Monday, 21 March 2016

Personal swimming success celebration

An article from Chris about his recent swimming experience.  Congratulations Chris.

 My name is Chris and I joined HPK (Howick Pakuranga Swimming Club) in 2014.  This year is the first time I have qualified for the New Zealand Swimming Nationals Competition.  I was excited and nervous.  My Mum and Dad just wanted me to do my best at the competition.
Day 1 - 19th February, First event 50m Breastroke with a finishing time of 45:06. I was pretty happy when the coach told me that he got 9th place in the whole of New Zealand. 
Day 2 - 20th February, 200m Breastroke, I got 8th place in New Zealand, my time was 3:31.23. 
Day 3 - 21st February, two events in a row, first event was the 200m Individual Medley, my final time was 3.15, I got 18th place.  Last event 100m Breastroke.  I was hoping to make the top 5 or higher...and the result was 5th, with the finishing time of 1:37.85.  From the National Juniors, I now understand I will get great results if I train hard.  I also learnt I must stand up immediately after I make a mistake on one event, and pay attention to the next event
After the 2016 NZ National Juniors competition I start training for my next challenge – 11 years old NZ National Junior in 2017. 

My dream is to be an Olympic swimmer. I am working hard towards it!  My parents fully support me and hope my dream comes true.  















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5 comments:

  1. Sarah Bushill22 March 2016 at 03:23

    Well done Chris - what amazing results. Keep it up! :)

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  2. Lorelle - Pest Free Howick Ward22 March 2016 at 13:50

    Awesome Chris - we are all behind you too!!! - I'm sure that all your classmates would love to say they went to school with Chris when they see you getting your Olympic medal one day!!!
    Keep up the hard work - you are very dedicated and it is showing in your results!

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  3. Anonymous22 March 2016 at 20:16

    What an amazing achievement Chris! I'd really like to share your success in the next school newsletter. I'm really pleased that you are ambitious and have set a goal for the 2017 Nationals now. All the best with training hard to achieve your goal!

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  4. Anonymous31 March 2016 at 01:34

    Wow, you're such a humble guy, Chris, and I really had no idea how exceptional you are in your chosen sport. Your parents must be super proud. Fantastic story of how hard work and dedication pays dividends. Yay!!!

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  5. Chris Jiang31 March 2016 at 12:22

    Thank you!:)

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