Successful Result For Kiwi West At Manawatu Winters
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Kiwi took away 63 medals in total, 30 Gold, 16 Silver & 17 Bronze. The Kiwi Girls won this round with 34 medals vs the Kiwi boys on 29.
There were many exciting races including the Mens open 50 Fly where 3 people dead heated for 2nd place. Other highlights included.
- Liam McKnight wins first gold medal for Mens 10&U IM.
- Autahi Brock wins first gold for Mens 10&U 100 Breast.
- Jenna Buchanan Breaks Manawatu record for Womens 50 Fly.
- Aimee Morris breaks two Manawatu records for 50 Back & 100 Back.
- Recovering from a shoulder injury Sam Richardson produced a fantastic swim for the 200 free and a Gold for the 400 Free.
- Regan Kohunui achieved a Pb for all of his events.
- John Joe Elkington who finally managed to PB his 100 Free (It could have something to do with the fact he was racing against his brother Ben)
- Muriel Eade's first swim for Kiwi West gained her 3 medals, 3 pbs and a Finals place for all of her events. (Muriel's last swum for Bayview)
We had 48 swimmers entered with 85% of the team attaining at least 1 pb (personal best) time & 46% gaining a medal. It was an excellent meet for Kiwi swimmers who competed very aggressively for the number one spot.
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Medals (63)Kiwi West would like to thank all the of the club members who volunteered as Team Managers and for officials duties through out the meet, it is greatly appreciated. We would also like to thank Swimming Manawatu for the hard work they put in to run the meet and all of the other clubs for a great competition.
