Swimming AAGPS 2 Carnival

The Shore AAGPS team competed in the first of the point-scoring carnivals for the AAGPS Swimming season and came away with some great team and individual results. The AAGPS 2 Carnival has the distance events in the spotlight with the 200m Freestyle and 400m Individual Medley as championship point scoring events. Shore won back-to-back events, winning the Junior, Intermediate and Senior 200m Freestyle divisions. A very special mention to Jonty Jagger who was entered last minute and performed exceptionally well, winning by two body lengths and smashing his goal time.

Archie Lawry, Will Bestic and Jack Pollitt had strong races in the Breaststroke and Backstroke events winning by two to three seconds each – not an easy feat over 50m. The 14s relay continued their red-hot form by comfortably winning the 4 x 50m Freestyle relay, and the 17s had a strong race, finishing in second place.

The highlight of the night was Ethan Cook who absolutely smashed the field and his personal best in the 400m Individual Medley. This is arguably the toughest race of the season, and Ethan smashed second place by over six seconds. The race was close until the Breaststroke leg, in which Ethan pulled away enough of a lead to hold on during the Freestyle and clinch the win. Inspired by Ethan’s performance, Captain of Swimming, Zac Izzard pulled out a great swim after a very busy schedule to place third in the Senior 400m Individual Medley.

The point scoring events increase this week at the AAGPS 3 Carnival, with point scoring events in the 400m Freestyle, 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 4 x 50m Medley Relay. Best of luck to the Shore team as they prepare for this week’s AAGPS Carnival.

GPS Swimming Competition 2023

GPS Junior (12 – 14 Years) Division Points

16 February – Competition Carnival No.2

Place	School	Points	Progressive Total
1st	Newington	40	40
2nd	Sydney Boys’ High	29	29
3rd	Shore	24	24
4th	Sydney Grammar	24	24
5th	Saint Ignatius’	18	18
6th	King’s	17	17
7th	Scots	15	15
8th	St. Joseph’s	13	13

GPS Intermediate (15 – 16 Years) Division Points

Place	School	Points	Progressive Total
1st	King’s	36	36
2nd	Shore	28	28
3rd	Newington	27	27
4th	St. Joseph’s	26	26
5th	Sydney Boys’ High	17	17
6th	Scots	17	17
7th	Sydney Grammar	15	15
8th	Saint Ignatius’	14	14

GPS Senior (17 – 18 Years) Premiership Points

Place	School	Points	Progressive Total
1st	Newington	36	36
2nd	St. Joseph’s	33	33
3rd	King’s	27	27
4th	Shore	22	22
5th	Sydney Grammar	20	20
6th	Scots	16	16
7th	Saint Ignatius’	14	14
8th	Sydney Boys’ High	12	12

GPS Open Relay Points

Event 3: 16 February – Competition Carnival No.3 – 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay

Place	School	Points	Progressive Total
1st	Newington	36	36
2nd	St. Joseph’s	33	33
3rd	King’s	27	27
4th	Shore	22	22
5th	Sydney Grammar	20	20
6th	Scots	16	16
7th	Saint Ignatius’	14	14
8th	Sydney Boys’ High	12	12

Mr J Somerville
MIC Swimming