9 New National Age Group Records
· 13 Year old Lucy Joyce of International School Nadi setting a new record in the Girls 800M Freestyle for U15 & U17 age group with a time of 11.11.56. The previous U15 Girls record of 11.34.96 was held by Tieri Erasito and the U17 Girls record of 11.27.72 was held by Samantha Chow.
· 12 Year old Alisha Dickinson of Mount Saint Mary’s School (Nadi) setting a new record in the Girls 1500M Freestyle for U13, U15 &U17 age groups with a time of 22.41.60. The previous U15 Girls record of 23.11.08 was also held by Tieri Erasito.
· 13 Year old Lucy Joyce of International School Nadi shattered her own record in the Girls 400M Individual Medley for U15 age group with a time of 6.03.47. Lucy’s previous record of 6.11.85 was swum during the Fiji Nationals in April this year.
· 10 Year old Lui Pene of Stella Maris Primary School setting a new record in the Boys 200M Backstroke for U11 age group with a time of 3.32.23 as well as the 200M Butterfly with a new record time of 3.25.93. The previous U11 Boys 200M Backstroke record of 3.39.84 was Lui’s own record. The old 200M Butterfly record time of 3.45.64 was set by Gordon Thompson of International School Nadi.
· 10 Year old Lui Pene of Stella Maris Primary School setting a new record in the Boys 200M Backstroke for U11 age group with a time of 3.32.23 as well as the 200M Butterfly with a new record time of 3.25.93. The previous U11 Boys 200M Backstroke record of 3.39.84 was Lui’s own record. The old 200M Butterfly record time of 3.45.64 was set by Gordon Thompson of International School Nadi.
· 8 Year old Toma Pene, younger brother of Lui Pene but representing Marist Brothers Primary School claimed new records in the U9 Boys 200M Backstroke with a new time of 4.01.78 (Old standard time 4.08.37) and the U9 Boys 200M Buttefly with a new record time of 4.14.49, smashing the standard record time of 4.27.27.
· 10 Year old Francis Furivai of Mount Saint Mary’s School (Nadi) setting a new record in the Boys 800M Freestyle for U11 age group with a time of 13.37.33. The previous U11 Boys standard record was 16.01.77.
· Douglas Miller of Marist Brothers High School setting a new record in the Boys 400M Individual Medley for U15 age group with a time of 5.41.46. The old time of 4.45.10 also belong to Douglas.
Final Medal standings
Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
FIJI SECONDARY SCHOOL
1. Nadi Muslim College 42 41 25 108
2. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SUVA 16 15 4 35
3. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NADI 8 8 10 26
4 Marist Brothers High School 7 4 5 16
5. NADI CHRSITIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL 7 3 6 16
6. Cathedral Secondary School 7 1 0 8
University of South Pacific 4 0 0 4
Unattached 4 3 0 7
Natabua High School 3 1 9 13
Fiji Institute of Technology 2 0 0 2
Suva Grammar School 0 4 3 7
Swami Vivekananda College 0 1 2 3
SECONDARY BOYS DIVISON
NADI MUSLIM
MARIST BROTHERS HIGH
CATHEDRAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY GIRLS WOMEN DIVISON
NADI MUSLIM
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SUVA
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NADI
FIJI PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Mt St Mary's Primary School 34 31 23 88
Suva Primary School 16 6 2 24
Nadi Airport School 14 7 16 37
International School Nadi 12 18 18 48
Veiuto Primary School 5 6 5 16
Yat Sen Primary School 4 9 5 18
Marist Brothers Primary School 4 5 4 13
Suva Christian Community High 3 1 3 7
Stella Maris Primary School 3 1 0 4
International School Suva 1 4 3 8
Pacific Harbour Multi-Cultural 1 3 5 9
Suva Christian Community Prima 1 2 8 11
Nadi Christian Community School 1 2 0 3
Holy Trinity Primary School 0 3 2 5
The Learning Centre 0 0 2 2
St Agnes School Suva 0 0 1 1
Points of Interest
· By far this year’s event the biggest with just under 400 swimmers representing 22 schools, 2 tertiary institutions as well as a number of unattached swimmers.
· Primary school champs Mt. Saint Mary’s of Nadi successfully defended their title for the 3rd successive year. Likewise, Nadi Muslim College also of Nadi defended their 3rd successive title.
· National Schools Swimming is grateful to Courts Homecentres for their support and sponsorship in giving $20,000 towards Schools Swimming.
· This year’s build up is in preparation for next years Pacific School Games scheduled for Canberra, Australia. Fiji Schools swimming participated at the 2005 Pacific School Games in Melbourne with its lone medal won by Calum Liew.
· We are anticipating a bigger and better games for next year noting that a squad will be chosen to represent Fiji Schools to the Pacific School Games. It is great to see the power house of schools sports such as Marist, Suva Grammar, International School and Yet Sen School showing good results. We hope that come next year, other big name schools in Suva and the Nausori corridor will participate and make use of the National Aquatic Centre that is made available to them.
