Penguins of Rhodes: Excellent presence and three medals in the Panhellenic Championship

2023-07-03 14:58:54

In the 1st phase of the Summer Panhellenic Championship, the Penguins of Rhodes participated with seven sportsmen and women, with the presence of our island’s club being excellent, since among other things it won three medals.
In the relevant announcement issued by the club, the following are mentioned:
“With 7 in the championship, the Penguins.
We are very happy that our team will participate with 7 athletes in the Panhellenic Championship, which is a great distinction for a team from our island.
3 medals, 7 athletes for the next phase, 7 limits in events, 8 qualifiers with places and 35/46 record is the account of the 1st phase of the championship. We are very proud of the results and the great improvement our athletes have achieved this year.
For our team, Ioli Moglali stood out with 3 limits and a gold medal, Vassilis Stavrianakis with 3 limits and a bronze medal, Gabriela Metoulari with a limit, a qualification with a place and a silver medal, Christina Papadimitriou with qualification with a place in three events, Tharrenos Bilias who managed to qualify with 2 places, Giorgos Lymberis who qualified with a place in the 200m. backstroke as well as Apostolis Stavrinakis with a place in the 200m. anterior.
All our participating athletes put in an excellent effort with great improvement in their events, with many individual records and placings very close to the places leading to the next phase. This fact together with the large presence of athletes is what makes us very proud. The very good work that is being done can be seen from the analysis in the tables we have prepared as the times that entered the championship are recorded as well as those that started in their years.
The management of the team would like to congratulate all the athletes for their very good results and performances, a sample of the very good work that has been done in our club all these years. Certainly a great message for the swimming of Rhodes which shows that with systematic work we can be worthy of the high level of swimming in Greece”.