Swimming Carnival

The 2020 Mater Dei Catholic College Twilight Swimming Carnival was held on Thursday 6 February, in mild but windy conditions at the OASIS. Students from all Houses competed with great spirit under the College catch-cry of “5 Houses - 1 Home” in diving, championship and novelty events. House pride was on the line and the House Coordinators and Captains led the way with a highlight of the night once again being the House Chants, taken out by Rosarie. A big thank you must go to all staff for their hard work in ensuring another successful College event.

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The Mater Dei Swimming Carnival aims to provide opportunity for competition as well as participation. In 2020 more than 420 students competing in close to 1000 individual swims.  This shows a fantastic school and House spirit and a willingness to participate. The novelty events again proved popular and gave all students the chance to represent their House and contribute points for the carnival. It was great to see so many parents cheering on the competitors throughout the night. Thank you to all involved for the help in running the events and timing system and invaluable help in preparation for the carnival.

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The atmosphere of the carnival was amazing and our swimmers didn’t disappoint. The evening saw 3 athletes combine to break records in 7 individual events, with the Webber House boys breaking the Senior Relay record.

Within these records some highlights included:

• Jamie Mooney breaking 5 records including the Opens 200m Freestyle
• Chloe Donelan and Annabella Storer breaking a record
• Webber  House breaking the Senior Boys relay record in the final event of the evening.

Records:

Chloe Donelan - 50m Backstroke

Jamie Mooney - Opens 200m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly

Annabella Storer - 100m Freestyle

Relay Records -  Webber House Senior Boys 

Age Champions:

Diving:

12 -14 Year Girls - Philomena Grigg - Kennedy

12 -14 Years Boys - Archie Jenkins - Rosarie

15 & Over Girls - Lara Holden - Carroll

15 & Over Boys - Angus Grigg - Kennedy

Outstanding swimmers in each age group who took out their respective Age Champions were:

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After a night of close competition, all Houses were eager to see who would be crowned House Champions for 2020. In another extremely close result Webber House emerged victorious for the second year in a row, with Sherrin House in second place a mere 9 points behind. Congratulations to Webber and to all who participated in the true spirit of the evening.

House Points:

Mr Nathan Irvine | Sports Coordinator