Swimming Carnival
The 2014 Twilight Swimming Carnival was held on Thursday 6 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 Leaders and Captains led the way with a highlight of the night once again being the House Chant, taken out by Rosarie . 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 2014 this saw the 15 and 16 years girls 50m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle able to run as individual 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.
After such a successful carnival in 2013 nine athletes broke records in 18 individual events it was hard to see this being repeated. In spite of this the records continued to tumble in 2014 with nine athletes breaking records in 17 individual events, whilst there were seven new records in the relays. Huge thanks must go to Tom and Kayleen Murphy and their team for their help in running the timing system and their invaluable help in preparation for the carnival.
Records
Molly Devries: 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly
Ella Finemore: 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke
Jeremiah Maslin: 50m Butterfly
Rhys Mooney: 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle
Nicholas Murphy: 50m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle
Timothy Murphy: 200m Individual Medley and 100m Freestyle
Billy Nicholson: 50m Butterfly
Sharni Salau: 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle
Tom Whiting: 50m Butterfly
Relay Records
13 Girls – Rosarie
13 Boys – Webber
15 Girls – Rosarie
15 Boys – Sherrin
16 Boys – Webber
Senior Girls – Sherrin
Senior Boys - Kennedy
Diving
12-14 Year Girls: Millie Himmelberg
12-14 Years Boys: Henry Jenkins
15 and over Girls: Lana Duffy
15 and over Girls: Harry Himmelberg
Outstanding swimmers in each age group who took out their respective Age Champions were:
12 Years: Gabrielle Shaw and Harris Mitter
13 Years: Molly Devries and Rhys Mooney
14 Years: Millie Himmleberg and James Clarke
15 Years: Lana Duffy and Timothy Murphy
16 Years: Kate Hurst and Dan McAuliffe
Senior: Ella Finemore and Jeremiah Maslin
After a night of close competition, all Houses were eager to see who would be crowned House Champions for 2014. Despite strong performances in the novelties by Kennedy and relays by Sherrin, it was Rosarie who regined supreme and took home the trophy. Congratulations to all who participated in the true spirit of the evening.
FINAL SCORE
1st Rosarie - 1087
2nd Sherrin - 950
3rd Webber - 889
4th Kennedy - 876
5th Carroll - 676
Mr Nathan Irvine
Sports Coordinator