Success at the North Island Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships

Earlier this term a team of 16 swimmers went to Wellington to compete at the North Island Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships. This was a successful weekend in the pool winning 14 golds, 4 silvers, and 3 bronzes. With over sixty top 10 placings across the weekend, the school was very well represented across many finals.

With such a large team we were on fire in the relays, winning three golds, a silver, and a bronze. Special mention to the Premier B team winning the 4 x 25m Waterpolo relay! 

There were also several individual stand-out performances. Sam Rowe earned a 3rd place in the 100 backstroke and Joshua Carroll with two silvers in the 50m and 100m backstroke and a bronze in the 100m freestyle.  Both Alex Willis and Alex Odom had impressive weekends. Alex Willis won all six events of the events he entered and gained a school record in the 100m Breaststroke. Alex Odom picked up five golds and a silver. He also broke school records in the 50m & 100m freestyle and the 50m & 100m backstroke.

PNBHS was the top school in points for both boys and overall. We also placed second in relay points.

The team consisted of 16 boys:

4 - 13 yo (Seongjin Choi, Cobe Kaiuha, Sam Rowe and Eric Wong)

1 - 14yo (Cullen Bryne)

6 - 15yo (Josh Carroll, Jack Rowe, Ryan Stott, Ian Tsui,​ Zihao Wang and Alex Willis)

5 - 16yo (Blake Chase, Ethan Limmer, Sam Moleta, Alex Odom and Callum Simpson)

Results for the full team are attached at the bottom of this article.

The top performers were:

Alex Odom - 16yo 1st - 100IM, 100m Free, 100m Fly, 100m Back, 50m Fly, 2nd - 50m Back

Alex Willis - 15yo 1st - 100IM, 100m Breast, 50m Breast, 100m Fly, 50m Fly, 50m Free

Josh Carroll - 15yo 2nd - 50m Back, 100m Back 3rd - 100m Free plus 3 other top 10 placings

Sam Rowe - 13yo 3rd - 100m Back