KINGSTON DIVISION SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday 24th March

The Parkdale SC Swimming Team competed against schools from the Kingston Division at Oakleigh Recreation Centre. Well done to all students who competed on the day, the sportsmanship and teamwork exhibited was great to see.

Parkdale SC won the Girl's Aggregate Competition and in the overall results, finished a very close 2nd to McKinnon SC, following an extremely close competition that saw Parkdale SC lead for a large part of the day.

Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding results:

Top 3 Race Results

Year 7 Mikayla Thistlethwaite 1st 12-14 Yr Diving

Tayla Palazzolo 2nd 13 Yr 50m Breaststroke

1st 13 Yr 50m Butterfly

1st 13 Yr 50m Freestyle

1st 13 Yr 50m Backstroke

Diesel Rasguido 3rd 13 Yr 50m Breaststroke

Year 8 Millie Harris MacDonald 3rd 14 Yr 50m Breaststroke

Harrison Scurrah 3rd 14 Yr 50m Butterfly

Year 9 Jemma Daniels 2nd 12-15 Yr 200m Freestyle

Heath Gower 3rd 15 Yr 50m Breaststroke

3rd 15 Yr 50m Butterfly

2nd 15 Yr 50m Backstroke

Keira James 2nd 15 Yr 50m Freestyle

Jemma Holt 1st 12-20 Yr 100m Butterfly

1st 14 Yr 50m Butterfly

1st 12-20 Yr 100m Backstroke

1st 15 Yr 50m Backstroke

1st 12-15 Yr Individual Medley

Year 10 Jack Meckiff 2nd 16 Yr 50m Breaststroke

Summer Bailey 1st 16 Yr 50m Butterfly

3rd 16 Yr 50m Freestyle

3rd 16 Yr 50m Backstroke

Rhys Wiggett 3rd 16 Yr 50m Butterfly

3rd 16 Yr 50m Freestyle

1st 16 Yr 50m Backstroke

Emmett Harris MacDonald 3rd 12-15 Yr 100m Freestyle

Year 11 Paige Holt 1st 16-20 Yr 200m Freestyle

1st 16-20 Yr 100m Freestyle

1st 17 Yr 50m Freestyle

1st 17 Yr 50m Backstroke

1st 16-20 Yr Individual Medley

Louanna Daniels 1st 17 Yr 50m Breaststroke

1st 17 Yr 50m Butterfly

Meg Webster 1st 18 Yr 50m Butterfly

Lewis Curnow 1st 17 Yr 50m Breaststroke

Shaedyn Aylen 3rd 12-20 100m Breaststroke

1st 18 Yr 50m Breaststroke

1st 18 Yr 50m Freestyle

Zoe McCurdy 3rd 18 Yr 50m Backstroke

Year 12 David Dunstan 1st 17-20 Yr Diving

Boyd Wieringa 3rd 16-20 Yr 200m Freestyle

1st 18 Yr 50m Freestyle

Ethan Ackerman 3rd 12-20 Yr 100m Breaststroke

1st 18 Yr 50m Breaststroke

Josh Aylen 2nd 12-20 Yr 100m Butterfly

1st 18 Yr 50m Butterfly

1st 18 Yr 50m Backstroke

1st 15-16Yr Medley Relay - Jemma Holt, Keira James, Summer Bailey, Leilani Quinn

1st 17-20Yr Medley Relay - Meg Webster, Paige Holt, Louanna Daniels, Shaedyn Aylen

1st 17 Yr Freestyle Relay - Paige Holt, Louanna Daniels, Shaedyn Aylen, ZoeMcCurdy

Age Group Champions

13 Girls – Tayla Palazzolo

15 Girls – Jemma Holt

17 Girls – Paige Holt

18 Boys – Josh Aylen

Records Broken

16-20 Yr 100m Freestyle

Paige Holt – 1:05.62 (broke her own record from 2021! of 1:06.69)

15 Yr 50m Backstroke

Jemma Holt – 33.70 (2016 record: 35.27)

SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN REGION (SMR) SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Monday 28th March

Parkdale SC finished 5th in the overall school rankings, 3rd in the Women’s team scores and 2nd in the 17-20 Women’s team scores at the Southern Metropolitan Region (SMR) Swimming Championships at MSAC. The amazing results for the students who competed on the day are below:

Race Results

Paige Holt 1st 16-20 Yr 200m Freestyle

1st 16-20 Yr 100m Freestyle

1st 17 Yr 50m Freestyle

4th 17 Yr 50m Backstroke

5th 16-20 Yr Individual Medley

Louanna Daniels 4th 17 Yr 50m Breaststroke

Lewis Curnow 3rd 17 Yr 50m Breaststroke

Shaedyn Aylen 4th 18 Yr 50m Breaststroke

4th 18 Yr 50m Freestyle

Boyd Wieringa 2nd 18 Yr 50m Freestyle

Jemma Holt 1st 12-20 Yr 100m Butterfly

1st 15 Yr 50m Butterfly

1st 12-20 100m Backstroke

1st 15 Yr 50m Backstroke

1st 12-15 Yr Individual Medley

Rhys Wiggett 3rd 16 Yr 50m Backstroke

Summer Bailey 4th 16 Yr 50m Butterfly

Meg Webster 2nd 18 Yr 50m Butterfly

Josh Aylen 4th 18 Yr 50m Butterfly

3rd 18 Yr 50m Backstroke

Tayla Palazzolo 3rd 13 Yr 50m Butterfly

2nd 13 Yr 50m Freestyle

3rd 13 Yr 50m Backstroke

3rd 15-16Yr Medley Relay - Jemma Holt, Keira James, Summer Bailey, Leilani Quinn

3rd 17-20Yr Medley Relay - Meg Webster, Paige Holt, Louanna Daniels, Shaedyn Aylen

1st 17Yr Freestyle Relay -Jemma Daniels, Louanna Daniels, Shaedyn Aylen, Meg Webster

All students who won their events at SMR competed at MSAC in the State Swimming Championships held on Thursday 28th April.

Well done again to all swimmers across both competitions. We are so proud of all your achievements.

STATE SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Early Term Two, Parkdale SC was represented at the State Swimming and Diving Championships at MSAC by six amazing students: Paige Holt, Jemma Holt, Meg Webster, Shaedyn Aylen, Louanna Daniels and Mikayla Thistlethwaite. In total they achieved 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze and 2 Fourths between them! A phenomenal result for the girls and the school. A detailed list of their results can be found below.

Paige Holt, Louanna Daniels, Shaedyn Aylen and Meg Webster (Year 11)

Gold - 17 Yr 4x50m Freestyle Relay (by 3/100ths of a sec)

Paige Holt (Year 11)

Gold - 100m Freestyle

Silver - 50m Freestyle

Bronze - 200m Freestyle

Jemma Holt (Year 9)

Gold - 100 Butterfly

Gold - 50m Butterfly

Silver - 200m Individual Medley

Bronze - 50m Backstroke

4th - 100m Backstroke

Mikayla Thistlethwaite (Year 7)

Bronze - SMR Diving

4th - State Diving

Congratulations to all the girls, the school community are so proud of your commitment and fabulous results!!

Vanessa Leslie

Carnivals Coordinator

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