Thomas Geyer has been establishing himself as one of the most exciting junior swimmers in Bathurst and now he looks set to be joined by another, his sister Georgie.
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The pair were busy breaking records left, right and centre at the All Saints’ swimming carnival recently and, since then, 13-year-old Thomas has booked himself a place at the Australian Age Championships in Adelaide during April with some strong results at the Country Championships at Homebush on the weekend.
Thomas is no stranger to breaking records. He holds more than a dozen records through age groups at the school and added another five to his name this year, starting with the 100 metres freestyle and medley, as well as the 50m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.
Nine-year-old Georgie has blossomed as a swimmer and announced her arrival by breaking three records at the All Saints’ Carnival in the 50m breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle.
One of those records had stood for more than 20 years.
The pair’s mum Melanie said they had been long-time swimmers, but said her daughter had taken big steps forward this year when it comes to competition.
“They both started swimming when they were babies. Georgie was always sort of dragged along when Thomas was swimming, so she got into it as well, but now she is really starting to hit her straps,” Melanie said.
“Thomas enjoys swimming but he always complains about training, whereas Georgie never has had a problem with it.”
Thomas has had a hectic calendar recently.
A fortnight ago he took on the best from Bathurst, Glenbrook, Orange, Kinross, Springwood, Katoomba and Lithgow and was awarded the 13 years summer age champion for the Mountains and Plains Swimming area.
The championship involved competing in nine events (50m all strokes, 100m all strokes and 200IM) and he was the only swimmer from Bathurst to be crowned age champion.
He finished 23rd out of 120 at the All Schools Triathlon in Penrith.
However, the achievement he is most proud of is qualifying for the Nationals in Adelaide.
So far he has qualified in the 200 metres breaststroke after slashing four-and-a-half seconds off his personal best time.
He is now concentrating on the 100m breaststroke, where he has three meetings left to post a qualifying time and he is only .2 of a second away from achieving that.
“I’m really looking forward to Nationals, it’s going to be really exciting,” he said.
“It’s what I’ve been aiming for and now I want to get there in the 100 metres as well.”
