Swimming Report
On Thursday 30 and Friday 31 of May 8 Cranbrook Students represented Cranbrook and CIS at the All Schools championships. The meet is held as a finals only swim meet with only 9 swimmers in each race, 3 swimmers from each area – Combined Independent Schools (CIS), Combined High Schools (CHS) and Combined Catholic Schools (CCC).
Our 14 years relay team consisting of Aidan Park, Noah Kemp, Preston Irawan and Carter McGee continued their record-breaking streak with another new school record in the 4 x 50m Freestyle record, improving their time from CIS by .81 in a time of 1:47.50, which is an incredible 1.90 seconds faster than the previous record set in 2013. They finished 3rd place in this race behind Knox and Trinity. The 14 years team also swam the 4 x 50m Medley relay, placing 3rd, 0.24 slower than their CIS time, however this is the most impressive record of the season, their CIS time is a whopping 11.30 seconds faster than the old school record in 2013.
The Opens relay team consisting of Max Moylan, Marcus Da Silva, Axel Robinson and Tate Sirianni also placed 3rd in the 4 x 50m Freestyle relay, bettering their own School Record by 0.74 seconds. In total across the season, they have beaten the previous school record set in 2021 by 5.45 seconds.
Noah Kemp had a huge programme with 5 individual races and 2 relays. Noah medalled in every race he competed in and set 3 new school records which were all previously set by him at CAS and CIS. Noah’s most impressive swim was his 50m Butterfly, where he won a gold medal in a time of 27.00. Noah’s swim was a great victory after placing second to the Knox swimmer at CAS and CIS, Noah was able to out touch the Knox student on the last stroke and win the race by .09 of a second to become state champion. Noah also won two silvers in the 50 Backstroke & 100 Butterfly, two bronze medals in the 100m Freestyle & Backstroke. Fellow Yr 8 student Aidan Park swam in the 200m Breaststroke, narrowly missing the podium and finished 4th in the competition.
Tate Sirianni had an impressive meet winning two gold medals in the 50 and 100m Backstroke, bettering his previous school records set at CIS. Tate swam in the 17&O races as a Yr 11 student, meaning he battled it out with the Yr12 students and still managed to get a win in both races. Tate was fortunate for a race in the 50m Backstroke as he failed to qualify at CIS but gained a lucky spot due to illness from another student. Tate relished the opportunity and redeemed himself by winning the race from an outside lane in a new school record time.
Marcus Da Silva continued his impressive streak winning gold in the 100, 200 and 400m Freestyle setting new All Schools records in the 100 & 200m Freestyle. Marcus also placed 5th in the 50m Freestyle.
Noah, Tate and Marcus all earned places on the New South Wales team to represent the state at the School Sport Australia competition. Head Coach Bec Wheatley has also earned the position as the NSW Coach for the team. Marcus has withdrawn from the team due to competing priorities with other swimming competitions, however Noah and Tate will represent the School and State in September at the National competition. Cranbrook finished 3rd on the boys point score table behind Knox and Trinity, showing how strong the CAS area is for swimming. Cranbrook School finished 4th on the overall point score behind Knox, PLC Croydon, and Trinity.
Cranbrook has 3 State Champions and 8 State medallist which is an incredible achievement. In total across the season, the swim team has set 36 new school records, 3 CAS records, 2 CIS records and 2 All Schools records.
Daniel Arnanmnart
Head of Aquatics