Aussies wrap up Oceania Swimming Championships with three more gold

  

Swimming Australia, June 25 2016: Last night saw the Australians finish the four-day pool competition of the 11th Oceania Swimming Championships in Suva with three outstanding gold medal performances.

Breaststroke pair Zac Stubblety-Cook (2:16.69) and Bec Cross (2:34.83) won the 200m breaststroke double before the foursome of backstroker Zac Incerti (55.79), breaststroker Nathan Zhu (1:03.49), butterflyer Cameron Jones (53.97) and freestyler Jake Kersten (49.42) combined for a stirring victory in the 4x100m medley relay in 3:42.67.

In other events: The Australian combination of (Bryan Poon 52.01; Thomas Wotton 51.56; Acacia Wildin-Snedden 57.23 and Mikaela Cornelissen 57.82) won silver in the 4x100m Mixed Freestyle Relay;

10km gold medallist Alessandra Colombini the silver in the 800m freestyle (9:00.97);

Bec Cross (2:18.94) and Hadley Lyndsay (2:19.94) silver and bronze in the 200IM;

Cameron Jones (22.82) silver in the 50m freestyle;

Natasha Ramsden (25.96) and Hadley Lyndsay (26.25) silver and bronze in the 50m freestyle;

Nathan Zhu (2:17.13) dead-heat for silver in the 200m breaststroke and;

The women's 4x100m medley relay team of backstroker Abby Duncan (1:04.31); breaststroker Bec Cross (1:14.25), butterflyer Alice Stuart (1:00.24) and freestyler Natasha Ramsden (57.69) who dug deep to finish the meet off with silver in the final race of the Championships.

Oceania Swimming Championships, Suva, FULL RESULTS

MEN

 

50m freestyle D Hunter (NZL) 22.49 C Jones (AUS) 22.82 J Kersten (AUS) 22.91

100m freestyle D Hunter (NZL) 49.49 (Oceania Rec) J Kersten 50.13 J Weir (NZL) 50.85

200m freestyle J Kersten (AUS) 1:51.45 T Wotton (AUS) 1:53.39 S Seghers (PNG) 1:53.64

400m freestyle W Robert (Cook Islands) 3:57.91 M Hyde (NZL) 3:58.29 M Petrides (Hawaii) 4:06.05

1500m freestyle W Robert (Cook Islands) 15:42.27 M Petrides (Hawaii) 16:22.19 T Balvert (NZL) 16:22.58

10km J Brazier (AUS) 2:22.02 L Coquoun (NZL) 2:22.07 T Balvert (NZL) 2:23.04

50m backstroke Z Incerti (AUS) 25.91 R Pini (PNG) 26.43 B Main (NZL) 26.58

100m backstroke: Z Incerti (AUS) 54.94 J Cropp (NZL) 56.98 C Coetzee (NZL) 57.20

200m backstroke C Coetzee (NZL) 2:03.62 J Cropp (NZL) 2:05.10 M Petrides (Hawaii) 2:15.62

50m breaststroke B Schulte (Guam) 29.26 J Garrod (NZL) 29.32 M Malani (Fiji) 29.42

100m breaststroke J Garrod (NZL) 1:03.31 B Schulte (Guam) 1:03.46 N Zhu (AUS) 1:03.94

200m breaststroke Z Stubblety-Cook (AUS) 2;16.69 N Zhu (AUS) =2.17.13 J Rutter (NZL) =2:17.13

50m butterfly: C Jones (AUS) 24.27 R Pini (PNG) 24.45 D Hunter (NZL) 24.62

100m butterfly C Jones (AUS) 53.69 R Pini (PNG) 54.13 W Coetzee (NZL) 55.08

200m butterfly W Coetzee (NZL) 2:00.44 T Wotton (AUS) 2:01.43 D Van Der Star (NZL) 2:04.90

200m individual medley W Coetzee (NZL) 2:05.51 J Rutter (NZL) 2:05.89 T Mary (New Cal) 2:10.40

400m individual medley A Trembath (NZL) 4:32.82 B Gunn (NZL) 4:35.97 B Schuster (Samoa) 4:36.13

4x100m freestyle relay Australia 3:20.25 New Caledonia 3:26.73 Fiji 3:38.89

4x200m freestyle relay Australia 7:27.19 New Zealand 7:38.23 New Caledonia 7:54.07

4x100m medley relay Australia 3:42.67 NZL 3:44.46 PNG 3:52.13

WOMEN

50m freestyle G Fa’amausili (NZL) 25.60 N Ramsden (AUS) 25.96 H Lyndsay (AUS) 26.25

100m freestyle H Gasson (NZL) 56.49 N Ramsden (AUS) =57.11 C Doyle (NZL) =57.11

200m freestyle: A Wildin-Snedden (AUS) 2:02.37 C Doyle (NZL) 2:02.96 Y Lee (NZL) 2:0.3.58

400m freestyle A Wildin-Snedden (AUS) 4:17.00 M King (NZL) 4:17.99 C Doyle (NZL) 4:21.07

800m freestyle M King (NZL) 8:53.564 A Colombini (AUS) 9:00.97 N Lileikis (Hawaii) 9:03.00

10km A Colombini (AUS) 2:41.50 B Crisp (AUS) 2;42.27 S Gillespie (NZL) 2:42.28

50m backstroke G Fa’amausili (NZL) 29.19 A Duncan (AUS) 29.77 M Cornelissen (AUS) 30.09

100m backstroke: G Fa’amausili (NZL) 1:02.38 L Strickland (Samoa) 1:05.96 A Toven (New Caledonia) 1:06.71

200m backstroke A Paterson (NZL) 2:16.68 L Stickland (Samoa) 2:23.99 N Lileikis (Hawaii) 2:24.98

50m breaststroke B Ryan (NZL) 33.52 M Wind (Fiji) 33.78 B Cross (AUS) 33.92

100m breaststroke B Ryan (NZL) 1:11.71 B Cross (AUS) 1:11.90 E Eastwood (NZL) 1:14.61

200m breaststroke B Cross (AUS) 2:34.83 E Eastwood (NZL) 2:36.10 M McDonald (NZL) 2:37.13

50m butterfly H Gasson (NZL) 27.14 M Cornelissen (AUS) 27.47 A Duncan (AUS) 27.58

100m butterfly H Gasson (NZL) 59.91 A Stuart (AUS) 1:00.68 M Cornelissen (AUS) 1:01.28

200m butterfly A Stuart (AUS) 2:10.65 H Gasson (NZL) 2:12.67 K Svenson (AUS) 2:16.21

200m individual medley H Gasson (NZL) 2:16.95 B Cross (AUS) 2:18.94 H Lyndsay (AUS) 2:19.84

400m Individual Medley A Wilden-Snedden (AUS) 4:49.84 B Cross (AUS) 4:54.64 Y Lee (5:05.38)

4x100m freestyle Australia 3:48.73 NZL 3:49.57 Fiji 3:58.60

4x200m freestyle New Zealand 8:17.78 Australia 8:23.56 New Caledonia 8:42.77

4x100m medley NZL 4:10.88 Australia 4:16.49 New Cal 4:30.23

MIXED

4x50m freestyle Australia 1:37.17 (Oceania Rec) New Zealand 1:38.92 Fiji 1:41.71

4x50m medley New Zealand 1:48.65 Fiji 1:53.48 PNG 1:53.86

4x100M freestyleNew Zealand 3:36,62 Australia 3:38.62 FIJI 3:54.52

4x100m medley New Zealand 3:54.39 Australia 3:55.99 Hawaii 4:15.11