2026 Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships Awards

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2026 Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships Awards

April 30, 2026

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As reported in our last Bulletin our school swim team competed at the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Championships just before the holiday break. We are now delighted to share two very special awards following this outstanding swim meet.

Congratulations to Zach Horton who is the recipient of the Outstanding Junior Swimmer Award and to the entire swim team who have received the accolade of Top Co-ed School!

Mr Boyd, the teacher who supports our swimming team, has shared the evidence and we can officially share that this years team is the highest performing since our records began.

This year the team came home with 34 places: 9 Firsts, 13 Seconds and 12 Thirds. Congratulations on such fine performances.

Here’s a reminder again of both the individual and team performances.

Individual Champions

Boys 14 50 Metre Freestyle Zach Horton 25.44 (New Long Course Record)

Boys Open 200 Metre Individual Medley Zach Horton 2:17.39

Girls 14 50 Metre Butterfly You You Tang 30.46

Girls 16-18 50 Metre Butterfly Lara Streletsky 31.79

Boys 15 50 Metre Butterfly Brian Ren 28.09

Girls 14 50 Metre Freestyle Charlotte Ren 29.04

Boys Open 200 Metre Freestyle Soeren Wells 2:00.73

Relay Team Firsts

Boys 14 200 Metre Freestyle Relay Burnside High School 1:52.82

Ben Smith, Leo Chai, Ray Li, Zach Horton

Girls 14 200 Metre Freestyle Relay Burnside High School 1:59.26

Eunji Kwon, You You Tang, Annabel Sia, Charlotte Ren

Individual Seconds

Girls14 50 Metre Backstroke Sophie Lemon 34.85

Boys 12-13 50 Metre Backstroke Ethan Han 33.89

Boys 15 50 Metre Backstroke Ryan Tan 29.77

Boys 16-18 50 Metre Backstroke Lukas De Wit 29.38

Girls 14 50 Metre Breaststroke Annabel Sia 37.58

Boys 15 50 Metre Breaststroke Kian Bayliss 34.42

Boys 16-18 50 Metre Breaststroke Connor Jenkins 30.23

Boys 12-13 50 Metre Butterfly Alex Sheng 29.80

Girls 14 100 Metre Freestyle Eunji Kwon 1:08.25

Boys Open 100 Metre Breaststroke Connor Jenkins 1:07.36

Relay Team Seconds

Boys Open 200 Metre Freestyle Relay Burnside High School 1:42.78

Zach Horton, Ryan Tan, Connor Jenkins, Soeren Wells

Boys 12-13 200 Metre Freestyle Relay

Alex Sheng, Ethan Han, Felix Xiao, Ethan Jiao

Boys 15 200 Metre Freestyle Relay

Nanji Cha, Artem Anikonov, Kian Bayliss, Ryan Tan

Individual Third

Boys 15 50 Metre Backstroke Ray Li 32.89

Girls 12-13 50 Metre Breaststroke Ariel Sun 42.98

Boys 14 50 Metre Breaststroke Leo Chai 34.08

Boys 12-13 50 Metre Butterfly Ethan Jiao 30.69

Boys 16-18 50 Metre Butterfly Christian Birch 31.24

Boys 16-18 50 Metre Freestyle Soeren Wells 25.98

Girls 16-18 100 Metre Freestyle Sienna Bayliss 1:15.32

Girls Open 200 Metre Individual Medley Lara Streletsky 2:33.78

Girls Open 200 Metre Freestyle Charlotte Ren 2:19.89

Boys Open 100 Metre Backstroke Lukas DeWit 1:04.91

Boys Open 100 Metre Butterfly Brian Ren 1:04.34

Boys 16-18 200 Metre Freestyle Relay Burnside High School 1:48.19

Connor Jenkins, Jordan Yang, Rick Wang, Soeren Wells

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