EIGHT Parkview Public School students have swam their way to Sydney's Olympic Park.
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After a big day of swimming at the recent Riverina PSSA Swimming Championships in Albury the students came out on top.
Daniella Draper produced an outstanding come from behind swim to finish second in the 11 years girls backstroke and qualify for the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships in an individual event for the third time.
Better was to come, with the senior boys relay team producing possibly the shock of the day overcoming some talented relay teams and reducing their qualifying time by over 12 seconds to finish the second ranked team in the Riverina.
The team of Connor Holden, Tallis McMillan, Kian Henman and Kobe O'Callaghan set a cracking pace.
The Parkview senior girls relay team certainly delivered the performance of the day.
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The team of Daniella Draper, Chelsea Blacker, Ruby Miller and Amelia Irvin lowered their qualifying time by an incredible 17 seconds to shock the field and finish second from lane seven.
The team, which two years ago were denied a place at Sydney Olympic Park by an agonising 0.5 seconds, were determined to avoid a repeat, producing a thrilling performance to qualify.
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