Swimming

NZSecondary Schools Swimming

All of the St Paul's students swam personal bests.

Nic McGuire-Holcroft, Kieran Dale, Cam Voykovich, Charles Christie and Hamish Black came away with a bronze medal in the Junior Mens 200m Freestyle Relay.

Hamish Black won bronze in 200m Butterfly.

A very memorable time.

School Swimming Sports 2011

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St Paul's Swimming Sports 2011

On Wednesday, 23rd March 2011, the St Paul’s annual Swimming Sports took place in the newly heated pool.  The day was full of raucous support for those swimming, by their House mates and the enthusiasm and support shown by all in attendance was very pleasing to see and yet again reiterates the strength and the value of House competition.

Senior Boys:

1st:    Evan Wilson
2nd:    Nick McGuire-Holcroft
3rd =:    Tom Swarbrick
    Mikey Hodge
5th:    Scott Hilliar    


Intermediate Boys:

1st:    Cam Voykovich
2nd:    Kieran Dale
3rd:     James Atherton
4th:    Tom Dobbe
5th:    Simroop Singh-Thandi    

Junior Boys:
1st:    Hamish Black
2nd:    Charles Christey
3rd:     Blake Phillips
4th =:    Thomas Hislop
    James Wilkins        

Girls:

1st:    Charlotte Atherton
2nd:    Tegan Voykovich
3rd =:    Natalie Hong
    Lashara Lim
5th:    Annelies Watson-Holmes    



Cups St Paul’s Swimming Sports 2011:

McMORRAN CUP:    1500m Boys    Evan Wilson (SC)    
COACH’S CUP:     Girls 1500m    Tegan Voykovich (SC/HR)
GANLEY CUP:    Junior Champion (under14)     Hamish Black (HL)
FITCHETT CUP:    Intermediate Champion (under16)     Cam Voykovich (SC)    
RONALDSON TROPHY:     Senior girls’ Champion         Charlotte Atherton (WL/HR)
SMART CUP:    Senior Champion (Open)     Evan Wilson (SC)
TWENTY RELAY CUP:    Composite Relay Champions    HALL    
EWEN CUP:    Inter-House Champions    HALL
SANDFORD CUP:    Champion of Champions     Evan Wilson (SC)
                                      One record 50 Fly

St Paul's Collegiate School is the current Waikato Secondary Schools Boys' Champions. With a strong group of senior boys now graduated from the school the process of rebuilding the squad is well under way.

St Paul's  welcomes Evan Wilson (Year 12, School House) to the squad. Evan has a very busy term ahead with the Australian Open Water Championships in February, the New Zealand Age Group Championships in March, followed by the Commonwealth Games trials in April.

Club swimmers continue their training schedules while others are training in the school pool, some before school, and others on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.

With Year 11 girls now attending St Paul's, the girls' squad has grown. This bodes well for this year's Waikato Championships. The school welcomes Charlotte Atherton (Year 12, Harington House) and Nicole Banks (Year 11, Harington House) to the squad.

The girls achieved a highly creditable ninth place at last year's championships and are working to improve that ranking with the support of Head of Swimming Megan Cowley.