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Nationals medal for Emma
Emma Jensen has returned from the recent national championships with a string of excellent performances, including a bronze medal in the 400 IM.

Emma 's national results are below:
Bronze in 400m IM final
5^th in 200m IM final
5^th in 200m bk final
7^thin 50m FS final
She also competed in the heats of several other events. Trinity College would like to congratulate Emma on an outstanding achievement.

State Team selection for Trinity students
Based on their performances at SAPSASA and SSSSA swimming carnivals, the following students have been selected in the South Australian State Team for the National Championships in Sydney from July 28 – Aug 3, 2012.

Natalie Hilton (Bv)
Jasmine Kilyen-Coles (Bv)
Maddison Stevens (GR)
Kate Edwards (Snr)
Jacob Desmond (Bv)
Sam Branson (S)
Jared Bruecher (Bv)
Jordan Grimes (GR)
Tyler Zecchini (N)
Connie Jackson (S)

This is an outstanding result for Trinity College swimming, and a testament to the dedication and hard work by the athletes and their families. Congratulations!

State SAPSASA success for Trinity Students
Several Trinity Students collected medals at the State SAPSASA Metro swimming carnival recently. Jacob Desmond (Pictured right) won gold in the U/13 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle & 50m backstroke.; Kellie Elmes won gold in U/13 50m butterfly, gold in 50m backstroke, & bronze in the 50m breaststroke. Jasmine Kilyen-Coles won silver in the U/12 50m butterfly.

Primary Schools Swimming Carnival
On Thursday 15 March Trinity College hosted the first Primary Schools Swimming Carnival for 2012. The event also marked the first time the carnival was hosted at STARplex. In a very successful day all round, the Trinity College team finished in second place, a great result for a team with many students swimming for the College for the first time. Read more here.

SAAS Swimming
Throughout Term 1, a small team of Trinity College swimmers competed in the SAAS competition on Wednesday afternoons. After winning four preliminary meets, the team qualified for the final that was held at St Peter’s College on Wednesday 28 March. In our best result in this competition, Trinity College finished in second place – an outstanding result considering the calibre of the competition. James McKechnie was the stand-out performer, beating the 50m breaststroke record and equalling the 50m butterfly record. Special mention also to our other first place getters – Jessica Axford, Jared Bruecher, Riley Giersch, Ben Jackson and Maddison Stevens, and our U14 relay teams. Read more here.

National Age Championships
Congratulations and good luck to Sam Branson (Yr 8 South), Emma Jensen (Yr 11), James McKechnie (Yr 11), Maddison Stevens (Yr 8 Gawler River) and Tyler Zecchini (Yr 8 North) who will compete in the National Age Swimming Championships in Brisbane in April.

Swimming Results . . .
Did you swim a PB or achieve at State Championship placing? Tell us! Email Keith Heinrich, Rupert Sapwell or Christine Murray.

Term one review
What a fantastic season for the Trinity Swim Team! Read the season review.

Team collects silver at SAAS Finals
The Trinity Swim Team has finished in second place at the SAAS Finals on Wednesday, March 28. The team was leading after the individual races, only to fall desperately short after the relay events - an outstanding effort. Full results here.

Maddison swims to Brisbane
Year 8 Gawler River student Maddison Stevens has swum a PB at the eleventh hour to book her lane at the National Age Championships in Brisbane with a time of 1:11.45. Her qualification came just one day before bookings closed - nothing like cutting it fine! Congratulations to Maddison - an outstanding achievement. She joins Sam Branson, Tyler Zecchini and several others on the growing list of national-level swimmers at the college.

Branson makes the grade
Trinity College Year 8 student Sam Branson has qualified for the Australian Age Championship in the 100m Backstroke. He swum at the Last Chance National Qualifying Meet at Marion and did a 3 second pb with a time of 1.08.35. The Australian Age Champs are in Brisbane in April.

District SAPSASA Team named:
Congratulations to the following Trinity students on their selection in the District SAPSASA Swimming team, representing the region in the State Country Championships on March 26:
Boys: Mark Jenkin; Daniel Pring; William Branson
Girls: Erica Mc Giffert ; Connie Jackson; Kendra Pring; Alexandra Suter; Mikayla Zecchini; Kate Giersch.

Teams Championship results:

Trinity College has finished third in both the girls and boys competitions in the Teams Championships last night.

Boys team: James McKechnie, Ben Jackson, Nicholas Lush, Arron Flynn, Cameron Poppelwell, Jarryd Zilm, Ethan Woolford, Julian Burgess, Jared Bruecher, Jordan Grimes, Tyler Zecchini, Matthew Edwards, Jacob Desmond

Girls team: Emma Jensen, Kate Edwards, Kya Grech, Chelsea McCormack, Lucinda Schmidt, Katelyn Weller, Erica Rowe, Shalece Mezzino-Campion, Kellie Elmes, Maddison Stevens, Jessica Axford, Connie Jackson.

SAPSASA District trials

SAPSASA District swimming trials are Friday, February 17 at Gawler Pool from 5:30pm. Down registration form here.

Outstanding State Champs results for Trinity Students

Trinity College State Champions (from left) Jared Bruecher, Emma Jensen, James McKechnie, Tyler Zecchini and Ben Jackson.

