On Tuesday 23March a selected group of LJBC students were chosen to compete at the 2021 ACC (Associated and Catholic Colleges) Inter School Swimming Carnival. This year our school competed in the C division; in previous years our team has given C division a nudge by placing top 3 in 2018 and 2019, but unfortunately due to Covid-19 we were unable to compete in 2020.

After many early morning training sessions consisting of technique improvement and confidence building, our dedicated athletes smashed out their races to win the Carnival, which is the first time in 16 years! Everyone on the day did a fantastic job and you should all be very proud of the amazing effort and dedication you put into your training and racing to represent our school with pride.

Not only did we win the Carnival, but we also took out the Senior Girls, Senior Boys and Overall Boys’ shield, which is an amazing accomplishment by our senior swimmers. On the day we had some outstanding swimmers who really stood out;

U/19 Tiana, U/17 Tom, U/15 Ethan, U/14 Finn took out champion girl and boys of the carnival. Our runner up champion girl and boy were U/16 Georgia and U/13 Michael. Other students that placed were; U/19 Jake (3^rd place), U/15 Leigh (4^th place) and U/13 Mackenzie (4^th place). These swimmers should be extremely proud of themselves as their hard work has paid off to achieve this incredible accomplishment.

Next year our school will take on B division which will be a challenge, but as long as our swimmers put in the effort and dedication they did this year, anything is possible. As a Year 12 student, this is my last year competing for the school, so I wish our swimmers the best of luck for the upcoming years. I would also like to thank all the teachers and student helpers who put in the effort to help us achieve our goal, it wouldn’t be possible without you.

Tiana

LJBC Student