The 2006 Oceania Swimming Championships

Oceania Swimming Championships

The Oceania Swimming Championships are currently held every 2 years, in even years. They are organized by the Oceania Swimming Association, and feature teams representing countries and islands from that region....

were 7-16 July at 3 locations in Queensland, Australia. This was the sixth edition of the Championships, and featured competitions in:

• swimming -- 7, 8, 10 + 12 July at Trinity Anglican School in Cairns
  Cairns, Queensland
  Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia, founded 1876. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, then-current Governor of Queensland. It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was...
  
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• open water swimming -- 9 + 12 July at Palm Cove Beach
  Palm Cove, Queensland
  Palm Cove is a beach community in Far North Queensland, Australia located north of the city of Cairns. It is named for the palm trees that line the beach. At the 2006 census, Palm Cove had a population of 1,215.-History:...
  
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• synchronized swimming (synchro) -- 14-16 July at Chandler Pool in Brisbane
  Brisbane
  Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
  
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All swimming competition listed below were swum in a 50m (long-course) pool.

Participating countries

Event schedule

The swimming and open water schedules are below. Synchronized swimming was held 14-16 July.

Date	Friday 7 July	Saturday 8 July	Sunday 9 July	Monday 10 July	Tuesday 11 July	Wednesday 12 July
S w i m m i n g *	50 back (m) semis 50 breast (w) semis 200 free (m) 100 free (w) semis 100 fly (m) semis 200 fly (w) 100 breast (m) semis 400 IM (m) 400 IM (w) 100 back (w) semis 50 back (m) 50 breast (w) 400 free relay (m) 800 free relay (w)	50 free (m) semis 50 fly (w) semis 100 fly (m) 100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 200 breast (w) 400 free (m) 100 back (w) 200 back (m) 50 fly (w) 50 free (m) 800 free (w) 800 free relay (m)		50 back (w) semis 50 breast (m) semis 100 breast (w) semis 100 back (m) semis 400 free (w) 100 free (m) semis 100 fly (w) semis 200 fly (m) 50 back (w) 50 breast (m) 400 free relay (w)	50 free (w) semis 50 fly (m) semis 200 IM (w) 200 breast (m) 200 free (w) 100 free (m) 100 breast (w) 100 back (m) 100 fly (w) 200 IM (m) 200 back (w) 50 fly (m) 50 free (w) 1500 free (m) 400 medley relay (w) 400 medley relay (m)
Open Water			5K			10K

^*Finals-order shown for swimming. Prelims/semifinals/finals were swum in the 50s and 100; prelims/finals were swum in the 200s and 400s; and the women's 800 and men's 1500 were timed finals (i.e. each swimmer swims once; fastest heat swims at night). Morning session (prelims) began at 9:30 a.m.; evening session (semifinals & finals) began at 6:30 p.m.

