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Epic Swim
High Performance
The Commonwealth Games swimming squad will form the basis of the team named today for the Pan Pacific Championships in August.
Some of the members of New Zealand’s international swimming team, the Aquablacks, were put through their paces yesterday morning in team building activities at the Royal New Zealand Naval base in Devonport, Auckland.
The history of the 27th World University Games (WUG) started long before its due date. Kazan was announced as the host city for the 2013 Summer Universiade in Brussels on May 31, 2008. The 27th World University Games in Kazan will be the first Universiade, and even more, the first high-profile multi-sport event in the history of modern Russia.
The Oceania Swimming Championships are currently held every 2 years, in even years. They are organized by the Oceania Swimming Association, and feature teams representing countries and islands from that region. The championships include open water, pool and synchronised swimming. Samoa are hosts for the 2010 Oceania Championships.
The Universiade (World University Games) is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad". Swimming has been one of the event's competed sports since the inaugural edition, after not being included in 1975.
Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford has cemented his place in the New Zealand team for the Pan Pacific Championships.
World championship representative Kane Radford won his second Oceania and national titles at the State New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo today.
Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford showed his class in winning his third straight victory at the State New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo today.
A Kiwi link more than 5000kms away is the key to the reinvigorated open water swim hopes of Rotorua’s Kane Radford.
The State New Zealand Open Water Championships take on an international flavour in Taupo next week.
The New Zealand Open Water swimming team for the 2014 Oceania Championships has been confirmed today.
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Open water swimmers Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby will begin their race preparation for the Pan Pacific Championships when they compete in the next stages of the FINA 10km Open Water World Cup.
The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade are in Belgrade, Serbia. The event has been organised by a range of co-host cities, mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Province), close to Belgrade. It is the largest sporting event ever to be organised by the city.
Charlotte Webby had a personal best result in an international 10km swim in Canada this morning (NZT), finishing 8th in the FINA 10km Open Water World Cup at Lake St. Jean.
Open Water swimmers Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby both had improved performances at the latest FINA 10km Marathon Open Water World Cup event at Lake Magog in Canada.
Counties Manukau teenager Corey Main surprised himself in becoming the first swimmer under the world championship qualifying standard on the opening night of the State New Zealand Short Course Championships in Wellington tonight.
Olympic breaststroker Glenn Snyders is circling the globe to kick-start his plan to get on the Rio podium in four years time.
Swimmers will take their first splash towards the Rio Olympics at the State New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo this weekend.
Two-time Olympian Hayley Palmer will lead a team of eight New Zealand swimmers to the World University Games to be held in Kazan, Russia from 6-17 July.
Championship records continued to fall on day two of the World University Games, reinforcing the high calibre of competition present. A number of international swimmers are using the meet as preparation for the World Championships which begin on 24 July.
Day three of the World University Games saw another Kiwi progress past the heats, and this time it was Emily McGill from the Capital Swim Club.
It was a tough day at the office for the New Zealand swim team on day four at the World University Games. The Kiwi’s struggled to progress beyond the heats as the competition continues to produce world class performances.
World Surf Lifesaving Champion Laura Quilter added a second semi-final swim to her successful World University Games campaign in the 50m backstroke.
Day six at the World University Games saw only three Kiwis take to the pool for 50m dash events. Two-time Olympian Hayley Palmer progressed beyond the heats in the 50m freestyle, but was unable to gain a spot in the final.
It was a quiet day for the Kiwis on day seven at the World University Games. Matthew Glassford was the only individual representative in the 400m Individual Medley, and the women’s medley relay team took to the pool for the first and only relay of the championships due to the small New Zealand contingent.
On the last day of action at the Universiade in Kazan, open water specialists Charlotte Webby and Troy Balvert produced strong performances in the 10km event.
The World University Games in Kazan, Russia was a highly contested event. Many Olympians and seasoned internationals used the competition as preparation for the World Championships, which take place in Barcelona, 19 July – 4 August.
New Zealand swimmers had their first competitive outing of the season across the Tasman over the weekend.
The Olympians provided most of the action on the opening night of finals at the State 2013 New Zealand Short Course Championships at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre tonight.
