Replays: Rising stars make a splash at Sapsasa State Swimming Championships
The rising stars of the pool have shone at the Sapsasa State Swimming Championships. Relive all the action from the metro and country schools here in our full video replays of every race.
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The state’s best primary school swimmers are ready to emulate the feats of Olympic Gold Medallist Kyle Chalmers this week.
And you can watch the stars of tomorrow battle it out with the The Advertiser and The Messenger’s exclusive live stream of the Sapsasa State Swimming Championships.
The two-day event, hosted by School Sport SA, will start on Thursday and Advertiser subscribers will be able to catch every race live (see schedule below) on advertiser.com.au from 9am.
Chalmers, who won gold in the 100m freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, was still the record holder in three Sapsasa events — the 13 year boys 50m freestyle (27.47 secs), open 100m freestyle (57.78 secs) and the 13 year boys 50m butterfly (29.01 secs).
Axel Tucker, will race in the 12 years boys 50m breaststroke, 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke and the 50x4 freestyle relay for the South West metro district.
The Westminster School Year 7 student said it would be impressive if a swimmer could break Chalmers’ records this week.
“Kyle Chalmers is fast and it’d be a significant achievement for not just me, but anyone, to beat his records,” Axel said.
“I’m mostly looking forward to the breaststroke, it’s my favourite stroke and it’s really fun to swim.”
The State Sapsasa swimming Championships, which have been hosted since 1954, return in 2021 after the cancellation of last year’s titles because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year’s event will showcase talented girls and boys school swimmers in Years 4-7 selected in district representative teams.
There will be 18 metropolitan district teams and 22 from country areas.
Division one metro district teams will race during Thursday’s afternoon session and include East Adelaide, North Adelaide South West, Adelaide South East, Airport and Port.
Division two districts, including Adelaide North East, Salisbury East and Onkaparinga South, will race Thursday morning.
Fellow Westminster Year 7 student Poppy Doyle, will also represent the South West District is confident heading into her races.
“I’m excited,” Poppy said.
“I’ve been training hard and even though the championships were cancelled last year, I think it’s been good because it’s given me a chance to get even better.”
The country district teams will also be split into two divisions and are set to race across two sessions on Friday.
All races will be timed finals and there will also be five boys/girls combined multi-class events.
East Adelaide is the reigning metro champion, having claimed victory in 2019, while Lower Eyre Peninsula won the country district title.
The live streaming of the 2021 Sapsasa State Swimming Championships follows our broadcast of this year’s SA Country Swimming Championships and the 2020 SA Short Course Swimming Championships.
The Advertiser and The Messenger were also proud to be part of the exclusive live stream of the 2020 SA School Sport Awards, in conjunction with the Department for Education.
SAPSASA STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT SCHEDULES:
1. 13 year girls 50m freestyle
2. 13 year boys 50m freestyle
3. 12 year girls 50m freestyle
4. 12 year boys 50m freestyle
5. 11 year girls 50m freestyle
6. 11 year boys 50m freestyle
7. 10 year girls 50m freestyle
8. 10 year boys 50m freestyle
Combined boys/girls 50m freestyle final — Multi-class event (Country Div. 2)
9. 13 year girls 50m breaststroke
10. 13 year boys 50m breaststroke
11. 12 year girls 50m breaststroke
12. 12 year boys 50m breaststroke
13. 11 year girls 50m breaststroke
14. 11 year boys 50m breaststroke
15. 10 year girls 50m breaststroke
16. 10 year boys 50m breaststroke
Combined boys/girls 50m breaststroke final — Multi-class event (Country Div. 2)
17. Open boys 100m freestyle
18. Open girls 100m freestyle
19. 10 year boys 4x50m freestyle relay
20. 10 year girls 4x50m freestyle relay
21. 11 year boys 4x50m freestyle relay
22. 11 year girls 4x50m freestyle relay
23. 12 year boys 4x50m freestyle relay
24. 12 year girls 4x50m freestyle relay
25. 12 year boys 4x50m freestyle relay
26. 13 year girls 4x50m freestyle relay
Combined boys/girls 100m freestyle final — Multi-class event (Country Div. 2)
27. 10 year boys 50m backstroke
28. 10 year girls 50m backstroke
29. 11 year boys 50m backstroke
30. 11 year girls 50m backstroke
31. 12 year boys 50m backstroke
32. 12 year girls 50m backstroke
33. 13 year boys 50m backstroke
34. 13 year girls 50m backstroke
Combined boys/girls 50m backstroke final — Multi-class event (Country Div. 2)
35. 10 year boys 50m butterfly
36. 10 year girls 50m butterfly
37. 11 year boys 50m butterfly
38. 11 year girls 50m butterfly
39. 12 year boys 50m butterfly
40. 12 year girls 50m butterfly
41. 13 year boys 50m butterfly
42. 13 year girls 50m butterfly
Combined boys/girls 50m butterfly final — Multi-class event (Country Div. 2)
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