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NEWS
SPORT
SWIMMERS TRIUMPH IN THE
ALL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP
SCOTCH SWIMMERS
WITH THE VICTORIAN
ALL SCHOOLS
CHAMPIONSHIP
TROPHY
Scotch has podium finishes in 14 of the 15 events
Scotch’s swimmers will be the only APS
swimming squad to finish off their season
with a trophy this year, after winning the
Victorian All Schools Championship on a
Thursday evening at the Melbourne Sports
and Aquatic Centre. This is the third time
Scotch has won the title since the event was
reintroduced into the swimming schedule
in 2012.
Scotch dominated the meet, finishing on
the podium in 14 out of 15 events, and on
a few occasions had both ‘A’ and ‘B’ relay
teams finishing in the top three. The 15 and
under age group was Scotch’s strongest,
winning five out of five relay events.
Three Scotch swimming records were
broken at this event: the under 16 4 x
50m medley relay (Max Boesley (Year 11),
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Harry Hay (Year 9), Dominic Tsui and Toby
McOmish (both Year 10)); the under 16 4
x 50m butterfly relay (Dominic Tsui, Toby
McOmish, Justin Tan and Tiernan Lim
Joon (both Year 10)); and the open 4 x 50m
backstroke relay (Dominic Tsui, Thomas Hay,
Jack Boesley and Darren Tan (all Year 12)).
The open backstroke relay was also an All
Schools record.
Captain of Swimming, Thomas Hay came
as close as you possibly can to breaking the
open 50m butterfly record, recording 26.01
seconds, to be marginally outside Benno
Negri’s (‘16) record of 26.00.
School Vice Captain, Darren Tan was
due to break a different type of record
this year when he was to become the first
ever Scotch boy to swim at the APS finals
eight times. Although the cancellation of
the finals took that opportunity away, he
was recognised for his excellent service to
Scotch swimming, becoming the first ever
boy to be awarded the Swimming Perelberg
Trophy more than once.
The trophy is awarded each year to
the swimmer who, in the opinion of the
coaches, has shown that he is a devoted
and keen swimmer and fierce competitor,
gracious in victory and defeat, determined
and enthusiastic in training and competition,
hard working with a positive attitude, and
best exemplifying Scotch Spirit. Darren
exemplifies those qualities and is a most
worthy trophy winner.
RYAN NOLAN – TEACHER-IN-CHARGE,
SWIMMING