Swimming

It was always going to be a race for the silver medal. Evergreen Steve Prescott had the top spot sewn up.

Success at the New Zealand Masters Games has revived Lauren Greenshield's swimming ambitions and she now wants to get back into the international arena.

They did it again. Lenore and Forbes Sonntag broke more national masters swimming records at Moana Pool this week.

Margaret Wilding (nee Edwards) timed it badly. There was minimal support for elite sportsmen and women when she competed at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.

Lauren Greenshields gets married in Scotland next month but she wants to break more New Zealand masters swimming records first.

The revamped Otago championships at the weekend proved successful with the highest standard of swimming seen at Moana Pool for 20 years.

OSCA coach Gennadiy Labara did the unexected yesterday - a "high five" with his top female swimmer, Kate Godfrey.

The earthquakes tested the perseverance of Canterbury swimmers and the less dedicated dropped out of the sport.

Chris Dickie (Waves) qualified for the open nationals when he broke the Otago record twice at Moana Pool yesterday.

Kurt Crosland, the comeback kid, set Moana Pool alight last night when he broke his own Otago open men's 100m backstroke record.