Tyler sets five records

SWIMMERS ON THE ROAD: Enterprise Cars Swim Team members who attended a regional meet in Rotorua as part of the New Zealand Junior Festival Swimming Competition were, back (from left): Sophie Petro, Tyler Finau and Kassie Owen. Front: Bella Fitzharris, Bradley Anderson and Cody Anderson. Absent: Peti-Ata Bowden. Picture by Liam Clayton

GISBORNE 12-year-old Tyler Finau came away from a regional swimming meet last weekend with nine wins and five Hawke’s Bay/Poverty Bay records. Enterprise Cars Swim Team member Tyler won her age-group races in the 100-metre, 200m and 400m freestyle, 50m and 200m backstroke, 100m and 200m butterfly, and the 200m and 400m individual medley.

She set HBPB records in the 200m and 400m free, the 200m fly, and 200m and 400m IM.

Tyler and other Gisborne swimmers were taking part in the New Zealand Junior Festival Swimming Competition. This event — held at four venues around the country — provides national competition for swimmers aged 12 and under, for the same age-group served by a different format in what used to be the New Zealand junior nationals.

Hawke’s Bay/Poverty Bay swimmers are in the Aquaknights region, along with swimmers from Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Taranaki. The Aquaknights meet was held in Rotorua at the same time as meets for the other regions. The other region names are the Harlequins (for the area north of Waikato), the All Stars (for the southern North Island), and the Makos (for the South Island).

Each region held its own meet last weekend. Results relate to the regional meets, but a computer programme called Meet Mobile enables simultaneous performances from all the meets to be compared. A points system called Take Your Marks will rank all the swimmers nationally.

Regional resultsFor Enterprise Cars Swim Team members competing at the Rotorua meet:

Bradley Anderson, 10 years: 50m freestyle, 11th; 100m free, 12th; 50m breastroke, 6th; 100m breast, silver; 200m breast, silver; 50m butterfly, 4th; 100m fly, bronze.

Cody Anderson, 11: 50m free, 5th; 100m free, 4th; 200m free, 4th; 400m free, 12th; 50m breast, 4th; 100m breast, 4th; 200m breast, 4th; 50m back, 9th; 100m back, 12th; 200m back, 8th; 100m IM, 7th; 200m IM, 5th.

Peti-Ata Bowden, 11: 100m breast, 8th; 50m back, 21st; 100m back, 18th; 50m fly, 18th; 100m IM, 24th.

Tyler Finau 12: 100m free, gold; 200m free, gold, HBPB rec; 400m free, gold, HBPB rec; 50m back, gold; 100m back, silver; 200m back, gold; 100m fly, gold; 200m fly, gold, HBPB rec; 100m IM, silver; 200m IM, gold, HBPB rec; 400m IM, gold, HBPB rec.

Bella Fitzharris, 10: 50m breast, 9th; 100m breast, 10th; 200m breast, 5th; 50m fly, 7th; 100m fly, 6th; 100m IM, 16th; 200m IM, 8th.

Kassie Owen, 10: 100m free, 23rd; 200m free, 15th; 50m breast, 12th; 100m IM, 12th.

Sophie Petro, 10: 50m free, 7th; 100m free, 7th; 200m free, bronze; 100m back, 7th; 200m back, 5th; 50m fly, 6th; 100m fly, 4th; 100m IM, 8th.