PASCOE, FISHER AND YOUNGSTERS CONTINUE TO BREAK RECORDS

2017 NEW ZEALAND SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY 4

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.

Sophie Pascoe (QEII) has had an outstanding national short course campaign which included breaking a staggering six world Para swimming short course records. Pascoe ended her campaign by reclaiming the S10 100m butterfly world record with a time of 1:03.13, beating the old record held by Australian Paige Leonhardt by almost four seconds.

“It’s been a pleasure to be back home to race and be a part of a great week,” says Pascoe.

Wellingtonian Mary Fisher (Capital) also got a world record of her own. Fisher set a new S11 100m butterfly world Para short course record with a time of 1:16.77, taking almost four seconds off her personal best.

13-year-old Erika Fairweather (Neptune) from Dunedin has also put on a record-breaking display this week. Tonight Fairweather broke the national girls 13-years 800m freestyle record with a time of 8:58.05.

Fairweather admitted after the race that she was gunning for the record.

“It feels great, I’m really excited. The body is a bit sore now, but it should be good for the 100 free tomorrow.”

This week Fairweather has also broken the national girls 13-years 400m individual medley (4:55.18), 400m freestyle (4:22.52) and 200m freestyle (2:03.57) records.

Brearna Crawford (MAGS), 14, is another youngster who has been in scintillating form this week. In the morning session Crawford set a national girls 14-years 100m butterfly record with a time of 1:00.88.

This adds to the 200m individual medley and 50m butterfly records she’s broken earlier this week.

After suffering from a bout of illness over the last couple of days, Daniel Hunter teamed up with his Howick Pakuranga club mates to dominate the men’s 4x50m freestyle over North Shore A and Heretaunga Sundevils. The crowds wait to see if Hunter is well enough to compete tomorrow in the 100m freestyle and 50m backstroke.

DAY 5 ‘MATCH UP’S TO LOOK OUT FOR’:

Men’s 100m Freestyle – Bradlee Ashby, Daniel Hunter (TBC), Julian Weir and Dan Caldwell.
Women’s 100m Freestyle – Carina Doyle, Ebony Maikuku and Paige Flynn.
Men’s 50m Backstroke – Julian Weir, Corneille Coetzee and Daniel Hunter (TBC).
Women’s 50m Backstroke – Gabrielle Fa’amausili, Bobbi Gichard and Cassie Wright.

The 2017 NZ Short Course Championships are held at the Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre, Auckland, from Tuesday 3^rd October till Saturday 7^th October. Morning sessions start at 9am with evening finals sessions starting at 6pm.

LINK TO RESULTS: https://swimming.org.nz/event.php?id=2279
IMAGES: BW Media Photography
VISION: The meet is live-streamed on http://jxsport.tv/swimmingnz/ 

More Details, see event page: https://swimming.org.nz/event.php?friendly_id=2017nzshortcoursechampionships-event

For further information contact:

Johnson Raela
Swimming NZ Communications & Digital
Mob: +64 21 02717007
E: johnson@swimming.org.nz