Swimming Carnival
We were lucky this year, the sun decided to grace us with its presence and the rain stayed away for the day. Congratulations to all students for their efforts, showing terrific participation and enthusiasm levels. The house spirit shown was outstanding, with Patterson taking home the Spirit Cup. I would like to personally thank all of the house captains who did an incredible job, encouraging their team and staying within the COVID guidelines, they kept a smile on their faces all day and created an amazing atmosphere.
A huge thank you to all staff involved who did an excellent job, without your commitment and support the carnival could not have gone ahead.
Order was restored this year, the staff have regained the bragging rights for the staff vs students relay, with the staff winning the race in convincing fashion. However, students were not a push over and the staff had to work really hard for the 1st half of the race before running away with the win.
We also saw quite a few PBs and records broken on the day by Harrison Tancred, Year 7, who won all his races in convincing fashion and achieved his PB in 200 m IM which was only 0.02 of a second slower than the school record set in 2015.
Harrison finished 1st in 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke, butterfly, freestyle and breaststroke, achieving three PBs in these events as well as setting new school records. He broke the record for the 100m freestyle, 50 m backstroke and 50 m freestyle, which were set in 2010, and set a new record in the 50m breaststroke which was set 2012.
School records tumbled on the day, with four records being broken by Harrison of Kendall. Harrison swam unbelievably throughout the day and managed to set new records in the 100m freestyle (1min03.14sec), 50m Breaststroke (35.95secs),50m Freestyle (28.86 secs), the 50m Backstroke (34.72secs). Congratulations to Harrison.
Congratulations to the following age champions:
12 Years – Aria Tritico (Lawson) and Cohen Shoesmith (Paterson)
13 Years – Miley Cox (Gordon) and Harrison Tancred (Kendall)
14 Years – Hannah Carmichael (Lawson) and Dylan Kinkade (Gordon)
15 Years – Amy Rowell (Paterson) and Jackson Shoesmith (Paterson)
16 Years – Emily Rowell (Paterson), Jayme Wisemantel (Lawson)
17 Years - Yolanta Guthridge (Paterson) and Thomas Fidock (Kendall)
Winning House: Paterson
Well done to all houses, and once again thank you to everyone involved in what was a fantastic day!
Laurent Gonfond
School Sport Coordinator