Trinity students have had a sensational State swimming Championships recently, with the following students achieving medals:

State Championship Results:

Ben Jackson (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
Connie Jackson (4 silver)
Courtney Sexton (2 silver)
Emma Jensen (3 gold, 5 silver)
Erica McGiffert (1 silver)
Erica Rowe (1 bronze)
Jacob Desmond (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
James McKechnie (6 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
Jared Bruecher (1 gold, 4 silver)
Jessica Axford (2 bronze)
Jordan Grimes(3 bronze)
Kate Edwards (2 silver, 2 bronze)
Kellie Elmes (1 bronze)
Kya Grech (2 silver, 1 bronze)
Luke Sugrue (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
Maddison Stevens (2 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)
Riley Giersch (1 silver, 2 bronze)
Sam Branson (1 bronze)
Shalece Mezzino-Campion (2 gold, 5 silver)
Tristan Horewood (1 bronze)
Tyler Zecchini (1 gold, 1 silver)

Trinity Swimmers strike gold at State Titles

Trinity College students have had an outstanding State AgeShort-Course Championships over the summer break. James McKechnie landed 10 medals including six gold, Emma Jensen won three gold and three silver, Tyler Zecchini netted a gold and a silver while Kate Edwards claimed two silver and two bronze. The results confirm the fantastic work the swimmers have undertaken. Well done to all swimmers. Messenger article

Zecchini qualifies for Nationals

Trinity College Year 8 North student Tyler Zecchini has qualified for the National Age Championships in the 400m Individual Medley to be held in Brisbane in April. Tyler swam a 1sec PB in the State Age Championships over the break to make the grade. He swims regularly for the College, and was also a regular participant in the newly-formed Athletic Development program conducted by Sean Carlin. Congratulations Tyler.

Independent Schools Primary Swimming Carnival

On Wednesday November 16^th, the Trinity College primary-aged swimmers competed against a number of other schools at Immanuel College. This was the second event for these swimmers in 2012. The team finished again in a commendable 2^nd place, with all swimmers competing hard throughout the day, and a number of swimmers achieving personal best times.
Final results:

Immanuel College - 398 points
Trinity College - 349.5
Seymour -141
St Peters Woodlands - 127.5
St Ignatius College - 109

Best Individual Results:

Jacob Desmond – 1^st in 12 yr freestyle & backstroke
Maddison Stevens – 1^st in 12 yr backstroke & butterfly
Erica McGiffert – 1^st in 10 yr breaststroke
Kellie Elmes – 1^st in 12 yr breaststroke
Jared Bruecher – 1^st in 13 yr breaststroke

The team:

Jessica Axford; Janelle Barker; Benjamin Bruecher; Jared Bruecher; Imogen Cox; Jacob Desmond; Matthew Edwards; Kellie Elmes; Kate Giersch; Bradley Grimes; Jordan Grimes; Natalie Hilton; Mark Jenkin; Jasmine Kilyen-Coles; Cameron Laird; Erica McGiffert; Lucas Munro; Gabby Overton; Daniel Pring; Kendra Pring; Eleanor Rose; Courtney Sexton; Maddison Stevens; Alexandra Suter; Luke Voigt; Greenland Yu; Tyler Zecchini; James Zuiani.

New STARsquad Coordinator and High Performance Swim Coach
STARplex is excited to announce the appointment of Stephen Garner as STARsquad Coordinator and High Performance Swim Coach who join us on Monday 19December.

Stephen is an experienced coach and comes to us with many accolades to his name. He is currently upgrading his qualifications to Gold Licence coach (and once complete in April 2012) he will be one of only two Gold Licence coaches in South Australia. Prior to joining STARplex he coached for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Australian Team, where his swimmer Samantha Marshall achieved a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke.

"Coach Stephen Garner will not only bring knowledge and experience to the aspiring swimmers at STARplex but most importantly guidance and inspiration to those he will be coaching.” said Leigh Nugent (Head Coach Swimming Australia) on hearing of his appointment.

Stephen is very much looking forward to developing the STARsquad program into the benchmark competitive swim program for South Australia.

This is a fantastic opportunity to raise the profile of STARplex and Trinity competitive swimming. Welcome aboard Stephen. More information.

SSSSA A Grade Carnival, SAAS Swimming & Marion Swimming Club Primary Schools Carnival

For a review of the major swimming competitions our students have been involved in so far this year, please click here.

James McKechnie wins National Title

(From The Bunyip) Trinity Swimming Team has its first national gold medallist, with North Year 10 student James McKechnie (Pictured right, with Emma Jensen) winning the 200m breaststroke at the Australian age championships, held at the Marion Swimming Centre in April.
The Trinity College student swam a personal best 2:23.87 to win gold, while he also took home a bronze medal in the 400m individual medley, in 4:37.89 – a 16 second personal best (PB). Besides his two visits to the medal dais, McKechnie made two other finals, finishing fourth in the 100m breaststroke (1:07.26 PB) and sixth in the 200m individual medley (IM) (2:12.47 PB). He had two other PB times, in the 100m freestyle (55.43) and 50m freestyle (25.14).
Another Trinity College student, 15-year-old Emma Jensen, also had a good meet, although not among the medals. With a 10 second PB in the 400m IM final, Jensen placed a creditable fifth, with a 4:59.92 swim. She also made the 200m IM final finishing ninth with a 2:25.29 PB, and twelfth in the 200m backstroke 2:21.94 PB, plus had five other personal best times.

Trinity students named in SAPSASA state swimming team

Congratulations to Jacob Desmond, Natalie Hilton, Erica McGiffert, Shalece Mezzino-Campion and Maddison Evans on making the state primary school swimming team. They will be off to Melbourne in August for the national championships. This is a fantastic result for all concerned and Trinity wishes them all the best in the leadup to the meet.

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