Senior Swimming Carnival 2025
The Senior School Swimming Carnival for 2025 was held at the R A I Grant Centre on Tuesday 4 February. The carnival attracted a record number of entries, and it was pleasing to see more boys keen to participate in the annual competition. A special thank you to all those involved in the organisation of the carnival, especially Dr Andrew Mansfield (Deputy Head Operations), Mr Gareth Inches (Sportsmaster) and Mr John McClelland (Chief Timekeeper).
NEW School Records!
The afternoon got off to a blistering start, with Vice-Captain Ethan Cook breaking the 200 Individual Medley record by 4 seconds – a record he held last year. Over the afternoon, 12 School records were broken, which is a testament to the School’s current level of swimming, which is the best that Shore has seen. Out of a total of 37 records, there are only eight records left that haven’t been set by boys currently at the School!
The 12 NEW records that were set in 2025 include:
| Age Group | Swimmer | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Years | Harrison Ayer | 50m Freestyle | 25.97 |
| 50m Butterfly | 28.81 | ||
| 100m Freestyle | 58.94 | ||
| 16 Years | William Bestic | 50m Freestyle | 24.39 |
| 50m Backstroke | 28.49 | ||
| 50m Butterfly | 26.24 | ||
| 16 Years | Noah McLaren | 100m Freestyle | 54.84 |
| 17 Years | Harry Pollitt | 50m Backstroke | 30.12 |
| 50m Breaststroke | 31.18 | ||
| 18 Years | Ethan Cook | 50m Breaststroke | 31.08 |
| Open | 200m Individual Medley | 2:14.75 | |
| Open | Oliver Kelly | 200m Freestyle | 2:02.25 |
2025 Age Champions:
Congratulations to our Age Champions, who performed exceptionally well across the range of events swum. They are as follows:
| Age | Age Champion | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Daniel Jin | Ralph Hindmarsh |
| 13 | Brody Semmens | Jack Nelson |
| 14 | Harrison Ayer | Billy Jones |
| 15 | Archie Lawry | Tom Armati |
| 16 | William Bestic | Noah McLaren |
| 17 | Harry Pollitt | Ethan Ng |
| 18 | James Bestic | Ethan Cook |
Congratulations to all swimmers involved. We have now selected the representative swim team to represent the School at the AAGPS Swimming competitions held across February and March.
The full gallery of the day can be viewed on Lampada here.
Go Shore!
Mr Tom O’Keeffe
Head of Swimming