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NZ Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships
 
Photo by Matthew Crosby

Swimming - NZ Secondary Schools' Championships

Matthew Crosby —

On the 14th September, Baileigh O’Sullivan, Jade Vesty, Rebecca Hurley, Hannah Ferguson, Peter Nichols and Sam Lyu travelled to Hamilton for the National Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships. 

This was held in a long course (50m) pool with over 550 swimmers attending five sessions starting on the Friday morning, 15 September to 17 September.

The standard of swimming was very high. The swimmers performed exceptionally well with one bronze medal and 17 top 10 finishes as below:

Baileigh O’Sullivan

200 Butterfly 3rd

100 Butterfly 7th

Jade Vesty 

200 Back 6th

400 Free 9th

200 Medley 10th

100 Back 10th

Rebecca Hurley 

200 Butterfly 4th

50 Butterfly 9th

100 Butterfly 10th

Hannah Ferguson 

200 Breast 4th

100 Breast 5th

50 Breast 7th

Peter Nichols

200 Back 9th

Sam Lyu

50 Back 8th

50 Freestyle 9th

Our relay teams also performed to a high standard. The Girls Under 15 relay of Baileigh, Jade, Rebecca and Hannah finished 6th with the Mixed 16 and over relay consisting of Peter, Sam, Baileigh and Hannah coming in 5th.

Everyone had an enjoyable time and we look forward to 2018.