Swimming Carnival

The 2017 Mater Dei Catholic College Twilight Swimming Carnival was held on Thursday 9 February in very hot conditions at the OASIS. Despite the hot weather, students from all Houses continued to compete with great spirit under the College catch-cry of “5 Houses- 1 Home” 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 Kennedy. 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 2017 a highlight of the carnival once again was the inclusion 50m events for Athlete’s With a Disability (AWD). It was great to see an even broader array of students given the opportunity to represent their House and show the school community their ability, and even a few friends and staff get involved as well. 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 Patrick Metcalfe and the OASIS staff, Kayleen and Tom Murphy, Marg Devries and Ged Horsley for their help in running the timing system and their invaluable help in preparation for the carnival.

The atmosphere of the carnival was amazing and our swimmers didn’t disappoint. 2017 saw 7 athletes combine to break records in 22 individual events, whilst there were 3 new records in the relays. This is especially impressive given the quality of swimmers we have been witnessed at our carnivals over the years. Within these records some highlights included:

Jamie Mooney breaking 5 records
Molly Devries, Rhys Mooney and Annabella Storer breaking 4 records each
Rhys Mooney breaking records including a sub-60 seconds 100m Freestyle
Rosarie breaking the Senior Boys relay record in the final event of the evening
With such standout performances we will be looking to put together a very strong team as we look to defend our 2015 and 2016 CWWHSSA and BISSA Swimming titles at representative carnivals in the coming weeks.

Records:

James Clarke -

50m Freestyle

Molly Devries -

50m Breaststroke 50m Freestyle 50m Butterfly 100m Freestyle

Lana Duffy -

50m Backstroke 100m Freestyle

Jamie Mooney -

50m Breaststroke

50m Backstroke

50m Butterfly

50m Freestyle

100m Freestyle

Rhys Mooney -

50m Freestyle

50m Backstroke

50m Butterfly

100m Freestyle

Billy Nicholson -

50m Breaststroke

50m Butterfly

Annabella Storer -

50m Freestyle

50m Backstroke

50m Butterfly

100m Freestyle

Relay Records

16 Girls - Sherrin

16 Boys - Webber

Senior Boys - Rosarie

Diving Records

12 -14 Year Girls - Georgina Jenkins

12 -14 Years Boys - Edouard Grigg

15 & Over Girls - Alexis Sergeant

15 & Over Boys - Angus Grigg

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

12 Years Girls

Claire Robinson

Sherrin

13 Years Girls

Annabella Storer

Rosarie

14 Years Girls

Georgina Jenkins

Rosarie

15 Years Girls

Gabrielle Shaw

Rosarie

16 Years Girls

Molly Devries

Sherrin

Senior

Lana Duffy

Kennedy

12 Years Boys

Oscar Mitter

Sherrin

13 Years Boys

Jamie Mooney

Webber

14 Years Boys

Cooper Stormonth

Sherrin

15 Years Boys

Kyle Hockley

Sherrin

16 Years Boys

Rhys Mooney

Webber

Senior

Billy Nicholson

Rosarie

After a night of close competition, all Houses were eager to see who would be crowned House Champions for 2017. Despite Sherrin providing five Age Champions, it was Rosarie who reigned supreme and took home the trophy for the fourth year in a row. Congratulations to all who participated in the true spirit of the evening.

House Points final score:

1st Rosarie

1221.50

2nd Sherrin

998

3rd Webber

959.50

4th Kennedy

803

5th Carroll

768.50

Mr Nathan Irvine

Sports Coordinator