Records tumble at swim sports

Some long-held records tumbled at Rodney College’s recent swimming sports. Junior swim sensation Rosa Ewing (pictured) broke five school records in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, some which have been held for over 25 years.

Ethan Whyte also broke an 11-year-old 25m breaststroke record.

Rosa has qualified for the New Zealand Div 2 competition to be held in Rotorua early this March and will compete in the 50m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 200m medley.

Rosa’s records were: Junior Girls 50m Freestyle 32.45s (prev V. Currie 1998, 33.49s); Junior Girls 100m Freestyle 1m 14.25s (prev J. Humfrey 1990, 1m 16.28s); Junior Girls 25m Backstroke 17.53s (prev T. Hemara 2004, 17.84s); Junior Girls 50m Backstroke 38.37s (prev J. Humfrey 1990, 40.92s); Junior Girls 25m Butterfly 15.96s (prev V. Currie 1998, 16.66s).

Ethan Whyte set a new Intermediate Boys 25m Breaststroke record of 16.78s, beating the previous mark of 17.44s set by K. Farr in 2006.