Swimming
By Vanessa Leslie
KINGSTON DIVISION SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSThursday 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 CHAMPIONSHIPSMonday 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