Sport
House Swimming Carnival 2023
The annual House Swimming Carnival took place at MSAC on Tuesday 14 February and wow what a day it was! The air was a buzz with excitement as the grandstands filled, and the House cheers erupted. Perfect conditions for swimming and the students didn’t disappoint with mass participation and a flutter of records broken. The lead changed several times throughout the day, and it was only the relays that determined the winner. Congratulations to Rayner House.
1st Rayner
2nd Mather
3rd Warrell
4th Bruce
Well done to everyone who was involved in the day for displaying true Huntingtower spirit.
A huge thank you to the Heads of House, Swimming and House Captains, Ms Beal, Ms Hender and the incredible Mrs Sheehan and Ms Lovel for making the day such a fun and successful one.
We are very much looking forward to seeing Huntingtower compete in the EISM Division 1 Carnival on Tuesday 14 March.
Congratulation to the Age group Champions
| 1ST | 2ND | 3RD |
U13 GIRLS | Thalia Damianidis Rayner 44 | Liana Spencer Rayner 40 | Mackenzie Li Mather 38 |
U13 BOYS | Peter Dimitriadis Bruce 44 | Christopher Li Bruce 43 | Ethan Lin Mather 28 |
U14 GIRLS | Amelia Luong Warrell 46
| Aerynn Khong Mather 38 | Isabella Xie Warrell 21 |
U14 BOYS | Kean Pan Mather 44 | Sebastien Boutaud Rayner 32 | Albert Tra Bruce 31 |
U15 GIRLS | Isabella Wong Mather 44 | Elle Damiandis Rayner 39 | Grace To Rayner 34 |
U15 BOYS | George Huang Warrell 48
| Cheng-Yu Hsiao Warrell 40 | Emiliano Salgado Rayner 35 |
U16 GIRLS | Julia Poon Rayner 45
| Lauren Yin Warrell 40 | Shayanne Khong Mather 39
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U16 BOYS | Kai Spencer Rayner 48 | Phoenix Adams Rayner 33 | Luke Pruis Mather 32 Kalan Luong Warrell 32 |
U17 GIRLS | Maxine Milasinovich Rayner 46 | Ava Rulton Mather 40 | Sophie Lan Jiang Mather 35 |
U17 BOYS | Xavier Tan Bruce 48 | Jeremy Boutaud Rayner 39
| Marcus Poon Rayner 33 |
OPEN GIRLS | Mia Wright Mather 44 | Amy Zhao Bruce 37 | Elsie Woolard Mather 30 |
OPEN BOYS | Michael Xiao Mather 44 | Marcus Nielsen Warrell 42
| Jason Waugh Rayner 36 |
Note: Max points a swimmer can gain is 48.
We have 3 students who achieved this: Xavier Tan, George Huang and Kai Spencer
Congratulations to the record breakers!
| Event | Record | Previous Record holder |
U15 BOYS Freestyle | George Huang Warrell 25.54 | B Gough Mather 2014 26.31 |
U15 BOYS Backstroke | George Huang Warrell 29.41 | M Beggs Warrell 1999 31.20 |
U15 BOYS Breaststroke | George Huang Warrell 33.48 | X Tan Bruce 2021 34.44 |
Cheng-Yu Hsiao Warrell 34.40 | ||
U15 BOYS Butterfly | George Huang Warrell 27.47 | M Beggs Warrell 29.10 |
U17 BOYS Breaststroke | Xavier Tan Bruce 33.50 | N Deubel Mather 2013 34.00 |
U13 BOYS Freestyle
| Bruce 2:16.78 | Rayner 2013 2:21.42 |
U17 GIRL Freestyle | Mather 2:15.59 | Mather 2006 2:17.92 |
Note: George Huang has once again broken all four individual records, an outstanding achievement – well done George.
Belinda Baynham
Head of Sport
Special note from the Rayner Captains
Rayner had yet another wonderful win at the school swimming carnival this year.
We would like to thank Mrs Baynham, Mrs Sheehan and the other sports staff and event organisers for all their hard work in setting up the carnival.
An even bigger shoutout to everyone in Rayner, especially those who participated in morning trainings and swam extra strokes, your commitment and dedication to the house really brought this 5 year victory streak home.
Congratulations to Rayner House for winning the carnival, and we’re sure it was a great day of competition and fun for all the houses!
Sophie, Marcus and Jason
Rayner Captains