National Age Group Swimming Championships
Eight Westlake Boys students successfully competed at the New Zealand National Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington during the recent school holidays.
Individual medal winners were:
Finn Kennard-Campbell (16)
Gold – 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke
Silver – 50m Fly, 50m Free
Bronze – 200m Backstroke
Jason Churches (16)
Gold – 200m Backstroke
Silver – 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke
Jonathan Selman (14)
Gold – 50m Backstroke
Silver – 100m Backstroke
Bronze – 200m Backstroke
Bailey Wang (14)
Silver – 200m IM, 1500m Free
Bronze – 400m IM, 100m Breast
Matthew Holder (14)
Silver – 50m Breast, 100m Breast, 200m Breast
Jae Yun Lim (17), Joshua Lee (15) and Samuel Lee (13) also had a strong meet with all swimming in the finals sessions.
NZ Open Championship (Rio Olympics Trials)
At the end of March, Finn, Jason, Jae Yun, Bailey and Matthew all represented North Shore Swim Club at this key New Zealand event.
Finn and Jason both qualified for the live televised finals with the following places:
Finn 3rd in the 50m Backstroke (in a new New Zealand 16yr old Age Group record), 5th 100 Back and 9th 200 Back.
Jason 5th 200 Back and 9th 100 Back.