The Swimmers have been busy training, we have Matthew Gray Luka Foy and Natasha Pannett competing in the New Zealand Age Group Champs and we have a team of swimmers representing Roncalli at the Aoraki Swimming Champs in Ashburton.

Roncalli College Swimming Record ~ Luka Foy

I would like to acknowledge year 12 student Luka Foy who broke a Senior Boys Swimming Record at our College Swimming Sports held earlier in Term One

• 50m Backstroke: Luka Foy 30.31 (Last held 2011 Daniel Hickey 30.45)

Congratulations Luka on your achievement.

Aoraki Secondary Schools Swimming Championships ~ Ashburton

Roncalli College have 7 students travelling to Ashburton to compete in the Aoraki Swimming Championships:

Roncalli team members: Matthew Gray, Maddox Peneamene, Toby Taylor, Jacob Fahey, Chloe Venmore, Isabella McNaught, Natasha Pannett.

I would like to thank Trudy Taylor and Sam Venmore who are giving up thier time to travel with our swimmers and take on the roles of team manager and officials.

Good luck to you all and we look forward to hearing your results.

National Age Group Swimming Champs ~ NAGS

Three Roncalli swimmers (Matthew Gray, Luka Foy and Natasha Pannett) will be travelling to Wellington in the first week of the school holidays to compete in the NZ Age Group Champs. 

This event allows the fastest swimmers in the country to compete for age group titles. To qualify for this national event, Luka, Natasha and Matt have had to meet or better the qualifying times. Matt and Natasha will travel and represent the Swim Timaru team. Luka is the sole representative of the Temuka Swimming Club, and has been invited to travel with the Christchurch-based Vikings Swim Club. 

The event runs over 5 full days with heats in the morning and finals at night. They will swim between four and six events each:

• Matthew has six events in breaststroke, individual medleys, fly and backstroke
• Luka has four events in backstroke and freestyle; and
• Natasha as four freestyle events

Their main aim is to swim personal bests and make finals. We wish them luck!!