Junior Winter Champs 2025 Recap – ESP Shines Bright!

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ESP Piranhas at St Benedict's - 16 & 17 August 2025 (Winter Junior Champs)

What a weekend of swimming brilliance at the Junior Winter Champs 2025! The energy, dedication, and team spirit displayed by every single swimmer made this event truly unforgettable.

Team Achievement 🥈

Every swimmer contributed points to the team total, leading ESP to an outstanding 2nd place overall! This is a testament to the depth of talent and the collective effort from our squad.

Standout Performances 💫

• Most time off in a single race:

  • Skylar – an incredible 17.33 seconds off the 200m freestyle.

  • Liam B – a massive 20.02 seconds off the 200m freestyle.

• Team Leaders Award:

  • Oarabile stood out for his leadership, calm presence, and positivity in the tent. A true role model for the team!

• Level Up Moment:

  • Amelia-Rose hit a milestone with a SC Level 3 qualifying time in the 200m backstroke.

Top 10 Point Scorers 🏅

1. Rouxi – 210

2. Kgotli – 202

3. Psalm – 195

4. Kai / Amelia-Rose – 189

5. Callum – 184

6. Kaylee – 183

7. Tiisetso – 173

8. Khanya – 174

9. Mia-Anne – 153

10. Sophia – 150

Medal Haul 🥇🥈🥉

Our swimmers delivered a medal tally worth celebrating! Here’s the breakdown (surname order):

• Callum – 🥉🥇🥉🥉🥈🥉

• Miguel – 🥈🥈🥈

• Rouxi – 🥇🥈🥇🥇🥈🥇🥇🥇🥉🥇🥇

• Xiaofei – 🥇🥇🥈🥇🥉🥉

• Sophia – 🥉

• Kaylee – 🥈🥉🥈🥈🥇🥈🥇🥉

• Amelia-Rose – 🥈🥉🥉🥉🥇🥇

• Kgotli – 🥉🥉🥉🥈🥇

• Tiisetso – 🥉🥈🥈

• Holly – 🥇🥉

• Kai – 🥈🥈🥈🥇🥈🥉🥈

• Mia-Anne – 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉

• Psalm – 🥇🥉🥉🥈

• Khanya – 🥈🥉🥈🥉🥈

  
  

With the winter season officially wrapped up, we can proudly say ESP showed strength, resilience, and unity at every turn. The dedication of our swimmers, coaches, and supporters has set the tone for an even stronger summer season.

Winter 2025: Done and dusted. Summer 25/26 – here we come! 🌞💪

Behind you all in swimming

Liz Humphrey

ASCA International Level 5 Group Coach