medley; 200m backstroke).

Jarvis Leo (400m freestyle).

Lily Ngatokorua (200m backstroke).

Oliver Samuels (400m freestyle).

Zali Slade (100m breaststroke).

Personal-best highlights:

Irmuun Amarbayasgalan (100m freestyle; minus 10.70sec.).

Axle Dehne (100m Individual medley; minus 2.32sec.).

Iveelt-Od Ganzurkh (50m backstroke; minus 2.98sec.).

Jarvis Leo (400m freestyle; minus 8.06sec.).

Dallas Ngatokorua (50m breaststroke; minus 0.88sec.).

Lily Ngatokorua (200m backstroke; minus 3.51sec.; 100m backstroke; minus 2.70sec.; 100m individual medley; minus 1.32sec.).

Oliver Samuels (100m butterfly; minus 4.32sec.; 200m freestyle; minus 3.54sec.; 100m individual medley; minus 2.98sec.).

Tyler Slade (50m breaststroke; minus 28.15sec.; 50m freestyle; minus 20.82sec.).

Zali Slade: 200m mreaststroke (minus 1:06.67), 100m breaststroke (minus 5.18sec.), 100m backstroke; minus 3.12sec.).

Henry Thomson-Tamakaha (100m breaststroke; minus 3.42sec.).

Vincent Thomson-Tamakaha (50m breaststroke; minus 0.87sec.).