St Saviour’s, Grange shine at national inter-school swimming competition

St Saviour’s School is the champion in the elementary pupils category of the sixth season of the Dolphin Swimming League.

Grange School also finished as the winner in the secondary school division of Nigeria’s premier inter-school swimming competition.

The two schools amassed 1,121.5 and 1,335 points, respectively, across the four legs of the season in the categories.

St Saviour’s reaffirmed its dominance in the elementary division, finishing ahead of Grange School and Children’s International School, who placed second and third, respectively.

In the secondary school category, Grange School took top honours, due to standout performances from Aidan Demuje-Abili and Chioma Kanu.

Children’s International School and Greensprings School finished in second and third place.

In the club division, Boken Aquatics of Lagos swept both the elementary and secondary titles.

Zoe Adeyemi of Riverbank School and Temilayo Onabolu of Corona School were named Discoveries of the Year in the girls’ and boys’ categories.

St Saviour’s also received the Most Organised Team award, while Riverbank School and Lagos Preparatory and Secondary School were honoured with Fair Play Awards.

The Best Productive Coach awards went to Nkechi Modupeola Ofonedu of St Saviour’s and Alade Ebimowei Simon of Grange School.

Speaking at the ceremony, Olabisi Joseph, President of the Nigeria School Sport Federation (NSSF), ranked the performance of some of the student higher than established athletes’ at the National Sports Festival (NSF).

“I am thrilled to be part of this award ceremony for the first time. The performance of these young swimmers, both nationally and internationally, is truly inspiring. Some of them even outperformed established athletes at the recent National Sports Festival. I commend the parents, guardians, and schools for their continued support, and I applaud Dynaspro Sports Promotion Limited for their unwavering commitment to this competition,” he said.

Samuel Jesimiel, Technical Director of the Nigeria Aquatic Federation, stated that some students from the Dolphin League will represent Nigeria at the upcoming African School Games in Algeria later this month.