OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS:RECORD BREAKING REBECCA HAS FAMOUS NAMESAKE IN HER SIGHT (Including Results)

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rebecca kemp photo courtesy daily mercury mackay.jpg June 25: Full finals results and medal tally after day three - 8th Oceania Swimmng Championships, Apia, Samoa
Results - 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships (After day Three)

RECORD BREAKING REBECCA HAS FAMOUS NAMESAKE IN HER SIGHTS

Mackay's rising Australian breaststroke star Rebecca Kemp has already lowered former world record holder Jade Edmistone's colours at the 8^th Oceania Swimming Champion ships in Apia - now she's after the scalp of famous namesake Rebecca Brown. Ian Hanson - the official Oceania correspondent for the FINA Aquatics Magazine.

Kemp broke Edmistone's 2004 Championship record in the 100m breaststroke with a personal best time of 1:08.86 - which jade edmistone with plaque.jpg sees her ranked 23^rd in the world this year.

It was one of nine gold medals to the dominant Dolphins team who swept to nine gold, four silver and one bronze medal; New Zealand one gold, six silver and two bronze Hawaii four bronze and Tonga., New Caledonia and Guam one bronze medal each.

But it was Kemp who produced the swim of the night - taking more than a second off the time set by one of Australia's most celebrated sprint breaststrokers.

(Edmistone won the 2005 FINA World Championship in Montreal and the 2006 FINA World Short Course championship - both in the 50m breaststroke.)

The Pat Wright coached 18-year-old now has the oldest Oceania record in the books in her sights - the 1983 mark set by 2000 Olympian and another former world record holder and former world short course champion, Rebecca Brown.

Brown's mark of 2:28.24, set in Noumea 17 years ago, has stood the test of time - but on her day Kemp could well add Brown's name to her list of records - in fact she has already swum faster than Brown's time.

rebecca brown fox sports interview.jpg The youngster, out of the same Pat Wright-coached camp as 2008 Olympic gold medallist Linda MacKenzie and Olympic bronze medallist Nick Ffrost, is set to follow her fellow Far North Queensland swim stars into the fast lane.

Last year at the World School Games Gymnasiade in Doha, Qatar, Kemp stunned herself and coach Wright with an amazing personal best time of 2:26.55 to set a new Games record.

It is the eighth fastest time ever by an Australian - joining Leisel Jones (2:20.54), Brown (2:24.76), Sam Riley and Sally Foster (2.24.81), Sarah Katsoulis (2:25.35), Brooke Hanson (2:25.95) and Tessa Wallace (2:26.03).

Wright said at the time: "To swim that time is simply amazing. There's only a couple of people in Australia swimming that sort of time."

Kemp's mother Ann said: "Pat said she was hoping Rebecca could swim 2.28 or high 2.27s so to swim 2.26 is unreal."

The 200m breaststroke will be swum on the final day of the pool events on Sunday (Australian time).

Meanwhile fellow Queenslander Mitch Larkin set the only other meet record with an all-the-way win in the men's 400m individual medley, clocking a time of 4:22.17 - just under two seconds outside his own personal best of 4:20.48.

But it was quick enough to earn Larkin a new record - under the 2002 time set by 2004 Athens Olympian Adam Lucas.

In other highlights:

Australia's Braiden Camm added his second gold medal of the meet in the 50m backstroke in 26.47; Amelia Evatt-Davey her second gold in the 100m freestyle in 56.16; Whitney Ireland the women's 50m backstroke title in 29.70; Luke Kerswell the men's 100m freestyle in 50.64 and Tiffany Papaemanouil the women's 400 IM in 4:56.19.

Australia also won the men's and women's 800 metres freestyle relays - the women (Tiffany Papaemanouil, Amelia Evatt-Davey, Jade Neilsen and Amy Smith) in 8:18.58 and the men (Luke Kerswell, Jarrod Killey, Mitch Larkin and Matthew Terry) in 7:28.61.

The only other gold medal of the night went to New Zealand's Nick Ferrif who won the men's 100m breaststroke in 1:02.79 ahead of Australia's Jeremy Meyer (1:03.37), who only just out-touched Tonga's Amini Fonua who won his second bronze of the meet in 1:03.49.

Hawaii collected four bronze medals in the women's 800m freestyle relay; Kasey Johnston in the men's 400m IM, Summer Harrison in the women's 400IM and Darren Choi collecting his second bronze medal in the 50m backstroke.

