On the eve of the Olympic Games starting the NZSS Swimming champs were taking place in Auckland. In what is becoming an increasingly large event with over 500 swimmers competing, the Lindisfarne team of three acquitted themselves extremely well as they always do.  Whilst there were no medals there were many fine performances in extremely tough competition.  Jake Stephens continues to be the best performing swimmer at this level with a number of top 10 places and 4 personal best performances.  In the 200m individual medley, Jake improved his PB by over 7 seconds, finishing 9^th overall in the race.  His 50m backstroke was also equally satisfying with a 6^th place finish and his 100m backstroke with a 5^th placings was also very pleasing.  Jake greatly improved his rankings from prior to these championships in a number of events.

Marcus Sisam also recorded 4 personal best performances and improved his rankings from prior to this competition immeasurably.  This was especially so in his 50m butterfly in which he improved from an initial ranking of 23^rd to 16^th overall in the age group.

Marshall had the unenviable task of competing in the 17-18 year old age group, a highly competitive group with swimmers who hold many national records.  He will be very happy with his two PB’s, which included a 14^th overall placing in the 50m freestyle.

A full list of results is as follows:

Marshall Soanes     100m Individual Medley              20^th    1-04.12 sec

(17-18 year boys)  100m freestyle                                    23^rd    55.24 sec.             =PB

                                          50m Butterfly                                      26^th    28.20 sec.       

                                          200m Freestyle                                  20^th    2-09.16 sec.

                                          50m Freestyle                                     14^th    24.74 sec.              PB

Marcus Sisam          50m Breaststroke                             23^rd    34.50 sec               PB

(16 year boys)          100m Freestyle                                  26^th    58.05 sec.              PB

                                          50m Butterfly                                     16^th    28.20 sec               PB

                                          100m Butterfly                                 17^th    1-07.19 sec

                                          50m Freestyle                                    18^th    26.05 sec.              PB

Jake Stephens         100m Individual Medley              13^th    1-03.18 sec

(16 year boys)          100m Backstroke                               5^th      1-00.50 sec

                                         100m Freestyle                                    8^th      54.91 sec.              PB

                                         50m Butterfly                                       8^th      27.09 sec.

                                         50m Backstroke                                  6^th      27.52 sec.              PB

                                         100m Butterfly                                    7^th      57.49 sec.              PB

                                         200m Individual Medley                9^th      2-14.96 sec.         PB

Article added: Friday 30 July 2021