IMMACULATE PREP, STELLA MARIS AND MONA PREP TOP NESTLE MEET

June 13, 2004

When the Nestle Ice Cream Prep and Primary Schools Swimming Championships came to an end yesterday at the National Stadium Pool, Immaculate Prep had proved too strong for the competition, winning not only the Nestle Girls title but also capturing the combined points Nestle Ice Cream Swimming Championship Trophy. In an exciting finish, Mona Prep scored 167 points to edge Stella Maris Prep by just 6 points to take top honours in the boys division. Dunrobin Primary and last years winner Excelsior Primary battled all day long for the top spot in the Primary School Division. When it was all over, Dunrobin had scored 37 points to squeeze out a narrow 6 point victory.

Immaculate Prep’s domination of the Girls Prep Schools swimming continued as they scored 435 points, 219 points ahead of their nearest rival Wolmers Prep who scored 352.5. A strong showing from Reynae Hall, who set two new Championship records, helped Vaz Prep score 89 points to take the third place trophy.

The boys division was the hot spot of the day with just 22 points separating the top three schools, Mona Prep, Stella Maris Prep and St. Peter and Paul Prep. With 161 points, Stella Maris in fact appeared to have a comfortable 24 point lead going into the final event, the 9-10 Freestyle Relay. Needing only to place 6^th to take the trophy, it appeared that they had done the job as they swam 2:49.80 to finish 6^th. But the Stella Maris team was disqualified for an early take-off, handing Mona Prep a narrow 6 point lead. St. Peter and Paul placed third with 145.

Raynae Hall (Vaz) proved to be the top performance swimmer as she established new championship records in the 7-8 Girls 50 Metre Butterfly swimming 40.10 and the 50 metre Freestyle where her 34.12 lowered the record by a whopping 1.98 seconds. Dunrobin’s Chanel Hill added her name to the record books in the preliminary heats of the 11-12 50 metre Freestyle, swimming 34.12. The final record was set by Immaculate Prep’s Victoria Ho, who swam a fast 42.36 in the preliminary heats of the girls 9-10 50 metre Breaststroke.

The Nestle Prep and Primary Schools Swimming Championships, closes the 2003-2004 schools swimming calendar.