Day Two Wrap – 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) - Budapest, Hungary
Coast teammates Zoe Pedersen and Eve Thomas were the standout performers on the second day of competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest. Pedersen continued her impressive rise, claiming the 17 years New Zealand age record in the 100m freestyle, whilst Thomas notched a tenth place finish in the 800m freestyle.
Eve Thomas (Coast) returned to the competition pool for the second consecutive day, stepping up in distance to the women’s 800m freestyle. Racing in lane seven in the last of the morning's timed finals, the two-time Olympian used her experience to get away to a strong start to sit in sixth place after the first 100m. With the action happening on the other side of the pool through the opening half of the race, Thomas kept her eye on the leaders and moved up to fifth place, just trailing them. Thomas made her move after the halfway mark, progressing to fourth place as she started to reel in the leaders and pull away from the mid-pack. With 200m left to go, Thomas was closing fast and gained a place over the final laps to touch third on the wall (8:20.08) behind local crowd favourite Ajna Kesely (Hungary – 8:18.04). It was a big personal best for Thomas, who doesn’t frequently swim short course, with the time also faster than her long course entry time.
After the results were combined at the completion of the evening's fastest timed final, Lani Pallister (Australia – 8:01.95) retained her world championship title in a new Championship Record ahead of Isabel Gose (Germany – 8:05.42) and Katie Grimes (USA – 8:05.90). Thomas finished tenth overall.
Congratulations to Thomas, coach Michael Weston and her support team. Thomas will be back on day four for her last individual swim – the women’s 1500m freestyle.
Zoe Pedersen (Coast) made her senior debut following some impressive performances at the junior international level over the in the past 18 months, competing in the women’s 100m freestyle. Racing in the fourth heat, Pedersen was quick off the blocks and took control of the field. Turning first at every turn, the youngster went stroke for stroke with Jillian Crooks (Cayman Islands – 54.13), ultimately winning the heat. Pedersen (53.86) knocked nearly half a second off her personal best time to break the 17 years New Zealand age record. Her result saw her finish 31st overall, a significant jump on her seeding of 44th fastest coming into the championships.
Congratulations to Pedersen, coach John Gatfield and her support team. Pedersen will be back in action on day five for her next individual event – the women’s 50m freestyle.
Brearna Crawford (Waitakere) also made her senior international debut on day two, taking on the women’s 100m breaststroke. Having spent the past four years living, studying and training at Indiana University in the United States, Crawford has gained plenty of experience racing internationally in short course yards over recent years. Using that experience as she started in the fifth heat, Crawford got away smartly from the outside lanes to be seventh at the first turn, before the middle lanes pulled away in the second half of the race to touch ninth on the wall (1:07.10). Crawford produced her fastest time internationally, and fifth fastest time of her career, to claim 34th overall on debut.
Congratulations to Crawford, coach Paul Kent and the coaching staff at Indiana University, and her wider support team for her performance in Budapest. She will return for the women’s 50m breaststroke on day five.
Hugo Wrathall (Jasi) was the third Kiwi swimmer of the day to make his senior debut for New Zealand, contesting his only individual swim of the championships. Having taken the opportunity to gain experience at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cups in recent months, Wrathall settled into his pacing across the first lap before rounding out his heat in tenth. Wrathall achieved his fastest time internationally and the third fastest of his career (49.39) to finish 55th overall.
Congratulations to Wrathall, coach Pete Burgon and his support team for his performance upon senior debut.
