On Sunday 30 May the Otago Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships were held at Moana Pool. We had 11 athletes competing, with girls coming away with a number of personal bests and placings in both individual events and relays. Otago Girls’ came away with 24 placings, including first place from the ‘A’ relay team in the Women's 200 Freestyle relay and Women’s 200 Medley relay. Our ‘B’ team were placed third in both the 200 Freestyle and 200 Medley relays.

Congratulations to all the girls who competed. A big thank you to Mrs Gina Wills, our team manager, and Miss Young who helped organise the team and was there to support everyone throughout the day.

Term Two is a busy time on the Swimming calendar. We have two events coming up:

1. South Island Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships in Timaru on 19 to 20 June. We are sending a team of eight swimmers to compete.

2. National Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships in Auckland at the end of the July holidays. Our top five competitors will be travelling to participate in this event.

Below are the results from the Otago Champs last weekend:

Caitlin Hewson

50 free - 2nd

50 fly - 2nd

200 back - 2nd

100 free - 1st

Sophie Matehaere

200 free - 2nd

400 free - 2nd

100 free - 3rd

Holly Wright

100 back - 3rd

50 back - 3rd

100 free - 2nd

Sophie Sam

100 back - 2nd

200 free - 1st

50 back - 2nd

50 breast - 2nd

100 IM - 2nd

Andie McGrouther

50 Breast - 1st

50 Back - 1st

Ella Wills

200 free - 3rd

400 free - 2nd

Tayla Annon

50 fly - 3rd

200 back - 1st

100 free - 3rd

A team - 200 free

1. Sophie Sam

2. Andie McGrouther

3. Holly Wright

4. Caitlin Hewson

A Team - Medley

1. Holly Wright

2. Andie McGrouther

3. Sophie Sam

4. Caitlin Hewson

B team 200 free

1. Tayla Annan

2. Ella Wills

3. Rosa Van Turnhout

4. Sophie Matehaere

B Team - Medley

1. Sophie Low

2. Ella Wills

3. Tayla Annan

4. Sophie Matehaere