Lauren Boyle broke her own New Zealand national record in the 200 free to open up day 1 0f the State New Zealand Open Championships, which are serving as the country’s selection meet for the Commonwealth Games.
Boyle went 1:57.67 to sneak under her old mark of 1:57.72 set at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. That time now ranks just outside the top 10 in the world, tied for 11th for all of 2014.
New Zealand swimmers are competing at the Open to earn nominations for the Commonwealth Games team, with the selected nominees making the trip to Glasgow to represent New Zealand. In addition to Boyle’s big swim, two other individual performances got under the nomination time standard.
National record-holder Matthew Stanley went 3:47.90 to win the 400 free, becoming the first overall swimmer at the meet under the nomination standard. The 22-year-old Stanley was just three tenths off his own New Zealand mark. Stanley now ranks 7th in the world for 2014.
2014 LCM Men 400 Free TYR World Ranking
TAEHWAN
3.43.15
| 2 | Sun YANG | CHN | 3.43.23 | 09/23 |
| 3 | Ryan COCHRANE | CAN | 3.43.46 | 07/24 |
| 4 | David McKEON | AUS | 3.43.72 | 04/01 |
| 5 | Kosuke HAGINO | JPN | 3:43.90 | 04/12 |
| 6 | James GUY | GBR | 3.44.58 | 07/24 |
| 7 | Mack Horton | AUS | 3.44.60 | 04/01 |
| 8 | Connor JAEGER | USA | 3.45.31 | 08/21 |
| 9 | Velimir STJEPANOVIC | SRB | 3.45.66 | 08/18 |
| 10 | Dan WALLACE | GBR | 3.46.11 | 07/24 |
Veteran Glenn Snyders went 2:11.07 to run away with the 200 breaststroke. That also got under the nomination standard and sits a half-second back of Snyders’ own national mark. Snyders now moves up to 6th in the world for 2014, and just .05 back of the top 5.
2014 LCM Men 200 Breast TYR World Ranking
MURDOCH
2.07.30
| 2 | Marco KOCH | GER | 2.07.47 | 08/21 |
| 3 | Dmitry BALANDIN | KAZ | 2.07.67 | 09/23 |
| 4 | Michael JAMIESON | GBR | 2.07.79 | 04/10 |
| 5 | Kevin CORDES | USA | 2.07.86 | 08/07 |
| 6 | Yasuhiro KOSEKI | JPN | 2.08.34 | 06/22 |
| 7 | Christian SPRENGER | AUS | 2.08.63 | 04/01 |
| 8 | Daniel GYURTA | HUN | 2.08.72 | 07/16 |
| 9 | GIEDRIUS TITENIS | LTU | 2.08.93 | 08/21 |
| 9 | Andrew WILLIS | GBR | 2.08.93 | 08/20 |
Laura Quilter touched out Sophia Batchelor to win the 50 fly. Quilter was 26.64, with Batchelor, coming off her freshman NCAA season with Cal, went 26.79.
In the men’s 50 back, Kurt Crosland went 25.76 – the 29-year-old was the only swimmer under 26 seconds on the day while winning the title.
Tash Hind ran away with the women’s 200 IM. The Capital Swim Clubber went 2:17.70, cutting five seconds off her prelims time to win the event in a landslide.
North Shore’s Shaun Burnett won the men’s 200 fly, going 2:00.13. Capital’s Isaac Foote was just behind in 2:00.87.
In the women’s 1500, Monique King took home the crown, breaking 17 minutes to win by seven seconds. The 18-year-old went 16:58.62.
The meet also featured five Multi-class Paralympics races:
- Jesse Reynolds won the men’s 400 free. The 17-year-old went 4:33.34 for the title.
- The women’s 200 free went to 12-year-old Olivia Upston in 3:20.80.
- Paralympic gold medalist Sophie Pascoe picked up the 50 fly win at 28.39.
- 15-year-old Chris Arbuthnott won the 50 back for Icebreaker Aquatics, going 35.05.
- Mary Fisher put up the top 200 IM time for women, going 2:56.14 for Capital Swim Club.