Overall, Lowe was pleased with the Wanganui results at the championships where out of the nine-person team, six swimmers reached the top 10 of their grades, while breaking 11 Wanganui records.
"Laura O'Keeffe, 15, was consistent with personal bests in 11 of 13 events, plus a further seven relays, for the club and the Wellington region," said Lowe.
O'Keeffe set a new open record in the 100m freestyle, dipping under the coveted one minute mark to post 59.92 seconds.
In the 800m freestyle, with 14-year-old team mate Elena Forlong sitting close on her heels, O'Keeffe set a new local mark of 9:28.86, while Forlong set a new age group record of 9:30.53.
O'Keeffe posted a 1:06.94 in the 100m butterfly to eclipse Bianca Vettise's open record.
In total O'Keeffe's top 10 placings included 100m backstroke (1:07.23), 800m freestyle, 100m butterfly (seventh), 50m backstroke (eighth in 31.43) plus a strong 400m medley to finish sixth in the 15-16 year evening final in 5:13.48.
Forlong achieved personal bests on all her swims including placing fifth in the 200m butterfly in 2:30.96, an outstanding 9-second improvement.
She also placed eighth in the 800m freestyle.
"Fifteen-year-old Jacob Smith has shown impressive improvement across all strokes in the past five months and placed fifth in a new Wanganui Age record in the 200m breaststroke in 2:28.14, just 0.11 outside the open record," said Lowe.
Smith also placed seventh in the 100m breaststroke in 1:09.94.
Fergus Smith, 14, had some solid performances with a sixth in the 50m backstroke in 29.63, seventh in 100m backstroke in 1:04.80, then eighth in 100m medley in 1:04.41.
Sophie Couper, 15, led out the Wanganui girl's medley relay with a strong 50m backstroke of 31.47. "Couper achieved an eighth in the 200m backstroke and went into the 15-16 years final in the evening, looking very comfortable, took almost four seconds off her best with a 2:22.25 to place sixth," said Lowe.
O'Keeffe and Jacob Smith backed up from the 5-day meet to compete in the Zonal Championships on Friday, swimming for the Lower North Island 'All Stars' team.
In this inaugural team event the All Stars placed second to the South Island Mako's team, with Central Aqua Knights third and North Harlequins fourth.