By TBHS | Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2019
The Aoraki Swimming Championship was held in Ashburton on 10 April 2019 with a team of nine TBHS swimmers participating: Jack Sands (Team Captain), Matthew Moore, William Tudgey, Dominic Coleman, Benson Arnold, William Mackenzie, Thomas Kyle, Joshua Young and Cale Tompkins.
TBHS won all of the boys’ relays on the day. The Senior boys of Jack, Matthew, Dominic and Will finished five seconds ahead of the second placed team in the medley relay and produced a similar result in the freestyle relay. The Junior relay team for the medley (Thomas, Benson, William and Cale) won their relay by twenty seconds, which was a great result. The junior freestyle relay team (Thomas, Benson, William and Josh) finished 7 seconds ahead of their rivals in winning their race.
In the Senior 15 years of age and over individual swim category, our swimmers swam limited races due to the fact that they were about to compete at the New Zealand national age group championships. Jack Sands won his 50m breaststroke race very convincingly and set a new record of 31.78, beating Campbell Lindblom’s old record of 33.31. Matthew Moore also won his 100m butterfly race and came close to breaking the record of 1.00.15, swimming 1.01.27. William Tudgey gained a 4th and 6th placing in the 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly respectively, while Dominic Coleman was 4th in the 50 Butterfly.
In the 14 and Under age group there were some very pleasing results. Thomas Kyle was second or third in each of his four races, 100m individual medley, 200m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle, swimming three personal bests along the way. A very nice day’s swimming for Thomas. Benson Arnold gained a third, fourth, and two sixths in his races including a 5 second personal best in the individual medley, while William Mackenzie was placed in the top five in each of his three races. Joshua Young got a credible third in the 200m Individual Medley and then gained a fourth, eight and tenth in his other three races. Cale Tompkins also swam well and placed fifth, seventh twice and ninth in his day’s racing.