Men

50m Freestyle	Cameron Prosser      Australia	23.12 CR	Tim La Forest      Australia	23.65	Mark Herring Mark Herring (swimmer) Mark Herring was a swimmer who represented New Zealand in the Olympic Games. He also competed in the 2007 World Aquatics Championship in 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle.-References:...       New Zealand	23.71
100m Freestyle	Cameron Prosser      Australia	50.70 CR	Tim La Forest      Australia	51.43	Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He was selected in the squad for the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He helped Australia qualify sixth in the heats, but was dropped from the finals quartet. Australia took bronze in the final.- References :...       Australia	51.44
200m Freestyle	Grant Brits Grant Brits Grant Brits is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He is South African born, and his mother swam for South Africa in the 1970s....       Australia	1:51.22 CR	Robert Voss      New Zealand	1:51.78	Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He was selected in the squad for the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He helped Australia qualify sixth in the heats, but was dropped from the finals quartet. Australia took bronze in the final.- References :...       Australia	1:53.02
400m Freestyle	Nic Donald      Australia	3:55.58 CR	Robert Voss      New Zealand	3:59.44	Grant Brits Grant Brits Grant Brits is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He is South African born, and his mother swam for South Africa in the 1970s....       Australia	4:00.97
1500m Freestyle	Bryn Murphy      New Zealand	15:43.17	Daniel Ryan      New Zealand	16:00.10	Shane Patience      New Zealand	16:09.60
50m Backstroke	Ashley Delaney Ashley Delaney Ashley Jason Delaney is a national-record holding and Olympic and World Championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia...       Australia	26.47 CR	Lewis Williams      New Zealand	26.68	Grant Brits Grant Brits Grant Brits is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He is South African born, and his mother swam for South Africa in the 1970s....       Australia	26.69
100m Backstroke	Ashley Delaney Ashley Delaney Ashley Jason Delaney is a national-record holding and Olympic and World Championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia...       Australia	55.82 CR	Grant Brits Grant Brits Grant Brits is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He is South African born, and his mother swam for South Africa in the 1970s....       Australia	57.78	Kurt Bassett      New Zealand	58.07
200m Backstroke	Ashley Delaney Ashley Delaney Ashley Jason Delaney is a national-record holding and Olympic and World Championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia...       Australia	2:03.91	Kurt Bassett      New Zealand	2:04.75	Dean Kent Dean Kent Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...       New Zealand	2:05.60
50m Breaststroke	Glenn Snyders      New Zealand	28.99	Kieran O'Regan      Australia	29.16	Adrien Thomas      New Caledonia	29.89
100m Breaststroke	Glenn Snyders      New Zealand	1:03.50	Kieran O'Regan      Australia	1:04.04	Adrien Thomas      New Caledonia	1:06.15
200m Breaststroke	Kieran O'Regan      Australia	2:17.95	Dean Kent Dean Kent Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...       New Zealand	2:19.65	Glenn Snyders      New Zealand	2:20.95
50m Butterfly	Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       New Zealand	24.33	Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He was selected in the squad for the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He helped Australia qualify sixth in the heats, but was dropped from the finals quartet. Australia took bronze in the final.- References :...       Australia	24.54	Matthew Thomas      New Zealand	24.83
100m Butterfly	Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       New Zealand	54.51	Tim Dodd      Australia	55.21	Matthew Thomas      New Zealand	55.38
200m Butterfly	Nick Cordner      Australia	2:00.69	Nick D'Arcy Nick D'Arcy Nicholas James D'Arcy is a national-record holding butterfly swimmer from Australia. He was removed from Australia's 2008 Olympic team due to a violent altercation that happened shortly after the Australian Olympic Trials...       Australia	2:00.98	Nic Donald      Australia	2:01.81
200m I.M.	Stephen Parkes      Australia	2:03.43 CR	Dean Kent Dean Kent Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...       New Zealand	2:06.18	Nick Cordner      Australia	2:06.91
400m I.M.	Dean Kent Dean Kent Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...       New Zealand	4:25.31	Stephen Parkes      Australia	4:26.26	Nick Cordner      Australia	4:29.37
400m Free Relay	Australia  Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He was selected in the squad for the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He helped Australia qualify sixth in the heats, but was dropped from the finals quartet. Australia took bronze in the final.- References :... ,  Cameron Prosser,  Tim La Forest,  Grant Brits Grant Brits Grant Brits is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He is South African born, and his mother swam for South Africa in the 1970s....	3:23.60 CR	New Zealand  Robert Voss,  Mark Herring Mark Herring (swimmer) Mark Herring was a swimmer who represented New Zealand in the Olympic Games. He also competed in the 2007 World Aquatics Championship in 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle.-References:... ,  Hamish Wilson,  Michael Jack	3:27.94	New Caledonia  David Thevenot,  Gilles Dumesnil,  Nicolas Hezard,  Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...	3:31.65
800m Free Relay	Australia  Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer Kirk Palmer is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He was selected in the squad for the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He helped Australia qualify sixth in the heats, but was dropped from the finals quartet. Australia took bronze in the final.- References :... ,  Nick D'Arcy Nick D'Arcy Nicholas James D'Arcy is a national-record holding butterfly swimmer from Australia. He was removed from Australia's 2008 Olympic team due to a violent altercation that happened shortly after the Australian Olympic Trials... ,  Josh Minogue,  Grant Brits Grant Brits Grant Brits is an Australian freestyle swimmer.He is South African born, and his mother swam for South Africa in the 1970s....	7:31.64	New Zealand  Robert Voss,  Ben Pickersgill-Brown,  Kurt Bassett,  Dean Kent Dean Kent Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...	7:43.78	New Caledonia  Thomas Dahlia,  Benoit Riviere,  Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in... ,  David Thevenot	8:09.68
400m Medley Relay	Australia  Ashley Delaney Ashley Delaney Ashley Jason Delaney is a national-record holding and Olympic and World Championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia... ,  Kieran O'Regan,  Tim Dodd,  Tim La Forest	3:45.24	New Zealand  John Zulch,  Glenn Snyders,  Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... ,  Robert Voss	3:46.31	New Caledonia  Nicolas Hezard,  Adrien Thomas,  Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in... ,  David Thevenot	4:02.05

