The South Island Secondary School Championships was held at Moana pool last weekend.

Four junior swimmers, Neo Salomonsson (13), Aleks Kivilev (14), Taka Sugiyama (14), Bogdan Bramley (14) and two senior swimmers, Anthony Sim (17) and Daniel Gilbert (17) represented Otago Boys', and they did not disappoint!

Points were earned for the top 10 placings in each individual event and together the boys collected enough points to take out the trophy for the “Top Boys' School”. A special mention should go to Neo who collected 168 points out of the school’s total of 429 points with his multiple events.

The junior boys also participated in the medley relay event. They took 3rd place, which is impressive considering the age group they competed in was 15 and under.

Individual placings:

Neo Salomonsson
Gold: 50 fly, 100 fly, 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle
Silver: 100 freestyle
Bronze: 100 IM

Aleks Kivilev
Silver: 100 breaststroke
Bronze: 100 backstroke
100 IM, 100 freestyle 7th

Taka Sugiyama
100 IM, 50 backstroke 4th
100 freestyle, 50 freestyle 8th

Bogdan Bramley
100 butterfly 5th
50 freestyle 10th

Anthony Sim
Bronze: 50 backstroke
50 butterfly 4th
100 freestyle, 50 freestyle 5th

Daniel Gilbert
Silver: 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle