College records broken at Kaitaia Swim Sports

WE'RE THE MILLERS: The girls of Miller House at the Kaitaia College swimming sports day last Friday.

Kaitaia's Nat Blud broke a record which has stood since 1986 at the Kaitaia College 2016 swimming championships last Friday.

ALRIGHT! Nat Blud broke several records including his own at the Kaitaia College 2016 swimming championships last Thursday.

Blud swam 16.52 seconds in the senior boys' one length freestyle to break the record of 16.77s set by Brett Shalders last century. Blud also broke his own record of 46.81s in the senior boys' two lengths backstroke, swimming it in 46.53s on the day.

The other record broken on the day was by Tashana Pure who swam 20.14 in the girls' open one length butterfly, beating her 2015 record of 20.19s.

The event was held in benign mid summer weather at the town pools, where one commentator noted there were some outstanding performances mixed with many not so outstanding ones.

Individual results:

Juniors, girls: Laura Lamourie 24 points, 1 (e.g. 1st), Nina Rose 18, 2, Paige Edwards, 9, 3; boys: Ethan Harrison 23, 1, Kal-El Austen Reid 16, 2, Ruia Itieli 7, 3.

Intermediates, girls: Maraea Witana 21, 1, Jordan Williams 19, 2, Tashana Pure 16, 3; boys: Oliver Hilton Jones 28, 1, Waikotahi Pitman Going 15, 2, Eli Howard 10, 3.

Seniors, girls: Erana Punshon 28, 1, Siobhan Kelly 16, 2, Drew Larkin 5, 3; boys: Nat Blud 42, 1, Kaaiwa Pitman Going 9, 2, Taui Kellner 7, 3.

House group results: Ngarimu 421 points, 1, Miller 266, 2, Trigg 191, 3, McMahon 156, 4, Buck 127, 5. The individual house group winner was Ngarimu 3 with 105 points.