Swimming - NZ Secondary Schools' Championships
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.