The National Secondary School Swimming Championships were held on Thursday 15 October to Sunday 18 October, an exciting event in itself as it was the only national school competitive event to have gone ahead in this crazy Covid year.

Dio had some outstanding results as follows:

Eva Allan

Bronze 400m freestyle 14 years

Silver 200m freestyle 14 years

Lucy McKinnon

Gold 200m breaststroke 17-18 years

Bronze 100m butterfly 17-18 years

Gold 100m breaststroke 17-18 years

Gold 50m breaststroke 17-18 years

Bronze 200m individual medley 17-18 years

Aimee Crosbie

Silver 100m butterfly 16 years

Bronze 50m breaststroke 16 years

Bronze 100m freestyle 16 years

Silver 50m butterfly 16 years

Silver 50m freestyle 16 years

Nicole Lockie

Gold 100m butterfly 17-18 years

Silver 50m backstroke 17-18 years

Gold 200m butterfly 17-18 years

Silver 50m butterfly 17-18 years

Jesse Welsh

Silver 200m backstroke 16 years

Bronze 200m freestyle 16 years

Bronze 100m backstroke 16 years

Alice Waldow

Gold 100m backstroke 17-18 years

Gold 50m butterfly 17-18 years

8 x 50 freestyle relay team (Alice, Eva, Nicole, Lucy, Nathalie Hull, Arabella Duncan, Jesse, Aimee) – GOLD (an epic swim for the team)

Noor Lovatt and Peta Clark also swam and represented the School with pride.

This was an immense achievement from the team, as during the Nationals the girls were also in the middle of their Mock exams and were busy balancing their schoolwork and sport. Grateful thanks to the academic staff for their continued support of the sporting girls. The extra work by the teachers to help all our sports girls achieve academically as well as in their sports is acknowledged and appreciated!