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There were two further national records on the second morning of heats at the New Zealand Summer Swim Championships in Christchurch today.

North Shore’s Cameron Stanley went under his own mark in topping qualifiers in heats of the 200m backstroke, while West Auckland’s Michael Jack also bettered his own record in the heats of the 200m freestyle at the QE2 Leisure Centre.

Stanley dominated the heats to clock 1:54.07 in his heat of the 200m backstroke, which was 7/10ths under the record he set at Tauranga in June. He was nearly five seconds faster than the second qualifier, clubmate John Zulch.

Jack, 23, again impressed with a strong effort in the 200m freestyle, clocking 1:45.08 which lowered his own national record by 7/100ths of a second. He set the previous mark at the Sydney World Cup in October where he broke the long standing record held by Danyon Loader.

He was five seconds ahead of second qualifier Ryan Nolan from Melbourne followed, by the North Shore trio of Andrew McMillan, Moss Burmester and Matt Thomas.

Others to shine in the heats included Olympians Melissa Ingram in the 400m freestyle and 100m backstroke, Corney Swanepoel in the 50m butterfly, Hayley Palmer in the 50m freestyle and 100m Individual Medley and Daniel Bell in the 200m Individual Medley. He broke one New Zealand record last night and equalled another in a strong display.

The finals start at 6pm tonight with the final day tomorrow.