St Patrick’s College collected a stunning 15 out of a possible 16 shields on offer at both the Northern and statewide Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools swimming carnivals last month.
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It was the third year in a row that the Launceston college has won all seven NSATIS shields of junior and senior boys and girls and boys’ girls and overall aggregate.
Tony Cullen, person in charge of swimming, said: “In 2015 it was the first time it had been done by any NSATIS college so to do it three years in a row is an unbelievable feat and one that the college is very proud of.”
Jonte Adams, Angus Robertson, Jade Nichols, Samuel Cullen, Jordan Cooper and Abbey Badcock were all multiple NSATIS champions.
Records were broken by Adams in the under-14 50-metre freestyle, Cooper in the under-16 50m breaststroke, the under-14 boys’ freestyle and medley teams of Adams, Robertson, William Hinds and Sam Foley while Cullen improved a 21 year old mark in the under-15 100m freestyle.
The college’s golden run continued at the SATIS carnival with victory in the junior and senior girls, junior boys, aggregate boys and girls and co-ed junior, senior and aggregate.
Cooper, Cullen, Adams, Robertson and Ethann Best were individual champions.
Cooper broke a record in the under-16 breaststroke and the team of Adams, Robertson, Hinds and Foley did the same in the under-14 boys’ freestyle relay.
“At both NSATIS and SATIS our relays were awesome – demonstrating our swimming depth and the quality that exists within our third and fourth swimmers,” Cullen said.
“At NSATIS we won 10 out of 16 relays up for grabs.”
The 2015-2017 swim teams will be among the first inducted into the soon-to-be established St Patrick’s College Sporting Hall of Fame.
National focus
A strong Northern Tasmanian contingent is taking part in the Australian age championships at Brisbane Aquatic Centre from April 16 to 23.
Fresh from open nationals, William Bonney, 15, of Riverside Aquatic, competes in the 100m breast, 200m breast and 50m freestyle.
He joins Riverside teammates Emily Lonergan, 15 (100m and 200m breast); Jack Sladden, 16 (100 and 50m free); Thomas Sladden, 14 (100m fly); Georgia Davis, 16 (100m breast); Jordan Cooper, 15 (100m breast); Marcus Darko, 16 (relay) and Kiaran Gillies, 15 (relay).
Completing the Northern representative line-up are South Esk’s Kit DeJonge, 18, and Fraser Sutton, 16; and Launceston Aquatic’s Dawson Howell, 15.