Twilight Swimming Carnival

The 2022 Mater Dei Catholic College Twilight Swimming Carnival was held on Thursday 3 February, and for the second year the event was held as “competitors only” and without spectators in attendance due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. 

Despite this, a large number of students, led proudly by our seniors, competed with great spirit under the College catch-cry of “5 Houses- 1 Home” in diving and championship events. A big thank you must go to all staff for their hard work in ensuring another successful College event.

The Mater Dei Swimming Carnival aims to provide opportunity for competition as well as participation. Despite the circumstances surrounding the carnival, to have over 250 students in attendance and competing in events showed a fantastic school and House spirit and a willingness to participate by those students who attended the carnival. 

A big thank you must go to all volunteers and staff for their hard work in ensuring another successful College event.

The atmosphere of the carnival was a little different but this didn’t seem to affect our swimmers. 2022 saw the girls dominate with Abbie Donelan, Chloe Donelan and Natalia Horsley combining to break 5 athletes combine to break records in 7 individual events, whilst the Carroll 13 Boys broke their relay record. Given the quality of swimmers we have witnessed at our carnivals over the past few years, this performance is most impressive. 

Among these records some highlights of the night  included:

• 𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟑 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝟑𝟎 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟓𝟎𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞.
• 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟔 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝟓𝟎𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.
• 𝐂𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟔 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝.

With such standout performances, we will be looking to put together a very strong team as we look to the BISSA Swimming Carnival in the coming weeks.

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬:

𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧

• 𝟏𝟑 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞  𝟏:𝟎𝟒.𝟐𝟓  (𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝟏:𝟎𝟒.𝟕𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕)
• 𝟏𝟑 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝟓𝟎𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝟑𝟑.𝟓𝟕  (𝐂 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟓.𝟑𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗)
• 𝟏𝟑 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝟓𝟎𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞  𝟐𝟗.𝟓𝟏  (𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎.𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕)
• 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟒 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝐦 𝐈𝐌  𝟐:𝟑𝟐.𝟕𝟗  (𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝟐:𝟑𝟓.𝟒𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖)

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲  

• 𝟏𝟔 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝟓𝟎𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲  𝟑𝟎.𝟑𝟑  (𝐌 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝟑𝟏.𝟕𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕)
• 𝟏𝟔 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝟓𝟎𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞  𝟐𝟗.𝟎𝟖  (𝐋 𝐃𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 𝟐𝟗.𝟖𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓)

𝐂𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧

• 𝟏𝟔 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝟓𝟎𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝟑𝟑.𝟏𝟒 (𝐋 𝐃𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 𝟑𝟓.𝟒𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓)

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬  

• 𝟏𝟑 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 - 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞  𝟐:𝟐𝟑.𝟎𝟖 (𝟐:𝟐𝟓.𝟏𝟓 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒)

𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠

• 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟒 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 - 𝐙𝐨𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲 - 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧
• 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟒 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 - 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧 - 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞
• 𝟏𝟓 and 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 - 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠 - 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐲
• 𝟏𝟓 and 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 - 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬 - 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞

Outstanding swimmers in each age group who took out their respective Age Champions were:

After a night of close competition, all Houses were eager to see who would be crowned House Champions for 2022. Kennedy edged out Sherrin in the Girls competition, but Sherrin dominated the Boys and finished a close second in the Girls. This saw Sherrin House clear winners as they took out the trophy for the second year in a row.

Congratulations to Sherrin House and to all who participated in the true spirit of the evening.

Mr Nathan Irvine | Sports Coordinator