MIDDLE AND SENIOR SCHOOL
Swimming Sports Kristin Swimming Sports Days, held at the National Aquatic Centre, were successfully held in COVID-19 'Red’ on 9 and 11 February. The event on 9 February saw the college-aged students (Years 9 to 13) compete in circumstances very similar to that of non-COVID times, sans parent timekeepers, with the Senior School Sports Committee filling the void. The Junior Girls saw Ruby Qu winning a perfect 5 from 5 across the various disciplines, taking out that title, with Anika Sinclair and Jenny Zhang taking out the minor placings. The Intermediate Girls’ title race was a closer affair with Katie Black winning narrowly from Isla Jamieson by virtue of the fact that she won all three of the events she competed in. Catie Hoggard finished 3rd. No surprises that Rebecca Wilkins was the top performer in the Senior Girls given her swimming pedigree. Una Dennehy had a strong day also, picking up five 2nd places to take 2nd overall with Keira Spilling, who finished 3rd. In the Senior Boys, James Zhang was unbeaten across five races to take the title comfortably from Thomas Dunn and Matheo Fisher. In a large Intermediate Boys’ field, Matthew Zheng was another who was victorious in all five events, with Sam Hewlett narrowly taking out 2nd from Randal Li. In a close contest the Junior Boys’ title went to Arvin Alipourrezaee over Harry Shine, with Austin Zhang 3rd. The Year 7 and 8 Swimming Sports Day was sadly downsized from its normal numbers to adhere to ‘Red’ rules. Unlike the Year 9 to 13’s day, which caters to the more competitive swimmer, the Year 7 and 8’s event is normally open to swimmers of all abilities, with a mixture of shorter races and novelty events. This year it had
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to be limited to just the more competitive swimmers of Kristin, robbing the day of its usual raucous atmosphere. However, it was still an excellent day of swimming for those who attended, with the Middle School Sports Committee taking up the timekeeping duties and the whole day running like a well-oiled machine. The Year 7 Girls’ swimmer of the day was Karishima SharmaBarrow with just one point separating Ashley Spencer from Bella Zhang in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Grace Van Der Eijk swept every event to comfortably take the Year 8 Girl’s title, with consistent swimming helping Hannah Chang achieve 2nd and Ulyana Ruzich 3rd. In the Year 7 Boys, Sebastian Leigh prevailed in a tight contest over Samuel Shen, with Jerry Zhao 3rd. And finally in the Year 8 Boys, there was no doubt who the top swimmer was with Alec Guan winning every event, followed by Josh Li 2nd and Kevin Xu 3rd. All in all, it was a great couple of days in the water for our Kristin swimmers. We look forward to seeing how some of them perform this year at North Harbour, Auckland and national events.
Sherren Findley S P O RT S M A N A G E R – S W I M M I N G
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