New Zealand Swimmers Set for World Cup

Competition Preview for the 2025 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup

Following various World Championships in recent months, we are excited to name the New Zealand team for the 2025 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup series, which is the next international venture on the road to Los Angeles in 2028.

The team consists of a strong combination of experience and emerging talent, bringing together current Aquablacks with senior development swimmers, including invitations based on this year’s form.

Six Aquablacks bring a wealth of international experience to the group. Previous World Cup medallists Erika Fairweather (North Shore), Lewis Clareburt (Club 37) and Caitlin Deans (Neptune & Swim Dunedin) will lead the team. Fellow Aquablacks Chelsey Edwards (North Shore), Cameron Gray (United) and Hazel Ouwehand (Phoenix Aquatics) will hope to bring their form from the 2025 NZ Short Course Swimming Championships to the series.

Isabelle Gibson (Club 37) will return to the World Cups for the second consecutive year and will be joined by Brearna Crawford (Waitakere), Jack Hendy (Club 37) and Gina McCarthy (Hamilton Aquatics & RPC Waikato) who are fresh off gold medals at the 2025 NZ Short Course Swimming Championships last week.

All the swimmers head on tour off the back of strong form at the recent 2025 NZ Short Course Swimming Championships in Auckland, with Jack Hendy, Chelsey Edwards and Brearna Crawford only competing at the first two stops in the United States of America.

The team is due to be led and coached by Swimming NZ’s Olympic Head Coach, Graham Hill (subject to confirmation), and supported by United’s Andy McMillan.

Hill has long championed the value of the World Cups, enabling intense racing in a concentrated window.

“This is the perfect opportunity to race fast with the best in the world over and over again. We saw in Singapore and Otopeni how fast the world is swimming, and can get straight back amongst it across three consecutive meets.”

The World Cup is being held across three consecutive weekends in Canada and the United States of America. The first leg is held in Carmel (Indiana, USA) from 10 – 12 October. The following weekend the racing will be held in Westmont (Illinois, USA) from 17 – 19 October. The final stop of the series will be held in Toronto (Ontario, Canada) from 23 – 25 October.

The 2025 series will be hosted as short course competitions, with some of the best swimmers from around the world competing across the three consecutive weekends. Heats will be held in morning sessions and finals in the evening sessions

The Swimming NZ selectors have also acknowledged several other swimmers who met the team standards but have chosen to prioritise training at this time.

Swimmers from all 2025 teams and invitations will come together for one final time in camp in Cambridge in early December.

Entries & Results - Stop One

Entries & Results - Stop Two

Entries & Results - Stop Three

Competition Schedule

Schedule for each of the three stops

Day One

• Women’s 400m freestyle

• Men’s 400m freestyle

• Women’s 50m backstroke

• Men’s 200m backstroke

• Women’s 200m butterfly

• Men’s 100m butterfly

• Women’s 200m breaststroke

• Men’s 100m breaststroke

• Women’s 50m freestyle

• Men’s 50m freestyle

• Women’s 100m individual medley

• Men’s 100m individual medley

Day Two

• Women’s 400m individual medley

• Men’s 50m backstroke

• Women’s 200m freestyle

• Men’s 200m individual medley

• Women’s 100m backstroke

• Men’s 50m breaststroke

• Women’s 50m butterfly

• Men’s 100m freestyle

• Women’s 100m breaststroke

• Men’s 200m butterfly

• Men’s 1500m freestyle (alternatively 800m at stop two)

Day Three

• Men’s 400m individual medley

• Women’s 100m butterfly

• Men’s 50m butterfly

• Women’s 200m backstroke

• Men’s 100m backstroke

• Women’s 50m breaststroke

• Men’s 200m breaststroke

• Women’s 100m freestyle

• Men’s 200m freestyle

• Women’s 200m individual medley

• Women’s 800m freestyle (alternatively 1500m at stop two)

