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SNZ Events
Epic Swim
High Performance
The second annual State New Zealand Secondary Schools Swimming Championships in Hamilton this weekend have already proved a real winner.
The swimmers will form part of the overall team under the New Zealand Olympic Committee for the Festival on January 17-20, which is expected to attract 1700 athletes under-18 years from 30 nations competing in 17 sports.
New Zealand swimmers qualified for six finals on the opening night of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney tonight.
For the last four years Swimming New Zealand has sent a team of swimmers to partake in a custom designed Outward Bound leadership camp.
While the focus is firmly on this month’s London Olympics, a group of young New Zealand swimmers take on the might of Australia this week to begin the footsteps towards Rio 2016 and beyond.
While the focus is on next month’s Olympics in London, Swimming New Zealand is already casting an eye towards the 2016 Rio Games.
Five New Zealand swimmers made it through to finals on the third night in the pool at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
The Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) is an international multi-sport competition. Over two thousand athletes will compete across seventeen different sports in an event which is part of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games legacy. Competition begins on the 17th January and concludes on the 20th January.
A number of New Zealand swimmers will be competing against some of the United States’ best college swimmers over the next two weeks.
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 will send a 19-strong team, the biggest in their history, to July’s World University Games in Korea.
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's Laura Quilter is the first New Zealand swimmer to win through to the finals after the opening day of competition at the World University Games in Korea.
Commonwealth Games swimmer Ewan Jackson is through to the semi-finals on day two day of 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.
Swimming New Zealand has named a 35-strong team to compete in the Oceania Championships in Fiji in June.
The State 2013 New Zealand Secondary School Championships kick off in Hamilton on Friday. This will be the third year the event is run with 123 schools and 478 swimmers competing from Northland to Dunedin.
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.
North Shore swim star Glenn Snyders and Para-Swimmer Mary Fisher were on record-setting form at the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships in Wellington today.
Glenn Snyders (North Shore) lit up the first day of the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships today, breaking his own national record and twice going under the qualifying time for the World Championships.
Australian-based Michael Mincham from Auckland shone amid a rush of quality performances on the opening night of the Mayfair Pools National Age Group Championships in Wellington.
It was a case of the fantastic five for swimmers at the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington tonight.
Waikato’s Bradlee Ashby made it two from two at the Mayfair Pools National Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington.
Dunedin’s Andrew Trembath and Canterbury’s George Schroder impressed with classy qualifying swims on the third night of finals at the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington.
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.
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.
Ten New Zealand swimmers have now qualified for the upcoming world championships after just two nights of the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
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.
There is plenty at stake for the nation’s best swimmers who compete in the New Zealand Open Championships starting in Auckland on Monday.
Rio Olympian Matthew Stanley booked his ticket for July’s FINA World Championships with a qualifying performance on the second day of the New Zealand Open Swimming 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.
Swimming New Zealand has announced a 12-strong team to contest July’s FINA World Championship in Budapest.
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 2017 summer edition will be held in Taipei, Taiwan from 20 -27 August.
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.
#GC2018 - Full wrap of results from day 4 morning session.
Celyn Edwards has smashed his personal best time in the men’s SM7 200m individual medley today by a staggering 9.75 seconds.
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.
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Swimmers receive a number when they represent New Zealand at a World Championships (LC), Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games.