College Sport Individual Swimming Champs were held at West Wave Pool in Henderson on Sunday 15 September. After 4 zone days and Champ of Champs this event was the last on our swimming calendar for 2024. There were 39 schools from across Auckland, swimming in 24 events over 3 age groups. Thank you to Swimming Auckland and Swimming New Zealand for their help during this event along with the other swimming events held this year. A big thank you to the parents for being time keepers, we would not be…
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Swimming Champs of Champs
Swimming Champs of Champs took place last week at West Wave and it was a great day to see so many athletes competing Results can be found here Photos can be found here
Read MoreMAGS claim first NZSS Co-Ed Swimming Title
The Mt Albert Grammar School Swim Team have won the NZ Secondary Schools Co-Ed Swimming Championships for the first time in the school’s history. The event, which ran from September 12-15 at Waterworld in Hamilton, attracted 733 swimmers from 160 secondary schools. MAGS Swimming Captain Vasilina Shipilova led the 21-strong team to this inaugural victory in her final year at MAGS with strong personal performances including two bronze medals, 10 Top 8 placings and was a member of the gold medal-winning girls relay team. FINA World Junior Swimming representative Brearna…
Read MoreHigh school swimmers head for Waterworld
Hundreds of competitive high school swimmers will descend on Hamilton’s Waterworld this weekend, when the refurbished facility hosts the 2019 NZ Secondary School Swimming Championships. The four-day event at the Hamilton City Council-owned facility opens on the evening of Thursday 12 September, and runs through Sunday 15 September. More than 700 competitors will take to the water across five age groups and 49 swimming events totalling more than 4500 swims. Stuart Davidson, the Council’s Aquatics Manager, says hosting the NZ Secondary School Swimming Championships reflects the importance of the multi-million-dollar…
Read MoreBrearna Crawford claims NZ Open Record
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…
Read MorePursuing all-round excellence – Jaden Movold
Channel Magazine: AIMES Winner Q & A: Jaden Movold In 2015 Jaden Movold won the AIMES Junior Excellence Award for Services to the Community. As part of [Channel’s] feature looking at what has happened to a number of past winners, Christine Young caught up with Jaden and what he’s achieved over the past few years – as well as what his ambitions are for the future. Christine Young: What excites you about the many activities it is you are involved in and in particular those where you contribute in some…
Read MoreDiocesan swimmer is Youth Olympics bound
College Sport Media: Gina Galloway from Diocesan School for Girls will be competing in the pool at the upcoming Youth Olympic Games in Argentina as one of four young New Zealand swimmers selected to attend the Games. Galloway (aged 17) is the granddaughter of Ngaire Galloway, who at 93 years old, is New Zealand’s oldest living Olympian, and like Galloway senior competes in the backstroke. Galloway junior won a bronze medal at the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games and will compete in the women’s 50m, 100m, 200m backstroke and 100m butterfly…
Read More15-year-old Tainui swimmer guns for Youth Olympics
Māori Television: 15-year-old Gold Heart Scholarship recipient Tyron Henare is a stroke closer to pursuing his Youth Olympic dreams for swimming. In July the six-time National gold medallist will put his skills to the test against the country’s best at the 2018 Opens in the hopes to qualify. Tyron Henry is currently New Zealand’s top sprint swimmer for freestyle, backstroke and fly in his age group. He now looks to qualify for 2018 Youth Olympics in the hopes to make his mark on the world stage. Henry says “My short term goal for this year…
Read MoreNZSS Swimming Champions
The New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships were held over the weekend at Waterworld in Hamilton with over 580 students competing from across the country. Auckland Grammar School won the last event on the programme – the senior boys 4 x 50 freestyle relay. The team was made up of year 13 students A. J. Falconer, L. W. Tattersfield, O. Chen and C. M. Bradding. For all four students, this was their last ever swimming competition race for Auckland Grammar. Despite none of them being ranked in the top 15 freestyle…
Read MoreSwimming Results
2024 Individual Results Champ of Champs Results North Harbour Results 2024 updated 3 May Counties Manukau Results 2024 Central West Swimming Results Updated 29 April Central East Swimming Results 2024 UPDATED 8 April 2023 CSA Individual Champs 25 June Champ of Champs Updated results Western Zone Results 7 March 2023 updated Central results 2 March 2023 updated 10 March North Harbour results 1 March 2023 updated 8 March East Results 28 Feb 2023 Counties Manukau Results 23 Feb 2023 2022 Individual Champs June 26 Champ of Champions 13 April 2022…
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