On Tuesday we sent off 32 of our best swimmers to compete against the local schools at the Glen Iris District School Sports Association Swimming Carnival. Held at the Harold Holt Pool, students competed in a range of events including freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly in individual and relay events. A particular highlight was the performance of our girls relay teams of Jemima, Ruby, Ellie and Lauren in the medley and Ellie, Ruby, Jemima and Emily in the freestyle relay and who won both of their events.
Beyond the honours of the ribbon getters and those who have qualified for the next level of competition, I am always so proud of the way that our students conduct themselves with their behaviour but also enthusiasm and effort. For many of the students it was their first appearance at this level and they all tackled it so well. We had a situation where we were short for a race, and rather than missing out on the points for our school, Taylor (Year 6) put her hand up and swam the butterfly event, even though it wasn't her preferred event or one she had prepared for. Thank you Taylor!
Ashy finished 4th on the day and will be sending a number of swimmers to the Inner East Division event next week.