Ballarat’s Tom Halliday took out the first Swim to the Rings race on Lake Wendouree.
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The 21-year-old led from start to finish over the 2000m course.
However, the memorable victory only came about by chance as Halliday – who studies in Melbourne – came down to visit family for the weekend and only found out about the event during the week and entered late Friday night. But he was stoked he did so, winning such an event in his home town is something he rates highly.
“Being from Ballarat – it’s a big deal. It’s one thing to say I’ve swum in the lake, it’s another thing to say I finished first,” Halliday said.
“I’m definitely glad I did that.
“I started pretty hard, I tried to get ahead and then worry about anyone catching me when that became a problem.”
Halliday endorsed the event, which had about 200 entrants in its first year, and hoped to come back next year.
“It’s so good, I’ll have to do more of them. It’s a good event to run, it’s a good idea.
“Hopefully I can come back next year and do it again.”
Halliday swims 20 hours a week, mainly training in the pool.
Having trialled for the Commonwealth Games he will now turn his focus towards the Pan Pacific trials in July.
All times and placings of competitor in the Ballarat Triathlon Club's inaugural Swim to the Rings at Lake Wendouree on Sunday:
1 Thomas Halliday time 24:49 age category 18-29 age category placing 1 gender placing male 1
2 Samuel Rose 28:37 12-17 1 male 2
3 Kelly Stubbins 29:01 30-39 1 female 1
4 Jye Burton 29:05 12-17 2 male 3
5 Ebony Ebenwaldner 29:09 30-39 2 female 2
6 Darcy Williams 29:12 12-17 3 male 4
7 Brendan Cutts 29:22 18-29 2 male 5
8 Jayden Gledhill 30:32 30-39 1 male 6
9 Jeremy Wirges 30:46 30-39 2 male 7
10 Liam Green 30:50 18-29 3 male 8
11 Ryan Ackers 31:01 18-29 4 male 9
12 Sallee Caldwell 31:17 40-59 1 female 3
13 Ethan Hayes 31:50 12-17 4 male 10
14 Callum Parkinson 32:04 12-17 5 male 11
15 Kate Frazer 32:15 18-29 1 female 4
16 Louise Wood 32:23 18-29 2 female 5
17 James Wilson 32:40 18-29 5 male 12
18 Jono Gawthrop 32:41 18-29 6 male 13
19 Grant Seater 32:46 30-39 3 male 14
20 Jacinta Collier 32:59 30-39 3 female 6
21 Mark O'donnell 33:03 18-29 7 male 15
22 Alyssia Jenkins 33:09 12-17 1 female 7
23 Grant Gilbert 33:19 40-59 1 male 16
24 Nic Valpied 33:21 40-59 2 male 17
25 Alexandra Cateriano 33:55 30-39 4 female 8
26 Jack Jenkins 34:20 40-59 3 male 18
27 Darren Pryor 34:22 40-59 4 male 19
28 Alex Meakin 34:33 40-59 5 male 20
29 Charlotte Bodey 34:42 12-17 2 female 9
30 Jackie Ellul 34:42 18-29 3 female 10
31 Raoul Mulder 34:48 40-59 6 male 21
32 Anthony Ferguson 34:58 40-59 7 male 22
33 James Davey 35:00 12-17 6 male 23
34 Tracey Hassell 35:11 40-59 2 female 11
35 Jillian Muir 35:27 40-59 3 female 12
36 Matt Owen 35:36 30-39 4 male 24
37 Wayne Bourke 35:56 60+ 1 male 25
38 Jack Collings 35:59 18-29 8 male 26
39 Dave Garner 36:01 40-59 8 male 27
40 Brennan Roberts 36:03 30-39 5 male 28
41 Michael Harwood 36:05 40-59 9 male 29
42 Gregory Neerhut 36:12 60+ 2 male 30
43 Tony Torney 36:15 40-59 10 male 31
44 Grady Coutts 36:19 Swim Aid 1 male 32
45 Denys Dodd 36:23 60+ 3 male 33
46 Oliver Meakin 36:25 12-17 7 male 34
47 Ben Stott 36:29 30-39 6 male 35
48 Neil Wright 36:41 60+ 4 male 36
49 Terry Lee 36:48 40-59 11 male 37
50 Chelsea Deason 36:50 18-29 4 female 13
51 Michael Urban 36:54 40-59 12 male 38
