On Wednesday, 27 March, 57 of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn’s best New South Wales swimmers travelled to Sydney Olympic Park to compete at the MacKillop Swimming Championships.

Mt Carmel Yass student Tahlia Wullaert and St Patrick’s Bega student Jontae Thompson proudly held the Archdiocese banner in the traditional march before a prayer and National Anthem officially opened the Championships.

Emily Walker set the pace for the day finishing in 5^th place in the Open girls 100m, followed by some fabulous Personal Best (PB) times by first timers in the 8 years freestyle, Emily Ryan, Veronica Bromham, Charlie Jamieson and Archer Halligan.

In the 50m backstroke event, Hugo Davidson swam the race of his life, taking out the silver medal after coming 6^th in the heat. Emily Walker also smashed a PB to receive silver in the girl’s 50m in a hotly contested race, before winning gold at the 50m breaststroke. Emily took her place on the podium once again with bronze and a PB in the 200m individual medley.

In the Small Schools Relay, Lake Cargelligo claimed gold and St Joseph’s Grenfell swam beautifully, finishing in 5^th place. The St Mary’s Young senior girls relay team took out the bronze medal with the Lumen Christi team not far behind in 5^th place.

Well done to all of our swimmers, many of whom swam their personal best. Good luck to our NSW Primary School Sports Association (NSWPSSA) Qualifiers: Emily Walker, Hugo Davidson, the Lake Cargelligo relay team and the St Mary’s, Young senior girls relay team.