Eight Northland swimmers are off to test themselves against the country’s best at the 2021 Aon New Zealand Swimming Championships next week.
Running from 5-10 April at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland, 306 swimmers from 56 clubs around New Zealand will vie for the title of national champion and a place on the team travelling to Tokyo later this year for the 2021 Olympics. Last year’s national championships (previously knows as NZ Opens) was cancelled due to Covid-19 and the Olympics delayed.
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Northlanders competing at the NZ Championships next week are:
Bream Bay Swim Club: Kori Brown (17) men’s 100m breast; 200m breast, 200m back, 50m back; Emilia Finer (16) women’s 400m IM, 100m fly; 200m fly; 200m IM, Luca Matenga (17) men’s 100m breast; Rebecca Reade (18) women’s 100m back, 100m fly, 200m back; Ariella Ripohau (14) women’s 100m back, 200m back.
Northwave: Ciara Smith (20) 400m IM, 200m breast, 50m breast, 100m breast; Madeline Whittam (17) women’s 400m IM, 200m breast, 50m breast, 100m breast.
Whangarei Swim Club: Cameron Leslie (31) men’s 200m free; 50m back, 50m free, 100m free.