SWIMMING SPORTS

Boroondara Does It Again!

The 2014 House Swimming carnival was recently held at Boroondara Sports Centre.

The day provided amazing weather, ideal for swimming, cheering and mingling.

There was a good level of participation with a high level of competitiveness. Throughout the day there were many outstanding individual performances. Please see below for individual age group champions.

There could only be one overall winner though, and the champion house for 2014 was BOROONDARA!

All students should be congratulated for their enthusiasm and behaviour on the day.

Individual Age Group Champions

13F     Ifiyenia Papadoulos

13B     Angus Adamson

14F     Jaime Hare

14M     Aaron Harrison

15F     Madeline Dehne

15M     Aidan Hurst

16F     Meghan Clark

16M    Tom Rayner

17F     Amy Sjodin

17M     Rohan Hurst

20F     Danielle Sagnelli

20M     Tony Shi

Stuart Adderley

Sport Coordinator

Student comment

                                                                  Everyone competed in swimming events and I competed in the 25 metre freestyle, coming second in my age group. I was both happy and surprised.

The weather we had was fine and sunny, the perfect temperature for swimming.

I feel a bit sad because next year I won’t be at the school and won’t be at the swimming carnival as this is my final year at Kew High.

Sayuri Williams 

Year 12D

Gliding swimmers

10 in the morning, stomachs full and the first race is near to beginning. Everyone is restless. Their anxiety, their will to win shivers me. First off is the freestyle, with the year 12s. They position themselves, hands pointing down, heads up, knees bent as they wait for the whistle. The audience is silent; all that is heard is the swish-swashing of the water. All of a sudden the high pitched signal goes off, echoing into everyone’s ears. The competitors dive for victory, each dive is clean and swift. There are no splashes, all that is seen is the gliding swimmers; they start to rise to the surface of the water. No one blinks, everyone is still and silent. The year 12 swimmers bring their arms to their ribs and stroke forward, into the water. Coming first is the second lane male; he does three arm strokes and then tilts his head and takes a slight breath of air. 

Freestyle has a basic sequence, three alternating arm strokes, and small kicks with a tilt to the head during the third for a breath. Success arises from these simple steps, one wrong step and the freestyle will not work.  The winner was not the second lane male; his kick technique was rattled as he kicked too hard. Lane six claimed victory; points for Cotham. The devils won, they celebrated, and the first race went to them. However, the day had just begun.

Lien (Tan) Nguyen

Year 10 Journalism