Swimming Carnival

Jason Carpenter

On Tuesday 23 February we finally got the opportunity to run the revised College Swimming Selection Carnival. Sixty-two students registered for events across the six age groups and made their way down to Gosford Pool.

An overcast, windy, and chilly day confronted our swimmers. What the carnival lacked in atmosphere, the boys certainly made up for it with their competitive spirit and behaviour on the day. Some fantastic racing took place with several very close heats testing the video replay, amounting to several discussions from the Judges and Timekeepers before the results were awarded.

The following Age Champions were crowned on the day:

Under 12 Cooper Smith

Knights Under 13 Tahj Regattieri Shanahan Under 14 Archie Carpenter Doolan Under 15 Ashton Walters Knights Under 16 Jayden Redfern Doolan Opens Daniel McLoughlin Doolan

The modified program allowed us some flexibility with the events we ran on the day. Instead of the usual house relays, we decided to run an all-age relay for each House and a ‘Champions of Champions Race’ that was handicapped for each of our 50 m Freestyle Age Group Champions.

While the conditions did not lend themselves to breaking records, the competition between the House Groups was very close. The final outcome saw Doolan (White) being crowned Champions for 2021 in a very close result over Shanahan. The final scores were as follows:

Doolan 265 points Shanahan 260 points Knights 233 points Spillane 204 points

Congratulations to all our winners who represented the College at the Broken Bay (BBSSSA) Swimming Carnival at SPOAC, Homebush.