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National record holder Matthew Stanley fought his way back from disappointment to win on the third night of finals at the Mayfair Pools Oceania Championships in Auckland tonight.
Shakedown for Games swimmers, chance for youth in Oceania Championships Most of the New Zealand Commonwealth Games swim team will get some invaluable racing practice at the Mayfair Pools Oceania Championships that begin in Auckland tomorrow.
Rising swim star Bobbi Gichard is no stranger to swimming on an international stage but is looking forward to next week’s Mayfair Pools Oceania Championships as a chance for more international racing experience.
The Commonwealth Games swimming squad will form the basis of the team named today for the Pan Pacific Championships in August.
The recent long weekend provided no time off for twelve of our young up and coming swim stars as they began their preparations for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships and Youth Olympic Games in August this year.
The Wellington Summer Championships have been given a boost with the presence of Swimming New Zealand’s High Performance squad.
Since 2006, FINA organises World Junior Swimming Championships to allow young swimmers to develop through elite level competition. Every two years, about 500 swimmers aged between 14 and 18 years old gather together to test their skills among an up-and-coming field.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee has confirmed nominations of four swimmers to compete in the second Youth Olympic Games in China.
Some of New Zealand’s young guns shone on the second morning of heats at the Mayfair Pools Oceania Championships in Auckland today.
The Southern Makos from the South Island have claimed the junior honours in the inaugural Swimming New Zealand Zonal Championships in Wellington this morning.
Hawkes Bay teenager Bobbi Gichard set the pool alight on the opening day of the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington.
It proved a triple treat for Dunedin swimmer Jeremy Hopkins on the third night of finals at the Mayfair Pools national age group championships in Wellington today.
Wellington backstroker Gareth Kean became the fifth swimmer under the qualifying time for the world championships after a strong performance in the heats on day two of the State national championships in Auckland this morning.
Three qualifying swims, two national records and the emergence of a potential new star highlighted the second day of the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland today.
Two more Paralympic world records and a further world qualifying performance highlighted the fourth night of finals at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland today.
Short course world champion Lauren Boyle will lead a 14-strong team to the FINA World Swimming Championships.
Well done to the following swimmers, who have qualified and will be attending the World Junior Championships to be held in Dubai in August later this year:
The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships will run from 26 – 31 August in Dubai. It will be the fourth edition of the championships after they were held in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) in 2006, Monterrey (MEX) in 2008, and Lima (PER) in 2011.
The four-strong New Zealand team splashes into action in the fourth FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai today.
New Zealand swimmers did not progress beyond the heats on day two of the World Junior Championships in Dubai.
The World Junior Championships took place in Dubai from 26 - 31 August. New Zealand sent a small team of four swimmers who all punched above their weight on the world stage posting personal best times, New Zealand records, and improving their world rankings.
World University Games representative Matthew Hutchins was the stand out performer on the third morning of heats at the State New Zealand Short Course Championships at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie.
World Junior Champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili stole the limelight from two-time Olympians Hayley Palmer and Lauren Boyle on the third night of finals at the State New Zealand Short Course Championships in Wellington today.
World Short Course Champion Lauren Boyle led the way on the fourth morning of heats at the State New Zealand Short Course Championships at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre.
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years. The Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (NYOGOC) will work together with the International Olympic Committee to attract the best young athletes from around the world to compete at the highest level. The YOG aims to spread the Olympic spirit and encourage sport participation.
Swimming Junior World Champion in the 50m backstroke and world record holder, Gabrielle Fa'amausili has been announced as flag bearer for the New Zealand Youth Olympic Games Team in Nanjing 2014.
New Zealand’s terrific teens Bobbi Gichard and Gabrielle Fa’amausili made strong starts in the pool on the first day of the Youth Olympic Games in China today.
Fourteen year old Bobbi Gichard has swum into medal contention for tomorrow’s final on the opening night of competition at the Youth Olympic Games in China.
Hawkes Bay swimmer Bobbi Gichard will be the sole New Zealander in the pool on the second night of the Youth Olympic Games in China today.
Fourteen year old Bobbi Gichard, the youngest swimmer in the field, was a blink away from victory at the Youth Olympic Games in China today.
Youth Olympic medallist Bobbi Gichard has missed out qualifying for her second final after heats of the 200m backstroke in China today.
Fourteen year old New Zealand swimming stars Gabrielle Fa’amausili and Bobbi Gichard were to the fore on the penultimate night of finals at the Youth Olympic Games in China.
New Zealand flagbearer Gabrielle Fa’amausili followed her fellow 14 year old teammate Bobbi Gichard on to the podium at the Youth Olympic Games in China today.
New Zealand’s campaign in the pool came to an end at the Youth Olympic Games in China today.
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.
Junior Pan Pacific Championship, Youth Olympic and Commonwealth Games swimmers have been recognised at their recent regional college sports awards.
