OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND SHARE POOL HONOURS

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June 23, Apia, Samoa: Australia and New Zealand have shared the gold medal honours after the first of four days of competition at the 8^th Oceania Swimming Championships.

The Dolphins and the Kiwis each won four gold medals with the Australians adding seven silver and four bronze to New Zealand's two silver and three bronze, Papua New Guinea one gold with Hawaii and Tonga each taking a bronze. Ian Hanson - the official Oceania correspondent for the FINA Aquatics Magazine.

In an exciting opening night's highlights at the superb Tuanaimato Aquatic Centre:

Australia's Amelia Evatt-Davey (2:01.21) showed she is well and truly on the comeback trial after illness with an encouraging win in the 200m freestyle in 2:01.21 - one of four gold medals to the Dolphins.
Kiwi World Championship representative Andrew McMillan won double gold in the 200m freestyle (1:50.74) and the 200m butterfly (2:00.02) to lead the New Zealand gold medal rush.
Papua-New Guinea's Australian-based 2008 Olympic finalist Ryan Pini (24.64) had to pull out all-stops to beat rising Aussie rookie James Roberts (24.98) in the 50m butterfly with Tonga's Amini Fonua taking bronze (25.02).

It was Tonga's first international swimming medal since Tonga officially became a FINA member. Auckland-born Fonua was a 2008-09 Freshman at Texas A&M.

Australia's Jenni O'Neil (South Australia) clocked a pb of 1:02.47 to win a thrilling 100m backstroke from New Zealand pair Jessie Blundell (North Shore) in 1:02.67 and Sophia Bachelor (Aqua Gym, Christchurch ).
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett (NZL) rook the honours in the 1500m freestyle in 15:43.02 from Australia's Matthew Terry (15:45.04) with Australia's Codie Grimsey (16:03.16)
With other gold medals going to Samantha Lee (NZL) 27.69 in the 50m butterfly; Madeline Grove (AUS) 2:12.49 in the 200m butterfly and Braiden Camm (AUS) 56.37 in the 100m backstroke.

Results - 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships

MEDAL TALLY (Including Open Water)
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Australia	6	9	4	19
New Zealand	4	2	4	10
Papua New Guinea	1			1
Hawaii			2	2
Tonga			1	1
Cook Islands				0
Fiji				0
Guam				0
Marshall Island				0
New Caledonia				0
Palau				0
Samoa				0
TOTALS	11	11	11	33

MEDAL TALLY (Pool events only)
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Australia	4	7	4	15
New Zealand	4	2	3	9
Papua New Guinea	1			1
Hawaii			1	1
Tonga			1	1
Cook Islands				0
Fiji				0
Guam				0
Marshall Island				0
New Caledonia				0
Palau				0
Samoa				0
TOTALS	9	9	9	27

WOMEN
5K Open Water
Place	Name	Country	Time
1.	Belinda Bennett	AUS	1: 00.22
2.	Brooke Wilson	AUS	1: 03.15
3.	Jasmine Mau	HWI	1: 08.20
4.	Rachel Shimizu	HWI	1: 09.08
5.	Lawrene Gosse	NCL	1: 09.23
6.	Charissa Panuve	TGA	1: 23.48
7.	Marissa Gibbons	PLW	1: 24.02
8.	Osisang Chilton	PLW	1: 29.08
9.	Antija Flowers	PLW	1:31.08

200M Freestyle
1	Amelia Evatt-Davey	AUS	2:01.21
2	Amy Allen	AUS	2:02.65
3	Samantha Lucie-Smith	NZL	2:03.26
4	Lisa Pankhurst	NZL	2:05.67
5	Summer Harrison	HWI	2:11.07
6	Anna-Liza Mopoi-Jane	PNG	2:11.09
7	Armelle Hidrio	NCL	2:12.50
8	Rachel Shimizux	HWI	2:15.40

100M Backstroke
1	Jenni O'Neil	AUS	1:02.47
2	Jessie Blundell	NZL	1:02.67
3	Sophia Batchelor	NZL	1:02.79
4	Whitney Ireland	AUS	1:03.52
5	Anna-Liza Mopoi-Jane	PNG	1:08.59
6	Anu Nihipali	HWI	1:08.96
7	Clarissa Tema	SAM	1:14.37
8	Cheyenne Rova	FIJ	1:15.07

50M Butterfly
1	Samantha Lee	NZL	27.69
2	Madeline Groves	AUS	27.86
3	Amy Smith	AUS	28.09
4	Laura Quilter	NZL	28.15
5	Armelle Hidrio	NCL	29.08
6	Jasmine Mau	HWI	30.64
7	Rachel Fujitta	HWI	30.83
8	Judith Meauri	PNG	31.57

200M Butterfly
1	Madeline Groves	AUS	2:12.49
2	Amy Smith	AUS	2:12.98
3	Charlotte Webby	NZL	2:15.47
4	Grace Francis	NZL	2:17.10
5	Summer Harrison	HWI	2:27.01
6	Jasmine Mau	HWI	2:27.52
7	Tieri Erasito	FIJ	2:37.05

MEN
5K Open Water
1.	Jarrod Killey	AUS	58.13
2.	Codie Grimsey	AUS	58.15
3.	Philip Ryan	NZL	58.18
4.	Kacy Johnson	HWI	1: 00.07
5.	Daren Choi	HWI	1: 04.21
6.	Ruby Bernard	NCL	1: 04.28
7.	Kevin Moy	HWI	1: 04.42
8.	Nicholas Garrett	HWI	1: 06.40
9.	Kurtis Tulia	SAM	1: 19.35
10.	Roy Peters	SAM	1:19.49
11.	Jesse Nilon	SAM	1: 21.51

200M Freestyle
1	Andrew McMillan	NZL	1:50.74
2	Matthew Terry	AUS	1:51.79
3	Jarrod Killey	AUS	1:52.88
4	Steven Kent	NZL	1:53.48
5	Thomas Dahlia	NCL	1:55.47
6	Kacy Johnson	HWI	1:56.96
7	Daren Choi	HWI	1:57.02
8	Bryan Spitz	NCL	2:04.16

1500 Freestyle
1	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett	NZL	15:43.02
2	Matthew Terry	AUS	15:45.04
3	Codie Grimsey	AUS	16:03.16
4	Phillip Ryan	NZL	16:22.84
5	Kevin Moy	AUS	16:59.02


100M Backstroke
1	Braiden Camm	AUS	56.37
2	Bobby Jovanovich	AUS	58.09
3	Daren Choi	HWI	58.15
4	Bryan Spitz	NCL	1:00.88
5	Peter Pokawin	PNG	1:06.75
6	Kurtis Tulia	SAM	1:07.32
7	Marc Okimura	HWI	1:08.17
8	Jenixon Lim	PNG	1:13.94

50M Butterfly
1	Ryan Pini	PNG	24.64
2	James Roberts	AUS	24.98
3	Amini Fonua	TGA	25.02
4	Renny Richmond	HWI	25.36
5	Hamish Rose	AUS	25.44
6	Chacun Thomas	NCL	25.77
7	Peter Pokawin	PNG	26.87
8	Meli Malani	FIJ	27.40

200M Butterfly
1	Andrew McMillan	NZL	2:00.02
2	Shaun Burnett	NZL	2:00.14
3	Grant Irvine	AUS	2:01.76
4	Kacy Johnson	HWI	2:09.00
5	Thomas Chacun	NCL	2:09.21
6	Renny Richmond	HWI	2:14.49
7	Nicholas Garrett	HWI	2:17.49
8	Paul Elaisa	FIJ	2:22.15