52 Gary Ryder-robinson 36:56 40-59 13 male 39
53 Caolan Somers 37:19 18-29 9 male 40
54 Sandy Iuliano 37:28 40-59 4 female 14
55 Mark Davey 37:35 40-59 14 male 41
56 Dean Candy 37:42 40-59 15 male 42
57 Georgia Murphy 37:42 18-29 5 female 15
58 Phillip Cochrane 37:46 40-59 16 male 43
59 Jared Olsen 37:59 12-17 8 male 44
60 Sam Lees 37:59 Swim Aid 2 male 45
61 Andrew Wood 38:02 40-59 17 male 46
62 Rebecca Beagley 38:03 18-29 6 female 16
63 Tom Ferguson 38:15 30-39 7 male 47
64 Jayden Lang 38:19 12-17 9 male 48
65 Roderick Kilborn 38:21 40-59 18 male 49
66 Zachary Meakin 38:27 12-17 10 male 50
67 Russell Hawkes 38:31 40-59 19 male 51
68 Stephen Murphy 38:32 40-59 20 male 52
69 Jen Bourke 38:37 30-39 5 female 17
70 Tony Foss 38:42 40-59 21 male 53
71 Roy Solterbeck 38:42 40-59 22 male 54
72 Karin Ried 38:51 40-59 5 female 18
73 Grace Davies 38:59 12-17 3 female 19
74 Jeremy Cowan 39:08 40-59 23 male 55
75 Adrian Warmington 39:12 40-59 24 male 56
76 Stephen Oliver 39:37 40-59 25 male 57
77 Steve Menhennet 39:37 40-59 26 male 58
78 Adam Lowery 39:51 40-59 27 male 59
79 Bob Campbell-burns 39:58 60+ 5 male 60
80 Davis Coutts 40:23 12-17 11 male 61
81 Tanya Suggett 40:25 40-59 6 female 20
82 Micah Poole 40:25 12-17 12 male 62
83 Sarah Hawkes 40:28 18-29 7 female 21
84 Chris Beechey 40:35 40-59 28 male 63
85 Murray Theyers 40:38 60+ 6 male 64
86 Paul Brick 40:41 30-39 8 male 65
87 Joanne Ham 40:42 40-59 7 female 22
88 Janet Jones 40:45 40-59 8 female 23
89 Maree Macague 40:46 40-59 9 female 24
90 Patrick Hawkes 40:52 18-29 10 male 66
91 Belinda Mirabella 41:08 40-59 10 female 25
92 Kate Howard 41:22 18-29 8 female 26
93 Katie Jackson 41:27 12-17 4 female 27
94 Chris Hutton 41:28 40-59 29 male 67
95 Peter Byrnes 41:28 60+ 7 male 68
96 Teagan Glenane 41:30 30-39 6 female 28
97 Robert Cameron 41:31 60+ 8 male 69
98 Jess Egan 41:40 30-39 7 female 29
99 Craig Schepis 41:45 40-59 30 male 70
100 Paul Turner 41:54 40-59 31 male 71
101 Mat Dent 42:00 40-59 32 male 72
102 Hayley Birch 42:17 40-59 11 female 30
103 Linda Masterson 42:22 40-59 12 female 31
104 Laurie Allen 42:35 40-59 33 male 73
105 James Kerr 42:45 40-59 34 male 74
106 Zoe Ross 42:49 Swim Aid 1 female 32
107 Annie Belcher 42:50 18-29 9 female 33
108 Chris Collins 42:51 40-59 35 male 75
109 Philip Mcdougall 43:10 60+ 9 male 76
110 Gary Hines 43:13 60+ 10 male 77
111 Samantha Kilborn 43:18 30-39 8 female 34
112 Kevin Bell 43:23 60+ 11 male 78
113 Arthur Shaw 43:26 40-59 36 male 79
114 Danielle Barry 43:38 18-29 10 female 35
115 Carina Leviston 43:42 18-29 11 female 36
116 James Leviston 43:44 40-59 37 male 80
117 Denis Fitzpatrick 43:46 60+ 12 male 81
118 Kaylene Templar 43:56 40-59 13 female 37
119 Georgie Hassell 44:00 18-29 12 female 38
120 Tony Dundas 44:06 40-59 38 male 82
121 Holly Hutton 44:16 12-17 5 female 39
122 Michelle Ryan 44:21 30-39 9 female 40
123 Donna Heffernan 44:25 40-59 14 female 41
124 James Nicol 44:29 40-59 39 male 83
125 Malcolm Bell 44:31 40-59 40 male 84
126 Janine Dodds 44:39 40-59 15 female 42
127 Darren Smith 44:42 40-59 41 male 85
128 Graeme Ferguson 44:45 60+ 13 male 86
129 Deanna Neville 44:47 40-59 16 female 43
130 Chuck Read 44:57 40-59 42 male 87
131 Tara Brick 45:02 30-39 10 female 44
132 Elio Comello 45:05 40-59 43 male 88
133 Cameron Sanowden 45:09 40-59 44 male 89
134 Emma Manton 45:12 40-59 17 female 45