Other Results
Whilst not on the New Zealand team, we would like to acknowledge the following results by swimmers who swim with our clubs whilst representing other countries:
Rebecca Meder (South Africa & North Shore - coached by Graham Hill) - seventh in women’s 100m breaststroke semi-final (1:04.04) - into the final
Lanihei Connolly (Cook Islands & TBSS Central City - coached by Sandra Burrow) - 37th in women's 100m breaststroke
Jacob Story (Cook Islands & Mt Eden - coached by Don McKenna) - 55th in men's 100m breaststroke (1:02.11)
Mia Laban (Cook Islands & Howick Pakuranga) - 55th in women’s 100m backstroke (1:04.96)
Day Three Preview
Heats (from 9pm NZDT - Thursday 12 December)
Women's 50m Backstroke (Martin)
Men's 50m Backstroke (Morley)
Women's 200m Butterfly (Tassicker)
Women's 100m Individual Medley (Gasson)
Men's 100m Individual Medley (Brown)
Men's 400m Freestyle (Littlejohn)
Potential Finals Swims (from 5.30am NZDT – Friday 13 December)
Women's 50m Backstroke Semi-Final (Martin) - 5.48am
Men's 50m Backstroke Semi-Final (Morley) - 5.57am
Women's 200m Butterfly Final (Tassicker) - 6.06am
Women's 100m Individual Medley Semi-Final (Gasson) - 6.52am
Men's 100m Individual Medley Semi-Final (Brown) - 7.02am
Men's 400m Freestyle Final (Littlejohn) - 7.13am
Helena Gasson (Coast) will return to the pool and hope to carry through her record-breaking form from day one into her final individual event, the women's 100m individual medley, where she is ranked 15th fastest on entries. Teammate Sam Brown (Coast) will contest his second event of the week in the men's race.
Savannah-Eve Martin (Coast) will be looking to use her fast starts to her advantage in the women's 50m backstroke as she makes her senior debut in Budapest, coming in with the 17th fastest time. Cooper Morley (North Shore) returns for his second event of the week in the men's race after setting a personal best time on debut.
Neve Tassicker (Nga Tai Tuatea a Taraika) will be looking to make her mark in the women's 200m butterfly as she debuts at World Aquatics level, before Ben Littlejohn (St Paul's) returns to his second consecutive World Short Course by racing the men's 400m freestyle.
The heats session will start at 9pm NZDT, with finals sessions due to start at 5.30am NZDT the following morning.
You can watch the livestream through the World Aquatics Recast platform by purchasing access from the link below.
Stay up-to-date with all of the action and latest results in Budapest via our Swimming NZ social media channels. Check out our preview of our Kiwis in action each day below.
Day Four
Heats (from 9pm NZDT – Friday 13 December)
Mixed 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay
Women's 200m Breaststroke (Pratt-Smith)
Women's 100m Butterfly (Ouwehand)
Men's 100m Butterfly (Elson)
Women's 1500m Freestyle Timed Final (Thomas)
Potential Finals Swims (from 5.30am NZDT – Saturday 14 December)
Mixed 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay Final - 5.32am
Women's 200m Breaststroke Final (Pratt-Smith) - 5.40am
Women's 50m Backstroke Final (Martin) - 6.04am
Men's 50m Backstroke Final (Morley) - 6.12am
Women's 100m Butterfly Semi-Final (Ouwehand) - 6.20am
Men's 100m Butterfly Semi-Final (Elson) - 6.35am
Women's 100m Individual Medley Final (Gasson) - 6.51am
Men's 100m Individual Medley Final (Brown) - 6.59am
The sessions sets to start with a bang, with our first relay team of the week set to take on the mixed 4 x 50m freestyle.
Eve Thomas returns for her third and final event of the week when she takes on the women's 1500m freestyle, ranked 15th from her long course time.
Hazel Ouwehand enters the women's 100m butterfly with the 18th fastest time, before Chris Elson takes on the men's event.
Zyleika Pratt-Smith will make her senior debut in the women's 200m breaststroke.
Day Five
Heats (from 9pm NZDT – Saturday 14 December)
Women's 400m Individual Medley (McCarthy)
Men's 400m Individual Medley (Brown)
Women's 50m Freestyle (Pedersen)
Men's 50m Freestyle (Hendy)
Women's 50m Breaststroke (Crawford)
Men's 800m Freestyle Timed Final (Hamblyn-Ough)
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Potential Finals Swims (from 5.30am NZDT – Sunday 15 December)
Women's 100m Butterfly Final (Ouwehand) - 5.32am
Men's 100m Butterfly Final (Elson) - 5.40am
Women's 50m Breaststroke Semi-Final (Crawford) - 5.48am
Women's 50m Freestyle Semi-Final (Pedersen) - 6.12am
Men's 50m Freestyle Semii-Final (Hendy) - 6.21am)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Final (McCarthy) - 6.30am
Men's 400m Individual Medley Final (Brown) - 6.42am
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final - 7.14am
Gina McCarthy and Sam Brown return for the longest of the individual medley events, the 400m.
