Bay swim stars face huge week

Clive Power may have five days left in his illustrious swim coaching career, or he may have four months.
The Tauranga swim guru has indicated he'll retire as soon as his Commonwealth Games coaching obligations are fulfilled.
Now three of his charges have the chance to keep Power poolside until the end of the March by qualifying for the Games at the national long-course championships in Auckland this week.
Backstroker Penelope Marshall and butterfly specialist Liz van Welie could seal Power's future as early as tomorrow, while Emma Banks' 100m 'fly isn't until Friday.
Power has committed to staying on if they post Games times but will retire immediately if they don't.
But he's remarkably positive after a tumultuous year with uncertainty over Tauranga swimming programmes due to management issues.
"I've just been amazed by some of the work they've been putting in over the last month, despite all the ups and downs out of the pool," Power said.
"It's been tremendous and I've got a lot of faith they can do the job."
Marshall's 100m backstroke heats start tomorrow, and the 16-year-old Tauranga Girls' College student needs to swim a time of 1.02.84 to make the team for Melbourne.
Van Welie needs a 4.51.67 swim or better in her 400 medley event, although she set the New Zealand record in 2002 at 4.44.56.
The 25-year-old also holds the national 200m butterfly record at 2.11.62, nearly 2secs under the 2.13.64 time she needs to swim, although significantly that mark was set five years ago at the Sydney Olympics.
The 26-year-old said the past few months had been about rebuilding her confidence.
"We haven't had many big competitions to judge it on, so next week is going to be little fish in a big pond. But we measure a lot of our things on training and my technique's been solid, my times have been really consistent and I am feeling happy and relaxed."
Van Welie shifted up from Dunedin last year to train with Tauranga coach Clive Power. She's one of the more experienced swimmers still competing in New Zealand, having been to the Sydney Olympics and the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.
"Experience counts for a whole heap. It gives you a whole new overlook on everything."
Van Welie won the silver medal in the 400m IM at Manchester but agonisingly missed selection for the Athens Olympics and has struggled to break that hoodoo since.
Marshall, meanwhile, may benefit from a freak training injury suffered by one of New Zealand's star performers.
Hannah McLean damaged her ankle over-stretching during a World Cup meet in Sydney a fortnight ago and is a doubtful starter in Auckland this week.