PR E PA R ATORY S C HO OL
Swimming for their Quarter
Everyone present on the day should be very proud of the efforts of the Preparatory School students at our recent Swimming Carnivals.
Held on the same day, the Dolphin and Quarter carnivals were a fantastic display of swimming prowess and nerves of steel!
First up was the Dolphin Carnival for
students in Years 1, 2 and 3. Little bodies,
new to swimming with or without a
flotation aid, swam fearlessly from one side
of the pool to the other. They were only
helped ‘a little bit’ by the Sports Monitors or
staff who were always just an arm’s length
away. These 12 metre races then gave way
to the 25 metre races and there were some
very excited swimmers who had only swum
across the pool last year to find out this
year how much their swimming skills had
improved. Congratulations to all swimmers.
Once the Year 1 – 3 students had finished,
the Quarter Carnival for Year 4 – 6
swimmers got underway and students
previously seeded in time trials in the weeks
before the carnival swam against others
in their year group, graded according to
their ability. The Carnival started with the
gruelling Individual Medley in which a
new record was set by Emma Pittman
(Year 6, West) and was followed by races
in Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle and
Butterfly. New records were set in all four
strokes. Congratulations to these very
talented and hardworking swimmers.
Once the individual races had been
completed, the year group relays started
and sent the crowds into a cheering frenzy.
Finally, with two wins and a second across
all three relays, West took home the relay
trophy, which contributed significantly to
its overall score, and were awarded the
Champion Quarter trophy at the final
presentation.
Thank you to FOPS for keeping everybody
fed and hydrated and to the Guildford
Kalamunda District Swimming Club for the
loan of the Dolphin Timing System. As
always, we celebrated the winners, the
courageous finishers, the cheering parents
and the hardworking staff who encouraged
and supported our amazing Year 1 - 6
swimmers.
New Records set at the 2018 Quarter
Swimming Carnival:
• Open Individual Medley – Emma
Pittman 1:24.29
• Year 6 Girls 50m Backstroke – Emma
Pittman 38.60
• Year 6 Girls 50m Breaststroke – Emma
Pittman 44.50
• Year 4 50m Butterfly – Georgia
Crossen 53.06
• Year 5 50m Butterfly – James Park
40.96
• Year 6 50m Butterfly – Emma Pittman
39.74
• Year 4 Girls 50m Freestyle – Georgia
Crossen 45.20
• Year 6 Girls 50m Freestyle – Emma
Pittman 32.64
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