McCarthy swam the event in 4:47.19 seconds. She beat the time (4:47.75), which was set as the standard by Swimming New Zealand when the records originated. The 50m freestyle races took place on Tuesday with George Williams from Coast Swim Club taking the win in the men’s event and 16-year-old Laura Littlejohn from St Paul’s Swimming Club winning the women’s.
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Lewis Clareburt shone in the men s 400m individual medley at the national swimming championships on Tuesday. Williams swam a personal best of 22.99 seconds and Littlejohn, who also swam a PB, finished in 25.59 seconds. Taiko Torepe-Ormsby from Wharenui Swim Club took silver in the men’s 50m freestyle, swimming a personal best time of 23.30. Torepe-Ormsby would need to shave off just under a second to beat Michael Pickets standing age-group record of 22.37 seconds.