Elena Turunen and Elizabeth Portolesi congratulate each other after the girls’ 50m junior breaststroke finals.
Joel Giovinazzo takes a breath before during the Year 7 boys' 100m freestyle.
Louise Marando, Emma Bordignon, Meghan Armstrong, Nadine Quarisa, Latisha Forbes, Celine Soriano, Natalie Sartor and Rebecca Vearing look like they're from another planet
Year 12 student Stephanie Nardi leads the cheering for winning house Patrick.
Students get ready for the carnival.
Year 12 students get ready for their grand entrance in costume at the Marian Catholic College swimming carnival.
Kiara Donadel and Maddie Testoni aren't hard to spot in their Where's Wally-inspired costumes.
These four McAuley students are here to save the day for their house.
Nettie Arena cheers on Patrick house.
Students take to the pool for the carnival’s marquee event, the Big Swim.
Swimming
A HOST of Griffith’s best junior swimmers were on show at the Marian Catholic College swimming carnival last week with Patrick in a see-sawing battle for the house championship.
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All four houses hit the front at some stage but Patrick came out on top, edging out second-placed Marcellin to win their first swimming title in three years.
The 2013 edition of the carnival saw the highest participation rate ever recorded by the school with more than 500 students participating, said sports co-ordinator Andrew Holloway.
“We’re delighted. It shows we’re building towards a strong community and the swimming carnival is one of those days the school comes together and shows its strong bond,” he said.
There were no records broken on the day but plenty of swimmers clocked lightning quick times, with Ted Jones and Eilish Aird claiming the open boys and girls championships respectively.
But it is the fashion stakes where the competition really hotted up, with some impressive and creative costumes lending plenty of colour and cheer to the carnival.
RESULTS
Patrick 2583
Marcellin 2466
McAuley 2206
Brendan 2051
AGE CHAMPIONS
Under 12 Female - Alana Marando
Under 12 Boys - Joshua Keenan
Under 13 Girls - Morgan Twigg
Under 13 Boys - Andrew Bastianon/Corey Myott
Under 14 Boys - Brady Chambers
Under 14 Girls - Erin Golden
Under 15 Girls - Brooke Myott
Under 15 Boys - Luke Shannon
Under 16 Girl - Courteny Skirving
Under 16 Boys - Dean Villata
Open Girls - Eilish Aird
Open Boys - Ted Jones