Queensland-based swimmer Cara Baker has claimed a share of second place in the penultimate round of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Hong Kong at the weekend.
Cool water temperatures and strong tides are expected to favour New Zealand swimmers in the final Olympic qualifier for the 10km open water swim in Portugal at the weekend.
New Zealand Swimming’s three relay teams have been confirmed today for the London Olympics.
The face of open water swimming has changed forever according to Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford after he missed out on his Olympic dream in the final qualifying event in Portugal today.
New Zealand swimmer Cara Baker has finished just two seconds off an automatic spot for the London Olympics in the FINA marathon open water swim qualifier in Portugal today.
The New Zealand Swimming Trust grants have reached a new level!
The country’s top ranked swimmer Glenn Snyders is looking ahead to the London Olympics with lofty goals after completing the trifecta on the fourth night of finals at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland tonight.
Lauren Boyle set herself up for another Olympic qualifying time on the fourth day of heats at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships.
The New Zealand swim team has arrived in the Gold Coast for a test against the best in the 12th Pan Pacific Championship starting on Thursday.
The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. The meet is considered to be one of the toughest international swimming competitions outside of the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, due in part to the presence of swimming power-house nationals like Australia and the United States
Kiwi swimmers Kane Radford and Cara Baker confirmed their good form in taking out the 5km honours at the State New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo today.
While Cara Baker and Kane Radford had to play second fiddle to the Australians, their Olympic dreams remain alive after today’s State New Zealand Open Water 10km Championship in Taupo.
London hopeful Cara Baker is hoping to put some good learnings into practice in Saturday’s crucial Olympic qualifying 10km open water swim in Taupo.
Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford has gone to new heights in his quest for the London Olympic Games.
The appearance of some top rating Australians, led by world champion Melissa Gorman, should ensure international quality racing for this weekend’s crucial Olympic open water swimming qualifier in Taupo.
Lauren Boyle had to dig deep to earn her second medal at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast tonight.
Today’s 10km open water events at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships have been cancelled due to poor water quality at two Gold Coast venues.
Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford had a long wait but it was worth it when he claimed the bronze medal in the Pan Pacific Championships open water 10km swim in Hawaii today.
Para Swimmer Mary Fisher has broken a world record in the 400m freestyle at the New Zealand Short Course Championships in Wellington this morning.
The Oceania Swimming Championships are currently held every 2 years, in even years. They are organized by the Oceania Swimming Association, and feature teams representing countries and islands from that region. The championships include open water, pool and synchronised swimming. New Zealand are hosts for the 2014 Oceania Championships.
Balvert brothers, Troy and Luke, are partnering up for the upcoming FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup meets in China and Hong Kong.
A blistering world class field, and pace, isn’t deterring Troy Balvert after his first of two races in China for the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup.
Taranaki open water swimmer Charlotte Webby has enjoyed the best result of her international career, finishing fifth in the final round of the FINA Marathon World Cup in Hong Kong.
Coaches from the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki and Hawkes Bay Poverty Bay Regions gathered in Taupo last weekend for a Coaches Summit.
Youth Olympic and Junior Pan Pacific medallists are among the list of Kiwi swimmers heading across the ditch to compete in the Queensland Championships and Victorian Age Group Championships starting this weekend.
New Zealand open water champions Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby have booked places in the national team for July’s world championships in Russia.
Para-Swimming star Sophie Pascoe set the pool alight with an outstanding world record on the penultimate night of finals at the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Auckland.
New Zealand’s leading and up-and-coming swimmers get a taste of American-styled collegiate competition in the second Zonal Championships in Auckland on Sunday.
Olympians Matthew Stanley and Daniel Bell along with international experience in both senior and juniors will drive a powerful Aqua Knights swim team for next month’s inaugural national Zonal Championship in Wellington.
Four Kiwi open water swimmers will take to the waters of Mexico this weekend in the fourth leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2015.
Long distance specialists Nathan Capp and Charlotte Webby will add their international racing experience to the Aquaknights swim team for next month’s Zonal Championships in Auckland.
