NEW ZEALAND SC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024
- Tuesday, August 20 – Saturday, August 24
- Sir Owen G. Glenn Aquatic Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
- SCM (25 m)
- Meet Central
- Live results
The 2024 New Zealand Short Course Championships began this week in Auckland at the Sir Owen G. Glenn Aquatic Centre. Veterans and age group swimmers alike will vie for the competition title, with local swimmers from New Zealand taking on a visiting Australian team.
Right at the beginning, 14-year-old Lincoln wears from Australia caused a stir when he competed in the men’s 800-meter freestyle competition.
Wearing of the Chandler Swim Club achieved a breathtaking time of 8:04.72 to secure silver behind the winner Larn Hamblyn-Ough of the host country that was the first to arrive at the wall.
The 18-year-old Hamblyn-Ough was the winner with a time of 7:57.76, while Joel Verran won the bronze medal in 8:12.97.
For young Wearing, the 14-year-old’s performance appears to have set a new Australian age record. His performance beat the previous record for an Australian of that age, a time of 8:07.43. Sam Short entered the books in 2018.
Helena Gasson plunged into several events on the second day and won gold in two events.
The 29-year-old coastal swimmer first won the women’s 100-meter backstroke with a time of 57.89. With a time of 11.88/13.03/13.36/13.43, Gasson’s performance was just 0.20 seconds off the national record of 57.68 she set last year.
She then reached the wall first in the women’s 100m individual medley, clocking 59.79, the only swimmer in the field to stay under the minute barrier. Gasson maintains the New Zealand standard with the 58.40 she clocked two years ago.
Further information
- We reported how the 23-year-old Joshua Gilbert set a new national record in the men’s 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:04.57.
- The 20-year-old won the women’s 200-meter breaststroke race Zyleika Pratt-Smith I managed it and won gold in 2:23.81.
- Zach Dell was too fast to catch him in the men’s 100m individual medley, finishing on the top podium with a time of 53.90. He also won the men’s 100m backstroke, clocking 51.70 to take gold.
- As first in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay of Club 37 A Carter Swift made an excellent start of 47.36. Swift achieved a negative split of 24.37/22.99, coming within striking distance of his own New Zealand national record of 47.17 set in 2022.
- 15 years old Maya Baermann from Australia won gold in the women’s 1500m freestyle with a time of 16:38.10.
