It’s a wrap for the ACS Swimming Championships for 2022! What a wonderful day to welcome all competitors, family and friends to the first major event of the year. We welcomed St Aloysius College’s Year 7 Girls to the championships for the first time where they enjoyed the experience.
Our swimmers of the meet – Mikaela and Alex – kicked off the championships with the 200m Individual Medley winning well and then taking out the final individual events of the day in the senior 100m Freestyle. Along the way Alex B from Loyola College broke two records; the Year 12 Boys 50m Backstroke and the Year 12 Boys 50m Butterfly both held since 2009. Congratulations Alex on your excellent swims.
The Year 8 Boys St Leonard’s team won the 4 x 50m Freestyle relay convincingly by 10 seconds and just pipped their own record held since 2012. Congratulations to our swimmers of the meet and record breakers.
Mikaela had stiff competition from Sophie (Westbourne), Giselle (St Leonard’s), Katelyn (Beaconhills) and Abbey (Overnewton), whilst Alex had Rohan (Loyola), Thomas and Liam (Beaconhills) nipping at his heels in the race to be crowned swimmers of the meet for the third time.
There were some super finishes; in the Year 11 Girls Freestyle Relay, St Michael’s pipped Westbourne by 0.02 seconds; Year 7 Girls Medley relay St Leonard’s scrapped home from Westbourne by 0.05; and the Year 11 Boys Medley relay St Leonard’s defeated Westbourne by only 0.17 seconds.
Congratulations to all the pennant winners; St Leonard’s, Westbourne, St Michael’s, Beaconhills and Loyola and to the winners of the Overall Aggregate, Girls and Boys Aggregate trophies; St Leonard’s College. This is the eighth year in a row St Leonard’s have won the major trophy equalling St Michael’s record of eights wins in a row.
Well done to all participants – it’s great to be back competing with family and friends in the stands.
Thank you to all the schools staff and officials who made the event a very successful one.
Please see the full list of scores below