Swimming Sports Day 2021

We may have moved to Alert Level 2 at the beginning of the first week in March, but thankfully the 2021 Swimming Sports was still able to go ahead, albeit as a competitive-swimmers-only event with no spectators. With the emphasis on serious swimming and with March temperatures mercifully dropping, records aplenty were broken, with five new benchmarks set. Dominic Fawkner (Taylor) set two new records, in the Senior 100m Freestyle with a time of 52.7 seconds, and in the Senior 200m, swimming 1’57 minutes. His fellow Taylor House swimmer Ciaran Watson set a new record in the Open 100m Butterfly, with a time of 59.81 seconds, and Senior Champion Carlos Hardie (Wilson) set a record in the Open 100m Medley with a time of 1’01.47 minutes. Junior Champion Miles Julian (Steel) was our final record-breaker, in the Junior 100m Breastroke, swimming 1’16.13 minutes. Wilson House cemented their reputation as a swimming powerhouse, once again taking out the House Competition, with Steel House coming back from a disastrous performance in the Athletic Sports to finish second. It’s all very tight at the moment, with only a few points separating all six Houses after two events. Congratulations to all of our swimmers on their efforts, and thanks to Mr Quigley and Mr Teokotai-White on their efforts in organising such a successful event in these ever-trying circumstances.

Junior Champion:

Intermediate Champion:

Senior Champion:

Swimming Sports House Points:

House Competition (after two events):