St Peters win as records at AIC championship

One of Queensland’s great sporting winning streaks has continued under Olympic swim coach Dean Boxall.

Hunter Milgate and Sam Thorpe - the St Peters captains.

One of Queensland sport’s finest winning streaks continued today when St Peters Lutheran College claimed its seventh successive AIC swimming championship.

On a day when records tumbled left, right and centre, St Peters held off a fierce challenge to win.

Entering the meet St Peters had dominated both QGSSSA and AIC swimming, with the St Peters girls’ last week winning their 11th straight QGSSSA title.

And now the boys have seven titles in succession.

The St Peters Lutheran College cheer squad.

It was another triumph for Olympic and St Peters coach Dean Boxall and his team, along with St Peters captains Hunter Milgate and Sam Thorpe.

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Marist, the old school of arguably Australia’s most successful ever Dolphins swim coach Michael Bohl, almost crashed Saints party after building a challenge for several years.

It was a fine effort by the Ashgrove swim team coached by James Boyce, with Eoin Paznikov joined by Spencer Mahoney and Matthew O’Keefe as team captains.

The final placings: St Peters 661.50, Marist 621.75, Villanova 440, Iona 427.50, St Laurence’s 386, Padua 278.50, Ambrose Treacy 272.50, St Patrick’s 224, St Edmund’s 155.50.

The Marist College Ashgrove captains.

In addition, Villanova College won the Year 6 championship and Iona College the Year 5 premiership.

Indeed Villanova had a fantastic meet, with great relay efforts and many good individual returns, including five wins from junior Ashton Lewis.

It was a sensational opening with three AIC records tumbling in the first seven events as schools shared honours across the medley relays, and in all 13 records fell.

Iona College’s Hugo Wheeler claimed three of those records.

Iona College's Hunter Wheeler was a record breaker.

Thirteen records were bettered by:

+ Iona College’s Hugo Wheeler (11 years 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 50m breaststroke) who had a huge meet, watched on by his beaming mother who once swam for Great Britain.

+ Marist Ashgrove in the 4x50m medley (Ryan O’Toole, Joshua Mason and Archer Mellifont)

+ the St Peters Lutheran College medley team of Ethan Ramsay, Thomas De Brito, Kai Gilbert and Liam Vogel

+ the St Peters 13 years medley team (Cael Engelbrecht, Kasey Guthrie, Luke Aldridge and Jacob Smith)

+ individual medley record by St Peters Lee Aiden in his age group

+ Marist College Ashgrove’s Ryan O’Toole (15 years breaststroke and 50m freestyle)

It was amazing racing.

+ Ollie Connell (St Peters, 15 years butterfly)

+ Jacob Smith (St Peters, 13 years butterfly)

+ the Ashgrove relay team of Xavier Clarke-Bates, Taj Cook, Jack Purcell and Jackson Skinner (15 years 4x50m)

+ Will Thorpe, Oliver Koehlitz, Jonathan Kepczyk and Sam Nakervis (St Peters, 13 years 4x50m freestyle)

Marist College Ashgrove cheered loudly.

St Peters went at it winning the 12 years and 13 years age groups, but Ashgrove finished with a flourish..

St Peters could not have started the championship better. St Peters, anchored by Ethan Ramsay in one medley relay and Harrison Hauff in the other, claimed wins across the first two events.

Then Marist struck when Isaac Farrelly touched first, giving his team of Ryan O’Toole, Joshua Mason and Archer Mellifont victory.

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Villanova struck when Jonah Frare, Charlie Morony, Ethan Schemer and Leon Chen got the job done (12 years medley relay) while Iona were atop the podium courtesy of Noah Troester, Tali, Hugo Wheeler and Ryder Henrick (11 years).

One of the winning Marist relay teams.

St Peters also had victories – Cael Engelbrecht and Lewis Gilbert anchored wins – and it was all action.

Iona College had a great relay win.

And Villa gained maximum points in the 14 years medley relay, with Darcy Keer, Tyler Schafer, Jack Stewart and Isaac Bowen winning.

Hunter Milgate (St Peters) claimed the gruelling 200m medley in his age group (seniors).

The 100m freestyle started with another record by Hugo Wheeler (Iona, 100m 11 years freestyle), while St Patrick’s Josh McDonald and Ashgrove’s Nic Osborn had wins in their age groups.

Iona College had a terrific meet.

When the 15 years 100m sprint swung around, Mellifont won again for Marist, followed by Thomas De Brito (St Peters) in the 16 years.

Hunter Milgate was on fire for the Saints, winning again in the 17 years 100m free, and St Peters were winners again to kick off the 50m breaststroke when Cristiano Benedetti won, then Wheeler (Iona) and Frare (Villanova) were No.1 again in their breaststroke.

St Patrick's Shorncliffe's Josh McDonald, far right, is congratulated.

There was a great moment for the Padua College community when Noah Poirier claimed a stunning 12 years breaststroke win, while the Ambrose Treacy crowd roared home Andre Venter in his Div 1 breaststroke. The Ambrose Treacy crew also had a cheer when Cruz Learmont finished second in the 13 years 50m backstroke.

Villanova College had some relay wins.

Marist College continued to chip away, with Osborn a winner again in the 50m breaststroke, Holmes claiming the 12 years Div 2 breaststroke and Joshua Mason the 15 years breaststroke.

Villanova College had some relay wins.

The 50m freestyle dashes were swum and won in a flash, with Lachlan Rees (Villanova), Jack Nightingale (Ashgrove), Mellifont (Ashgrove), Frare (Villanova), Leon Chen (St Peters), Ashton Lewis (Villanova), Isac Mastenbroek (Ashgrove), Jesse Hamilton (Iona), Shea Caminiti (Ashgrove), Gilbert (St Peters), Will Banner (Ashgrove), Thomas Buller (St Peters), Thomas Hicks (Ashgrove) and St Patrick’s Cooper Hodson among the winners.

Padua College student Josh Kelly won the 16 years Div 1 breaststroke.

The run of 50m races was mixed in with the open 400m freestyle where Milgate was a towering figure again. The tall, lanky Saint stormed to victory.

Padua College's cheer squad was in fine voice.

When the backstrokers hit the water Howie Price had a great win for Padua (11 years), as did St Peters Kasey Guthrie, Villa’s Isaac Bowen, Phelix Meehan (Marist), Marcus Moncur (St Peters), Michael Thomas (St Peters).

The butterfly swimmers were terrific, with Saints Toby Murray and James Leigh (Ash) among the best.

St Peters swimmer Leo Hoare.

Marist’s drive continued in the 4x50m freestyle, with Edwards Wild, Ryan O’Shea, Max Russo and Joe Cervetto 16 years winners, followed by the team of James Leigh, Matt O’Keeffe, Darcey Salter and Eoin Paznikov.

Villanova enjoyed a great relay win in the 11 years freestyle, with Harrison Bligh, Lachlan Rees, Angus Shand and Economidis a winner again and St Peters showed depth in the 13 years 4x50 with Aldridge, Smith, Guthrie and Engelbrecht winning.

The Ashgrove momentum continued when the team of Thomas Hicks, Bailey Skinner, Noah Coco and Spencer Mahoney pushed hard for victory in the hotly contested 4x50m senior freestyle race.

That performance was a fabulous finale to the meet for the Ashgrove swim team, but still they could not topple St Peters.

Hunter Milgate was a star for St Peters.