OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1: DOLPHINS CLINCH GOLDEN QUINELLAS
June 22: Apia, Samoa: Australia has dominated the opening day of the 8th Oceania Swimming Championships here with Belinda Bennett and Jarrod Killey leading the Dolphins to quinellas in the five kilometre open water events at Faleasiu.
Victoria's Bennett, who made her debut at last year's Junior Pan Pacs in Guam, dominated the women's event, taking the gold medal by almost three minutes from team mate Brooke Wilson from WA.
Bennett, from the Nunawading club, clocked a time of 1:00.22, from Wilson (1:03.15) and Hawaii's Jamine Mau (1:08.20) third.
The men's event produced a stroke-for-stroke battle royal with NSW's Killey out-touching fellow Australian, Queensland's Code Grimsey (younger brother of FINA World Championship silver medallist Trent) 
and New Zealand's Phillip Ryan.
Just five seconds separated the top three with Killey touching in 58 minutes 13 seconds, Grimsey 58.15 and Ryan 58.18.
Twenty competitors finished the course with New Caledonia, new FINA affiliated member Tonga, Palau and Samoa also represented. Ian Hanson - the official Oceania correspondent for the FINA Aquatics Magazine.
RESULTS AFTER DAY 1
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WOMEN |
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5K Open Water |
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Place |
Name |
Club/Country |
Time |
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1. |
Belinda Bennett |
(Nunawading, Australia) |
1: 00.22 |
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2. |
Brooke Wilson |
(City of Perth, Australia) |
1: 03.15 |
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3. |
Jasmine Mau |
(Hawaii) |
1: 08.20 |
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4. |
Rachel Shimizu |
(Hawaii) |
1: 09.08 |
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5. |
Lawrene Gosse |
(New Caledonia) |
1: 09.23 |
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6. |
Charissa Panuve |
(Tonga) |
1: 23.48 |
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7. |
Marissa Gibbons |
(Palau) |
1: 24.02 |
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8. |
Osisang Chilton |
(Palau) |
1: 29.08 |
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9. |
Antija Flowers |
(Palau) |
1:31.08 |
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MEN |
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5K Open Water |
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1. |
Jarrod Killey |
(Hunter, Australia) |
58.13 |
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2. |
Codie Grimsey |
(Albany Creek, Australia) |
58.15 |
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3. |
Philip Ryan |
(New Zealand) |
58.18 |
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4. |
Kacy Johnson |
(Hawaii) |
1: 00.07 |
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5. |
Daren Choi |
(Hawaii) |
1: 04.21 |
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6. |
Ruby Bernard |
(New Caledonia) |
1: 04.28 |
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7. |
Kevin Moy |
(Hawaii) |
1: 04.42 |
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8. |
Nicholas Garrett |
(Hawaii) |
1: 06.40 |
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9. |
Kurtis Tulia |
(Samoa) |
1: 19.35 |
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10. |
Roy Peters |
(Samoa) |
1:19.49 |
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11. |
Jesse Nilon |
(Samoa) |
1: 21.51 |