Richard Weinberger Wins Australian Open Water Championships

UVPCS swimmer Richard Weinberger cruised to yet another victory this weekend in the Australia Open Water National Championships.  Competing with some of the best open water swimmers from around the world, Weinberger pulled off an astonishing 42 second victory in the 10km.

A large group of competitors swam together for the first 5km, at which point the top three swimmers began to pull ahead by about 20 metres.  Weinberger was trailing behind Australian swimmer Rhys Mainstone until around the 8km mark, where he took the lead for good.  Weinberger won the gold medal with a time of 1:53:44.75, with Rhys Mainstone touching in at 1:54:26.27, and another Australian swimmer, Jarred Poort, taking the bronze in 1:54:39.35.