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Swimming North Coast Winter Championships

Swimming North Coast Winter Championships
By Tonia Dynan

Paralympic hopeful Ben Auckram
THE Lismore Workers Swim Team is still bringing the heat despite the cooler weather.
Last weekend the team smashed some PBs and grabbed medals at the Swimming North Coast Winter Championships at Trinity Aquatic Centre.
“We had about 15 athletes compete, ranging in age from eight to 17,” coach Peter Harvey said.
“We had quite a few guys get medals. It’s not surprising this time of year because we’re still in heavy training, so there was no real expectations but they did exceptionally well so pretty happy with the way they are going at the moment.”
The team’s two Paralympic hopefuls, Ben Auckram and Mckinley Arnison, have been putting in the hard yards at the Southern Cross University pool, training for the Olympics trials this Friday.
“They’ll be spending six days down in Adelaide if it all goes ahead,” Peter said.
“So, we’re pretty excited about that. We’re looking at obviously trials, but we’re also looking three years down the track at Paris.”
McKinley was in last year’s Australian development team and recently brought home a gold medal, two silver medals and four bronze medals from the All School State Swimming event.

Paralympic hopeful Mckinley Arnison
Ben, who has spina bifida, and Mckinley, who has cerebral palsy, also brought home great results in the 2021 National Age Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast in April.
Mckinley finished off the meet with a gold in the 200m freestyle and bronze in the 400m freestyle, while Ben finished fourth in the 400m freestyle.
“McKinley’s only just turned 16 so she’s very, very young to be in that sort of position,” Peter said.
“Most of Mckinley’s competitors are close to 30, so she competes exceptionally well against those guys.
“She’ll get a gig if she goes to Paris, she just has to dig deep and do the work.”

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