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North Island Secondary Schools Swimming Championship

 
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North Island Secondary Schools Swimming Championship
by Sally Wenham - Friday, 18 June 2021, 2:50 PM
 

Presentations were made at assembly yesterday morning to PNBHS swimmers who won medals at the recent North Island Secondary Schools Swimming Championship in Wellington.

Alex Odom - Gold 15 year old 100m Individual Medley, Gold 50m Backstroke, Gold 100m Freestyle, Gold 15 Year Old 100m Backstroke, Gold 13-15 Year Old Elimination race
Alex Willis - 14 year old age group – Gold 100m Breaststroke, Gold 50m Breaststroke, Silver 100m Butterfly, Bronze 100m Individual Medley, Silver 14 Year Old 50m Butterfly
Levi Holman - Silver 17 and over 100m Individual Medley, Silver 100m Breaststroke.
Ian Tsui - Bronze 14 year old 50m Breaststroke, Bronze 14 Year Old 50m Freestyle
Cole Phillips – Silver, 50m Freestyle
Josh Carroll - Bronze 14 Year Old 100m Backstroke.

13-15 year old Skins Event. This event is a gruelling elimination race where the swimmers complete 50m of a stroke randomly drawn out of a hat, with the slowest 2 being eliminated. After 1 minute rest they then repeat the process until after 4 lots of 50m it is down the final 2 swimmers. Alex Willis went out early after a big day of swimming. The last two swimmers were Cole Phillips and Alex Odom. Alex took out the win after Cole drew Alex's favoured 50m Fly as the final leg.

The PNBHS A team of Alex Odom, Alex Willis, Cole Phillips and Ian Tsui won the 4x50m Medley relay, in a time that would have also won the senior age group. In the 4x50m Freestyle relay the same team completely dominated the pool, winning by 4 seconds and in a time that also would have won the senior age group.