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Swimming New Zealand announces 2017 Australian Age Group team

Swimming New Zealand has today announced the team to compete at the 2017 Georgina Hope Foundation Australian Age Group Championships.

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SNZ National Squads 2019_2020

Congratulations to the following athletes and coaches who have met the standards for the National 2019/2020 Squads:

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2018 Youth Olympic Games

The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de la...

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1 Year on from the 2019 Aon Open Championships

Last week marked 1 year from the 2019 Aon Open Championships, which was held at the Sir Owen G. Glenn Aquatic Centre in Auckland last June. With the 2020 Opens event cancelled due to the global coronavirus pandemic, we look back to last year and all the great moments from that event.

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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.

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Day 2: 2019 Aon National Age Group Championships Highlights

The second day of the 2019 Aon National Age Group Championships saw four New Zealand National Age Group records broken and two swimmers making the qualifying time for 2019 FINA World Junior Championships.

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Taranaki teenage trio swim their way into the limelight

Three Taranaki teenagers along with world junior champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili produced the standout performances of day three at the Mayfair Pools 2016 New Zealand Open Championships in Wellington today.

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Rasmussen and Lee qualify for Junior Pan Pacific Swimming

It proved a double-double for the nation’s best emerging swimmers on the opening day of the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Championships in Wellington.

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Kiwi World Junior Champion Swimmer Leads The Way

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.

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Fifth swimmer qualifies for World Junior Championships

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.

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Fantastic Fa’amausili sets new swimming standards

Teenage sensation Gabrielle Fa’amausili produced the standout performance at the 2015 Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington today.

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North Shore swimmer qualifies for World Junior Championships

North Shore swimmer Yeonsu Lee proved to be the star of the first night of the 2015 Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington.

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2017 Georgina Hope Foundation Australian Age Championships

2017 Georgina Hope Foundation Australian Age Championships

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Fa’amausili bags double records at New Zealand Age Group Championships

The outstanding Auckland teenager Gabrielle Fa’amausili staked her claim for higher honours with two records on the second night of finals at the New Zealand Age Championships in Wellington.

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Young swimming talent impress at NZ Age Group Championships

New Zealand’s young swimming talent is in a healthy state according to former Commonwealth Games and World Championship medallist, Gary Hurring.

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Bumper age group swim team takes on Australia’s best

New Zealand will send a bumper 23-strong swim team across the Tasman for the prestigious Australia Age Swimming Championships in Brisbane starting on Sunday.

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Young kiwis start well at Australian Age Group Champs

An outstanding start for the future stars of New Zealand swimming has seen three medals claimed on the opening night of finals at the Australian Age Swimming Championships in Brisbane.

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Bates secures gold

An outstanding night of swimming by the New Zealand team at the Australian Age Group Championships has seen the first gold and additional three silver and one bronze medals achieved.

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Crawford leads further medal haul in Australia

Auckland’s Brearna Crawford added a second victory for New Zealand swimmers at the Australian Age Championships in Brisbane.

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Swimming’s rising stars bag record haul in Australia

New Zealand’s rising swim stars proved the rising quality and depth of the sport in this country with two further records on the final day of the Australian Age Championships in Brisbane.

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SOPHIE PASCOE AND CIARA SMITH DOMINATE DAY THREE OF SHORT COURSE CHAMPS

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.

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KYLA ALEXANDER UPSETS FAVOURITE TO WIN FIRST NATIONAL OPEN SHORT COURSE TITLE

Kyla Alexander upset club mate Gabrielle Fa’amausili in the women’s 50m backstroke final to win her first open short course title and breaking a national age group record in the process.

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NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAMP WRAPS UP IN AUCKLAND

A national development squad camp has wrapped up in Auckland with young swimmers, coaches and managers from around the country benefiting from 3 days of training, coaching and workshops.

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PICKETT BREAKS RECORDS AS YOUNG KIWIS EXCEL AT QLD SPRINT CHAMPS

NZ had a strong showing at the QLD State Sprint Champs with medals to Michael Pickett, Xavier Hill, Tarquin Magner and Laticia Transom.

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CRAWFORD, TOREPE-ORMSBY AND FINAU WIN TWO TITLES EACH ON DAY 2

Bre Crawford, Taiko Torepe-Ormsby and Tyler Finau collected two titles each on day 2 of the 2018 Aon New Zealand National Age Group Championships in Auckland.

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HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS UPDATE

Updated SNZ team lists for the Oceania Champs, Junior Open Water Champs and Australian State Teams.

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2018 SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Swimming New Zealand has today announced the finalists for eleven categories at the 2018 Swimming New Zealand Awards, to honour and celebrate achievements by New Zealand swimmers, officials, volunteers and coaches in 2017-2018.

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2018 AON NZ OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW

Over three hundred swimmers will compete next week in the 2018 Aon New Zealand Open Championships at Auckland’s Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre.

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EMMA ROBINSON IGNITES OPENING NIGHT OF AON NZ OPENS

Emma Robinson blitzed the field of women’s 800m freestyle final to set a Tokyo Pan Pacific Champs qualification time of 8:35.00s.

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HUNTER REMAINS KIWI SPRINT KING

Daniel Hunter showed he is still the Kiwi sprint king, picking up the men’s 50m freestyle title in 22.60s.

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DOYLE AND HUNTER WIN 100M FREESTYLE CROWNS

Carina Doyle and Daniel Hunter won the coveted blue ribbon 100m freestyle titles on the final night of the 2018 Aon New Zealand Open Championships.

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SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCE REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS

Swimming New Zealand would like to formally announce the following athletes who have successfully achieved selection standards for the Pan Pacific Championships and Junior Pan Pacific Championships.

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2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships

The 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships is a long course meet, occurring every two years and will be held in Suva, Fiji from Thursday the 23rd of August to Sunday the 26th of August. Swimmers had to achieve the qualification standards at the 2018 AON New Zealand Open Championships in July to be selected.

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2018 Swimming New Zealand Awards Winners

Swimming New Zealand held their annual awards on Saturday July 7th 2018 celebrating the success of swimmers, coaches and administrators.

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2018 Australian State Teams Championships

The 2018 State Teams Championships is a short course meet and will be held at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra from Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 October 2018. The event is a team based competition, in which state teams go head-to-head in a variety of individual and relay events to score points for their state.

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FOUR SWIMMERS SELECTED FOR YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

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.

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JUNIOR PAN PACS DAY 1 WRAP

The 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships started today, with the Kiwi team putting in strong performances in the heats to qualify nine swimmers for the evening finals.

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JUNIOR PAN PACS DAY 2 WRAP

Wellington’s Thomas Watkins was the standout performer on day 2 of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Suva, Fiji.

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JUNIOR PAN PACS DAY 3 WRAP

Erika Fairweather broke her own 14-years national age-group record on the penultimate final night of the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Suva, Fiji.

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JUNIOR PAN PACS DAY 4 WRAP

Michael Pickett smashed his personal best and set a national age-group record of 22.86s on the way to winning a bronze medal in the men’s 50m freestyle at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.

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NZOC Long List

Congratulations to the following Swimmers who have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Long List:

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Tokyo 2020 Long List

44 swimmers have achieved the standard required to be named on the Tokyo 2020 long list.

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2019 Junior World Championships

Congratulations to the following Swimmers and Coaches on achieving selection to the New Zealand Junior Swimming Team to compete...

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Numbered Athletes

Swimmers receive a number when they represent New Zealand at a World Championships (LC), Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games.

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Carded Athletes

Carded athletes 2019/20

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