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.
World and Commonwealth medallist Lauren Boyle continued on her winning ways on the third day of the Queensland Championships in Brisbane.
Commonwealth Games champion Lauren Boyle was in winning form on the second day of the Queensland Championships in Brisbane.
Two terrific teens are set to play a starring role in New Zealand swimming’s future after another outstanding duel on the second night of finals at the Mayfair Pools Oceania Championships in Auckland tonight.
At the 2013 National Open Swimming Championships Bobbi Gichard caused a seismic shock to take out the 50m and 100m backstroke titles at the age of 13.
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.
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.
The Harlequins, from Northland, Auckland and Counties-Manukau, took the honours in the second New Zealand Zonal Championships at the West Wave Aquatic Centre in Auckland tonight.
FINA World Championship teammates Bobbi Gichard and Bradlee Ashby will add their experience to the Aquaknights team set to compete at the Zonal Championships this weekend in Auckland.
The leading New Zealand-based swimmers and the best up-and-comers will join forces in the annual American-styled Zonal Championships in Auckland on Saturday.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee has confirmed nominations of eight swimmers to compete in the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa.
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.
Tauranga swimmer Nathan Capp is determined to legitimize his goal to be internationally competitive when he undertakes a challenging campaign at the FINA Swimming World Championship that begin in Kazan, Russia on Sunday.
New Zealand swim star Lauren Boyle was edged into fifth place in the 400m freestyle on the opening night of finals at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Lauren Boyle has qualified for her second final on the second day of the FINA Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia today.
Lauren Boyle swam herself into New Zealand swimming history at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia today.
It was New Zealand’s youngest team members, Bobbi Gichard and Bradlee Ashby, in action of today’s heats at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Veteran North Shore swimmer Glenn Snyders remains among the sport’s fastest breaststrokers, finishing seventh in the 50m final on day four of the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia today.
Howick Pakuranga swimmer Corey Main has missed out on a place in the finals on day five of the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Star New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle is safely through for another final at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
New Zealand has completed its campaign with two medals and four finalists at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
A five-strong New Zealand Swimming team is in action from tomorrow in the fifth FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore.
All three New Zealand swimmers in action on day one set personal bests to progress to the evening semifinals of the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Rising 15 year old swimmers Bobbi Gichard and Gabrielle Fa’amausili have both qualified for their first finals on the opening day of the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Fifteen-year-old Hawkes Bay swimmer Bobbi Gichard has claimed the bronze medal in the 100m backstroke on the second night of finals at the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
The Commonwealth Youth Games are a small-scale version of the Commonwealth Games, designed for the youth of the 71 Commonwealth countries. A maximum number of 1,000 competitors are invited to participate from every Commonwealth Games Association. The fifth edition of the Games will take place in Samoa from 5-12 September 2015.
The FINA World Junior Championships is a swimming championship event organized by FINA for swimmers under the age of 18 years old. Every two years, about 500 swimmers aged between 14 and 18 years old gather together to test their skills among an up-and-coming field. In 2015, the international rendezvous will take place in Asia for the first time with Singapore (SIN) as host of the Championships, from August 25-30.
Fifteen-year-old Hawkes Bay swimmer Bobbi Gichard was outside her previous best to just miss out on making her second final at the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Fifteen-year-old Gabrielle Fa’amausili may have set a record for the shortest standing world record on the fourth day of heats at the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Fifteen-year-old stars of the future, Gabrielle Fa’amausili and Bobbi Gichard will vie for medals in the final of the 50m backstroke in the fourth day of the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Gabrielle Fa’amausili has successfully defended her title in a superb swim at the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
The five-strong New Zealand team completed an encouraging performance at the fifth FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
World junior championship medallists Gabrielle Fa’amausili and Bobbi Gichard will head an eight-strong New Zealand swim team for the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games starting on Monday in Samoa.
New Zealand teenage swim star Bobbi Gichard has been named flag bearer for New Zealand’s Youth Commonwealth Games Team to Samoa, 2015.
World junior championship medallist Bobbi Gichard led the New Zealand swimmers on the first day of heats at the fifth Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa today.
All New Zealand swimmers in action on the second day have qualified for finals at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa today.
Swimming New Zealand’s dynamic duo, Bobbi Gichard and Gabrielle Fa’amausili produced a one-two medal thrust on the opening day of the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa.
Burgeoning teenage swim star Gabrielle Fa’amausili completed a golden two weeks with victory in the 50m backstroke on the second day of finals at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa.
New Zealand swimmers will be chasing more medals on the penultimate night of finals at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa today.
Kiwi swimmers Bobbi Gichard and Wilrich Coetzee both grabbed their second gold medals on the penultimate night of finals at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa.
World junior swimming champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili fittingly rounded out New Zealand’s 10th and final medal at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa.
