2024 New Zealand Swimming Championships
The first final session of the 2024 New Zealand Swimming Championships has been officially confirmed. A short session was planned for the night as only the men's 400 IM, women's 1500 freestyle, women's 400 IM, men's 800 free and men's 4×100 free relay were held.
coast swimming club Sam Brown He won the men's 400 IM with a final time of 4:22.88. The 20-year-old displayed a strong front half, clocking 58.19 seconds on the butterfly leg and reaching the 200 turn in 2:03.93. He was just over 10 seconds short of the time needed to qualify for the Paris Olympics (4 minutes 12.50 seconds).
Newly born world champion Lewis Clairvert Although he has been absent from the 400IM, he has already qualified for the 400IM, recording a time of 4:09.72 at the Doha World Championships a few months ago. However, he swam the 4×100 free relay during the session and helped Club 37 win the gold medal. He contributed in the second leg of the relay, where he recorded a split of 48.45 points. carter swift (48.66), Zack Dell (49.00), and michael pickett (48.60) rounded out the winning quartet. His final time of 3:14.71 is also a new record, breaking his previous record of 3:15.41 set at the 2008 Olympics.
Swift's leadoff split of 48.66 set a lifetime best and puts her in contention to challenge the Olympic qualifying time (48.34) in Friday's individual event.
The fastest split in the field was produced by Coast Swimming Club. cameron gray, the 20-year-old clocked a time of 48.25 in the second leg. He opened in 23.28 and closed in 24.97.
The women's 400m free relay was a great race between the Coast and North Shore, with less than a second separating both teams at the finish.Coast ultimately won the gold medal as a quartet. Zoe Pedersen (56.44), Milan Grintmeyer (56.89), Laura Quilter (56.54), and madison kidd (59.12) Recorded in 3:48.99. North Shore was runner-up as he hit the touchpad in 3:49.91. chelsea edwards 55.30 split in the third leg.
eve thomastrained with Dean Boxall's St. Peter's Western team in Brisbane, Australia, where she won the women's 1500 free. She hit the wall in 16:07.46, not only beating her previous personal best time (16:09.43), but also beating her Olympic qualifying time (16:09.09). Thomas came into the race with intention, posting a 4:12.49 split in her first 400 and a time of 8:31.91 in the 800. She was running at the right pace the entire time to match her qualifying time, but her final split of 30.26 sealed her victory. transaction.
Thomas has already qualified for the Paris Olympics in both the 400m free (4:05.87) and 800m free (8:24.86) thanks to his performance at the world championships in February. was. At the World Championships in Doha, she was seventh in the 400 free and fourth in both the 800 and 1500 free.
She is the only athlete to break the 5 minute barrier in the women's 400 IM. Zylaika Pratt Smith (4:59.32). The 20-year-old coast swimming athlete controlled the field from the first stroke and never relinquished the lead. Pratt-Smith's closest competitor was Mr. Raumati. Maia Adams (5:03.17), I touched it about 4 seconds late.
Brendan VisserAt just 18 years old, he won the men's 800m free. He finished in 8 minutes, 18.37 seconds, more than 10 seconds ahead, but just short of the 7 minutes, 51.65 seconds he needed to qualify for Paris. Despite this, Visser's swim was just short of his personal best time of 8:16.67.
New Zealand Olympic Qualification, up to day one (italics include 2024 World Championship pre-qualification events):
- Lewis Clairvert – Men's 400m IM (4:09.72)
- erica fairweather – Women’s 200m free (1:55.77), 400m free (3:59.44), 800m free (8:22.26)
- eve thomas – Women’s 400m free (4:05.87), 800m free (8:24.86),*1500m free (16:07.46)
*Shows Thomas' qualification in the new event, but indicates that she was already pre-qualified in the additional event.
