A team from Selwyn, featuring Rolleston College learners Bernadita Llorens and Mia Caro Riedel, produced outstanding results at the South Island Championships held in Queenstown and came home with 35 medals.

The team, aged between 8 and 28, travelled to Queenstown last Saturday 15 June to attend the annual championship at Alpine Aqualand.

A total of 76 athletes from five different clubs around Te Wai Pounamu competed through Sunday showcasing their figures and routines. After a brilliant performance the Selwyn team and its 18 athletes won 23 golds, eight silvers and four bronzes.

Team members included Molly Addington, Alex Wheeler, Nicole Carshagen, Lucy Fogarty, Krista Wright, Kalia Alswieler, Keira Hensley, Marga and Bernardita Llorens, Quinn Richardson, Mia Caro Riedel, Maia Jackson, Eliza, Clara and Daisy Sellier, Hannah Shatford, Amelia McConnochie and their head coach Chantelle Murray. Year 13 learner Fran Stinson is also a coach of the team.

Selwyn Artistic Swimming competed against Canterbury Artistic Swimming from Christchurch, Phoenix (Invercargill), Aquagold (Dunedin) and the local Wakatipu Artistic Swimming from Queenstown.

The team is now preparing their routines for the next challenge: the national championships to be held in Hamilton.

For more information about artistic swimming, contact Chantelle Murray at hello@selwynartisticswimming.org.nz.