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Six-times Paralympic gold medallist Sophie Pascoe led a successful morning session for the Para-Swimmers at the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Henderson as a further three world qualification times were met.
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.
The Harlequins made it a clean sweep to retain honours at the New Zealand Zonal Championships at the Sir Owen G Glenn Aquatic Centre in Auckland.
New Zealand will send a 19-strong team, the biggest in their history, to July’s World University Games in Korea.
Swimmers from eight clubs throughout Counties Manukau, Auckland and Northland have been selected to represent the Harlequins swim team for the second edition of the Zonal Championships.
Swimmers from nine clubs throughout the Counties Manukau, Auckland and Northland regions have been selected to represent the Harlequins swim team for the third edition of the New Zealand Zonal Championships.
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.
Lauren Boyle began her competitive season in style with victory in the 1500m freestyle at the Arena Pro Series event at Santa Clara in California yesterday.
Nathan Capp showed encouraging form on the second day of the Australian Grand Prix meet in Townsville.
The Universiade is an international sporting and cultural festival, staged every two years in a different city around the world, representing both winter and summer competitions. The 2015 summer edition will be held in Gwangju City, Korea from July 3-14. An estimated 12,200 athletes are expected to participate.
North Shore swimmer Laura Quilter has gone through to semi-finals on the opening day of swimming competition at the World University Games in Korea.
North Shore swimmer Shaun Burnett is looking ahead with confidence after bagging his two fastest times in more than two years on day three of the World University Games in Korea.
New Zealand swimmers enjoyed their most productive session with the women’s freestyle relay through to the final and five swimmers to semifinals on the fourth day of heats at the World University Games in Korea.
Howick Pakuranga swimmer Daniel Hunter has forced his way into the final of the blue ribbon event after action on the fourth day of the World University Games in Korea.
Auckland swimmer Georgia Marris will be chasing a place in the final on the fifth day of World University Games in Korea.
Counties Manukau swimmer Daniel Hunter finished seventh in the blue ribbon 100m freestyle final on the fifth day of World University Games in Korea.
Three New Zealand swimmers have won through to the semifinals on the sixth day of the World University Games in Korea.
New Zealand swimmers Daniel Hunter and Helena Gasson were a touch away from places in the finals on the penultimate day of pool action at the World University Games in Korea.
National champion Kane Radford was disappointed with his eighth placing in the 10km open water race on the final day of swimming competition at the World University Games.
The New Zealand women’s medley relay swim team has qualified for the final on the last day of pool competition at the World University Games in Korea.
North Shore swimmer Helena Gasson is on target to retain a third title at the New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland today.
Teenage sensation Gabrielle Fa’amausili is on track to defend her national backstroke title at the New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland today.
Howick Pakuranga swimmers Daniel Hunter and Ewan Jackson led the way in the latest stop of the FINA Airweave World Cup in Tokyo.
Lauren Boyle made it a double victory in the penultimate stop of the FINA Swimming World Cup in Doha.
New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle made it a clean sweep of the distance freestyle titles at the final FINA World Cup in Dubai.
Swimming New Zealand has named a 35-strong team to compete in the Oceania Championships in Fiji in June.
New Zealand swimmers won four titles on the opening day of pool finals at the 11th Oceania Championships in Fiji.
New Zealand swimmers produced an outstanding second day of the Oceania Swimming Championships in Fiji.
New Zealand swimmers won seven out of 10 final on the last day of pool competition to take the honours at the Oceania Swimming Championships in Fiji.
A 31-strong New Zealand swim team will contest the 11th Oceania Championships in Suva, Fiji starting on Monday.
Gabrielle Fa’amausili and Daniel Hunter closed out the Swimming New Zealand Short Course Championships in style tonight with two New Zealand records at the new Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre at the AUT Millennium.
Super talented teen Gabrielle Fa’amausili showed impressive form as she prepares for this month’s FINA World Junior Championships with back-to-back wins tonight.
Twenty-year-old Helena Gasson is on target to repeat her honour as the leading individual at the Swimming New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland.
A national record, a proven performer in form and some oldies proving they are still goodies on the opening night of the New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland.
Nearly 650 swimmers from multi world champions to young teens will splash out in the first major competition at the new Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre next week.
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’s Mary Fisher and Olympian Matthew Stanley produced the headline acts on the third night of finals at the New Zealand Short Course Championships in Wellington tonight.
