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There were two national records set on the second night of finals at the New Zealand Age Group Swimming Championships in Hamilton tonight.

West Auckland’s Starn Simpson set a new mark in the 15 years 50m breaststroke while Howick Pakuranga’s Jeffrey Arona-Tuisana’e broke the mark for 12 years and under over the same distance.

Simpson missed the record by just 3/100ths of a second in the morning heats but clocked 30.18s in the final to break the old mark held by world championship-bound Glenn Snyders by nearly 3/10ths of a second.

Arona-Tuisana’e clocked 33.84s to set the new mark for 12 years and under.

The Howick Pakuranga club enjoyed a strong night with three titles, two of them to 13 year old Ewan Jackson who took out the 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke finals. This went with his two victories on the opening night.

The other club win went to outstanding Cameron Burrows, who again held off the strong charge by the visiting Japan swim team to win the 15 years 400m freestyle.

Japan swimmers were fastest in seven finals tonight, although they are not able to secure national titles.

Other strong New Zealand performances came from Grace Marriner-Duncan (Metro) who held off the Japanese to win the 50m butterfly final while Commonwealth Games representative Daniel Sharp (West Auckland) took out the 50m breaststroke for swimmers with a disability.

The championships continue until Saturday.

Day 2 finals, New Zealand Age Group Swim Championships, Te Rapa, Hamilton:

Girls 400m individual medley:

13 and under: Elizabeth Brown (Ashburton) 5:05.37, 1; Laura Baker (Kiwi West) 5:14.15, 2; Chloe Francis (North Shore) 5:18.34, 3.

14 years: Georgia Hind (Capital) 5:11.93, 1; Phoebe Williams (Waves) 5:14.65, 2; Samantha Lucie-Smith (Karori) 5:16.36, 3.

15 years: Hannah Jones (Greendale) 5:09.38, 1; Julia Wright (Howick Pakuranga) 5:10.53, 2; Sasha Smith (Southland) 5:18.96, 3.

Boys 400m freestyle:

13 and under: Ewan Jackson (Howick Pakuranga) 4:21.90, 1; Ryan Cox (Capital) 4:30.77, 2; Peter Yates (Howick Pakuranga) 4:32.65, 3.

14 years: Mitchell Donaldson (Coast) 4:19.80, 1; Matthew Wilson (TSW Dolphins) 4:22.52, 2; Sam Wright (Jasi) 4:22.62, 3.

15 years: Cameron Burrows (Howick Pakuranga) 4:04.86, 1; Dylan DunlopBarrett (Bell Block) 4:06.64, 2; Jonathan Pullon (Fairfield) 4:19.71, 3.

SWD Open: Michael Ardern (Fairfield) 1.

Girls 50m butterfly:

13 years: Taylor Armstrong (Otumoetai) 30.23, 1; Jenna Buchanan (Kiwi West) 30.46, 2; Leandri Van Der Spuy (Kiwi West) 30.99, 3.

14 years: Laura Quilter (Comet) 29.55, 1; Danielle Koni (Wet Auckland) 29.91, 2; Lucy Meehan (Mana) 30.07, 3.

15 years: Grace Marriner-Duncan (Metro) 29.05, 1; Jamie Johns (West Auckland) 29.93, 2; Hannah Jones (Greendale) 30.23, 3.

Boys 50m breaststroke:

13 and under: Mika Saniuela-McEntyre (Aquagym) 33.20, 1; Jaeyoon Lee (North Shore) 33.53, 2; Thomas Jones (Central City) 33.81, 3.

14 years: Benjamin Stark (West Auckland) 32.43, 1; Kurt Davies (North Shore) 32.61, 2; Te Warati Cassidy (Manaia) 33.40, 3.

15 years: Starn Simpson (West Auckland) 30.18, 1 (NZ Record); Grant Davis (Metro) 31.42, 2; Eric Abba (North Shore) 32.47, 3.

SWD Open: Daniel Sharp (West Auckland) 1.

Girls 100 m freestyle:

13 years and under: Francis 1:01.37, 1; Jenna Buchanan (Kiwi West) 1:02.03, 2; Taylor Armstrong (Otumoetai) 1:02.15, 3.

14 years: Samantha Lee (Capital) 1:00.16, 1; Ashley Rupapera (Stratford) 1:00.57, 2; Samantha Lucie-Smith (Karori) 1:00.86, 3.

15 years: Clair Benson (Sundevils) 59.56, 1; Penny Hayes (Aquagym) 1:00.71, 2; Jessica Davies (Metro) 1:01.13, 3.

SWD 14 and under: Sophie Pascoe (QE2) 1.

18 years and over: Celeste Labuschagne (Otumoetai) 1.

Boys 200m backstroke:

13 years and under: Ewan Jackson (Howick Pakuranga) 2:22.32, 1; Peter Yates (Howick Pakuranga) 2:26.60, 2; Dylan Garrod (West Auckland) 2:26.82, 3.

14 years: Donaldson 2:17.63, 1; Jevon Harmer (Sundevils) 2:18.42, 2; Dale McNamara (Raumati) 2:20.38, 3.

15 yearz: Gareth Kean (Capital) 2:07.89, 1; Dunlop-Barrett 2:12.40, 2; Thomas McEwan (Central) 2:15.88, 3.

Full results: www.swimmingnz.org.nz

For further information:

Ian Hepenstall, Sports Media NZ, Tel 0275 613181, E: ianhep@xtra.co.nz