Women

50m Freestyle	Ellese Zalewski      Australia	26.13	Elizabeth Coster      New Zealand	26.63	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	26.76
100m Freestyle	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	57.14	Amelia Evatt-Davey      Australia	57.65	Siobhan Keane      Australia	58.02
200m Freestyle	Ellese Zalewski      Australia	2:00.51 CR	Amelia Evatt-Davey      Australia	2:01.79	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	2:01.92
400m Freestyle	Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams holds the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is currently a medical student at George Washington University....       Australia	4:14.35	Lorren Sellwood      Australia	4:15.34	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	4:19.20
800m Freestyle	Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams holds the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is currently a medical student at George Washington University....       Australia	8:42.25	Lorren Sellwood      Australia	8:42.27	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	8:53.74
50m Backstroke	Elizabeth Coster      New Zealand	29.57 CR	Meagan Nay      Australia	29.72	Jessie Blundell      New Zealand	30.39
100m Backstroke	Elizabeth Coster      New Zealand	1:02.79 CR	Meagan Nay      Australia	1:03.75	Kelly Newcombe      New Zealand	1:04.85
200m Backstroke	Meagan Nay      Australia	2:13.99 CR	Siobhan Keane      Australia	2:15.15	Jessie Blundell      New Zealand	2:18.76
50m Breaststroke	Katie Bird      Australia	32.84	Sarah Vettoretti      New Zealand	33.28	Katie Bone      New Zealand	33.79
100m Breaststroke	Katie Bird      Australia	1:12.37	Talia Goddard      Australia	1:12.56	Sarah Vettoretti      New Zealand	1:12.88
200m Breaststroke	Talia Goddard      Australia	2:34.35	Kelly Bentley      New Zealand	2:35.23	Brittany Beauchan      Hawaii	2:40.94
50m Butterfly	Ellese Zalewski      Australia	26.92 CR	Elizabeth Coster      New Zealand	28.07	Samantha Hamill      Australia	28.14
100m Butterfly	Ellese Zalewski      Australia	1:00.60 CR	Amy Smith      Australia	1:01.55	Samantha Hamill      Australia	1:01.64
200m Butterfly	Samantha Hamill      Australia	2:11.91 CR	Ellese Zalewski      Australia	2:13.13	Amy Smith      Australia	2:14.09
200m I.M.	Talia Goddard      Australia	2:18.00	Samantha Hamill      Australia	2:19.53	Katie Bird      Australia	2:19.66
400m I.M.	Talia Goddard      Australia	4:52.21	Kristen Wilson      Australia	4:56.80	Kelly Bentley      New Zealand	5:02.10
400m Free Relay	Australia   Ellese Zalewski, CR    Meagan Nay,   Siobhan Keane,   Amelia Evatt-Davey	3:47.16 CR	New Zealand   Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.... ,   Joyce Wiegersma,   Penelope Marshall,   Isabella Franks	3:57.61	New Caledonia   Armelle Hidrio,   Anais Rians,   Lara Grangeon,   Adeline Williams	4:15.62
800m Free Relay	Australia   Meagan Nay,   Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams holds the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is currently a medical student at George Washington University.... ,   Ellese Zalewski,   Amelia Evatt-Davey	8:12.28 CR	New Zealand   Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.... ,   Joyce Wiegersma,   Kirsten Cameron Kirsten Cameron Kirsten Cameron, born 1973 in Masterton, is a New Zealand Distance freestyle and open water swimmer and a world record holder in Masters swimming in the 30-34, and 35-39 age groups. She was the 2009 national champion for women's 10 km open-water swim... ,   Penelope Marshall	8:34.12	New Caledonia   Anais Rians,   Armelle Hidrio,   Adeline Williams,   Lara Grangeon	9:17.39
400m Medley Relay	Australia   Meagan Nay,   Katie Bird,   Samantha Hamill,   Ellese Zalewski	4:14.98	New Zealand   Elizabeth Coster,   Sarah Vettoretti,   Meagan Allan,   Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....	4:18.07	New Caledonia   Lara Grangeon,   Adeline Williams,   Armelle Hidrio,   Anais Rians	4:49.89

Open Water medalist

Men's 5K	James David      Australia	1:01:09.00	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	1:01:29.00	Keiran Carrigan      Australia	1:01:42.00
Men's 10K	Kane Radford      New Zealand	2:07:54.00	James David      Australia	2:08:03.00	Keiran Carrigan      Australia	2:09:54.00
Women's 5K	Brooke Fletcher      Australia	1:03:00.00	Nikita Barsby      Australia	1:08:33.00	Kirsten Cameron Kirsten Cameron Kirsten Cameron, born 1973 in Masterton, is a New Zealand Distance freestyle and open water swimmer and a world record holder in Masters swimming in the 30-34, and 35-39 age groups. She was the 2009 national champion for women's 10 km open-water swim...       New Zealand	1:09:09.00
Women's 10K	Brooke Fletcher      Australia	2:11:16.00	Nikita Barsby      Australia	2:24:34.00	Kirsten Cameron Kirsten Cameron Kirsten Cameron, born 1973 in Masterton, is a New Zealand Distance freestyle and open water swimmer and a world record holder in Masters swimming in the 30-34, and 35-39 age groups. She was the 2009 national champion for women's 10 km open-water swim...     New Zealand	2:26:17.00

Synchro medalists

Open -- Solo
Open -- Duet
Junior -- Solo
Junior -- Duet
13, 14 & 15 yrs   -- Solo
13, 14 & 15 yrs   -- Duet
Open   Free Combination

Overall medal table

1	Australia	32	24	14	70
2	New Zealand	10	17	19	46
3	New Caledonia	-	1	8	9
4	Hawaii	-	-	1	1