Sporting News
SWIMMING CARNIVAL
Congratulations to all students present at last week's swimming carnival on your participation and enthusiasm on what turned out to be a very hot day. Special mention to the House Captains and senior students in each House for the way you organised your teams on the day and coped with the chaos that is a swimming carnival. It was a great atmosphere throughout the day with the combination of competitive races as well as novelty events with the Tucan relays a sight to see.
We got through all the events with time to spare which allowed for the presentation of medals to our champion swimmers in each year level.
Year 7 Felicity Gough and Baxter Knapman
Year 8 Audrey Hannaford and Zac Akinyemi
Year 9 Macey Carlyon and Lachie Davey
Year 10 Tayla Nott and Darcy Gleeson
Year 11 Jule Hugh and Ethan Chavula
Year 12 Lilly Maxwell and Dylan Stubbs
There were three new records set on the day- Tayla Nott set a new time of 28.53 seconds in the 16 Girls 50m Freestyle [previous record was 29.16]
The trophies on the day were dominated by Mercy.
St Mary's College Ex-Students Relay Cup - Mercy 235, McAuley 225, Loreto 190, Lourdes 50
Participation Shield - Mercy 193, McAuley 157, Lourdes 125, Loreto 117
Bill Clegg Trophy for Swimming [Overall winner] - Mercy 1372, McAuley 1044, Loreto 857, Lourdes 615
TOUCH
Well done to both our U15 Girls & U15 Boys Touch teams for their efforts at last week's Armidale Diocesan Touch selections.
Both teams went through the day undefeated & it was no surprise that the St Mary's students were prominent in the Armidale teams announced at the conclusion of the day.
Congratulations to the following students on being selected in the Armidale U15 Touch teams to go to NSWCCC Touch at Wagga Wagga in the final week of this term -
Audrey Hannaford,
Katie Spinks,
Corinnne Wise,
Ruby Clayton,
Imogen Torrens,
Lachlan Gurney,
Lachlan Chaffey,
Luke Jeffrey,
Jedd Smallwood,
Mayse Frey &
Jack Fouracre.
ARMIDALE DIOCESAN SWIMMING
Congratulations to all those students who attended last Thursday's Armidale Diocesan Swimming selections as either a competitor or as a timekeeper. A very successful event was held with sixteen students from St Mary's being selected in the Armidale Diocesan team to compete at the NSWCCC Swimming Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Friday March 31.
Congratulations to the following students on their selection in the team -
Dylan Stubbs, Millie Lush, Jule Huhn, Darcy Gleeson, Will Mannion, Tayla Nott, Lachlan Davey, Angus Hobson, Dana Campbell, Audrey Hannaford, Baxter Knapman, Katie Spinks, Tahnee Steele, Zac Akinyemi, Felicity Gough & Lachlan Gurney.
St Mary's had six students named as Armidale Diocesan Swimming Age Champions -
Jule Huhn 17+ Girls, Darcy Gleeson 16 Boys, Lachlan Davey 15 Boys, Zac Akinyemi 14 Boys, Audrey Hannaford 14 Girls & Katie Spinks 13 Girls.
Millie Lush set a new school record on the day for the 17+ Girls 100m Freestyle with a time of 29.41 seconds.
St Mary's won the All Age 6 x 50m Freestyle relay for the seventh year in a row to hold on to the Armidale Diocesan Secondary Sport Council Shield for another year.
Special thanks to all the year 9/10 PASS students for their timekeeping on the day which was very efficient. They also helped pack up and clean up after the carnival with many hands making light work of what was an important job.
Congratulations to Luke Jeffrey on his selection in the combined Armidale-Lismore U15 Boys Rugby League team to compete at the Northern Country selections at South West Rocks on Wednesday March 29.
Luke played in the selection trial at Woodlawn College Lismore last week and was outstanding on the day to earn his selection in the team.
