SPORT NEWS
STATE SWIMMING
McKinnon Secondary College was proudly represented on Thursday 23 April at the State Swimming Finals, where our talented swimmers competed against some of the best athletes from across the state.
Congratulations to the following swimmers who placed in their events:
Emma Baldwin (Year 9) - 1st in the 100m Freestyle (new record set) and 50m Freestyle
Oscar Xu (Year 9) - 2nd in the 50m Freestyle
Boys 12-14 Medley Relay - 1st (Alex Chivers (Year 9), Elliot Mulholland Pyle (Year 9), Andrew Vu (Year 8) and Oscar Xu (Year 9))
Boys 14 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 1st (Alex Chivers, Elliot Mulholland Pyle, Andrew Vu and Oscar Xu).
Well done to all students who represented Mckinnon on this day!
Courtney Hungerford
Swimming Coordinator
SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN REGION (SMR) / STATE DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Southern Metropolitan Region proudly celebrated an outstanding day of competition at the 2026 SMR/State Diving Championships, held on Wednesday 22 April. Our divers displayed exceptional skill, determination, and sportsmanship across all age groups, achieving strong results at both regional and state level.
Leading the way in the 13–14 Female division, Micaela Kelleher (Year 9) delivered an impressive performance, finishing 4th in SMR and 5th in the State with a score of 108 points. In the 13–14 Male category, Pascal Bugeja (Year 8) placed 2nd in SMR and 6th in the State with 74 points, while Vivaan Shah (Year 7) also represented strongly, finishing 7th in SMR.
In the 15–16 Male division, Zach Hardiman (Year 9) secured 2nd place in SMR and went on to finish 5th in the State with 83 points, continuing the region’s strong presence in the competition.
The Senior divisions produced some of the day’s most exciting results. In the 17–20 Female category, Matilda Kelleher (Year 11) achieved 2nd in SMR and an excellent 3rd in the State with 123 points.
The 17–20 Male event was dominated by SMR athletes, with Harper Slattery (Year 11) claiming 2nd in SMR before being crowned State Champion, finishing 1st in the State with 96 points. Andy Shpak (Year 11) was another standout performer, placing 3rd in SMR and 3rd in the State with 89 points, while Leo Angelatos (Year 11) achieved 4th in SMR and 5th in the State with 74 points.
Overall, Mckinnon had great success at the Southern Metropolitan Region Diving Finals, with athletes consistently placing among the best in Victoria. Congratulations to all divers on their dedication, hard work, and excellent achievements.
Penny Neville
SMR Diving coordinator
CROSS COUNTRY
On Friday 24 April, all students competed in the House Cross Country held on both campuses.
The weather stayed clear for a great day, and many students and staff dressed up with the heroes theme. The Top 10 runners from age group have qualified for the Kingston Cross Country event to be held at Karkarook Park.
Congratulations to Monash who won the day with Chisholm coming runners up. Thank you to all staff who assisted on the course and to the Interact Club who raised money for State Schools Relief on the day.
EAST CAMPUS
MCKINNON ROAD CAMPUS
Claire Weiss
Cross Country Co-ordinator
SENIOR SMR BASEBALL
On Monday the 27th of April McKinnon's finest Senior Baseballers battled it out to eventually win the SMR final and are on the road to again compete at State level.
Highlights of the day included some great pitching from all pitchers with Oscar bringing us home with a perfect sweep in the last game. Harish completed a great double play taking a catch and getting the ball swiftly to base for another out. Fletch wants everyone to know about his outfield throw to stop a run in the final and Ayan's last hit to get Harish home put the team ahead by 4 runs.
A big shout out to all of our Baseballers who play outside of school, their on field teaching was inspirational. Jesus in particular was commanding as our catcher and led by example with his sportsmanship, even coaching the opposition in one game!
The boys represented the college with pride and are in training for what will be a successful showing at the upcoming State Finals regardless of the end result. Baseball is the true winner here.
Lewis Fletcher
Year 11 Student
SMR SOFTBALL
This week we had 3 teams competing at the Southern Metro Region Softball Finals after successfully being crowned Kingston Champions in term 1.
Making it to SMR is a huge success and all of the girls should be proud of their achievements.
The senior girls played on Monday 27th April, starting their campaign with a convincing win against Nossal Secondary College. Their second game was much tougher as they came up against KooWeeRup Secondary College who were the eventual champions of the region. The girls played well and scored lots of runs, but unfortunately couldn’t secure the win to take them to the Grand Final.
Congratulations to Rosie O’Brien, Evie Haywood, Clara Lovell, Matilda Kelleher, Jade Feder, Sophie Kay, Emma Lindsay and Jemima Boyle.
The intermediate team played on Tuesday 28th April. Their day was always going to be tough as our talented year 9’s took on the best year 10 students from across the region. They played well in their first game defeating Nossal Secondary College with a clean sweep of 7 runs in each innings, before going on to play Frankston Secondary College. This was a close game, with the girls stealing bases to bring them close to a victory, unfortunately they lost by 1 run, so were unable to play in the final.
Congratulations to April Thomas, Sienna Cabrita, Renee Landini, Abbey Muyemba, Amelia Behrendt, Ella Graham, Eva Kentera, Mia Lyubic, Miranda Saks, Amelia Virgona and Lexi Watts.
The year 7 team had their SMR Finals on Wednesday 29th April. The girls who were only introduced to Softball in term 1 did themselves proud as they started strong in their first game against Frankston Secondary College taking a 7-5 lead in the 1st innings, unfortunately they couldn’t hold onto this momentum as Frankston snook ahead of them winning the game by 3 runs. In their second game they came up against an experienced Elisabeth Murdoch team who proved too strong for our year 7’s.
Congratulations to Nathalie Avanzi, Helena Balabas, Anna Borisov, Chloe Chee, Seah Han, Lilah Macfarlane, Olive Maher, Evie Nanscawen, Angela Shtern, Ella Strachan and Noam Zohar.
Mrs Jen Pemberton & Miss Ashleigh Bell
Coaches