Friday, November 8, 2013

Primary Interschool Swimming Carnival

BTC Primary Students lined up on the blocks at the Annual Interschool Swimming Carnival.
The first race of the day was the 100m freestyle events where Ronnie Critchley touched 4th and Riley Casson 5th while in the boys Harry McQueen claimed 4th and Ned Marshall 5th. In the 50m free Lili Clavis was 5th in her heat and Jahana Critchley touched 4th in the final. Hayden Gallagher was 6th in his final race.11yrs Girls heats saw Emma Zischke claim 4th and Riley Casson a 6th while in the boys Ayden Betts touched 4th in his heat while Ned Marshall was 7th in the final. In 12 yrs girls  Ronnie Critchley and Annie Luckman touched 4th and 5th  with Ronnie also getting a 4th in the final.12 yrs boys had Connor Neville  claiming 5th in his heat while Harry McQueen was awarded 5th in the final.
For 50m backstroke heat Lili Clavis was 6th  and Jahana Critchley touched 4th in the final. Riley Casson and Emma Zischke  both touched 6th in their 11yrs girls heats while 11 yrs boys had Ned Marshall and Ayden Betts both coming 5th in their heats with Ned gaining a 7th in the final.
Ronnie Critchley and Dana  Flavell took to the blocks for the 12 yrs girls with Ronnie placing 6th in the final. Connor Neville claimed 4th in his heat while Harry McQueen came 8th in the final.
 In the 50m breaststroke for 10 yrs girls Lili Clavis came 4th in the heats and Jahana Critchley a credible 2nd in the heats and a 5th in the final. Hayden Gallagher came 8th in the 10yrs boys 50m breaststroke final while the 11yrs boys saw both Ned Marshall and Heath Treacy place 7th and 8th respectively. Emma Zischke touched 4th in the 11 yrs girls heats and Riley 5th in her heat  and 7th in the final.12 yrs girls 50m Breaststroke heats saw both Ronnie Critchley and Annie Luckman make it through to the finals. In the heats they placed 3rd and 4th while in the finals they placed 7th and 8th respectively. In the 12 yrs boys Harry  McQueen (6th) and Connor Neville (4th)  swam in the final.

The 50m Butterfly events all went to finals.  10 yr Jahana Critchley placed 5th and 11yr old Emma Zischke(4th) and Riley Casson (6th) swam well with Emma pipped by .3 sec to 3rd place. Ned Marshall claimed 8th in the 11yr boys, Ronnie Critchley powered to a 5th and Taylor Hughes touched 8th in the 12 yrs girls.  In the final individual event of the day 12 yrs Connor Neville touched 5th.
In the relay events the Junior girls placed 4th in the free and 5th in medley, the Senior Girls 5th in the free and 4th in the medley and the senior boys 4th in both the free and the medley. Special mention goes to Jahana Critchley who swam two laps in each relay .
BTC came 3rd in the Average Trophy.   Well done to all the swimmers . At the other end of the pool I could hear the cheering" BTC" throughout the day. You always gave your best and you made me very proud!