Lewis Clareburt set his second New Zealand Open record of the week yesterday while meeting the Olympic qualification time in the 200m Individual Medley. He also took out the men's 100m freestyle in a time of (49.04 seconds) after breaking the NZ Open record previously in the meet in the first leg of the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (48.96). Last week Clareburt also broke the 400 IM NZ record by more than two seconds faster than the time he swam to claim bronze at the 2019 FINA World Championships. In other events, backstroke swimmer Andrew Jeffcoat broke a New Zealand Open Record in the 50m backstroke heats. In the Men's multiclass 100m freestyle, Cameron Leslie (S4) from Whangarei Swimming club made it five qualified events for Tokyo 2020, winning in a time of 1:25.39 seconds.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 10, 2021 20:48 UTC