135 Trevor Lea 45:41 60+ 14 male 90
136 Duncan Howard 45:44 40-59 45 male 91
137 Chung-leong Li 45:51 30-39 9 male 92
138 Laura Tweddle 45:59 30-39 11 female 46
139 Rod Coates 46:05 40-59 46 male 93
140 Cecilia Benedict 46:07 40-59 18 female 47
141 Jen Henderson 46:08 40-59 19 female 48
142 Ross Gay 46:12 40-59 47 male 94
143 Bill Jeffrey 46:23 60+ 15 male 95
144 Cath Jessop 46:31 40-59 20 female 49
145 Paul Esmonde 46:34 40-59 48 male 96
146 Marie Bird 46:44 40-59 21 female 50
147 Susan Gay 47:18 40-59 22 female 51
148 Anthony Mcilwaine 47:28 40-59 49 male 97
149 Christine Shaw 47:31 40-59 23 female 52
150 Bridget Clarke 47:33 40-59 24 female 53
151 Keely Williams 47:40 18-29 13 female 54
152 Linda Mcnamara 47:56 40-59 25 female 55
153 Martin Neild 48:00 40-59 50 male 98
154 Sue Garner 48:04 40-59 26 female 56
155 Colin Macdonald 48:23 60+ 16 male 99
156 Alistair Cardew 48:51 18-29 11 male 100
157 Peter Collins 48:55 40-59 51 male 101
158 Nicholas Van Der Molen 49:31 30-39 10 male 102
159 Mary-ann Seebeck 49:31 40-59 27 female 57
160 John Gardner 49:54 30-39 11 male 103
161 David Tapscott 50:13 40-59 52 male 104
162 Zali Palmer 50:16 12-17 6 female 58
163 Rebecca Fleming 50:18 40-59 28 female 59
164 Richard Young 50:19 18-29 12 male 105
165 Annie Cowan 50:52 12-17 7 female 60
166 Tilly Pearce 50:53 12-17 8 female 61
167 Dean Petrie 50:58 18-29 13 male 106
168 Peter Ebenwaldner 51:10 40-59 53 male 107
169 Pauline Molloy 51:35 40-59 29 female 62
170 Simon Jarvis 51:44 40-59 54 male 108
171 Meredith Carter 51:50 18-29 14 female 63
172 Russel Cowan 51:55 40-59 55 male 109
173 Jennie Leith 52:18 60+ 1 female 64
174 May Thomas 52:48 18-29 15 female 65
175 Sandra Mcalpine 52:51 18-29 16 female 66
176 Abiathar Templar 53:01 12-17 9 female 67
177 Rob Hughes 53:08 40-59 56 male 110
178 Diane Shiells 53:35 Swim Aid 2 female 68
179 Tim Zwar 54:16 60+ 17 male 111
180 Meg Tait 54:20 30-39 12 female 69
181 Sharon Dundas 54:35 Swim Aid 3 female 70
182 Sandy Coutts 54:35 Swim Aid 4 female 71
183 Tanya Heath 55:14 40-59 30 female 72
184 Matt Davis 55:21 40-59 57 male 112
185 Howard Louis 55:26 40-59 58 male 113
186 Ian Kerr 55:49 60+ 18 male 114
187 Tristan Brumby-rendell 56:30 30-39 12 male 115
188 Alice Bewly 56:30 18-29 17 female 73
189 Braden Evans 56:49 18-29 14 male 116
190 Michelle Shaw 57:03 40-59 31 female 74
191 Lee Meakin 57:06 40-59 32 female 75
192 Ian Janson 57:09 40-59 59 male 117
193 Clare Sleeman 57:18 40-59 33 female 76
194 Graham Cheeseman 57:35 60+ 19 male 118
195 Peter Beaumont 57:46 60+ 20 male 119
196 John Berriman 57:59 60+ 21 male 120
197 Grace Van Hees 58:30 12-17 10 female 77
198 Ian Kemp 1:00:17 60+ 22 male 121
199 Nathan Brown 1:01:16 12-17 13 male 122
200 Merv Thomas 1:01:27 60+ 23 male 123
201 Andrew Brown 1:02:21 40-59 60 male 124
202 Patrick Holland 1:02:53 60+ 24 male 125
203 Josh Clough 1:02:54 18-29 15 male 126
204 Denis Churkovich 1:04:12 60+ 25 male 127
205 Mark Ciccarelli 1:04:20 30-39 13 male 128
206 Loretta Robinson 1:04:40 40-59 34 female 78
207 Josephine Brown 1:04:55 Swim Aid 11 female 79
208 Tennille Ussher 1:06:32 30-39 13 female 80
209 Conor Dickson 1:07:28 18-29 16 male 129
210 Justine Malone 1:08:26 40-59 35 female 81
211 Alan Hands 1:11:12 60+ 26 male 130
212 Jan Stewart 1:11:13 40-59 36 female 82
213 Angela Scwikkard 1:14:12 40-59 37 female 83
214 Peter Charlewood 1:41:37 60+ 27 male 131