AAGPS Swimming Carnival 2

AAGPS Swimming Carnival 2

Thursday 22 February 2024 – SOPAC, Homebush

Last Thursday night, the GPS Swim Team headed out to SOPAC for the second of the five GPS swim carnivals. This was our first outing to SOPAC after GPS 1 was held at Shore last week. The build-up to GPS 5 has begun!

With competition points awarded in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior 200 metre Freestyle and 400IM as well as the Open 4 x 100 metre Relay, Shore performed very well. The boys handled everything in a manner that the School would be proud of. There were a few outstanding performances, including:

  • Open 4 x 100 metre Freestyle Relay – Noah M (54.65 – PB), Will B (56.93), Ethan C (56.23) and Ollie K (55.43) in a time of 3:43.38. A fantastic effort from all four boys stepping up to race the other teams, with the majority swimming there being Senior boys.
  • Noah M set a GPS Record in the 15s 100 metre Freestyle – with a PB time of 54.61. This is a huge achievement as the GPS have had some great swimmers come through the ranks over the years, and it also marks the second GPS record that has been set by the 15s this season – with hopefully more to come!
  • Harrison A made his first mark in the Junior 200 metre Freestyle with a win in a time of 2.09.97 against a number of 14 year old swimmers.

Point Score Update:

  • Juniors 1st place ahead of Joeys by just 3 points!
  • Intermediate 2nd Place behind Newington, a huge opportunity at GPS 3!
  • Seniors 4th place just one point in front of Scots!
  • Open Relay – 3rd place with Joeys and Scots equaling 4th, just 4 points behind. A huge battle is approaching with Scots in the Open 4 x 50 metre Free Relay on Friday night at GPS 3.

This week, there is a full programme with point events across 50 metre Freestyle and Butterfly, 100 metre Backstroke and Breaststroke, the Junior, Intermediate and Senior 400IM events, as well as the all-important Junior, Intermediate and Senior 4 x 50 metre IM Relay. The night begins with the spectacular Open 4 x 50 metre Freestyle Relay.

Let’s go Shore!

Mr T O’Keeffe
Head of Swimming