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Kowhai swimmer Sienna Morrison won two silver medals at the Auckland Junior Championships last month, which included swimmers from across New Zealand and New Caledonia.
The 12-year-old’s time of 38.28 seconds in the 50m breaststroke would have seen her qualify for the National Age Groups for 13-year-old girls. Morrison’s silver in the 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1 minute 25.59 seconds was also under this year’s Division 2 qualification for 13-year-old girls.
She finished seventh in both the 200m breaststroke and 200m backstroke, placed 11th in the 100m individual medley and 12th in both the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly, swimming five personal best times during the event.
Meanwhile, Toby Hewertson won bronze at the Auckland Senior SC Champs in Henderson earlier this month. Hewertson swam the 15/16-year-old boys 200m backstroke in a personal best time of 2 minutes 32.70 seconds. He also went under Div II qualifying times for 2022 Nationals in 100m backstroke and 50m butterfly.
Kowhai Swimming Club head coach Jill Fayerman says these results are all the more remarkable as Kowhai Swimming Club members still have no local pool to train in and have been making the gruelling after school trip down to the Stanmore Bay Pool and Leisure Centre. The Mahurangi College swimming pool has been out of action for four months for repairs, but is expected to reopen later this month.
