BATHURST swimmer Jodie Simson has continued her golden run of recent form, grabbing three top 10 finishes at the recent NSW Country Championships.

Competing at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre where she has raced plenty of times of late, Simson snared a silver medal in the 50 metres breaststroke her pet event and set a personal best in doing so.

She completed the one lap dash in 34.28 seconds to claim a podium finish in the 15 and over division. She defeated 59 other hopefuls.

She followed that with a ninth place in the 100m, again setting a new best mark with a 1.17.36.

That time was good enough to qualify her for the 100m at the Australian Championships to be held in Adelaide later this month, where she has already qualified for the 50m.

In her final and most gruelling event, the 200m breaststroke, she recorded a 2.47.39, good enough for sixth in the final and once more, a personal best.

Simsons performance comes on the back of her recent appearance at the NSW State Open Championships where she placed 32nd in the 50m.

The second placing was obviously a highlight, but also the fact that she swum a PB in all of her events was fantastic, Jodies dad Charlie Simson said. Shes qualified for the 100m in Adelaide now and shes absolutely worked her bum off to get there.

She didnt expect to finish that high up in the 50m, she was over the moon to find herself on the podium.

The teenager will now set her sights on a good finish at the nationals and her workload has increased of late accordingly in preparation.

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