FINA World 25m Swimming Championships - NZ Day 5 Heats

World champion Lauren Boyle has broken another national record on her way to qualifying for the final of the 200m freestyle on the final day of the FINA World short Course Swimming Championships in Turkey.

Boyle, who won the 800m freestyle and third in the 400m freestyle, produced a superb swim to be fourth fastest in the heats today. The 24 year old from the North Shore club clocked 1:55.40 which was just over a second under the previous record. That was set by backstroke star Melissa Ingram in 1:56.32 at the 2008 World Cup meet in South Africa.

Boyle said that she would treat the morning heat like a final as her best chance of qualifying, with only 0.8seconds separating the top eight qualifiers.

Ingram, 27, was 15^th fastest in 1:57.38, producing her best time of the year to complete a strong championship for the veteran North Shore swimmer, coached by Scott Talbot.

Earlier Howick Pakuranga’s Corey Main was 17^th fastest in heats of the men’s 200m backstroke in 1:54.70, to be a fraction outside his best with the top eight through to the evening finals.

Boyle will be the only New Zealander on the evening programme while fellow Swimming New Zealand High Performance Centre swimmer Matthew Stanley has his timed final in the 1500m freestyle at the end of the morning session, with the fastest heat to be swum at night.

FINA World Championships (25m)