Youth have laid down the challenge to the stars on the third morning of heats at the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships in Wellington today.
A near-record 670 swimmers from 96 clubs will contest the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships in the North Shore starting on Sunday.
Rio Olympian Helena Gasson (North Shore) topped qualifiers in the 50m butterfly on the opening morning of the Swimming New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland.
Howick-Pakuranga swimmer Daniel Hunter turned disappointment into celebration when he met the qualifying mark for the FINA World Short Course Championships today.
National records, world championship qualifying performances and some agonisingly close calls were the feature of the third night of finals at the New Zealand Short Course Championships at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland.
Rio Olympian Helena Gasson set a New Zealand record during this morning’s heats of the Swimming New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland today.
Howick Pakuranga swimmer Daniel Hunter will be aiming for his third FINA World Championship (25m) qualifying swim on the final day of the Swimming New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland today.
Howick Pakuranga’s Daniel Hunter has signalled his swimming intentions after completing a record-setting week at the New Zealand Short Course Championships at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland.
Howick Pakuranga swimmer Daniel Hunter has enjoyed a strong start to his preparations for next month’s FINA World 25m Championships.
A major influx of world stars made for tougher going for the Kiwi swimmers in their second stop of the FINA/airweave World Cup series in Tokyo.
New Zealand swimmer Daniel Hunter has earned his first podium at the FINA/airweave World Cup series in Hong Kong.
Counties Manukau swim club Howick Pakuranga (HPK) has recently celebrated its 50th year.
The 13th FINA World Championships (25m) take place in Windsor, Canada from 6-11 December 2016.
Howick Pakuranga swimmer Daniel Hunter has just missed out on a final’s place on day three of the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Canada.
Daniel Hunter was outside his recent best to miss qualifying for the semifinals on the penultimate day of action at the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Canada.
Auckland’s Michael Mincham was the first Kiwi in the pool on the opening day of the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Canada.
Howick Pakuranga’s Daniel Hunter had a solid effort in his first competition swim on the second day of the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Canada.
Two New Zealand swimmers head to Canada this week to prepare for the FINA 25m World Championships starting next Wednesday (NZ time).
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.
Rio Olympians Bradlee Ashby and Helena Gasson were highly encouraged by their form under heavy training load at the New Zealand Zonal Swimming Championships at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland.
Swimming New Zealand is encouraged by both the quality and quantity of performances looking ahead to the Rio Olympics.
Counties Manukau swimmer Daniel Hunter claimed a long-standing national record on the final morning of heats at the 2016 New Zealand Open Swimming Championships.
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.
It was mission accomplished for Glenn Snyders as he successfully banked the Olympic nomination time in the heats of the men's 100m breaststroke during the penultimate morning session of the 2016 New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Auckland.
Lauren Boyle doubled up while two young guns fired to celebrate the third night of finals at the 2016 New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Auckland.
Two up-and-comers have achieved the qualifying standard for the Rio Olympics on the third morning of heats at the 2016 New Zealand Open Swimming Championships.
Matt Stanley ticked the first box but reckons he has plenty to work on after reaching the qualifying standard for the Rio Olympics on day two of the 2016 New Zealand Open Swimming Championships.
Matt Stanley ignited the morning session on day two of the 2016 New Zealand Open Swimming Championships by blitzing to an Olympic nomination time in the heats of the men's 200m freestyle.
A core experienced group led by world championship medallist Lauren Boyle are expected to pilot the way as the country’s top swimmers chase qualifying standards for the Rio Olympics next week.
Swimming New Zealand will send a 10-strong team following an encouraging New Zealand Open Championships that finished in Auckland tonight.
There will be a showdown of the sprinters on the final night of the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Henderson.
Swimming New Zealand enjoyed an outstanding opening to the New Zealand Open Championships with six swimmers going under the qualifying mark for the world championships.
Triple world championship medallist Lauren Boyle made it three from three in the final morning of heats at the State New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Auckland.
There is plenty at stake for the nation’s best swimmers who compete in the New Zealand Open Championships starting in Auckland on Monday.
Three Rio Olympians made for an outstanding start to the 2017 New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
Rio Olympian Helena Gasson became the first swimmer under the qualifying mark for the World Championships on the opening morning of heats at the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
Two rising stars have booked spots for the world championships after reaching qualifying times on the third morning of heats at the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
Five further qualifying swims for the world championships and two New Zealand records sparked an outstanding third 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.
