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The Otago Boys' High School Foundation

PO Box 11,
Dunedin, New Zealand

Tel +64 3 477 2546
Fax +64 3 477 5468

Golden haul

3/2/2010

Junior swimming champion Chris Dickie (Year 10, 4th form) has a problem.

After winning 17 gold medals at the Otago swimming championships last weekend, the 13-year-old is searching for somewhere to hang them all.

Chris Dickie

Thanks to a couple of months of hard training, Chris swept all before him in the 12-13 years age group at Moana Pool, winning 15 individual and two relay titles. He won all but two races in his age group, and he picked up a silver in one of those, the 200m breaststroke. The programme was crowded so he did not compete in the 200m backstroke.

The Waves Club member said he felt ‘‘pretty tired’’ as the champs went on, but he managed to stay in front.

A keen sportsman, Chris had concentrated more on swimming over the summer, not taking his cricket as seriously.

He admitted it was hard to get up at 4.20am five days a week for training, but the rewards were worth the effort. He was mainly doing pool work, up to 12 hours a week, and also was on a limited gym programme.

Also a keen rugby player, Chris is focusing on the South Island age group championships in Christchurch later this month, where he will be racing in his specialty butterfly events, the stroke he enjoys the most.