The calibre of swimmers coming through Cobar High School continues to improve year on year with three new school records, set at this year’s annual swimming carnival.
One of those records was a long standing record set in 2010 by one of the best swimmers to come out of Cobar, Georgia Baker.
Isabelle Gillette eclipsed Georgia’s Under 13 girls 50m Freestyle record with a new time of 32.02.
Georgia’s previous record was 32.86.
Henry Knight set two new records at the annual swimming carnival last Monday.
He broke his own 17+ 50m Butterfly record that he’d set last year. His new record is 28.74.
(Henry’s previous time was 28.96).
He also set a new time of 1.00.78 in the 17+ 100m Freestyle swim, beating the previous record of 1.01.92 set by Raymond Jones in 2021.
Isabelle and Henry, along with Ashlee Compton and Josh Francisco, have now qualified for the Western Swimming Trials.
Fort Bourke, with 524 points was the carnival winner with Chesney second on 412.
This year’s age champions were: Under 12s—Shelby Caton; Under 13s—Billy Watt and Isabelle Gillette; Under 14s—Riley Bruce and Taylah Wyllie; Under 15s—Josh Francisco and Skyla Fairfull; Under 16s—Tom Francisco and Alora Deppeler; Under 17s and 17+—Henry Knight and Malina Bottom.
