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Speaker 1: We spoke a little bit yesterday about swimming on the

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Speaker 1: master's side of things, because we know that they've got

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Speaker 1: some national championships coming up.

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Speaker 2: In a little while here in Darwin.

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Speaker 1: But I tell you what coming up over the next

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Speaker 1: the Nationals for swimming.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: It is going to showcase some of the absolute best

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Speaker 1: swimmers from around the country.

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Speaker 2: And we know that when it comes to swimming.

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Speaker 1: Australia really that's well and truly above their weight. We're

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Speaker 1: on a national and on an international stage.

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Speaker 2: And I'm really pleased to say that.

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Speaker 1: Joining me in the studio right now is two of

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Speaker 1: the Northern territories best swimmers. They're from the Darwin Buffs

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Speaker 1: Swimming Club. It is James Smith. Good morning to you, James, morning, Katie,

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Speaker 1: and also Chloe Reader.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you Chloe.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you both in the studio and so

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Speaker 1: great to see you both heading away for the Nationals

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Speaker 1: now You're head off on Saturday?

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Speaker 2: Is that right now? Chloe? How are you feeling? Are

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Speaker 2: you excited about the big trip?

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Speaker 3: It is very exciting. It's also very nice and nerve

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Speaker 3: racking racing people from around Australia.

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Speaker 1: Well, this is the thing, right, they're people from all

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Speaker 1: around Australia, but they are like the best of the

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Speaker 1: best when it comes to swimming around Australia, aren't they. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and James, you've been away for the Nationals before.

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Speaker 2: Well you've both.

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Speaker 1: Actually been away for the Nationals before. But we've got

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Speaker 1: a really strong contingent from the Northern Territory on this

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Speaker 1: strip thirteen. I know that three of those swimmers are

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Speaker 1: from Nightcliff Swimming Club and they're actually taking part with

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Speaker 1: the multi class, aren't they.

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Speaker 4: Yes, that's right. So we got three from Nightcliff Swimming Club,

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Speaker 4: Sean Sarah and Ico Sarah. She could meddle in some

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Speaker 4: of her races. So that's really exciting, great to look

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Speaker 4: forward to.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, will really be wonderful to see them, to see

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Speaker 1: them and their element of the carnival get underway. So

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Speaker 1: they sort of have a couple of days before you

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Speaker 1: guys start swimming, don't they.

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Speaker 4: Yes, that's right. So they race independently of the non

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Speaker 4: multi class swimmers yep.

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Speaker 1: And so then there's ten from Darwin Buff's heading away

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Speaker 1: for the Nationals.

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Speaker 2: Who's going this time round?

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Speaker 4: So this time Ella, Sam, Liam and Skylight. They're all

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Speaker 4: attending their first Nationals, so amazing experience for them. And

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Speaker 4: then Macy, Chloe, Patrick, Bailey Sampson and myself we're all

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Speaker 4: going for our second, third, or in my case fourth Nationals.

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Speaker 2: This is your fourth Nationals.

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Speaker 4: Yes, it's fourth Nationals.

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Speaker 1: Are you feeling a bit more confident because you've been

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Speaker 1: a few more, you know, a few other times?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so.

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Speaker 4: It definitely helps settle the nerves you get used to

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Speaker 4: it and all the different procedures and things that go

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it's great, it will be you guys are

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Speaker 1: going to have such a good time and it he

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Speaker 1: such a strong team, Like you've got some phenomenal swimmers, Chloe,

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Speaker 1: from the names that are going and from the people

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Speaker 1: that are heading across, like James has pointed out a

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Speaker 1: few of them their first time ever. But we've also

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Speaker 1: got some really strong contenders for medals, don't we at

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So Macy's went last year and she did really well,

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Speaker 3: and this year I think she's hoping to get even

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Speaker 1: She's awesome, She's a fantastic young swimmer. Isn't she Macy Sheridan.

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Speaker 1: She did incredibly well at the nationals last year, so

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Speaker 1: hoping that she'll continue on with that good form. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: what's her what's her best race or is she just

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Speaker 3: She's she's amazing and everything, but I think her main

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Speaker 3: stake's definitely freestyle and backshoke in like the sprint events.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, she's like, she's an incredible athlete, But so

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Speaker 1: many of you are incredible athletes, and I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: very fortunate I get to see you swim quite often,

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Speaker 1: you know they're at the club. But for those out

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Speaker 2: Now, Chloe, I know that you're going to be.

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Speaker 1: Well, your main events are the two hundred and four

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Speaker 1: hundred I AM.

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Speaker 2: Some people out.

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Speaker 1: There listening are not even going to know how many

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Speaker 3: Firstly, Well, the two hundred AM is fifteen meters of

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Speaker 3: each stroke, and then the four hundred AM is one

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Speaker 3: hundred meters of each stroke, and the orders butterfly backshoke,

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Speaker 3: breaststoke freestyle.

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Speaker 1: Now, talk me through what kind of training you've had

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Speaker 1: to do in recent months to really get to the

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Speaker 1: point where you're hoping to make a final this time round.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so we've all been training really hard. I've been

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Speaker 3: I think seven times a week in the water, and

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Speaker 3: then we've also started doing two gym sessions a week

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Speaker 3: at Snap Fitness, which is good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, something a bit different too, huh. You know a

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Speaker 1: bit of different training I suppose, but good for you.

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Speaker 1: Like it's really good team building too. I would imagine

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Speaker 1: being at the gym together and doing something slightly different to.

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Speaker 2: What you used to do.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and James tell me for you you go the

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Speaker 1: longest stuff like you're you know, it's a hat. I

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Speaker 1: mean the four hundred am is incredibly hard as well,

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Speaker 1: the eight hundred, and the fifteen one hundred meters Freestyleah

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Speaker 1: made how many kilometers are you training a week?

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Speaker 2: Do you reckon?

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Speaker 4: I think it was two weeks ago I hit it

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Speaker 4: would have been nearly fifty kilometers. Wow, that's over. I

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Speaker 4: think it was nine sessions that week. Then we had

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Speaker 1: And you're hoping well, certainly, Tim, your coach is hoping

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Speaker 1: that you might meetle at the Nationals this year. How

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Speaker 4: I'm feeling good, confident, hoping I can medal. I think

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Speaker 4: I'm going in frank second in one of my races,

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Speaker 4: so hoping to be able to come away with a medal,

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Speaker 4: hopefully gold. But we'll have to see how it goes.

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Speaker 1: I think you guys are going to do fantastically and

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Speaker 1: I think it's so wonderful to see such a great

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Speaker 1: So we will all be keeping a really close eye

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Speaker 1: on things. Please do keep us up to date with

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Speaker 1: how you guys go. So we know that the three

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Speaker 1: Nightcliff swimmers are the three multi classwimers there. Their races

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Speaker 1: start this Saturday. What day do you guys start racing?

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Speaker 1: Is it Monday?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we start racing Monday.

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Speaker 2: Thank you to Sunday.

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Speaker 1: All right, it's going to be a big week and

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Speaker 1: the whole of the Northern Territory is going to be

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Speaker 1: cheering for you, so please keep us up to date

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Speaker 1: with how you guys go. Wonderful to have you in

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Speaker 1: the studio this morning. From the day on Buffs Swimming

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Speaker 1: Club Chloe Reader and James Smith.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, good thank you, thank you,