New Zealand open water stars Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby both finished 16th in deep fields for the fourth round of the FINA/Hosa 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Mexico.
The team to compete at the 16th FINA World Championships will be in action across a number of meets over the next few days as part of their preparation for Kazan.
Nathan Capp showed encouraging form on the second day of the Australian Grand Prix meet in Townsville.
Eleven proved a popular number for New Zealand swimmers Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby in the latest round of the FINA 10km World Cup in Portugal.
Rotorua’s Kane Radford and Taranaki’s Charlotte Webby lead the New Zealand campaign at the FINA World Championships in Russia on Monday (local time).
Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford has finished 30th in the men’s 10km Open Water Swim at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Russia.
Taranaki swimmer Charlotte Webby has finished 45th in the women’s 10km Open Water Swim at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Russia.
Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford has finished 30th in the men’s 10km Open Water Swim at the...
Neptune swimmer Kate Godfrey has swum herself into contention for two national titles on the fourth day of the New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland today.
Swimming New Zealand has nominated open water swimmer Kane Radford to the New Zealand Olympic Committee to be considered for selection to the Rio Olympics.
The Southern Makos dominated the inaugural Swimming New Zealand Zonal Championships taking both senior the junior honours in Wellington today.
Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby made it a double this weekend claiming honours in the 5km New Zealand Open Water Championship at Lake Taupo today.
Kane Radford has notched up his fifth consecutive national title in the 10km New Zealand Open Water Championships at Lake Taupo today.
Kane Radford took honours in the 10km open water event at the Open Water Swimming State Championships in Western Australian over the weekend.
The list of the 50 athletes that will complete in the Marathon Swimming events at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is now complete after the conclusion of the FINA Qualification Tournament, staged in Setúbal (POR) on June 11-12, 2016.
New Zealand will send an eight-strong swim team to the Rio Olympic Games, announced today at the Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
The New Zealand Swimming Trust is pleased to announce the grant recipients for 2016.
Three New Zealand swimmers will take on a glamour field in the last-gasp 10km Open Water Rio Olympic qualifier in Portugal over the weekend.
New Zealand’s open water swimmers were competitive without reward in the FINA Marathon Swimming Olympic Qualification event in Portugal.
Swimming New Zealand selectors will consider the cases of open water swimmers Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby for nomination to the New Zealand Olympic Committee for the Rio Olympics.
Swimming New Zealand selectors have decided they will not nominate any open water swimmers to be considered for selection to the Rio Olympics.
Swimming New Zealand has nominated open water swimmer Kane Radford to the New Zealand Olympic Committee to be considered for selection to the Rio Olympics.
Swimming New Zealand will nominate eight individuals who achieved FINA A qualifying times for the Rio Olympics.
Open water swimmers Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby have earned the opportunity to compete in the final qualifying event in the 10km marathon swim for the Rio Olympics.
It proved close but no podium reward for New Zealand swimmers on the final night in pool competition at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Hawaii today.
The 16th FINA World Championships will take place from 24 July to 9 August, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. The event was first held in 1973 and is now held every two years. From 1978-1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 on, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.
Nathan Capp saved the best until last, with a national record in the final event to join the three established swim stars in qualifying for December’s FINA World Short Course Championships.
Para-Swimming stars Mary Fisher and Nikita Howarth continued their world record blitz while Matthew Stanley broke a national record on the penultimate day at the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships in Wellington today.
New Zealand’s leading swimmers are back into action this week for the national short course championships at the Wellington Aquatic Centre.
Lauren Boyle has been awarded Swimming New Zealand’s Swimmer of the Year.
Gisborne swimmer Josh Taylor-Martin bagged the double at the Victorian Age Swimming Championships in Melbourne.
National open water champion Charlotte Webby has earned an early season win across the Tasman.
Defending champions Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby have more at stake than national titles in the New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships in Taupo at the weekend.
Kane Radford retained his national title in the New Zealand Open Water 10km Championships at Lake Taupo today.
The Rio Olympic aspiration for the country’s leading marathon swimmers ramps up at the New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo this weekend.
Kane Radford has notched up his fifth consecutive national title in the 10km New Zealand Open Water Championships at Lake Taupo today.
Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby made it a double this weekend claiming honours in the 5km New Zealand Open Water Championship at Lake Taupo today.
The experienced Phillip Ryan and Charlotte Webby will face a barrage of young challengers at the New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo this weekend.
Taranaki swimmer Charlotte Webby retained her honours in the New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo.
Boles celebrates open water champs success
Taranaki swimmer Charlotte Webby retained her honours in the New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo.
Rotorua swimmer David Boles claimed his debut win on the second day of the New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo.
Rotorua swimmer David Boles claimed his debut win on the second day of the New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo.
Swim Rotorua's younger athletes shone at the New Zealand National Open Water Championships in Lake Taupo
Multi-national champion Charlotte Webby has been selected for the 2017 FINA World Championships after the Australian Open Water Championships near Adelaide in South Australia.
Kiwi Olympians Bradlee Ashby and Helena Gasson, along with Australian star Emily Seebohm, highlight an exciting night of swimming in the fourth New Zealand Zonal Championships in Auckland on Saturday.
A world record to Paralympic star Sophie Pascoe and two more swimmers under the qualifying standing sparked an excellent penultimate night of action at the 2016 New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Auckland.
Swimming New Zealand will send a 10-strong team following an encouraging New Zealand Open Championships that finished in Auckland tonight.
Ten New Zealand swimmers have now qualified for the upcoming world championships after just two nights of the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
New Zealand swimmers face an important step towards next year’s Rio Olympics at the national open championships in Auckland starting on Tuesday.
Three swimmers with national titles in their hands will attempt to add to their successful exploits on the penultimate night of finals at the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
Rio Olympian Helena Gasson bagged her fourth title in as many days on the penultimate night of finals at the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
New Zealand has qualified a men’s freestyle relay team for the world championships after all four went under the 50 second barrier to highlight the final night of the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
Swimming New Zealand has announced a 12-strong team to contest July’s FINA World Championship in Budapest.
The start of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary is days away, with the swimming programme officially beginning July 23rd. The New Zealand swim team of eleven swimmers and five coaching and support staff departed Kiwi shores yesterday for a training camp in Slovakia, before the team head to Budapest to take on the worlds best.
New Zealand’s Charlotte Webby has finished mid-pack in 5km Open Water race at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Hungary.
Gisborne swimmer Matt Scott opens the season by winning the men's 10km and 5km titles at the 2018 New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo.
Emily Spear retains national Open Water swim title
Rotorua teenager David Boles wins Sand to Surf ocean swim at Mount Maunganui
The 17th FINA World Championships will take place from 14 - 30 July 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. The event was first held in 1973 and is now held every two years. From 1978-1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 on, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.
Individual Trophies Baxter O’Neill Trophy 1959 Sophie Pascoe Billie Fitzsimmons Cup Lauren Boyle Harold Pettit Trophy Bradley Ashby ...
Individual Trophies Baxter O’Neill Trophy 1959 Sophie Pascoe Billie Fitzsimmons Cup Lauren Boyle Harold Pettit Trophy Glenn Snyders
Swimming New Zealand has today announced the finalists for eleven categories at the 2018 Swimming New Zealand Awards, to honour and celebrate achievements by New Zealand swimmers, officials, volunteers and coaches in 2017-2018.
Bayley Main scraped home against his older brother Corey by only 0.01s in the final of the men’s 50m backstroke, at the 2018 Aon New Zealand Open Championships.
Carina Doyle and Daniel Hunter won the coveted blue ribbon 100m freestyle titles on the final night of the 2018 Aon New Zealand Open Championships.
Swimming New Zealand would like to formally announce the following athletes who have successfully achieved selection standards for the Pan Pacific Championships and Junior Pan Pacific Championships.
The 2018 Pan Pacs Championships occurs every two years and will be held in Tokyo, Japan from Thursday the 9th of August to Monday the 13th of August.
Swimming New Zealand held their annual awards on Saturday July 7th 2018 celebrating the success of swimmers, coaches and administrators.
All three Kiwi swimmers were in action on the final pool day of the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo Japan.