STRATUS

From Thursday until Sunday last week, 13 of the schools swimmers competed with distinction at the New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships held in Hamilton.

For swimmers the measure of performance is personal best times and the team had plenty. Of the 87 individual events that were swum by PNBHS swimmers, 83 were personal best times. Some by as much as 15 seconds. The team also managed a total of 30 top 10 individual results and 8 top 10 relay results. Overall the team finished as the 3^rd highest points scoring Boys’ school.

Individual highlights were
Alex Odom: 1^st 15-year-old 50m Backstroke
                      2^nd 15-year-old 100m Backstroke
                      2^nd 15-year-old 200m Backstroke
Alex broke his own school records in both the 50m Backstroke and the 50m Freestyle twice at the meet. In addition Alex claimed the school records in both the 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke taking a massive 3 and a half seconds off the previous backstroke mark.

Ian Tsui: 3^rd 13-year-old 50m Breaststroke
                3^rd 13-year-old 200m Breaststroke

Ryan Stott: 2^nd 13-year-old 200m Butterfly

Cole Phillips: 3^rd 15-year-old 200m Breaststroke

Alex Willis equaled the school record in the 13 year old 50m Freestyle
Levi Holman broke the school record in the 15 year old 50m Freestyle

The 15 and Under A Relay team of Alex Odom, Ian Tsui, Alex Willis and Cole Phillips won Silver medals in both the 4x50m Medley Relay and in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay. The 15 and Under B Team finished 7^th and 8^th respectively in the same events, highlighting how strong our junior swimmers are.