lower eyre peninsula primary swimming championships
Annually, Lower Eyre Peninsula Primary School aged swimmers have the opportunity to represent their school and compete in a day long competitive swimming experience. Held on the Friday of Week 3 in Term 4 at the Port Lincoln Pool, swimmers race in both individual and team events. Team scores are tallied at the conclusion of racing and the Port Lincoln City Council's Perpetual Shield and Chris Wareing Memorial Shield are awarded. In 2021 the champion school team was St Josephs and winner of the Chris Wareing Memorial Shield was Navigator College.
In 2021 two new records were set. Tyler Davidson (St Joseph's School) broke the existing record for the boys 14-15 50m Backstroke. The old record was set by Arjay Isle in 2018 (35.76) and Tyler rewrote this swimming a 35.14. The Navigator College 12 and Under Girls 4 x 50m Relay team (Romey Larwood, Ava Kayser, Ella Anderson, Maggie McInerney) set a new record swimming their race in a 2.41.16. The previous record was held by St Joseph's School (Kelly Dennis, Brooklyn George, Lauren Nicholls and Yemaya Coleman-Smith) and was a 2.42.29. This record has stood since 2012. What an amazing achievement from the girls.
In 2021 two new records were set. Tyler Davidson (St Joseph's School) broke the existing record for the boys 14-15 50m Backstroke. The old record was set by Arjay Isle in 2018 (35.76) and Tyler rewrote this swimming a 35.14. The Navigator College 12 and Under Girls 4 x 50m Relay team (Romey Larwood, Ava Kayser, Ella Anderson, Maggie McInerney) set a new record swimming their race in a 2.41.16. The previous record was held by St Joseph's School (Kelly Dennis, Brooklyn George, Lauren Nicholls and Yemaya Coleman-Smith) and was a 2.42.29. This record has stood since 2012. What an amazing achievement from the girls.
