Senior Sport
Years 7-12 House Swimming Carnival
The Carnival was held at the Croydon Memorial Outdoor Swimming Pool on Friday 10 February in perfect weather for an outdoor event. It was a warm sunny day which made it a perfect day for our swimmers.
It was a very close competition between the three Houses this year at our House Swimming Carnival. Gibeon Warriors (Red House) took the lead until halfway through the event before Tabor Trojans (White House) overtook them, winning the House Swimming for 2023. Zion Crusaders (Blue House) came back strong towards the end to finish in second place, 12 points ahead of the Warriors. Blue House was crowned the winner of the House Spirit trophy. The competition for the House Spirit trophy was also very close between the three Houses, but Blue House was the most consistent throughout the day.
| Place | Points | House |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1070 | Tabor Trojans (White) |
| 2nd | 1044 | Zion Crusaders (Blue) |
| 3rd | 1032 | Gibeon Warriors (Red) |
There were some great performances in the pool with five new records broken this year.
Three of the five records were broken by Une Geisler (11.13) in the Open Boys 50m Breaststroke from the previous record of 35.74 since 2010 to 33.40, Open Boys 50m Butterfly from 30.32 in 2017 to 29.80 and Open Boys 50m Backstroke from 32.42 in 2016 to 29.80. Dakoda Mathers (12.7) was also a star performer with two new records in the Open Girls 50m Freestyle from 32.87 in 2007 to 30.10 and in the 100m Freestyle from 1.07.30 in 2004 to 1.04.80. Congratulations to Une and Dakoda on their great performance and achievement!
The event finished with a novelty event by our House Captains and Vice Captains to close off the day in great spirit.
Congratulations to the Trojans for winning the House Swimming trophy and to the Crusaders for winning the Spirit Trophy this year. All students who competed are to be congratulated for their contribution to their team’s points as well as all the students on the stands who contributed to the House spirit.
Champion Swimmers
The following Group Champions are to be recognised for their outstanding efforts as they represented their respective houses.
| Girl Swimming Champions | Boy Swimming Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 1st – Ella Filliponi 2nd – Jia Lim 3rd – Imogen Ryder | 1st – Ryder Holland 1st – Andrew Qin 2nd – Elijah Lambert |
| Year 8 | 1st – Tori Seeney 2nd – Piper Corrigan 3rd – Charlotte Filleul | 1st – Tom Weighell 2nd – Sanaa Geisler 3rd – Jack Deakin |
| Year 9 | 1st – Lucy Weighell 2nd – Charlotte Marshall 3rd – Kaitlyn Huynh | 1st – Henry Zhao 2nd – Isaac Armstrong 3rd – Levi Barlow |
| Year 10 | 1st – Asha Jones 2nd – Lilliana Filleul 3rd – Alannah Moulton | 1st – Jimmy Wang 2nd – Daniel Balla 3rd – Johann Yau |
| Open (Yr 11 & 12) | 1st – Dakoda Mather 2nd – Izabelle Barnett 3rd – Breanna Robinson | 1st – Ruan Rademeyer 2nd – Une Geisler 3rd – Max Broadley-Thomson |
Students selected to represent Oxley at the EISM Division 2 Swimming Competition to be held on Monday 20 March at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) in Albert Park have been informed regarding their place in the events. Swimmers who will represent Oxley during this event will depart for MSAC early on this day from the Stadium. They will meet Mr Kotzé on Court 3 at 7.00am for a 7.15am departure.
House Athletics Carnival
We were blessed with great weather for our annual House Athletics on Thursday 2 March. It was cloudy, but not too cold, with a great atmosphere at the event as students supported their houses throughout the day. This year the House Athletics moved back to the Tom Kelly Athletics Track in Doncaster East. The day started off with a close competition between the three houses, but one house started to increase their lead before lunch time.
After being outperformed in the swimming three weeks before, Gibeon Warriors (Red House) came back strong in the Athletics to win the day with 1,979 points, 287 points ahead for their closest rival Zion Crusaders (Blue House) who finished second with 1,692 points followed by Tabor Trojans (White House) with 1,625 points. The three houses started the carnival with a chant competition towards their points for the House Spirit trophy. This created an excellent atmosphere just before our students started their competition.
It was great to see the number of students participating for their houses, making it very difficult to predict a winning house at the end of the competition. Gibeon Warriors (Red House) also won the Spirit Trophy at the end of the day making it a double win for them. The final scores for the day are as follow:
Gibeon Warriors (Red) | Tabor Trojans (White) | Zion Crusaders (Blue) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track Scores | 1,191 | 1,016 | 1,053 |
| Field Scores | 788 | 609 | 639 |
| Total Scores | 1,979 | 1,625 | 1,692 |
We only had one record broken this year and that was in the Boys U/13 800m by Ryder Holland (7.1) with a time of 2.38.00.
Age Champion Athletes: Age Champions calculations are based on results in the events run on the day and the points the individual students gained for their House. Congratulations to the top three students for each year level and gender (listed below). In the Year 7 Girls, Year 10 Girls and Year 9 Boys we had two students who draw in first place with same number of points.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 1st – Olivia Hunter 1st – Ruby Van Den Broek 3rd – Willow Willmott | 1st – Ryder Holland 2nd – Fynn Manderson 3rd – Matthew Tartaglia |
| Year 8 | 1st – Charlotte Filleul 2nd – Tori Seeney 3rd – Aria Shambrook | 1st – Blake Saloyedoff 2nd – Cooper Lee 3rd – Jack Deakin |
| Year 9 | 1st – Jess Lynch 2nd – Hayley Graham 3rd – April Davidson | 1st – Cam Farrell 1st – Archer Hogan 3rd – Mitch Jenes |
| Year 10 | 1st – Matilda Hindson 1st – Asha Jones 3rd – Alannah Moulton | 1st – Andrew Barker 2nd – Xavier Zivanovic 3rd – Roman Young |
| Open Year 11 & 12 | 1st – Mary Spratt 2nd – Jessica Graham 3rd – Olivia Bishop | 1st – Will Armstrong 2nd – Max Broadley-Thomson 3rd – Josh Deakin and Tom Moreau |
EISM Inter-School Athletics Competition
The EISM Inter-School Athletics Division 2 competition will take place during week three of Term 2 on Tuesday 9 May 2023. More details about this event will be published closer to the event.
Students who won for their age group at the House Athletics (those who are born earlier or later than most of their cohort will be compared to their age group – taken on 1 January this year) will represent Oxley at this event. The fastest 100m runners will be selected for the relay team for their age group. Unfortunately, there is only discus for U/14; U/16 and Open at the EISM level. We hope to do well in this competition and strongly encourage students who won their events to focus on training and to attend the Fitness (Running) Group on Thursday afternoons at 3.45pm, meeting on Court 3 in the Stadium. Selected students will be notified and their names will be posted on the Stadium noticeboard.
Frederik Kotzé
Head of Sport