Daniel Halksworth and Ian Black competed in the 400m freestyle final.
Although Halksworth was hoping to improve on his heat (4.04.60), he found the going extremely tough and had to settle for sixth in a race dominated by his training partners from the City of Perth and Victoria Park Swimming Clubs.
Meanwhile, 15-year-old Black showed good form to swim to a new PB of 4.31.93 as he finished eighth overall.
Pallot then powered her way to a PB of 4.35.53 in the women’s 400m free, nine seconds ahead of Ashley Cope, who improved slightly on her heat.
Pallot also featured in the B-Final of the women’s 100m fly, where both she and Rosie Barrett went on to improve on their initial heat times.
‘Amy has swum a number of strong events here this weekend,’ said coach Matt Magee afterwards.
‘The competition has been tough and she hasn’t let it affect her.
The 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle events are a wealth of untapped potential for Pallot and this is something she will have to sit down and plan with her coach (Paul du Feu) when she gets back to Jersey.
It is fair to say that there could be Island Games medals up for grabs but it is up to her, she has to make the decision.’ Meanwhile, the highlight of Saturday evening’s finals was the awesome display from teenager Mike Jackson, who won the men’s 200m backstroke in a time of 1.56.50, a new West Australian record.
In the other events on Saturday evening Rosie Barrett improved on her heat time for the 200m backstroke and the youngest member of the Jersey squad, 14-year-old Victoria Rebours, set a new PB of 2.26.52 in the same race.
Yesterday, Lauren Le Mière featured first in the women’s 50m free, posting a new personal best time of 28.64, as did Stuart Black in the men’s event with a huge drop in time to finish with a PB of 26.29.
In the 200m breast-stroke Victoria Rebours and Sarah-Jane Smith booked themselves a place in the finals with new PBs of 2.40.23 and 2.47.08 respectively.
Because of travel commitments, however, they were unable to swim in those finals.
‘A few of these youngsters now need to go back to Jersey with all of the enthusiasm they have shown out here; the Island Games are coming up fast, and they should be looking to win medals for sure,’ said Magee, as pleased as his swimmers by the commitment shown.