Swimmer Entries

Lewis Clareburt – Aquablack #257

Stop One – Carmel

• 200m freestyle

• 400m freestyle

• 200m individual medley

• 400m individual medley

• 200m butterfly

• 200m backstroke

Stop Two – Westmont

• 200m freestyle

• 400m freestyle

• 200m individual medley

• 400m individual medley

• 200m butterfly

• 200m backstroke

Stop Three – Toronto

• 200m freestyle

• 400m freestyle

• 200m individual medley

• 400m individual medley

• 200m butterfly

• 200m backstroke

Brearna Crawford

Stop One – Carmel

• 50m breaststroke

• 100m breaststroke

• 200m breaststroke

Stop Two – Westmont

• 50m breaststroke

• 100m breaststroke

• 200m breaststroke

Caitlin Deans – Aquablack #276

Stop One – Carmel

• 400m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

• 800m freestyle

Stop Two – Westmont

• 400m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

• 1500m freestyle

Stop Three – Toronto

• 400m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

• 800m freestyle

Chelsey Edwards – Aquablack #265

Stop One – Carmel

• 50m freestyle

• 100m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

Stop Two – Westmont

• 50m freestyle

• 100m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

Erika Fairweather – Aquablack #266

Stop One – Carmel

• 400m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

• 800m freestyle

Stop Two – Westmont

• 400m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

• 1500m freestyle

• 400m individual medley

Stop Three – Toronto

• 400m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

• 800m freestyle

Isabelle Gibson

Stop One – Carmel

• 50m backstroke

• 100m backstroke

• 200m backstroke

Stop Two – Westmont

• 50m backstroke

• 100m backstroke

• 200m backstroke

Stop Three – Toronto

• 50m backstroke

• 100m backstroke

• 200m backstroke

Cameron Gray – Aquablack #277

Stop One – Carmel

• 50m freestyle

• 100m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

• 50m backstroke

• 50m butterfly

• 100m butterfly

Stop Two – Westmont

• 50m freestyle

• 100m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

• 50m backstroke

• 100m butterfly

Stop Three – Toronto

• 50m freestyle

• 100m freestyle

• 200m freestyle

Jack Hendy

Stop One – Carmel

• 50m freestyle

• 50m butterfly

• 50m backstroke

Stop Two – Westmont

• 50m freestyle

• 50m butterfly

• 50m backstroke

Gina McCarthy

Stop One – Carmel

• 200m breaststroke

• 200m backstroke

• 200m individual medley

• 400m individual medley

Stop Two – Westmont

• 400m freestyle

• 100m individual medley

• 400m individual medley

• 200m backstroke

Stop Three – Toronto

• 200m butterfly

• 400m individual medley

• 200m backstroke

• 200m individual medley

Hazel Ouwehand – Aquablack #283

Stop One – Carmel

• 50m backstroke

• 50m freestyle

• 100m backstroke

• 50m butterfly

• 100m butterfly

Stop Two – Westmont

• 50m backstroke

• 50m freestyle

• 100m backstroke

• 50m butterfly

• 100m butterfly

Stop Three – Toronto

• 50m backstroke

• 50m freestyle

• 100m backstroke

• 50m butterfly

• 100m butterfly

Selected Team

The swimmers selected to represent New Zealand:

Name	Club	Coach
Lewis Clareburt	Club 37	Mitch Nairn
Brearna Crawford	Waitakere	Paul Kent
Caitlin Deans	Neptune & Swim Dunedin	Lars Humer
Chelsey Edwards	North Shore	Graham Hill
Erika Fairweather	North Shore	Graham Hill
Isabelle Gibson	Club 37	Mitch Nairn
Cameron Gray	United	Andy McMillan
Jack Hendy	Club 37 & Nusport HPC	Mitch Nairn & Sander Ganzevles
Gina McCarthy	Hamilton Aquatics & RPC Waikato	Mat Woofe
Hazel Ouwehand	Phoenix Aquatics	David Lyles

The coaches selected to guide our team are:

Name	Organisation	Role
Graham Hill	Swimming NZ & North Shore	Head Coach
Andy McMillan	United	Coach