Beachside Interschool Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to the McKinnon super Swimmers ! I t was a whole team effort at the Beachside Carnival held on March 4th at the Caulfield Pool. Although we only won 7 events, the whole team rallied and made sure there was a McKinnon Swimmer in lane 6 in every event. The U13/14 girls blitzed the competition and won the overall aggregate for junior girls.

The team consisted of : Gail Humphreys, Kirsty Landman,Nicole Round, Maddie Begala, Heidi Begala,Katie Washfold and Jayde Shorter. All the McKinnon swimmers did us proud and our girls and boys teams had great depth from Junior and Intermediate through to Senior teams. This great team spirit enabled us to come 2nd overall in the Beachside Carnival - the best result in years!

Highlights of the Day

• Winning the U13 and U14girls freestyle relay and Medley relay
• Gail Humpreys individually winning 1 first place and 3 Seconds as well as being in the winning freestyle and medley relay. She scored 34 points for our team!!
• Shae Rickards & Heidi Begala filling in for the Senior Butterfly – 100m event although they are only U14
• Michelle Grima swimming 100m Breaststroke although she said she’s not a breaststroker
• Megan Berriman and Daniel Balog Yr 12 putting the school team first and swimming 5 individual events as well as medley relay and freestyle relay. Daniel scored 23 points for our team!
• Ros Creaser Year 12 for her great backstroke and relay legs
• Emma Chisholm and Juliette Austin Year 12 for showing commitment to the school and swimming in the relay events
• Amber Trennery Year 12 – for her amazing diving expertise to take first place in The Open Diving Competition
• Our two super Swimmers – Chloe Rings and William Swedosh - 8 laps of the pool and just kept going
• Our individual Multi talented Super Swimmers- Eleanor Gerrard, Mitch Walder, Megan Berriman and Will Nougher – 4 laps 4 strokes!
• U15 Freestyle relay boys –Alex Moloney started well ,Ben Morrison and Will Swedosh maintained second place but Hugh Frecheville ate them alive to finish Number 1
• And finally to all the swimmers who just got in there and swam their best to get the points for the school – it was a fabulous contribution.
• The winners will go onto Southern zone on Thursday 25 March at MSAC
  Fantastic Effort for a fantastic Day and thanks for a great birthday present

Words and Pictures by Mrs Hooper