Swimming: More NZers through to finals

New Zealand swimmers qualified for 16 more finals on the second night of the World Cup in Singapore tonight.

It will be a busy night for Wellington's Steven Kent, who has qualified in three finals -- the 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle.

West Auckland's Brett Newall will feature in two finals -- the 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley, as will his clubmate Matt Woodrow in the 200m freestyle and 1500m free, Melissa Ingram in the 400m freestyle and 200m backstroke, fellow Beijing Olympian Daniel Bell in the 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle and Taranaki's Dylan Dunlop-Barrett in the 200m backstroke and 1500m freestyle.

New Zealand heat results:

Men:

200m freestyle: Matt Woodrow 1:50.34 6, Brett Newall 1:50.69 7, Steven Kent 1:50.72 8

100m butterfly: Kent 55.53 6, Daniel Bell 55.80 7.

200m individual medley: Newall 2:09.19 7.

50m freestyle: Mark Herring 22.67 5, Kent 23.41 8, Bell 23.48 9.

200m backstroke: Dylan Dunlop-Barrett 2:07.93 5.

Women:

100m backstroke: Melissa Ingram 1:03.90 4.

400m freestyle: Joyce Wiegersma 4:18.36 2, Ingram 4:24.92 5

200m breaststroke: Natalie Wiegersma 2:35.56 2.

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