Five further qualifying swims for the world championships and two New Zealand records sparked an outstanding third night of finals at the New Zealand Open Championships in Auckland. "Yesterday was a big day with a 200m free and a big PB in the 400 medley after several years of not swimming it. In Para-Swimming action multi- World and Olympic champion Sophie Pascoe continued on her impressive form after just returning to the pool last month to win the 50m freestyle in 28.35. Manawatu's Chris Arbuthnott (Icebreaker) has been a standout this week, tonight winning the men's 50m freestyle in 27.63 as well as the 200m individual medley in 2:30.07. Paralympic gold medallist Nikita Howarth was best in the 200m individual medley in 3:02.62, the event that she won in Rio.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 05, 2017 20:03 UTC