NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (NZL)
- April 5th – April 10th
- Prelims at 11:10am local/Finals at 7:10pm local
- Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre
- Olympic Games Selection Policy
- Not a one-shot qualification meet
- Day 1 Recap
- Results
- Live Stream
New Zealand saw a national record go down in flames on night 2 of these National Championships, courtesy of 21-year-old Lewis Clareburt.
The Capital Swim Club athlete just ripped the fastest 400m IM of his life by a mile, clinching gold here in Auckland in a speedy time of 4:09.87. That outing tore his previous own national record and career-quickest of 4:12.07 to shreds, with that previous outing representing the result he put up for bronze at the 2019 FINA World Championships.
Prior to that, Clareburt surprised the men’s 4IM field at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the Kiwi busting out a time there on the Gold Coast of 4:14.42 to nab the bronze.
Comparing Clareburt’s 2019 swim to tonight’s powerhouse performance, the dynamo was following the same path on the front end, situated at 2:00.61 at the halfway point compared to 2:00.43 nearly 2 years ago. The real difference came on the breaststroke, where Clareburt managed to drop his split of 1:12.71 from Gwangju down to 1:11.35 this evening. He also dropped significant time in the freestyle leg, closing in 28.84.
Previous Record Splits:
Clareburt has now become the second-fastest swimmer in the world this season, only behind Japan’s ace Daiya Seto and his 4:09.02 from just days ago.
2020-2021 LCM Men 400 IM
Foster
4:08.46
| 2 | Daiya Seto | JPN | 4:09.02 | 04/03 |
| 3 | Chase Kalisz | USA | 4:09.09 | 06/13 |
| 4 | Brendon Smith | AUS | 4:09.27 | 07/24 |
| 5 | Lewis Clareburt | NZL | 4:09.49 | 07/24 |
With his first-ever sub-4:10 result, New Zealand’s Clareburt now checks in as the 13th fastest performer of all-time en route to becoming a bonafide medal contender for Tokyo.
Awesome to see a NZer doing well in the pool – we don’t have many swimming superstars here and Lewis is such a lovely humble person also. Wishing him all the best for Tokyo and beyond.
Beautiful swim.
just to note the games record for the Commonwealth Games is 4:11.04, and Clareburt’s time is also faster than the Australian Open record of 4:10.14, so is probably an Oceania Record.
The Commonwealth record is 4:09.62 so not far off.
Well done to Lewis and Gary his coach.
Quality people.
Wow.. just curious what’s the commonwealth record ? Surely that’s close to it
Ooh almost got it !! Not sure the aussie boys could respond to that quick time .. TFH was a 4:10s swimmer back in the day
Could be a real threat in Tokyo