Carnivals & Interschool Sport and House news

Term 1 has flown and we have been impressed with the efforts of our students competing in interschool sport. Please find set out below a few important reminders for Interschool Sport:

1. Check Compass regularly for information about team sign-ups.
2. Please ensure payment and consent is provided by the due date. Students are unable to attend the event if we do not have this. 
3. If students decide to pull out of the event before the day, they MUST let either the teacher coaching the team OR Miss Prosenak know ASAP so that we can find another student as a replacement. If not, the team may not have enough players and be unable to go.  

Division Swimming (thank you to Trevor vanden Driesen for the photos and article)

Congratulations to all Koonung students who represented the school at the Division swimming sports at Aquarena (Doncaster) on the Friday prior to the long weekend. Their camaraderie and support to each other was fantastic. Many took on leadership responsibilities to organise medley relay teams as well as 4 x 50m freestyle teams that had not been pre-determined prior to the day.

Individual students who progress to the Eastern regional swimming championships are: 

Cici Lu (5 x 1sts)

Leon Vidal (2x1sts, 2 x2nds and a 3rd)

Keira Tate, (3 x1st)

Justin Bao (2 x1sts, and a 3rd)

Sebastian Lim (2 x1st, and a 3rd)

Gabe Herrington (one 1st, a 3rd and 4th)

Jeremy Ball (1x 1st, 1x 2nd)

There will also be three relay teams progressing through. A brilliant performance by all involved.

Under 13 Girls 4 x 50m Relay team: Elisabeth Delaney, Aanya Engineer, Neve Murley, Stella Nazzari 

Boys 15 and under 4 x 50m relay team: Justin Bao, James Allen, Gabe Herrington, Dylan Bee

Girls 15 and under 4 x 50 m relay team: Ilaria Stamp, Sandra Park, Latitia Moar, Cici Lu

Some of the KSC Division swim team

Regional Swimming 

Well done to James Allen, Jeremy Ball, Justin Bao, Oliver Beaton, Dylan Bee, Gabe Herrington, Aidan Huynh, Sebastian Lim, Cici Lu, Latitia Moar, Sandra Park, Judah Roberts, Ilaria Stamp, Keira Tait and Leon Vidal for their incredible efforts in the Regional Swimming Finals held on Tuesday 28 March. Good luck to Cici Lu, the 15 Girls Relay Team (Cici Lu, Latitia Moar, Ilaria Stamp and Sandra Park) and the 15 Boys Relay team (James Allen, Justin Bao, Dylan Bee, Gabe Herrington & Leon Vidal) who will be going through to the State Finals next term, an amazing effort to make it this far.

Congratulations to the following teams who won the Division competition and will be moving through to EMR in the coming months. Good luck to all students competing. 

• Senior Girls Volleyball
• Intermediate Boys/Mixed Cricket
• Year 8 Girls Volleyball
• Diving 

House competitions - Cross Country 

After a wash out on our first attempt, Koonung’s Annual House Cross Country Carnival was held on Wednesday 5 April. Another great day with some students competing and others joining in the fun run. Thank you to all the staff and students who assisted on the day and all students for their enthusiastic participation. Congratulations and good luck to the top 10 students from each age group who will be competing in the Division Cross Country event on Friday 28 April.

House results: 

1st - Conder (200 points)

2nd - Roberts (172 points)

3rd - Streeton (158 points)

4th-  McCubbin (155 points)

(Photos courtesy of Year 8 student, Lucy Cooper)

Athletics Carnival 

A reminder that the Koonung Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 5 May at Hagenauer Reserve in Box Hill. Students are to come to school at normal time and go to their Period 1 class for roll marking. They will then walk with their teacher to the venue. The event will end at approx. 2.30pm and students will be dismissed from the venue. Staff will be available to supervise students walking back to school. Students should be wearing their Koonung sports uniform with a coloured tee shirt of their house. Costumes are permitted for those entering the best dressed competition. This is not a free dress day. 

Samantha Prosenak

Interschool Sport/Carnivals Coordinator

Swimming Carnival recap...

What a day! Great weather, a great atmosphere, and great to see everyone dive into the action! The day started as it always does with the Costume Parade, and we had a surprise visit from not 1 Spiderman but 31 Spidermen! It was amazing to see everyone getting involved in either competition events or novelty events and supporting their houses in great spirits. We are proud house captains. Even though all houses put up a great fight, McCubbin went home as swimming carnival champions. We had many events throughout the day from freestyle, backstroke, and diving to a range of novelty events such as the Lapathon, The Biggest Splash, Water Volleyball, and the House Relay. It was wonderful to see everyone’s contributions throughout the day, for yet another successful Koonung Swimming Carnival. It was great to see participation in not only the competitive events but a wide range of participation throughout the entirety of the day in Basketball. Very proud of everyone.

House captains, Lola Dobie and Harry Thomas