Swimming Carnival
The 2015 Mater Dei Catholic College Twilight Swimming Carnival was held on Thursday 5th February and saw students from all Houses compete with great spirit under the catch-cry of “5 Houses- 1 Home”. It was another hot day which saw students keen to get in the pool in diving, championship and novelty events. House pride was on the line and the House Coordinators and Captains led the way with a highlight of the night once again being the House Chant, taken out by Webber. 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. In 2015 this saw the inclusion of an additional division in the 13 and 14 Years freestyle and breaststroke events whilst the novelty events again proved popular and gave all students the chance to represent their House and contribute points for the carnival. It was great to see so many parents cheering on the competitors throughout the night. Thanks must go to Jacinta Creighton and the OASIS staff, Kayleen and Tom Murphy and Marg Deveries and their team for their help in running the timing system and their invaluable help in preparation for the carnival, and to the Wagga Swim Club for providing a BBQ.
After such successful carnivals in 2013 and 2014, where just short of 20 records were broken in individual events on each occasion, it was hard to see this being topped. However, 2015 literally blew these performances out of the water with 13 athletes combining to break records in a staggering 30 individual events, whilst there were 6 new records in the relays. Within these records some highlights included:
- Tim Murphy taking 16 and 12 seconds off his own 200m IM and 200m Freestyle records,
- Billy Nicholson taking 6 seconds off the 16 Boys 50m Breaststroke
- Phebe McLeod breaking the 50m Butterfly record by 5 seconds
- Rhys Mooney breaking an incredible 6 individual records
With such standout performances we will be looking to put together a very strong team to challenge TRAC’s dominance at the CWWHSSA carnival and take on the other Diocesan schools at the BISSA carnival in the coming weeks.
Records:
Molly Devries - Junior 200m IM, 50m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle
Lana Duffy - 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke, Opens 200m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly
Ella Finemore - 50m Backstroke
Kyle Hockley - 50m Breaststroke
Kate Hurst - 50m Breaststroke
Nicholas McAuliffe - 50m Freestyle
Phebe McLeod - 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly
Rhys Mooney - Junior 200m IM, 50m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle
Nicholas Murphy - 50m Breaststroke
Timothy Murphy - Senior 200m IM, 50m Freestyle, Opens 200m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle
Billy Nicholson - 50m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly
Sharni Salau - 100m Freestyle
Tom Whiting - 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle
Relay Records
14 Girls – Sherrin
14 Boys – Webber
16 Girls – Rosarie
16 Boys - Sherrin
Senior Girls – Kennedy
Senior Boys - Kennedy
Diving:
12 -14 Year Girls Molly Keough
12 -14 Years Boys Angus Grigg
15 & Over Girls Lana Duffy
15 & Over Boys Henry Jenkins
Outstanding swimmers in each age group who took out their respective Age Champions were:
Age Champions:
12 Years - Abbie Lewis and Isaac Bennett
13 Years - Gabrielle Shaw and Kyle Hockley
14 Years - Molly Devries and Rhys Mooney
15 Years - Hannah Finemore and James Clarke
16 Years - Lana Duffy and Timothy Murphy
Senior - Kate Hurst and Nicholas Murphy
After a night of close competition, all Houses were eager to see who would be crowned House Champions for 2015. Despite strong performances in the novelties by Webber and relays by Sherrin, it was Rosarie who reigned supreme and took home the trophy for a second year in a row. Congratulations to all who participated in the true spirit of the evening.
HOUSE FINAL SCORES:
1st Rosarie - 1330
2nd Sherrin - 1238
3rd Webber - 1085
4th Kennedy - 988
5th Carroll - 687
Mr Nathan Irvine
Sports Coordinator