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For the sixth year in a row, Champagnat were convincing winners at the 8 – 12 Swimming Carnival held at the Aquatic Centre on Tuesday 14 February 2017, scoring 1,889 points.

The day began with freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke, followed by the medley and the relay.

The top 8 shootout was a highly anticipated new addition to the schedule this year, showcasing the strong swimming talent at Tenison Woods College. In two of the most intense races of the day, Year 8 students Hayley Pearson and Archie Muller finished the 50 metre lap in their respective male and female divisions just milliseconds before their competitors, taking out the titles of fastest boy at 29.32 and girl at 30.84.

The fun continued with novelty events including volleyball, water polo, the big bomb, frisbee toss, spoon scramble, tyre tube relay, obstacle course and the fill the bottle relay. These all enabled the students to splash around and enjoy the great weather with friends, while also gaining points for their house colours.

Overall Winning House Scores:

Champagnat: 1,889
McAuley: 1,572
MacKillop: 1,465
Woods: 1,150

House spirit award: McAuley

Age group champions

Male

U/14 Male Champion, Archie Muller, 72.0

U/15 Male Champion, Daniel O’Callaghan, 94.0

U/16 Male: James Gazzard, 72.0

Open Male: Daniel Ker, 88.0

Female

U/14 Female Champion, Hayley Pearson, 68.0

U/15 Female Champion, Maggi Carter, 88.0

U/16 Female: Sarah Opie, 72.0

Open Female: Laura Gazzard, 92.0

Junior Swimming Champion: Daniel O’Callaghan, 94.0 points

Senior Swimming Champion: Laura Gazzard 92.0 points

Fastest Boy: Archie Muller, Year 8, 29.32

Fastest Girl: Hayley Pearson, Year 8, 30.84

Records

M U/16 50m Freestyle, James Gazzard, 28.75

M U/15 4 x 50m Medley Relay, Champagnat, 2:31.38

M U/14 50m Breaststroke, Archie Muller, 40.07

M U/15 Breaststroke, Daniel O’Callaghan, 39.98

M U/16 50m Breaststroke, James Gazzard, 40.07

F U/15 50m Backstroke, Sarah Opie, 34.66

M U/16 50m Backstroke, James Gazzard, 34.69

F U/15 50m Butterfly, Hayley Pearson, 34.06

M U/14 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay, Champagnat, 2:37.34

M U/15 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay, Champagnat, 2:31.62

F U/16 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay, Woods, 2:29.66

It was great to see the hard work and effort put in to the event by staff, parents and students. We wish all our competitive swimmers good luck for the Interschool Swimming Carnival which will be held on Friday 17 February at the Aquatic Centre, hosted by Mount Gambier High School.