Linz, Enns: At the 43rd swimming zone and masters meeting, organized by ASKÖ SC Steyr from June 18 to 20 in the Enns outdoor pool, the ASV Linz swimmers once again offered a fantastic competition. The impressive balance of 50 gold, 19 silver and 12 bronze medals shows that “we are heading in the right direction and that we are competitive in all age groups” Head coach Daniel Wartner satisfied with the services provided.
The top performers in the general class Alexander Trampitsch and Paul Espernberger could convince in their runs as well as Martin Espernberger among the juniors, who had to admit defeat only once in seven starts, with a new best time over 100m back. The juniors also performed very well Small KZsombor, who won gold over 50m breaststroke, as well as in the youth class Alex Lin and Julian Sowa.
Sowa, who is moving to the Olympic Center in autumn, was able to win the 100 and 200m breasts and also showed his qualities on other courses. A permanent guest on the podium (the prevention concept did not include a classic award ceremony) was again Valentin Aicher in the age group 2009/2010. With new personal bests he was unbeatable over 200m back, 50m and 200m chest. Robert Gherasim however, in this age group swam to silver in the 400m individual medley and hit the 400m freestyle and 200m back in third place.
The 10-year-old was also crowned the winner for the first time Find Cancer. He showed his talent in the 50 and 100m breaststroke and thankfully took two gold medals home with him.
ASV-Linz Ladies were in no way inferior to men
The achievements of Liv Greta Stollnbergerwho won the 100m butterfly in the youth class and the 100m chest with a new personal best, and the Leonie Schelenzwho only hit second over 400m freestyle and 100m back in the children’s class (2009/2010). In her other six starts, she was the fastest to leave the pool.
Both also took part Franziska Kierlinger-Seiberl (Born in 2008) and Angelika Kronlachner (General class) Bronze in the women’s 4x50m medley relay.
“I congratulate all swimmers on their achievements and the many new best times, despite the high temperatures this weekend. The fact that our trainers implement our concept in the youth work shows not only that we are competitive with one of the most recent relay reports in the general rating, but also the excellent performance of our little ones, who did that today and a few weeks ago in Wels swam on a 50m track for the first time “, is glad Club chairman consultant Helmut Ilk.
So could, among other things. Viktoria Scharrer, Katharina Kierlinger-Seiberl, Elena Kutschera, Elke Wimmer, Lilly Kiesl, Lea Dorninger and Mia Bruckner achieved many new bests and top 10 results and again delivered a successful talent test, as did Alexander Leski, Lukas Lochner, Clemens Schinninger and Kilian Wimmer.
Masters swimmers successful
That the meeting in Enns is always enjoyed by the Masters swimmers, as the Upper Austrian provincial championship titles are awarded here every year, was also shown Angelika Kronlachner and Karoline Prince. Despite the barely available training opportunities due to the corona pandemic, Prinz made himself national champion 2021 in the age group 25 over 50m chest and 100m back.
In the AK 30, Kronlachner made it clear with great times in the 50 and 100m freestyle, 50 and 100m breaststroke, 50 and 100m butterfly that she is the fastest Upper Austrian Masters swimmer and also proved in the 200m medley that she is far from being “to the old iron ”.
The strong team result was rounded off with the great performances of Matthias Kritzinger, Luca Lehmann, Katharina Leski, Irina Nitu and Sara Frick and the strength of the team in the relay competitions, including the vice chairman and president of the OÖLSV Consultant Josef Richer congratulated and also the special achievement of Johanna Enkner underlined, who achieved a top 20 performance for the first time in the open Atlantic over 10km at the qualification meeting in Setubal, Portugal.
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