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  • Mack Horton is the ‘whole package’

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    Read The Australian There has been much discussion in Australia’s swimming ranks about the drop-off in the distance ranks in the past five years and anecdotal evidence from coaches that the new generation of swimmers was unwilling to do the work required for the toughest event on the pool program. But Horton, in Year 11 at…

  • 2013 AYOF Swimming Finals Stun

    2013 AYOF Swimming Finals Stun

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    “On the last day of the 2013 AYOF swimming competition, it was the highly anticipated men’s 15000m and men’s and women’s 50m freestyle that everyone came to see.”

  • Mack Horton, 14 and 15:37.71 in the 1500 free

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    At the Australian age group nationals in Adelaide yesterday, 14-year-old Mack Horton set an impressive Australian age group record, clocking 15:37.71 in the 1500 long course freestyle. This wiped 10 seconds of his previous age group record in the age-group 14 and below. In comparison, Grant Hackett in 1996 clocked a very impressive 15:30.63 a…