Mt Albert Grammar School:
World Junior Championships-bound swimmer Brearna Crawford led the way and rewrote the record books with outstanding early season form at the annual Evolution Swim Meet held in Hamilton.
Brearna become New Zealand’s fastest female short course 100m Breaststroke swimmer when she broke the NZ Open Record in a classy time of 1.07.14sec. Brearna continues her preparation and will leave on 6 August for a 10-day preparation camp in Vienna before competing at the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Brearna set nine other records at the meet: two NZ records for 16 years (100m Breast, 100IM), two Auckland Open records (100m Br, 50m Br – 100 split), five Auckland 16 years records (50m Br, 100m Br, 200m Br, 100m IM, 200m IM) – and unofficially the 50m Fly.