SEVERAL of Echuca's finest young swimmers have taken their talents to Melbourne after competing at the 2019 Country Junior District Competition held earlier this month.
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George Griffiths, Lenny Griffiths, William Walshe, Isla Cladingboel, Lucy Kennedy, Amelia O'Grady, Kayla O'Grady, Anja Taylor and Hanna Taylor all competed in events involving children aged eight to 12.
The event brought together some of the best swimmers from across Victoria with local athletes representing the Central Victoria team, made up of 56 kids.
For all nine, it was their first experience representing the district at swimming and for some, their first opportunity to swim at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.
Kayla O'Grady, who was one of the youngest team members, performed strongly throughout the day.
After winning the 50m eight-year-old backstroke event in a time of 50.18s, Kayla then followed it up with back-to-back second places finishes in the 50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke.
Meanwhile Amelia O'Grady featured on the relay team which finished third in the 10-year-old 200m medley relay.
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