Zoe Pedersen will be back in action for the women's 50m freestyle, with Jack Hendy taking on the men's event.
Brearna Crawford returns for the shorter women's 50m breaststroke, before Larn Hamblyn-Ough races his other event of the week in the men's 800m freestyle timed final.
Day five heats will wrap up with the mixed 4 x 100m medley relay.
Day Six
Heats (from 9pm NZDT – Sunday 15 December)
Women's 200m Freestyle (Welsh)
Men's 200m Freestyle (Littlejohn)
Women's 200m Backstroke (Godwin)
Men's 200m Backstroke (Brown)
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Potential Finals Swims (from 5.30am NZDT – Monday 16 December)
Women's 50m Freestyle Final (Pedersen) - 5.32am
Men's 50m Freestyle Final (Hendy) - 5.39am
Women's 50m Breaststroke Final (Crawford) - 5.47am
Women's 200m Backstroke Final (Godwin) - 6.02am
Men's 200m Backstroke Final (Brown) - 6.12am
Women's 200m Freestyle Final (Welsh) - 6.26am
Men's 200m Freestyle Final (Littlejohn) - 6.40am
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final - 6.54am
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final - 7.10am
Jesse Welsh will have to wait to the final day to make her debut in the women's 200m freestyle, while Ben Littlejohn will drop down to the men's 200m freestyle for his second event of the championships.
Emma Godwin also needed to wait until the last day for her preferred women's 200m backstroke, before Sam Brown rounds out his busy schedule in the men's event.
The last events for the team will be relays, with both the women and men fielding a 4 x 100m medley relay team to conclude the championships.
Swimmer Entries
Sam Brown
100m Individual Medley (Entry time: 54.08)
200m Individual Medley (Result: 1:59.55 - 34th)
400m Individual Medley (Entry time: 4:08.84)
200m Backstroke (Entry time: 1:54.17)
Brearna Crawford
50m Breaststroke (Entry time: 30.85)
100m Breaststroke (Result: 1:07.10 - 34th)
Chris Elson
50m Butterfly (Result: 23.23 - PB and 38th)
100m Butterfly (Entry time: 53.64)
Helena Gasson
50m Butterfly (Result: 25.39 in heat, 25.24 in semi-final - NZR and 11th)
100m Backstroke (Result: 57.43 in heat - NZR, 57.64 in semi-final - 15th)
100m Individual Medley (Entry time: 59.53)
Emma Godwin
200m Backstroke (Entry time: 2:05.76)
Larn Hamblyn-Ough
800m Freestyle (Entry time: 7:57.76)
1500m Freestyle (Result: 15:20.84 - PB and 22nd)
Jack Hendy
50m Freestyle (Entry time: 21.89)
Ben Littlejohn
200m Freestyle (Entry time: 1:47.65)
400m Freestyle (Entry time: 3:50.35)
Savannah-Eve Martin
50m Backstroke (Entry time: 27.11)
Gina McCarthy
200m Individual Medley (Result: 2:14.14 - 25th)
400m Individual Medley (Entry time: 4:40.43)
Cooper Morley
50m Backstroke (Entry time: 23.84)
100m Backstroke (Result: 51.14 - PB)
Hazel Ouwehand
50m Butterfly (Result: 26.04 - 24th)
100m Butterfly (Entry time: 57.43)
Zoe Pedersen
50m Freestyle (Entry time: 25.35)
100m Freestyle (Result: 53.86 - 31st)
Zyleika Pratt-Smith
200m Breaststroke (Entry time: 2:23.81)
Neve Tassicker
200m Butterfly (Entry time: 2:12.24)
Eve Thomas
400m Freestyle (Result: 4:06.27 - 16th)
800m Freestyle (Result: 8:22.27 - TBC)
1500m Freestyle (Entry time: 16:07.46)
Jesse Welsh
200m Freestyle (Entry time: 1:59.63)
Hugo Wrathall
100m Freestyle (Result: 49.39 - 55th)
Daily Schedule
*start times are subject to change, while semi-finals and finals are subject to athlete progression.
