What an amazing Nationals our swimmers have had at the National Aquatic Centre last weekend.
There were 720 swimmers from throughout New Zealand competing, and our 12 performed outstandingly in tough competition. We are extremely proud of their results which saw Baradene come away as 3rd Top Girls School on the points table.
Overall our swimmers gained:
12 x Gold medals
4 x Silver medals, and
4 x Bronze medals
Top 10 Placings were:
Lanihei Connolly (15 years) – 1st 200 Breaststroke, 1st 50 Breaststroke, 2nd 100 Breaststroke 3rd 50 Freestyle, 5th 100 IM, 6th 50 Fly, 10th 100 Free
Amelia Bray (14 years) – 1st 100 Freestyle, 1st 50 Fly, 1st 50 Freestyle, 1st 100 Fly, 3rd 100 Backstroke
Trelise Dance (16 years) – 1st 100 Breaststroke, 2nd 200 Breaststroke, 2nd 50 Breaststroke, 9th 200IM
Isabelle Gibson (15 years) – 1st 50 Backstroke, 1st 100 Backstroke, 2nd 200 Backstroke
Olivia Gibson (16 years) – 3rd 200 Breaststroke, 4th 100 Breaststroke, 5th 50 Breaststroke, 10th 200IM
Lucy Gleeson (14 years) – 3rd 200 Breaststroke, 5th 100 Breaststroke, 7th 50m Breaststroke
Emma Wallace (15 years) – 9th 50 Breaststroke, 9th 100 Breaststroke, 9th 50 Freestyle
U16 4x50m Medley Relay – 1st (Isabelle Gibson, Lanihei Connolly, Amelia Bray, Isla Petherbridge
U16 4x100m Freestyle Relay – 1st (Lanihei Connolly, Amelia Bray, Isla Petherbridge, Emma Wallace)
U16 4x50m Freestyle Relay – 1st (Lanihei Connolly, Isla Petherbridge, Emma Wallace, Amelia Bray)
On top of these outstanding results, 11 College records were broken:
Open 100 IM - Lanihei Connolly - 1:05.99
Open 100 Free - Amelia Bray - 57.90
Open 100 Breast - Trelise Dance - 1:10.26
Open 100 Back - Isabelle Gibson - 1:02.99
Open 100 Fly - Amelia Bray - 1:02.09
Open 200 Breast - Trelise Dance - 2:33.54
Open 200 Back - Isabelle Gibson - 2:15.71
Intermediate 50 Free - Amelia Bray - 26.60
Intermediate 50 Back - Isabelle Gibson - 29.27
Intermediate 50 Fly - Amelia Bray - 28.80
Senior 50 Breast - Trelise Dance - 32.72
A huge thank you to Jasmine Connolly and Claire Gibson who managed the team superbly over 4 day Champs.