Swimming Report

Friday 14 March 2025

GPS 4 – Shore Swim Team

On Friday 14 March, the Swim Team headed to Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) for GPS 4 — the final point-scoring event before the GPS 5 grand final is held on 28 March.

With Coach Toby introducing the new team mascot — the Shore Shark — spirits and team morale were high and everyone was ready for a good evening of swimming.

Open Relays – Four From Four With One More to Go!

The team was brimming with confidence leading into this event, and the evening started with a bang with the team of Jonty Jagger (Backstroke), Ethan Cook (Breaststroke), William Bestic (Butterfly) and James Bestic (Freestyle) taking out 1st place in the Opens 4 x 50m Medley Relay. This means that in the Open Relay category Shore has achieved four wins from four starts! No school has ever completed a clean sweep in the Open Relay category, but with the All Ages 6 x 50m Freestyle Relay at GPS 5 the final event, can Shore do a GPS first and win all five events across the season? We believe we can!

Regardless, with an unassailable lead in the Open Relays Shore takes out first place in this category which is a fantastic achievement.

Top Three Performances

The first point-scoring events on the programme were the 200m Individual Medleys. Shore placed top three in all divisions, with Harrison Ayer (Juniors – 3rd), William (Intermediate – 3rd) and Ethan taking out 1st in the Seniors.

In the 50m Breaststroke we had some great swims including:

Daniel Jin – 2nd 12 years age group
Archie Lawry – 2nd by 0.01 in the 15 years age group
William – 1st in the 16 years age group
Harry Pollitt – 1st in the 17 years age group
Ethan Cook – 1st in the 18 years age group

In the 100m Butterfly Harrison came 2nd in the Juniors, and Ethan Ng finished 2nd in the Seniors.

It was then over to the 50m Backstroke where we achieved more top three results including:

Daniel – 1st
Brody Semmens – 2nd
William – 2nd
Ethan Ng – 2nd

Intermediate 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay – Another GPS Record!

As the evening progressed the entire team continued to put their best foot forward with awesome displays of swimming and sportsmanship.

Just last week our Open 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay team set a new GPS record. This week, the highlight of the evening came from our Intermediate 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay team of Hugo Stewart, Jonty Jagger, Archie and William, setting a new GPS record with a time of 1:40.76!

Well done gents! An amazing achievement setting us up for a blistering performance in next week’s final Open Relay.

Point Score Updates

	Current Position	Points	Comments
Juniors	2nd	296	Joeys are 1st on 320.5 Points, Scots 3rd on 288
Intermediate	1st	268	Newington are 2nd on 264 points
Seniors	1st	267	Riverview are 2nd on 253 points
Open Relay	1st	80	Newington are second on 51 points

GPS 5

After building a strong foundation across the first four GPS carnivals, we now head into GPS 5 where every event is point-scoring and the stage is set. Our championship swimmers will be put to the test but we will also have our depth and relay teams tested.

We look forward to a huge carnival for the season finale on 28 March and hope the Shore Community gets behind our incredible team of swimmers. Go Shore!