Last weekend the Otago Girls’ Swimming Team consisting of Aria Bannister, Caitlin Hewson, Olivia McBride, Rosa Van Turnhout and Sophie Matehaere competed at the Otago Secondary Schools' Swimming Champs held at Moana Pool. This was an exciting day full of speedy racing and many placings among the team.

Otago Girls’ had entered in two relay events and came away with 3rd place in the 4 x 50m Freestyle race, and 2nd place in the 4 x 50m Medley race, which both had very close finishes.

A huge congratulations to those who competed, and thank you to Miss Young for organising our entries and coming to watch us race. Another thank you to Andie for managing the team on the day and making sure everyone made it to their races.

Some swimmers will be attending the South Island Secondary Schools Champs, which is also being held in Dunedin in a few weeks, so good luck to the team.

The individual results are below:

Aria Bannister- 1st 50 and 100 butterfly, 50 and 100 breaststroke and 2nd 100 medley

Olivia Mcbride- 1st 50 backstroke, 2nd 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke and 3rd 50 freestyle

Caitlin Hewson- 4th 50 butterfly, 5th 50 freestyle

Sophie Matehaere- 2nd 400 freestyle and 4th 200 freestyle

Rosa Van Turnhout- 2nd 200 freestyle, 3rd 100 freestyle, 4th 100 medley, 5th 50 butterfly and 50 freestyle