Auckland businessman Bruce Cotterill has been elected as Swimming New Zealand’s new Board Chairman, announced at the Annual General Meeting in Auckland at the weekend.
Six swimmers are among the 63 nominations received for the 53rd Halberg Awards.
New Zealand’s leading swimmers believe the new adidas swimsuits could make a key difference in their quest for glory at the Rio Olympics.
Swimming New Zealand has named a 35-strong team to compete in the Oceania Championships in Fiji in June.
Swimming New Zealand has announced a 10-strong team to contest the biennial Junior Pan Pacific Championships.
The 2016 national age group championships last month marked the end of an era for Hawkes Bay’s Noel Hardgrave-Booth.
The New Zealand Swimming Trust is pleased to announce the grant recipients for 2016.
An Olympic theme took hold at the recent National Talent Identification Squad Camp at the AUT Millennium in Auckland.
New Zealand’s leading teenage swimming talent compete in the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Hawaii starting Wednesday (local time).
A total 322 swimmers from 100 schools will contest the fourth New Zealand Secondary School Championships at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre starting on Saturday.
National champion Bobbi Gichard got the third session of the State 2013 Secondary School Championships underway with a meet record in the 200m backstroke.
Napier Girls High School has won the inaugural girls’ trophy at the third State New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships in Hamilton 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.
Para-Swimming stars Mary Fisher and Nikita Howarth have continued the world record blitz on the penultimate morning of heats 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.
New Zealand’s leading swimmers are back into action this week for the national short course championships at the Wellington Aquatic Centre.
The young guns fired most of the bullets on the second morning of heats at the 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.
Lauren Boyle has been awarded Swimming New Zealand’s Swimmer of the Year.
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are not long over but attention is already turning towards Tokyo in four years’ time for many swimmers around the country.
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.
They may not have a pool but that has not stopped the QEII swimming club from Christchurch leading the way at the State New Zealand Junior Championships.
Two qualifying swims and two national age group records highlighted the second day of the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Championships in Wellington.
World junior champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili heads a talented line-up when New Zealand’s age group swimmers compete at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre next week.
Defending world junior champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili will head a team of five swimmers to compete in Singapore after qualifying for the FINA World Junior Championships in Wellington this week.
Auckland’s Annabelle Paterson became the fifth swimmer to qualify for the World Junior Championships at the 2015 Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington today.
There were three more swimmers qualify for the FINA World Junior Championships on the second day of the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington today.
World junior champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili is among a talented group of the nation’s best emerging talent to compete in the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington next week.
World junior champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili edged her fellow 14-year-old rival Bobbi Gichard as the pair lit up the pool on the final night of the Mayfair Pools New Zealand 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.
It proved six of the best for the two top performances Paige Schendelaar-Kemp and Sophia Batchelor on the penultimate night of finals at the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington tonight.
Swimming New Zealand is encouraged by both the quality and quantity of performances looking ahead to the Rio Olympics.
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.
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.
Ten New Zealand swimmers have now qualified for the upcoming world championships after just two nights of the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland.
There’s expectation of a battle royal with world championship relay spots up for grabs on the second night of finals at the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Henderson tonight.
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.
New Zealand swimmers face an important step towards next year’s Rio Olympics at the national open championships in Auckland starting on Tuesday.
Howick Pakuranga swimmer Corey Main highlighted the morning heats on the third day of the State New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Auckland today.
Twenty-one year old Mitchell Donaldson came of age as a swimmer tonight, adding the spark for a relay to better the qualifying time for the Commonwealth Games on the penultimate night of finals at the State New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland tonight.
US-based breaststroker Glenn Snyders grabbed his second qualifying performance on the second day of heats at the State New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Auckland today.
Top performers Lauren Boyle and Glenn Snyders added further Commonwealth Games qualifying performances on the second night of the State New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland tonight.
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.
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.
Swimming New Zealand has announced a 12-strong team to contest July’s FINA World Championship in Budapest.
Swimming New Zealand identifies and recognizes the outstanding achievements of those swimmers who deliver the highest cumulative XLR8 scores based on best performances during the calendar year within a single age category. These are SNZ's Top XLR8ers.
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.
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.
NZ WRAP DAY 8 - The New Zealand swim team completed their campaign at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.
Bradlee Ashby and Sophie Pascoe again stared on day two of the national short course championships, with Ashby setting a new open men’s record and Pascoe continuing her world record form.
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.
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.
#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.
Day 5 morning session was highlighted by Lewis Clareburt swimming another PB and four others advancing to semis and finals.
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Jesse Reynolds swam a personal best of 1:05.50s, but just missed out on a bronze medal on the final night of competition at the Optus Aquatic Centre.
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.
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The New Zealand Olympic Committee has named Gina Galloway, Erika Fairweather, Zac Reid and Michael Pickett to represent New Zealand at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games.