NSW CCC Diving Championships

A big thank you to Mrs Weaver for taking on the PDSSSC Diving squad in Term 1, your hard work and effort with our amazing students does not go unnoticed. Below will be some information on the successes of our talented students. 

On Friday 31st March, seven students from St Andrews College competed in the New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges Diving Championships. The Championships took place at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre and included divers from all Catholic dioceses in NSW.

This year, the College fielded a fairly inexperienced team with five of the seven divers being in year 7. The day began with the oldest age groups and saw Jade Kember of year 12 dive in the 17yr girls springboard event. Jade competed admirably against much more experienced divers and finished on the podium in 3rd place.

Next was another one of our divers who has been in our program for a few years, Lara Kearns of year 10. Lara dived beautifully with several high scores in her first few dives. Lara just missed a medal, finishing in 4th place.

Finally, it was time for the rookies. Our year 7 divers, who are the most enthusiastic and determined athletes I’ve coached in a while, took to the competition like seasoned professionals. They were calm, confident and completed their dives with skill and grace. In the 13 yr girls competition, Rachel Griffiths placed 2nd, less than ten points from 1st place. Only three points behind her in 3rd place was Claire De Vos, followed by Keana Hickey in 5th place. The 12 yr age group garnered our best results with Eesa Mir winning the boys event, and Analiese Gregoriou winning the girls event, nearly twenty points ahead of her nearest competitor.

St Andrews College fielded the largest school team at the championships and came away with the most medals of any Catholic school in NSW. Our five medalists; Jade Kember 17 yrs girls -springboard 3rd place, Rachel Griffiths- 13 yrs girls springboard 2nd place, Claire De Vos 13 yrs girls- springboard 3rd place, Eesa Mir 12 yrs boys- springboard 1st place and Analise Gregorious 12 yrs girls- springboard 1st place will go on to represent the College and NSW CCC at the NSW All Schools Championships in June.

Our College Athletics Carnival is coming up next Friday 12th May. I am very excited to share with you all the success in the near future.  

Thank you, 

Miss Ivana Nikitovic 

Sport Coordinator