Taranaki Daily News

Swimming champs

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Julian Weir’s impressive season continued at the Taranaki Winter Swimming Championsh­ips in Stratford at the weekend. The Aquabladz team member set a record in the boys’ 16 and over 100m individual medley, finishing in a time of 57.26 seconds, bettering Daniel Bell’s time set in 2013. More than 150 swimmers from five Taranaki clubs and 10 visiting clubs attended the meet. Meanwhile, Sasha Reid (Aquabladz) set a Taranaki record at the Auckland Swimming Championsh­ips in the girls’ 14-15 years 50m butterfly. Reid finished in 29.60sec to break Jenna Barrett’s old mark of 29.65sec. Joshua Gilbert (Stratford) broke Weir’s record in the boys’ 14-15 years 100m individual medley that he had set in 2011.

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