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Swimming Wellington / January 2009

February 2009 | December 2008
    • 2009 SW Champs - record summary
      • The following Wellington swimmers set new records at the 2009 Swimming Wellington long course championships. New Zealand Age Group record  Samantha Lee (16, Capital), Womens 50m Butterfly Swimming Wellington Open records Matt Woodrow (20, SwimZone), Mens 400m Freestyle John Gatfield (18, SwimZone), Mens 50m Backstroke Gareth Kean (17, Capital), Mens 100m Backstroke   Swimming Wellington Age
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    • Lucie-Smith, Newall, star on final day
      • Karori’s Samantha Lucie-Smith (16) and West Auckland’s Brett Newall (19) were the dominant performers of the final day of the SW long course swimming championships which concluded at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre today. Lucie-Smith secured the 400m  individual medley title (in 5mins 00.49 secs) and the 200 medley (in 2mins 23.77 secs) and wrapped up the day with a thrilling v
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        • Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


    • Exciting racing highlights Day 3 of Champs
      • Sensational racing highlighted the third day of competition in the Swimming Wellington long course championships that continued at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie today. The Mens 100 Backstroke delivered the much anticipated match up between SwimZone’s John Gatfield (18) and Capital’s Gareth Kean (17), while Kean also featured in a knife-edge result with SwimZone
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        • Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)


    • Records tumble at SW championships
      • It was open season for records at the SW long course championships which got under way in earnest at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie today. SwimZone teammates, Matt Woodrow and John Gatfield each bagged SW Open records while Samantha Lee re-set the SNZ age group record she had previously claimed just a week ago. Matt Woodrow’s time of 4mins 01.15sec in the 400m Freestyle
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        • Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)


    • Relay win highlight of final night at Jnr Pan Pacs
      • Wellington swimmers contributed to a rare relay win against Australia and a number of finals appearances on the last night of finals at the Junior Pan Pacs in Guam tonight. Gareth Kean (Capital, 17) lead out the New Zealand team in the backstroke leg of the 400m medley relay with a new SW age group record time of 56.27secs, helping the NZ team to hold out the fast finishing Australian team by 0.09
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    • Kean wins Gold, claims NZ Open record at Jnr Pan Pacs
      • Gareth Kean (Capital, 17) won a gold medal and secured a national open record in the Mens 200m Backstroke final during the 3rd finals session in Guam last night. Swimming against the best swimmers from around the Pacific rim, Kean qualified first in the morning heats with a new SW Open record of 2mins 02.42 secs (beating Jon Winter’s old time of 2mins 03.71 secs set in 1995).
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    • Lee bags NZ age record at Junior Pan Pacs
      • Samantha Lee (16, Capital) secured a NZ age group record in the Womens 200m Butterfly at the Junior Pan Pacs meet in Guam last night. Swimming in the “B” final, Lee swam 2mins 17.89 secs, beating the previous record by 0.40 secs. Also competing on the first night of finals was Gareth Kean (17, Capital) who set a new SW age group record in the heats of the Mens 100m Backstroke with a t
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