Long-standing records broken at Taranaki swim champs
New Plymouth swimmer Jackson Rowlands stamped his mark on the Taranaki Swimming Winter Championships, breaking three individual age group records during the two-day meeting at Stratford. Rowlands, swimming for the New Plymouth Aquabladz Club, broke the boys 9 years and under 100m individual medley record, held by Dylan Arlidge since 2006, in a time of 1min 25.77 secs. Rowlands also broke the 100m and 200m freestyle records in the same age group. Stratford Swimming Clubs Dylan Kowaleski broke his own 100m freestyle record in the boys 12-13 years age group. READ MORE: * Olympic hopefuls training in their garages and looking to 2021 * Taranaki swimmer Zac Reid wins big at Surf Life Saving NZ awards * Zac Reid makes history with threepeat in the Flannagan Cup Rowlands Aquabladz club mate Callum Gordon finished an outstanding performance breaking three records in the boys 12-13 age group 50m butterfly, 100m individual medley, and 50m freestyle. A total of 134 swimmers from 16 clubs, including five from Taranaki, competed in age groups from 9-years to 20 at the weekend championships. The meeting was part of the Swimming NZ Aon short course series, and the first regional competition held since the Covid-19 lockdown. A notable omission from the meeting was 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games hopeful Zac Reid, 19, due to an undisclosed injury.