After a disruptive year in 2020 many students maintained their training and fitness while waiting for sports and competitions to resume as normal. Over many years, records have been set and broken with students continuing to do their personal best while representing the Renmark High School. 

Many of our swimming and athletics records have been around for over 25-30 years, although a few of our current students have been getting closer to breaking these. This year we have already acknowledged Bailey W, as he set a new 800m and 1500m running record (set in the early 90s). Bailey also performed well in the pool, at school and locally, as he set another record in the U15 Breaststroke.

Another student who has been setting and challenging a few records over the years in the pool is year 11 student Madelyn L. She has had another outstanding summer and has set three new RHS swimming records.

These include:

• U16 Freestyle (29.52 seconds) – set in 1995 by Patrina Hale.
• U16 Backstroke (34.55 seconds) – set in 1995 by Patrina Hale.
• Open Butterfly (32:50 seconds) – broke her own record set in 2020.

Congratulations to both Bailey and Madelyn on these huge achievements. All the hard work, dedication and training is paying off. All the best to those students in the Interschool and Adelaide Athletics team.

Will there be any more records broken in 2021?