"It was a great meet in the upgraded facilities," Sharks president Jenny Briggs said.

"And as organisers, we loved seeing the camaraderie between the swimmers."

A total of 112 swimmers from around the Wimmera took part, and with the Wimmera Championships - also to be held at Horsham - only two weeks away, they brought fast swimming with them.

Swimmers walking away with multiple individual gold medals included Jorja Clode (Horsham), who won six gold medals. Claudia Lanyon (Horsham) won five, while Jack Lanyon, Deacon Briggs, and Heidi and Ebony Start picked up four individual gold medals each.

Winners of the annual trophies included Montanna Connelly (Horsham), who won both the WH Shipham and the Owen Williams trophies for the open women's 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke; Jack Lanyon (Horsham), the McRae Perpetual Trophy for the men's open 100m backstroke; and Jorja Clode (Horsham), the Jenkins Perpetual Trophy for the individual swimmer with the highest points total at the meet.

But just as the top swimmers walked away with the trophies, so too were there some marvellous performances which did not necessarily earn medals.

Crowd favourite and multiclass swimmer Madee Townsend (Horsham) recorded a 28-second personal best in the 100m freestyle. Ivana Donnan (Ararat) recorded a 27-second personal best in the women's 400m freestyle and 11-year-old Aleara Madex (Ararat) recorded a 47-second PB in the 400m women's race.

"Overall, there were some pretty strong results," Horsham coach Megan Hutchinson said.

With the Ararat swim meet next week, followed by the Wimmera Championships, the Country All Juniors and finally, to end the season, the Victorian Interdistrict competition, now is certainly the time for swimmers to both pull out their strong results as well as demonstrate their improvement.