Day 3: 2019 Aon National Age Group Championships Highlights

Day three of the 2019 Aon National Age Group Championships saw Luan Grobbelaar (Kiwi West Aquatics) make the qualifying time for the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships. He swam the Boys 17 Years 400m Individual Medley in 4:25.73s. This time unfortunately didn’t come under the National Age Group record time of 4:21.05s, held by Lewis Clareburt.

 

Photo – Luan Grobbelaar

Erika Fairweather (Neptune) has already been smashing through the week, she has not only qualified for the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships, but she has gained new National Age Records for the Girls 15 years 100m Freestyle with a time of 55.60s and the Girls 15 years 800m Freestyle with a time of 8:45.91s.

Fairweather was on top form yesterday as she got a third National Age Group record in the Girls 15 Years 200m Freestyle. She beat the record in the morning heats with a time of 2:01.94s, beating the record held by Sophia Batchelor in 2011 who had a time of 2:02.45s.

In the finals, Fairweather absolutely smashed her own record that she broke in the previous session, lowering her time to a phenomenal 2:00.01s. In addition to this, the time equals Carina Doyle’s (North Shore) 200m Freestyle swum at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

 
Photo – Erika Fairweather

Amadika Atkinson (North Shore) made the qualifying time for the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships in the Girls 16 Years 200m Freestyle. She made a PB time of 2:02.58s.

The 400m Freestyle Club Relays were the last events of the finals, which saw Michael Pickett (North Shore) beating his National Age Group record for the Boys 100m Freestyle, clocking a time of 50.62s. His Swimming Club, North Shore came second in the relay to Howick Pakuranga in the Boys 16 Years & Under 400m Freestyle Club Relay.

 
Photo – Michael Pickett

St Peter’s Swimming Club took the win for the Girls 15 Years & Under, Evolution Aquatics Tauranga won the Boys 15 Years & Under and North Shore Swimming Club stormed ahead in the Girls 16 Years & Over.

 

Click below for a full list of Day 3 results. 

Session 5: HEATS   
Session 6: FINALS

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2019 Aon National Age Group Championships

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