Gisborne teenager Michael Pickett led off the New Zealand team in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay at the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. He is pictured warming up for a race earlier this year at the NZ Open Swimming Championships. File photo loosens up before the men's 50m Freestyle race at the New Zealand Open swimming championships in Auckland last night. Picture by BW Media
GISBORNE swimmer Michael Pickett has had his first taste of competition at the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.
Pickett, 16, led off the New Zealand team in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay.
He clocked 50.77 seconds for his leg as the team finished fourth in their heat and narrowly