Announcement of the 2023/24 National Age Programme Team
Swimming NZ would like to congratulate the 23 swimmers who have qualified as Gold and Silver swimmers for the National Age Programme in the 2023/24 intake. These swimmers met the qualifying times for the programme at the 2023 Apollo Projects New Zealand Championships and National Age Group Championships.
The National Age Programme allows young swimmers to gain additional race experience, partake in development opportunities, progress as a group, and prepare for upcoming international competitions.
National Development Leader, Alistair Johnson is impressed with the athletes.
“I am delighted to confirm that we have selected 32 Olympic and Paralympic pathway athletes onto the National Age Programme for 2023-2024. We have seen a big increase in the number of Gold and Silver athletes when compared to 12 months ago. This is an exciting group of young athletes of different ages and strokes.”
One of the highlights of this year's programme is the Queensland Long Course Championships which the team will travel to in December. This will provide great experience racing against some of Australia's top age group swimmers.
The following swimmers have been selected:
Name | Club | Coach |
Elwin Bao | North Shore | Dave Prattley |
Brooke Bennett | Vikings | Todd Mason |
Max Cave | AquaBladz | Mariano Nani |
Jasper Cornish | Coast | John Gatfield |
Bailey Conlon | Te Arawa | Henk Greupink |
Isabelle Gibson | United | Igor Polianski |
Milan Glintmeyer | Kiwi West | Tracey Breuer |
Larn Hamblyn-Ough | Coast | John Gatfield |
Orlando Hardie | Hamilton Aquatics | Mat Woofe |
Finn Harland | Capital | Gary Hollywood |
James Haydon | Club 37 | Mitch Nairn |
Harrison James | Vikings | Todd Mason |
Cameron Karpik | United | Igor Polianski |
Harrison Klouwens | TBSS | Sandra Burrow |
Erin Knox | SwimZone Racing | Frank Tourelle |
Alyssa Lawson | St Peters | Aly Fitch |
Laura Littlejohn | St Pauls | Matt Kredich |
Nemanya Markovich | Roskill | Josh Munro |
Lili-Fox Mason | Wharenui | Matt Houston |
Anahira McCutcheon | TBSS | Sandra Burrow |
Ariel Muchirahondo | Swim Rotorua | Aiden Withington |
Charlotte Murphy | Aquagym | Emma Smith |
Zoe Pedersen | Coast | John Gatfield |
Jack Potier | Coast | John Gatfield |
Rylee Sayer | Matamata | Graeme Laing |
Gabriella Smith | Vikings | Todd Mason |
Asher Smith-Franklin | North Shore | David Prattley |
Jacob Story | Mt Eden | Don McKenna |
Mason Wang | United | Igor Polianski |
Monique Wieruszowski | AquaBladz | Mariano Nani |
Joshua Willmer | Pukekohe | Sheldon Kemp |
Kevin Zhang | Roskill | Josh Munro |
Congratulations to all the swimmers and coaches for their selection and performance at the 2023 Apollo Projects National Championships and Age Group Championships.