Swimming Carnival Report
The 2026 Mater Dei Catholic College Twilight Swimming Carnival was held on Thursday 26 February. Students 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 College Swimming Carnival aims to provide opportunities for competition as well as participation. To have a huge number of students in attendance, (even more than last year) and competing in events showed a fantastic school and House spirit and a willingness to participate by those students who attended the carnival. Thanks must go to the OASIS staff and all of the representatives from Wagga Wagga Swim Club for their help in running the events and timing system and their invaluable help in preparation for the carnival.
With such strong performances in recent years, the number of records broken was only small, however, this does not reflect the very high standard of competition. 2025 saw 4 individual and 2 relay records broken.
With such 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
15 & Over Girls 200 IM 2:28.94 (A Donelan 2:30.58, 2025)
17-20 Girls 50m Freestyle 28.65 (M Devries 29.08, 2018)
17-20 Girls 50m Butterfly 30.89 (A Storer 31.22, 2021)
17-20 Girls 50m Backstroke 32.43 (C Donelan 33.30, 2024)
Parker Smith
12-14 Boys 200 IM 2:35.65 (R Mooney 2:37.33, 2015)
Age Champions:
Diving:
12 -14 Year Girls - Emma Logan - Rosarie
12 -14 Years Boys - Grayson Kennedy - Kennedy
15 and Over Girls - Brianna Tsang - Rosarie
15 and Over Boys - Will Smith - Rosarie
Outstanding swimmers in each age group who took out their respective Age Champions were:
| Girls | House | Boys | House | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Years | Kiara Carberry | Carroll | Max Carr | Carroll |
| 13 Years | Zali Figgis | Sherrin | Parker Smith | Webber |
| 14 Years | Lucy Parkinson | Carroll | Flynn Murphy | Webber |
| 15 Years | Darcey Figgis | Sherrin | Ryan Francis | Kennedy |
| 16 Years | Taylor Marshall | Kennedy | Jack Pope | Carroll |
| Senior | Abbie Donelan | Kennedy | Ben Devries | Sherrin |
After a night of close competition, all Houses were eager to see who would be crowned House Champions for 2026. After 5 years of dominance from Sherrin, it was Carroll’s turn this year, taking out both male and female divisions on their way to a comprehensive victory.
Congratulations to Carroll House and all who participated in the true spirit of the evening.
House Points:
| Swim Events Only | ||||
| FINAL SCORE | FEMALE | MALE | ||
| 1st | Carroll | 966 | 466 (1) | 442 (1) |
| 2nd | Kennedy | 731 | 384 (2) | 307 (3) |
| 3rd | Sherrin | 688 | 351 (3) | 294 (4) |
| 4th | Webber | 570 | 184 (5) | 342 (2) |
| 5th | Rosarie | 543 | 303 (4) | 200 (5) |
Mr Nathan Irvine | Sports Coordinator
