SCHOOL SPORT
School Sport
The busy start to the year in sport has continued with many students taking part in the Riverland High Schools Swimming Carnival and the School Sport SA Triathlon Championships, held at West Lakes. It has been pleasing to see so many students get involved and support the school in these great opportunities and we look forward to seeing it continue throughout the remainder of the year, as we strive for more success.
Swimming - On Monday February 17th the RHS team had another successful night in the pool at the Interschool Swimming Event. Unfortunately we were unable to go ‘back to back’ but had a strong team and the efforts by all were appreciated. Congratulations goes to Loxton High School who took out the event (23 points ahead of us) and also congratulations to the Waikerie High School for winning the 2020 Most Improved Shield.
As mentioned above it was a great team effort and we would like to thank the students for their commitment and dedication. There were many PB’s and strong efforts throughout the night, all contributing to points for the RHS team. As a result we claimed 3 Age Group Pennants: U16 Boys, U20 Boys and U16 Girls.
Some highlights mentioned at a recent assembly include:
- The team sticking to their events (no changes)
- The determination by each and every member
- The support from the swimmers, families and friends (providing a great atmosphere)
Those present on the night witnessed some huge efforts by the team but it is hard not to recognise Dylan White. Records are very rarely broken but on Monday evening Dylan not only broke 1 or 2 records, he broke 3 RSSSA Swimming records, including:
- U20 50m Butterfly 27.62 (set in 2018 28.59)
- U20 50m Freestyle 25.11 (set in 2013 25.84)
- U20 100m Freestyle 56.84 (set in 2013 57.57)
Congratulations on this huge achievement Dylan and all the best at the Nationals being held later this year.
Thank you to Mrs Pater and Mrs Long who selected the team and all the best to the team heading to Adelaide to compete in the School Sport SA Swimming Championships (B grade).
Triathlon - At the Triathlon event students had the opportunity to compete as an individual and/or in a team. RHS had 15 students (5 teams) with one student, Bailey White competing in both the individual and team events. Individuals were required to swim 300m, ride 8.5km and run 2.25km while the team events required students to swim 400m, ride 17km and run 5km (junior boys slightly less).
It was a challenging day with the weather making the strenuous swim, ride and run that little bit harder. The day started off really well with Bailey White improving on his 4th in 2019 to take out the U15 State Championship, earning him a spot on the School Sport SA Triathlon Team. Unfortunately other commitments mean that Bailey will not attend the Nationals but he looks forward to the 2021 event.
The other students had a great time and competed in the team events, with the best result being the Intermediate Boys (U17) who finished 6th. The team include Bailey White, Jordan White and Angelo Otero.
Thank you and well done to the students who got involved on the day and we looked forward to having more students involved in 2021.
