Stroke of genius
THIRTEEN year old Meeniyan boy Locke DeGaris will be competing in the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships held at Adelaide in September.
Swim star: Locke DeGaris of Meeniyan is gearing up for his next big swimming competition, held in September in Adelaide.
Locke has been swimming since he was eight, getting his start with the Leongatha Swim Club, and now swims for the Traralgon Swim Club.
His last big event was the National Age Championships held in April at Adelaide.
“I swam pretty well there, and achieved some personal bests,” he said.
Locke will be swimming at Adelaide as part of TeamVic and will be joined by five of his Traralgon team mates.
“The 50 metre freestyle is my main event and I will also be competing in the 100 metre freestyle and three relays,” he said.
He swims year round, except for a three week break in late April. Swimming well and being good at what he does keeps Locke in the pool.
“I train on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights and Saturday mornings in the Valley, and I also do home based gym three nights a week,” he said.
To help him stay fit and in tip-top shape, Locke also sees a dietician on a regular basis to help improve the way he eats and also what to eat on race day.
He also has regular massages to keep everything working well.
The move to the Traralgon based club was made as it provides great pathways for young swimmers to excel in the sport.
“We are lucky there are a few locals who also swim with the club, so we can car pool to training,” Locke’s mum Carolyn said.
Locke’s goal in the long term is to become an Olympic swimmer, however in the short term; he is aiming for a gold medal at the Adelaide event.
“I would like to win a gold medal in the 50 free and to do that I will need to swim it in around 26 seconds flat. My personal best is 26.40 seconds,” he said.
Locke swam at the Victorian Age Short Course Championships at the weekend.
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Posted by Jacob De Kunder on Sep 3 2013. Filed under Sport. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
