Diving Report - Australian Age Championships and PSSA Diving

Our divers represented the College last week at the NSW All Schools Diving Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The competition ran over two days from Thursday 30th - Friday 31st May. St Andrews College had nine divers compete over the two days and was the most represented school in NSW ahead of PLC Sydney with seven divers and Trinity Grammar with five divers.

Our platform divers Rachael, Claire, and Analise competed on Thursday with Rachael our highest finisher in 6th place followed by Claire in 8th and Analise in 9th place. This was only the second platform competition for these girls and they held their own alongside more experienced divers.

Our springboard divers competed on Friday with the older age groups up first. In the 14-year boys springboard event Ronan came 6th (only 1 point behind 5th) with Curtis in 8th place. The 14-year girls saw Rachael place 5th which was three places higher than last year. The 13-year age groups were next with Eesa placing 5th (only 1.5 points from 4th) in the boys' event and Anlalise and Hannah placing 7th and 8th respectively. 

The final age group was the 12-year springboard. St Andrews had one boy and one girl in each event with both Micah and Despina finishing on the podium in 3rd place.

I am so incredibly proud of our diving team and would like to commend them on their effort and dedication. I would also like to thank Dr. Kennaugh, Miss Nikitovic, Mrs. Borg, Mrs. Welch, and Mrs. Allingham for their support in running this program at St Andrews College.

If your child would like to join the diving team please ask them to get in touch with me at school. If you have a primary school child who will be attending St Andrews College in the future, they can join our Pathways program. Please email me aweaver@parra.catholic.edu.au

Anita Weaver

Head of Diving