SWIM Rotorua enjoyed another excellent weekend of racing at the Bay of Plenty short course championships.
The event was held at Baywave in Mount Maunganui, in their 25m pool, last weekend and attracted swimmers from Waikato, Hawke's Bay, Poverty Bay, Taranaki and Bay of Plenty.
New kid on the block James Baldwin produced a phenomenal tour de force to take home six medals and one Bay of Plenty 12-years age-group record. Despite being a relative newcomer to the sport, Baldwin displayed his competitiveness and skill to win the 100m breaststroke in 1min 22.02sec.
Baldwin collected four silver medals to demonstrate his versatility in the 50m and 100m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and 200m medley. His heat time of 27.51 seconds in the 50m freestyle smashed the BOP record. Not quite done, Baldwin also captured a bronze medal in the 100m medley with 1min 13.87sec.
Jack Weston, 16, continues to shine on his trademark breaststroke events. In what proved to be a competitive age group, Weston had to settle on this occasion for one silver medal in the 200m breaststroke and two bronze medals in the 50m and 100m breaststroke.