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High Performance
SNZ Events
Epic Swim
High Performance
Congratulations to the following athletes and coaches who have met the standards for the National 2019/2020 Squads:
The last day of the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships had New Zealand cheering for Erika Fairweather, who won the Gold medal in the Final of the Women's 200m Freestyle.
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de la...
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 four of the 2019 Aon National Age Group Championships saw Thomas Watkins (Capital) qualify for the 2019 World University Games in the Boys 18 Years 200m Backstroke with a time of 2:00.16s.
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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The first day of the 2019 Aon National Age Group Championships kicked off with Zac Dell (Pukekohe) posting qualifying times for the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships and the 2019 World University Games in winning the boys 17-18 years 100m backstroke in 55.63s.
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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.
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.
Wellington teenager Lewis Clareburt was the star performer on the third night of finals at the New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington.
Outstanding Manawatu teenager Mya Rasmussen produced a stunning record on the penultimate night of finals at the New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington.
New Zealand’s young swimming talent is in a healthy state according to former Commonwealth Games and World Championship medallist, Gary Hurring.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Lewis Clareburt and Bre Crawford were in record breaking form on day 3 of the 2018 Aon NZ Age-Group Championships.
Pierce Collins broke a thirteen-year-old national age-group record in the 100m butterfly final, on day 4 of the 2018 Aon New Zealand National Age Group Championships.
Lewis Clareburt, Tyron Henry and Taiko Torepe-Ormsby starred on the final night of the national age-group championships by each smashing an age-group record.
Updated SNZ team lists for the Oceania Champs, Junior Open Water Champs and Australian State Teams.
Emma Robinson blitzed the field of women’s 800m freestyle final to set a Tokyo Pan Pacific Champs qualification time of 8:35.00s.
Five youth athletes achieved selection times for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships and Youth Olympic Games on night two of the Aon NZ Opens.
Daniel Hunter showed he is still the Kiwi sprint king, picking up the men’s 50m freestyle title in 22.60s.
Bayley Main scraped home against his older brother Corey by only 0.01s in the final of the men’s 50m backstroke, at the 2018 Aon New Zealand Open Championships.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Team captains Zac Reid and Gina Galloway are relishing in their roles as team captains for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Suva, Fiji.
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.
Wellington’s Thomas Watkins was the standout performer on day 2 of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Suva, Fiji.
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.
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.
Definition of a Competitive member: Trains as per normal, either on a Monday night or through the Dunedin Swim Coaching Board. They can...
Auckland teenager Kyla Alexander rounded out the New Zealand Short Course Championships by breaking former Junior World Champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili’s 17 years national age-group record in the 50m backstroke event.
Congratulations to the following Swimmers who have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Long List:
44 swimmers have achieved the standard required to be named on the Tokyo 2020 long list.
Congratulations to the following Swimmers and Coaches on achieving selection to the New Zealand Junior Swimming Team to compete...
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Swimmers receive a number when they represent New Zealand at a World Championships (LC), Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games.
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The 2021 Aon New Zealand Swimming Championships kicks off next week from Monday 5th to Saturday 10th April. Returning to Auckland again, held at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre.
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Today was a day for the distance freestylers in the Para swimming community and produced two more Tokyo 2020 qualifying times, and an excellent national record.
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An incredible swim from Lewis Clareburt tonight. The Capital swimmer broke a New Zealand Open Record in the 100m Freestyle, swimming 48.96 seconds in the first leg of the Men’s The 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay.
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Huge congratulations to Capital’s Lewis Clareburt and Coach, Gary Hollywood. Another Olympic qualification time and a New Zealand Open record in the Men’s 200 Individual Medley. Clareburt beat the previous record (1:59.24) by an incredible 1.35 seconds, finishing in 1:57.89 seconds.
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New Zealand swimmers from across the country and also Australia are coming together for one last chance to qualify for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, at the Hamilton Qualification Meet. The meet will run this weekend from Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 May, held at Waterworld Aquatics Centre in Hamilton.
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Swimming New Zealand wants to congratulate seven young swimmers, who have been named to the swimming team for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The swimming team to represent New Zealand at Tokyo 2020 is, Lewis Clareburt, Zac Reid, Erika Fairweather, Eve Thomas, Hayley McIntosh, Ali Galyer and Carina Doyle.
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Wondering where and how to watch your New Zealand Swimming Team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games? Read on for all information in regards to our seven athletes competing in Tokyo this week.
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Check here for the daily highlights on your New Zealand swimmers competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
A twelve strong swimming team has been named to represent New Zealand in the pool at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.