Swimming

NSW State Championships 2022/2023 Swimming Report – Monday 12 December to Saturday 17 December 2022

Vibes were phenomenal as we successfully used the mantra that the team themselves designed for these championships of STICK;

Simple – stay in process

Trust tools

Intentions high, expectations low

Channel inner child

KPSC team focused.

There were many examples where this mantra created energy, calmness, toughness, and team spirit.

Pymble’s (not including Knox or our external boys) statistical results were as follows:

• 34 swimmers
• 142 events
• 88 Personal Bests
• 42 final swims
• 23 medals
• KPSC – 2nd overall in NSW

Individual Medallist’s include:

• Bella Zhang (Year 12)
• Jessica Munk (Year 12)
• Sarah Tian (Year 9)
• Paris Zhang (Alumni)
• Claudia Fydler (Alumni)

Added Relay Medallist’s:

• Piper Gregory- Reid (Year 11)
• Arabella Cox (Year 11)
• Angelica Tan (Alumni)
• Jenny Chong (Year 9)
• Jessica Cullen (Year 10)
• Jaya Lilienthal (Year 10)

Individual Finalist’s – top ten placegetters not mentioned above:

• Elizabeth Lockhart (Year 10)
• Annika Lee (Year 10)
• Samantha Lever (Year 12)
• Annabelle Li (Year 8)

I could not have been prouder of the swimmers. They lifted, endured, supported and lived and breathed our college values all weekend.

Thank you to Coach Sara for attending the event to film the swimmer’s races that aided in analysis. Thanks to Michelle who is a rock to the swimmers when they need anything and everything. Congratulations to Raf who coached many of his swimmers to first time National qualifications and State medals. Thank you to the parents that supported for seven days straight!

What a marathon!

Onward to Nationals and beyond!

2023 SMNE 13/U Speedo Sprint Meet Heats Report

31 Pymble swimmers as part of Knox Pymble Swim Club (KPSC) represented their club Saturday 4 February 2023 at the Sydney Metro North East (SMNE) Speedo Sprint meet. All swimmers achieved amazing personal bests, swimming with great technique and race skills. Every swimmer showed great team spirit!

The main aim of SMNE sprint series heats is to provide swimmers in the eight to thirteen years the opportunity to compete at a SMNE level. The top four swimmers in each age group will represent SMNE at the Speedo Series Finals. Fourteen Pymble Ladies have made it through to the finals on Saturday 4 March. This is a record for our program. The swimmers also competed in Freestyle and Medley relays. A huge congratulations to all swimmers and coaches for all their hard work over the last year.

Pymble students who competed:

Amelie Berg (Year 4), Amelia Carlan (Year 8), Megan Chia (Year 7), Lily Dao (Year 6),                Emma Deere (Year 4), Carla Eibach (Year 6), Emma Feng (Year 4), Oriana Fenton (Year 6),                          Georgia Friedal (Year 6), Penelope Hargraves (Year 6), Imogen Jones (Year 7),                           Avika Kapoor (Year 6), Victoria Ko (Year 5), Sarah Kranes (Year 6), Estelle Lee (Year 7),  Annabelle Li (Year 8), Crystal Li (year 3), Anne Liu (Year 7), Emma Ng (Year 7), Gwen Pickthall (Year 7), Lakshi Rajeev (Year 5), Charlotte Sadler (Year 6), Zara Sandham (Year 7), Chloe Shires (Year 6), Grace Wang (Year 4), Isabella Wang (Year 4), Erin Wei (Year 4), Jiayi Wu (Year 5), Bella Xu (Year 6),    Jisoo Yeou (Year 8), Chenxuan Yu (Year 6), Olivia Yu (Year 3) 

Congratulations to the following swimmers for making the finals:

Amelie Berg (Year 4), Amelia Carlan (Year 8), Megan Chia (Year 6), Emma Deere (Year 4),           Carla Eibach (Year 6), Oriana Fenton (Year 6), Penelope Hargraves (Year 6), Imogen Jones (Year 7), Victoria Ko (Year 5), Crystal Li (Year 3), Anne Liu (Year 7), Emma Ng (Year 7),                        Charlotte Sadler (Year 6), Isabelle Wang (Year 4)

We wish those who made finals all the best and good luck everyone at your upcoming school events.

Lastly a massive thank you, to the parents for their contribution!

Coach Michelle Thomas on behalf of coach Sara Petrozino and Andrea Raso.

Leanne Speechley

Head Coach – Swimming