2024 Secondary Swimming Carnival results

Aquinas/Horten have made a splash at the 54^th annual Secondary Swimming Carnival, taking their second win in two years.

Proving they were no one-hit wonders, the boys from the two Houses scored 1066 points, ahead of five-time champions (2018-2022) Denifle/Jarrett on 806.

Unfortunately, due to an infrastructure issue at Adelaide Aquatic Centre, this year’s carnival was raced in a 25m (short course) pool.

As 50m times in short course pools are generally faster – due to the power generated by the swimmer off the turn – no records were recorded this year.

House Captains and Vice Captains with the Swimming Cup.

However, there were still some notable performances, including Year 11 student Matthew Brown (Denifle) taking the Open 50m butterfly in 27.75.

In one of the closest races of the day, Year 11 student Hugh Caton (Burke) won the Open 50m freestyle (25.31) by just 0.02 over Matthew Brown.

Both boys will compete at the Australian Age Swimming Championships – the pinnacle competition for age-group swimmers – on the Gold Coast, in April.

Final scores

Aquinas/Horten – 1066
Denifle/Jarrett – 806
De Vitoria/Lagrange – 611
Burke/Lacordaire – 555

Age-group champions/runners up

Open

Hugh Caton (Burke)
Matthew Brown (Denifle)
Michael Ward (Horten)

U16

Antony Barresi (Denifle)
Nathan Bishop (Denifle)
Ryan Scholz (Horten)

U15

Kian Leonard (De Vitoria)
Aedan Ryan (Aquinas)
Alexander Frith (Aquinas)

U14

Alexander Ward (Horten)
Daniel Pham (Lagrange)
Henry Kemp (Lacordaire)

U13

Jack Galkowski (Horten)
Alexander Semcesen (Horten)
Andrea Panuccio (Burke)

Aquinas/Horten also showed their dominance in the water polo competition, taking the win from Denifle/Jarrett.

The swimming action continues next week, with a team of 21 Secondary boys contesting the SSSSA B-grade competition at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre on Tuesday 27 February.

Our younger boys hit the water at Adelaide Aquatic Centre on Friday 8 March for the annual Primary Swimming Carnival.