About us

Three New Zealand swimmers and one relay team have qualified for tomorrow’s finals on the third day of the Fina world short course championships in China.

Hannah McLean, Melissa Ingram, Dean Kent and the women’s 4x100m medley relay team all qualified from this morning’s heats in Shanghai, with Scott Talbot-Cameron moving through to the semifinals.

Ingram, a bronze medalist in the last world short course championships over the 200m backstroke, qualified second in today’s heats in a slick 2:07.27 with McLean, who set a New Zealand record in finishing fourth in the 100m backstroke final last night, was fifth fastest in 2:08.80.

Kent, another who impressed in the final of the 400m individual medley, was fourth fastest in the heats of the 200m in 1:58.07, close to his national record.

The women’s medley relay team went under the national record in qualifying seventh for tonight’s final, taking nearly two seconds off the old mark clocking 4:06.56. They were led off by Liz Coster for the backstroke, Annabelle Carey in the breaststroke, Georgina Toomey in the butterfly and anchored by a superb 54.33s freestyle leg by Alison Fitch.

Talbot-Cameron, recovering from a virus he picked up in Australia, grabbed the final qualifying spot for the semifinals of the 50m backstroke.

New Zealand results, day 3 heats:

• 50m backstroke: Scott Talbot-Cameron 24.96, 16th fastest; Lewis Williams 25.82, 27th.
• 200m backstroke: Melissa Ingram 2:07.27, 2nd; Hannah McLean 2:08.50, 5th.
• 50m butterfly: Moss Burmester 24.34, 27; Corney Swanepoel 24.43, 23rd.
• 100m breaststroke: Kelly Bentley 1:11.74, 22; Annabelle Carey 1:11.98, 23.
• 400m reestyle: Robert Voss 3:53.52, 23; Andrew McMillan 3:54.24, 27.
• 200m individual medley: Dean Kent 1:58.07, 4.
• 400m freestyle: Lauren Boyle 4:09.64, 12; Cara Baker 4:17.29, 24.
• 200m breaststroke: Glenn Snyders 2:14.68, 27.
• 4x100m medley relay: New Zealand 4:06.56, 7th NZ Record (Liz Coster 59.55, Carey 1:12.12, Georgina Toomey 1:00.50, Alison Fitch 54.33