Beijing Olympic finalists Melissa Ingram led a strong effort by New Zealand swimmers as 10 of them advanced to tonight's at the World Cup short course meet in Sydney.
Ingram qualified for two finals, finishing second fastest in heats of her favoured 200m backstroke and third fastest in
the 200m freestyle.
Fellow Olympian Hayley Palmer also made it into two finals, after qualifying fourth fastest in the 50m freestyle and seventh fastest in the 200m freestyle.
John Gatfield impressed to also qualify for two finals, after finishing fourth fastest in heats of the 100m backstroke and third fastest in the 100m individual medley.
Other New Zealanders through included Glenn Snyders, third fastest in the 50m breaststroke, Brett Newall in the 200m butterfly, Natalie Wiegersma in the 200m medley, Matt Woodrow and Michael Jack in the 400m freestyle and Daniel Bell with fellow Olympian Corney Swanepoel in the 50m butterfly.
New Zealand heat results:-
Men
100m freestyle: Mark Herring (West Auckland) 49.32sec 9, Daniel Bel (West Auckland) 49.65 13, Corney Swanepoel (SNZ high performance) 49.92 15, John Gatfield (SwimZone Racing, Wellington) 50.43 19, Kane Radford (Rotorua) 53.01 24.
50m breaststroke: Glenn Snyders (SNZ) 28.67 3.
200m butterfly: Brett Newall (Raumati) 2:07.70 8.
100m backstroke: Gatfield 53.34 4.
400m freestyle: Matt Woodrow (SwimZone Racing) 3min 50.08sec 2, Michael Jack (West Auckland) 3:51.39 7, Steven Kent (SwimZone Racing) 3:57.50 9, Radford 3:57.84 10, Daniel Ryan (Waterhole) 4:00.89 11, Dylan Dunlop-Barrett (Bell Block) 4:01.11 12.
100m individual medley: Gatfield 56.17 3, Bell 56.65 8, Glenn Snyders (SNZ) 56.86 10, Newall 58.72 15.
50m butterfly: Bell 24.01 4, Swanepoel 24.06 6.
Women
200m freestyle: Melissa Ingram (SNZ) 2:00.29 3, Hayley Palmer (North Shore) 2:01.19 7, Wiesersma 2:02.56 10, Natasha Simpson (West Auckland) 2:04.05 14.
100m breaststroke: Anneke Jenkins (Wet Auckland) 1:10.71 9.
100m butterfly: Charlotte Webby (Bell Block) 1:03.68 13.
200m individual medley: Natalie Wigersma (South) 2:14.76 2, Jenkins 2:21.72 11.
50m freestyle: Palmer 25.30 4, Joyce Wiegersma (Southland) 26.67 17, Simpson 27.31 21.
200m backstroke: Ingram 2:10.42 2.
- NZPA
