Swimming
Teacher in Charge: Mr Marty Lee
Phone: 543 2400 Ext 223
Email: mlee@aquinas.school.nz
Term: 1
Aquinas College holds two Swimming Championships each year during Term 1. One event for all Year 7 and 8 Students and another event for the Year 9-13 Students.
The Year 7 and 8 Swimming Championship for 2019 will be held on Wednesday 13 March at the Greerton Aquatic Centre in Greerton. All students are expected to participate, and a number of events are included in the programme to accommodate students with limited swimming abilities.
The Year 9-13 Swimming Championships for 2019 are being held on Wednesday 20 March at the Baywave Aquatic Centre in Mount Maunganui. While it is not compulsory for students to compete in Year 9 -13 event, they are strongly encouraged to enter in order to earn House Points for the School House competition.
Students who have received a 1st or 2nd placing are then selected to represent Aquinas College at the Zone Championships on Tuesday 9 April 2019 (Year 7- 8) or Bay of Plenty Secondary School Swimming Championships on Friday 5 April 2019.
2018 Results
A very special congratulations to each of our Individual Champions
| Age Group | Female | Male |
| Year 7 | Izzy Jones | Henry Scholes |
| Year 8 | Caitlin Farrell | Jacob Lewis and Luca Adsett |
| U14 | Ruby Helm | Dylan Beilby |
| U16 | Kate Kuka | Connor Farrell |
| U19 | Anais Magner | Lochlainn O’Connor |
Please click below to see full results for the Aquinas College Championships:
Aquinas College Swimming Records:
Swimming Records Boys and Swimming Records Girls
Bay of Plenty Secondary School Results: Year 9-13
It was an early start for our competitors heading to Taupo for a day of racing. 14 Students attended the event and raced exceptionally.
Aquinas was placed as 5th Overall School of 20. A great achievement for such a small team.
Special mention must go to two students who took out Overall Champions in their respective age groups for the Championship. Dylan Beilby was awarded Overall Junior Boys Champion and Lochlainn O’Connor was awarded Overall Senior Boys Champion.
Please click on the link below for full results:
BOPSS Swimming Full Results 2018
Zone Swimming Results: Year 7 & 8
It was a great day of Swimming action at the Greerton Aquatic Centre on Tuesday 10 April with the Y78 ZOne Swimming Championships. Aquinas had a team of 18 students who all competed to their very best and gained magnificent results.
Aquinas College showed a convincing lead to take out the title of the Winning School of the event.
A special congratulations must also go to:
Izzy Jones- 3rd Overall Y7 Girls
Henry Scholes- 2nd Overall Y7 Male
Asa Banbury- 4th Overall Y7 Male
Caitlin Farrell- 2nd Overall Y8 Female
Georgia Verhoeven- 4th Overall Y8 Female
Please click on the link below to view full results:
