13 Mar 2019
A remarkable day of swimming at the recent Riverina PSSA Swimming Championships in Albury has seen 8 Parkview students qualify to represent Riverina at the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on April 12.
Daniella Draper produced an outstanding come from behind swim to finish second in the 11 Years Girls Backstroke and qualify for the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships in an individual event for the third time.
Better was to come, with the Senior Boys Relay team producing possibly the shock of the day overcoming some talented relay teams and reducing their qualifying time by over 12 seconds to finish the 2nd ranked team in the Riverina and qualify for the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships. The team of Connor Holden, Tallis McMillan, Kian Henman and Kobe O’Callaghan set a cracking pace, one that most teams could not match and in thrilling conclusion held on to justly secure a place at Sydney Olympic Park in April.
The Parkview Senior Girls Relay team certainly delivered the performance of the day. The team of Daniella Draper, Chelsea Blacker, Ruby Miller and Amelia Irvin lowered their qualifying time by an incredible 17 seconds to shock the field and finish 2nd from Lane 7, qualifying for the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships. The team, which two years ago were denied a place at Sydney Olympic Park by an agonising 0.5 seconds, were determined to avoid a repeat, producing a thrilling performance to qualify.