On Friday 14 March, the Swim Team headed to Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) for GPS 4 \u2014 the final point-scoring event before the GPS 5 grand final is held on 28 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Coach Toby introducing the new team mascot \u2014 the Shore Shark \u2014 spirits and team morale were high and everyone was ready for a good evening of swimming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team was brimming with confidence leading into this event, and the evening started with a bang with the team of Jonty Jagger<\/strong> (Backstroke), Ethan Cook <\/strong>(Breaststroke), William Bestic<\/strong> (Butterfly) and James Bestic<\/strong> (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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regardless, with an unassailable lead in the Open Relays Shore takes out first place in this category which is a fantastic achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first point-scoring events on the programme were the 200m Individual Medleys. Shore placed top three in all divisions, with Harrison Ayer<\/strong> (Juniors – 3rd), William (Intermediate – 3rd) and Ethan taking out 1st in the Seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the 50m Breaststroke we had some great swims including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the 100m Butterfly Harrison came 2nd in the Juniors, and Ethan Ng<\/strong> finished 2nd in the Seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was then over to the 50m Backstroke where we achieved more top three results including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the evening progressed the entire team continued to put their best foot forward with awesome displays of swimming and sportsmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/strong>, Jonty Jagger<\/strong>, Archie and William, setting a new GPS record with a time of 1:40.76!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well done gents! An amazing achievement setting us up for a blistering performance in next week\u2019s final Open Relay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Point Score Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GPS 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Tom O\u2019Keeffe<\/strong> Friday 14 March 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[24],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-24742","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/24742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=24742"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=24742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Top Three Performances<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Intermediate 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay \u2013 Another GPS Record!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/th> Current Position<\/th> Points<\/th> Comments<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Juniors<\/td> 2nd<\/td> 296<\/td> Joeys are 1st on 320.5 Points, Scots 3rd on 288<\/td><\/tr> Intermediate<\/td> 1st<\/td> 268<\/td> Newington are 2nd on 264 points<\/td><\/tr> Seniors<\/td> 1st<\/td> 267<\/td> Riverview are 2nd on 253 points<\/td><\/tr> Open Relay<\/td> 1st<\/td> 80<\/td> Newington are second on 51 points<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Head of Swimming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"