The Border and North East will be well represented at next week's Victorian Age Championships, with more than 30 swimmers from the region to compete for medals.
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Albury Amateur Swim Club has 11 individual competitors and additional members in relays, Wodonga Amateur Swim Club has 12, a further three will represent GT Aquatics Swimming Club, while Wangaratta Amateur Swimming Club has four in contention.
Young gun Oscar Kreutzberger is one of Albury's main medal chances, particularly in the 12 boys 200m freestyle, where he's ranked second.
Breaststrokers Rosie Britton (16 girls) and Chelsea Isaac (13 girls) are also inside the top 10, while Eloise Phegan is a strong medal chance in the 14 girls 50m freestyle.
Cooper Hall, Brooke King, Carl Lyons, Mackensy Muller, Ryan Ruhbaum, Archie Toohey and Samuele Vaccaro have also made the team, while Laila Machin and Asha Krautz will compete in relays.
Wodonga swimmers include Zander Coates, Patrick Duggan, Lucy Elderfield, Lachlan Elgin, William Elgin, Amy Field, Erin Haydon, Mia Haydon, Mackensey House, Annie Marquison, Lachlan Payne and Bailey Smith.
Patrick Bullivant, Somaiya Harriden and Elinor McGarvie will look to impress for GT Aquatics, while Claire Hernan, Lucy Hughes, Maggie Skewes and Gabe Watson fly the flag for Wangaratta.
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The championships run from December 17 to December 21 at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.
Albury head coach Wayne Gould is excited about his team's prospects.
"They're a good group of kids. They work hard and do their eight sessions a week," Gould said.
"It's a pretty proud moment for these kids to get selected to go into state.
"We've got a really good batch of breaststrokers and a really good relay team going away.
"Rosie Britton has already qualified in the Australian Open in the 50m breaststroke and she just got a Victorian record in that event.
"Chelsea Isaac is almost as fast as Rosie and she's only 13.
"Oscar Kreutzberger has come up into the elite group this year and is ranked second in the 200m freestyle."
Gould believes he has a very strong squad across the board, with the exception of the older boys age groups.
"I've got a terrific batch of 13 and 14-year-olds coming up to take their place and it's only a matter of time," he said.
"It's a really even team and it's very competitive.
"They've got three targets for the year, this one, the regionals in Canberra on the long weekend and the Ovens and Murray championships, as well as anyone who goes onto nationals.
"We had seven national swimmers last year and three are already qualified."
Albury Swimming Club celebrates 100 years in 2020.
"We've had six Olympians go through this club in 100 years and no other club around the district can claim that," Gould added.
"Who knows when the next one will come through the door, it could be one of them."