A team of 16 athletes recently spent three weeks in Arizona and California, USA competing in two meets and attending the national team altitude camp.
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.
Veteran and rookie join forces in new-look New Zealand team. The experienced and the rookies join forces tomorrow as the New Zealand swim team begin their campaign at the 17th FINA World Championships in Hungary.
2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - NZ WRAP DAY 1 The New Zealand swim team made a quality start to their campaign at the 17th FIA World Swimming Championships in Budapest.
2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - NZ WRAP DAY 5. Florida-based Corey Main could not repeat his earlier heroics to earn a second final at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest.
2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - NZ WRAP DAY 6 - There were no additions to New Zealand swimmers qualifying for semifinals and finals on day six of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest.
2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - NZ WRAP DAY 7. Fractions proved the difference for two New Zealand swimmers chasing semifinals on the penultimate day of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest.
The largest ever National Short Course championships kicks off tomorrow, as close to 800 national and international swimmers compete across 5 days of competition on Auckland’s North Shore.
Sophie Pascoe has broken two more world Para swimming short course records, whilst 16 year old Ciara Smith upstaged the field on day three of the national short course swimming championships.
Sophie Pascoe and Mary Fisher closed out their national short course championships with a world record each, as youngsters show glimpses of a bright future for swimming in New Zealand.
A nineteen-strong aquatics team will represent New Zealand at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, announced today at the Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
Carina Doyle, who opens the New Zealand swimming team’s Commonwealth Games campaign tomorrow, has travelled an unusual journey to get to the Gold Coast.
Three PB's in the first session sees six Kiwi swimmers qualify for tonight's semi-finals.
Corey Main, one of the big names on the New Zealand swim team, turned in an impressive first-up effort in his 100m backstroke heat today.
Daniel Hunter and Sam Perry post personal bests to make 50m butterfly finals.
Daniel Hunter and Sam Perry post personals bests to make the finals of the 50m butterfly at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Para swimmers highlight day 2 morning action in the pool. Tonight Kiwis will swim in two semis and six finals.
Lewis Clareburt won a bronze medal in the final of the men’s 400m individual medley at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Sophie Pascoe, Lewis Clareburt, Celyn Edwards and Jesse Reynolds will content finals this evening.
Sophie Pascoe has capped off the night at the pool with a gold medal, winning the women’s SM10 200m individual medley in 2:27.26.
Celyn Edwards has smashed his personal best time in the men’s SM7 200m individual medley today by a staggering 9.75 seconds.
Day 5 morning session was highlighted by Lewis Clareburt swimming another PB and four others advancing to semis and finals.
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The Commonwealth Games is a unique, friendly, world class, multi-sports Games, which is held once every four years. The host city for the 2018 Commonwealth Games is Gold Coast, Australia. The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) will welcome more than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories to the Gold Coast and event cities Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville, to share in the celebration of sport, entertainment and culture from the 4 - 15 April 2018.
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.
Saturday 8 April 2017Ellerslie Event Centre, Auckland Finalists
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Swimmers receive a number when they represent New Zealand at a World Championships (LC), Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games.
Over three hundred swimmers will compete next week in the 2018 Aon New Zealand Open Championships at Auckland’s Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre.
Five youth athletes achieved selection times for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships and Youth Olympic Games on night two of the Aon NZ Opens.
Daniel Hunter showed he is still the Kiwi sprint king, picking up the men’s 50m freestyle title in 22.60s.
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.
Lewis Clareburt has continued his impressive 2018 form by breaking his own NZ record at the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo.
Daniel Hunter and Ali Galyer made their Pan Pacs debut on day 2 of competition.
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Lewis Clareburt posts another personal best time on day 3 of the Pan Pacific Championships.
All three Kiwi swimmers were in action on the final pool day of the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo Japan.
Ciara Smith’s national age-group record and Bradlee Ashby’s two open titles highlights the opening day of the 2018 New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland.
Bradlee Ashby has been in scintillating form at the 2018 New Zealand Short Course Championships, breaking his second national record in as many days.
Auckland teenager Kyla Alexander rounded out the New Zealand Short Course Championships by breaking former Junior World Champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili’s 17 years national age-group record in the 50m backstroke event.
SNZ have announced 18 swimmers will represent New Zealand at the 14th FINA World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou.