St Clair won the overall club title in the southern regional championships, attended by 10 teams.
The 36-strong team won the title with a record points score of 299, well ahead of defending champion Waimairi (108) and Taylors Mistake (73).
St Clair swimmers dominated from the first event, winning all but the open age group for the tube rescue. National title holders Steph and Carla Laughton were convincing in their wins, while Jessie Schneiders teamed with sister Lulu to claim the under-16 title. Jessie returned to the water straight away to patient for national champion Carina Doyle to win the under-19 event.
Jamie Mowat and Andrew Trembath won the under 16-tube by a comfortable margin, and Hamish McCulloch and Garth Fulton completed the tube rescue success by winning the under-19 event.
Carina Doyle did her national selection prospects no harm by winning both the open and under-19 run-swim-run and the under-19 surf race.
Another St Clair athlete in the New Zealand selectors' sights is Jessie Schneiders. Schneiders again proved her outstanding potential by the winning the ski and board races and the under-16 diamond race, which combines both swimming and board paddling.
Trembath (under-16) won the surf race, ski race and board race but was unable to combine all three disciplines, having to settle for second to team-mate Jamie Mowat in the ironman.
The St Clair open women won all of the individual and team swimming and craft events, finishing second in the beach events.
Monique Francois won the ironwoman and board race, Carla Laughton claimed the surf ski, Steph Laughton won the surf race and Hannah Cullen won the board rescue. The four also teamed up to win the double-hulled canoe races.
The St Clair men were too strong in the board and ski-relay events, winning the open and under-19 titles.
"To finally have a win over all the Christchurch clubs in this event is great. To win by that margin is outstanding," club manager Antony Mason said.
The St Clair athletes have the Otago championships at their home beach this Saturday. The national championships are in Gisborne in mid-March.
