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The Tenison Woods College Swimming Team has successfully defended their title at the 2018 SESSSA Interschool Swimming Carnival on Friday 16 February. The win makes it four in a row for the college. It was a dominant performance by our swimmers who won all age group shields, broke six long standing records & finished 222 points ahead of second placed school, Grant High School. However, the most pleasing aspect of the day was the support students showed for one another and the school pride that was on display.

The Final Scores were:

Tenison Woods College - 589 points

Grant High School - 367 points

Bordertown High School - 354 points

St Martins Lutheran College - 338 points

Mount Gambier High School - 312 points

Combined Schools - 202 points

Tenison Woods College achieved the following:

• Won the U/14, U/15, U/16 & Open age group divisions making it a clean sweep.
• 1st placings in 54 out of 64 races, placed in 61 of those 64 races.
• Placed 1st in 11 out of 12 relays
• 28 individual athletes out of 32 secured a 1st place
• All swimmers who were involved on the day achieved a place ribbon (amazing depth).
• Hayley Pearson, Archie Muller & Dan O’Callaghan won 6 out of 6 races each.

The records set by Tenison Woods College for the day were:

• M U/14 50m Breastroke – Tom Bignell 36.40 (1991 A Bilney 39.00)
• F U/15 50m Breastroke – Ashleigh Spicer 39.42 (2009 M Dansie 39.68)
• F U/20 50m Backstroke – Jaime Spicer 33.97 (1994 A Kilam 34.80)
• F U/15 50m Butterfly – Hayley Pearson 32.35 (2017 N Moran 32.51)
• F U/15 4x50m Medley Relay – 2:21.33 (1998 2:23.00 Bordertown) – Hayley Pearson, Kiah Connolly, Ashleigh Spicer, Emma O’Callaghan
• M U/15 4x50m Medley Relay – 2:19.75 (2005 2:22.71 Grant) – Archie Muller, Tom Bignell, Billy Barton, Ethan Michielan

Well done to all students involved, it was a tremendous effort!

Ciaran Buckley | HPSP Head Coach & Year 8-12 Sports Coordinator

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