Guam's Pilar Shimizu won her country's first bronze medal behind Rebecca Kemp and New Zealand's Grace Francis in the women's 100m breaststroke and;

New Caledonia collected their first bronze behind Australia and New Zealand in the women's 800m freestyle relay.

MEDAL TALLY (Including Open Water)
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Australia	15	13	5	33
New Zealand	5	8	6	19
Papua New Guinea	1			1
Hawaii			6	6
Tonga			2	2
Guam			1	1
New Caledonia			1	1
Cook Islands				0
Fiji				0
Marshall Island				0
Palau				0
Samoa				0
TOTALS	21	21	21	63

MEDAL TALLY (Pool events only)
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Australia	13	11	5	29
New Zealand	5	8	5	18
Papua New Guinea	1			1
Hawaii			5	5
Tonga			2	2
Guam			1	1
New Caledonia			1	1
Cook Islands				0
Fiji				0
Marshall Island				0
Palau				0
Samoa				0
TOTALS	19	19	19	57

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

100 Freestyle
1	Amelia Evatt‑Davey	AUS	56.16
2	Jade Neilsen	AUS	57.03
3	Hannah A Saunders	NZL	57.29
4	Sophia S Batchelor	NZL	58.02
5	Armelle Hidirio	NCL	58.87
6	Anna‑Liza Mopoi‑Jane	PNG	59.20
7	Summer Harrison	HWI	1:00.83
8	Jasmine Z Mau	HWI	1:00.97

200 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

50m Backstroke
1	Whitney Ireland	AUS	29.70
2	Laura G Quilter	NZL	29.84
3	Jenni O'Neil	AUS	29.99
4	Jessie L Blundell	NZL	30.01
5	Anna‑Liza Mopoi‑Jane	PNG	31.68
6	Anu Nihipali	HWI	31.86
7	Adele Rova	FIJ	33.20
8	Clarissa Tema	SAM	33.40

100 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

100 Breaststroke
1	Rebecca Kemp	AUS	1:08.86
2	Grace E Francis	NZL	1:12.07
3	Pilar Shimizu	GUM	1:18.82
4	Matelita Buadromo	FIJ	1:19.57
5	Marona Bong	NCL	1:20.12
6	Simsara Rouan	NCL	1:22.84
7	Anu Nihipali	HWI	1:22.93
8	Monica Saili	SAM	1:23.08

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

400 IM
1	Tiffany Papaemanouil	AUS	4:56.19
2	Samantha M Lucie‑Smith	NZL	5:02.24
3	Summer Harrison	HWI	5:12.73
4	Jasmine Z Mau	HWI	5:20.27

4x200 Freestyle Relay
1	Australia		8:18.58
2	New Zealand		8:36.06
3	Hawaii		8:53.29
4	New Caledonia		9:32.78
5	Fiji		9:39.66

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

100 Freestyle
1	Luke Kerswell	AUS	50.64
2	James Roberts	AUS	50.75
3	Andrew D McMillan	NZL	51.16
4	Ryan Pini	PNG	52.15
5	Matthew D Stanley	NZL	52.81
6	Brian Spitz	NCL	53.88
7	Kacey Johnson	HWI	54.46
8	Nicholas Garrett	HWI	55.28

200 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

50 Backstroke
1	Braiden Camm	AUS	26.47
2	Bobby Jovanovich	AUS	27.11
3	Darren Choi	HWI	27.31
4	Brian Spitz	NCL	28.90
5	Renny Richmond	HWI	29.86
6	Peter Pokawin	PNG	30.18
7	Kurtis Tulia	SAM	30.39
8	Jenixon Lim	PNG	31.08

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

100 Breaststroke
1	Nick L Ferrif	NZL	1:02.79
2	Jeremy Meyer	AUS	1:03.37
3	Amini Fonua	TGA	1:03.49
4	Thomas Dahlia	NCL	1:03.88
5	Luke T Westgaard	NZL	1:04.37
6	Marc Okimura	HWI	1:06.08
7	Benjamin Schulte	GUM	1:10.40
8	Ian Makmai	PNG	1:10.83

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

400 IM
1	Mitch Larkin	AUS	4:22.17
2	Steven R Kent	NZL	4:37.22
3	Kacey Johnson	HWI	4:37.88
4	Benjamin Schulte	GUM	5:00.78

4x200 Freestyle Relay
1	Australia		7:28.61
2	New Zealand		7:32.97
3	New Caledonia		7:53.07
4	Hawaii		8:01.91
5	Fiji		8:43.12
6	Papua New Guinea		8:45.50