Swimming
2023 NSW CIS Primary Championships
On Wednesday 22 March, 11 Pymble Junior School students competed at the NSW CIS Primary Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.
Emma Deere (Year 4), Penelope Hargraves (Year 6), Oriana Fenton (Year 6), Carla Mikkeline Eibach (Year 6), Emma Feng (Year 4), Crystal Li (Year 3), Charlotte Sadler (Year 6), Puisai Victoria Ko (Year 5), Georgia Friedel (Year 6), Isabella Wang (Year 4) & Rose Wang (Year 3)
Pymble Senior Freestyle relay team won the gold medal.
All swimmers should be congratulated for their outstanding performance!
The following top three finishes have qualified for PSSA to be held on Wednesday 5 April and Thursday 6 April.
First Place
Senior 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Secord Place
Junior 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Third Place
Oriana Fenton (Year 6) 11 years, 50m Breaststroke
Full Results of 2023 NSW Junior CIS Championships
Emma Deere (Year 4) Age: 10
2nd place, girls 8 to 10 years, 200m Freestyle Relay preliminaries (4th leg 35.01) 2:31.90
9th place, girls 10 years, 50m Freestyle 34.84
Carla Mikkeline Eibach (Year 6) Age: 12
1st place, girls 11 to 13 years, 200m Freestyle Relay (3rd leg 33.64) 2:08.29
Emma Feng (Year 4) Age: 10
2nd place, girls 8 to 10 years, 200m Freestyle Relay (2nd leg 38.86) 2:31.90
Oriana Fenton (Year 6) Age: 11
3rd place, girls 11 years, 50m Breaststroke 42.18
8th place, Girls 11 years, 50m Butterfly 38.00
Penelope Hargraves (Year 6) Age: 12
1st place, girls 11 to 13 years, 200m Freestyle Relay (4th leg 31.11) 2:08.29
Puisai Victoria Ko (Year 5) Age: 11
4th place, girls 11 years, 50m Breaststroke 42.19
Crystal Li (Year 3) Age: 9
2nd Girls 8-10 200 Freestyle Relay (3rd leg 40.66) 2:31.90
Charlotte Sadler (Year 6) Age: 12
1st place, girls 11 to 13 years, 200m Freestyle Relay (lead off 30.72) 2:08.29
5th place, girls 12 to 13 years, 50m Breaststroke preliminaries 39.63
8th place, girls 12 to 13 years, 50m Butterfly 35.85
Georgia Friedel (Year 6) – Age: 12
1st place, girls 11 to 13 years, 200m Freestyle Relay (2nd leg 32.82) 2:08.29
Isabella Wang (Year 4) Age: 10
2nd place, girls 8 to 10 years, 200m Freestyle Relay (Lead off 37.37) 2:31.90
Rose Wang (Year 3) Age: 8
6th place, girls 8 years, 50m Freestyle 44.06
Steven Qu
Swimming Coach
2023 NSW Junior State Swimming Championships
On Friday 24 March and Saturday 25 March, the following 12 Pymble swimmers took part at the Junior State meet at Sydney Olympic Park; Megan Chia (Year 7), Imogen Jones (year 7), Emma Ng (Year 7), Puisai Victoria Ko (Year 5), Elsa Yu (Year 6), Oriana Fenton (Year 6), Zara Sandham (Year 7), Anne Liu (Year 7), Penelope Hargraves (Year 6), Charlotte Sadler (Year 6), Carla Eibach (Year 6), Georgia Fenton (Year 6)
Junior State is one of the most competitive meets for our junior swimmer’s where they get the chance to swim against the fastest swimmers in NSW.
The athletes swam 33 individual events of which 26 were personal best times. They produced 11 top ten performances including three individual medals and three relay medals. The nine relays entered achieved nine personal best times.
Relay Results
Silver medal – 4×50 Medley, 10 and 11 years, Relay
Team A; Penelope Hargraves (Year 6), Charlotte Sadler (Year 6), Emma NG (Year 7)
8th place – 4×50 Medley ,10 and 11 years, Relay
Team B; Carla Mikkeline Eibach (Year 6), Puisai Victoria Ko (Year 5), Georgia Friedel (Year 6)
Bronze medal – 4×50 Freestyle, 12 years, Relay
Megan Chia (Year 7) and Imogen Jones (Year 7)
5th place – 4×50 Freestyle 10 to 11 years, Relay
Emma NG (Year 7), Charlotte Sadler (Year 6) and Penelope Hargraves (Year 6)
Bronze medal – 4×50 Medley 13 years, Relay
Imogen Jones (Year 7) and Megan Chia (Year 7)
Bronze medal – 10×50 Freestyle, 10 to 12 years, Relay
Megan Chia (Year 7), Imogen Jones (Year 7), Zara Sandham Year 7, Emma NG (Year 7), Charlotte Sadler (Year 6), Anne Liu (Year 7)
Top 10 individual results
Megan Chia (Year 7)
9th place, 50m Freestyle
3rd place, 50m Butterfly
4th place, 100m Freestyle
9th place, 200m Medley
6th place, 200m Freestyle
3rd place, 100m Butterfly
Puisai Victoria Ko (Year 5)
3rd place, 50m Breaststroke
Emma NG (Year 7)
7th place, 100m Breaststroke
7th place, 50m Butterfly
Charlotte Sadler (Year 6)
6th place, 200m Breaststroke
All the swimmers did an amazing job in the water and had a lot of fun. I am a very proud coach and happy to see the improvements, the resilience, and the racing spirit the athletes displayed all weekend.
Congratulations to all on their results and thank you to the parents for their support and help during the weekend. Thank you to Leanne Speechley and Andrea Raso who have been helping over the competition weekend and to coach Michelle Thomas for preparing our younger swimmers.
Sara Petronzio
Pymble Swimming Coach