Thursday 12 December
Day Three Heats - from 9pm NZDT
Women's 50m Backstroke (Martin)
Men's 50m Backstroke (Morley)
Women's 200m Butterfly (Tassicker)
Women's 100m Individual Medley (Gasson)
Men's 100m Individual Medley (Brown)
Men's 400m Freestyle (Littlejohn)
Friday 13 December
Day Three Finals – from 5.30am NZDT
Women's 50m Backstroke Semi-Final (Martin*) - 5.48am
Men's 50m Backstroke Semi-Final (Morley*) - 5.57am
Women's 200m Butterfly Final (Tassicker*) - 6.06am
Women's 100m Individual Medley Semi-Final (Gasson*) - 6.52am
Men's 100m Individual Medley Semi-Final (Brown*) - 7.02am
Men's 400m Freestyle Final (Littlejohn*) - 7.13am
Day Four Heats – from 9pm NZDT
Mixed 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay
Women's 200m Breaststroke (Pratt-Smith)
Women's 100m Butterfly (Ouwehand)
Men's 100m Butterfly (Elson)
Women's 1500m Freestyle Timed Final (Thomas)
Saturday 14 December
Day Four Finals – from 5.30am NZDT
Mixed 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay Final* - 5.32am
Women's 200m Breaststroke Final (Pratt-Smith*) - 5.40am
Women's 50m Backstroke Final (Martin*) - 6.04am
Men's 50m Backstroke Final (Morley*) - 6.12am
Women's 100m Butterfly Semi-Final (Ouwehand*) - 6.20am
Men's 100m Butterfly Semi-Final (Elson*) - 6.35am
Women's 100m Individual Medley Final (Gasson*) - 6.51am
Men's 100m Individual Medley Final (Brown*) - 6.59am
Day Five Heats – from 9pm NZDT
Women's 400m Individual Medley (McCarthy)
Men's 400m Individual Medley (Brown)
Women's 50m Freestyle (Pedersen)
Men's 50m Freestyle (Hendy)
Women's 50m Breaststroke (Crawford)
Men's 800m Freestyle Timed Final (Hamblyn-Ough)
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Sunday 15 December
Day Five Finals – from 5.30am NZDT
Women's 100m Butterfly Final (Ouwehand*) - 5.32am
Men's 100m Butterfly Final (Elson*) - 5.40am
Women's 50m Breaststroke Semi-Final (Crawford*) - 5.48am
Women's 50m Freestyle Semi-Final (Pedersen*) - 6.12am
Men's 50m Freestyle Semii-Final (Hendy*) - 6.21am)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Final (McCarthy*) - 6.30am
Men's 400m Individual Medley Final (Brown*) - 6.42am
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final* - 7.14am
Day Six Heats – from 9pm NZDT
Women's 200m Freestyle (Welsh)
Men's 200m Freestyle (Littlejohn)
Women's 200m Backstroke (Godwin)
Men's 200m Backstroke (Brown)
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Monday 16 December
Day Six Finals – from 5.30am NZDT
Women's 50m Freestyle Final (Pedersen*) - 5.32am
Men's 50m Freestyle Final (Hendy*) - 5.39am
Women's 50m Breaststroke Final (Crawford*) - 5.47am
Women's 200m Backstroke Final (Godwin*) - 6.02am
Men's 200m Backstroke Final (Brown*) - 6.12am
Women's 200m Freestyle Final (Welsh*) - 6.26am
Men's 200m Freestyle Final (Littlejohn*) - 6.40am
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final* - 6.54am
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final* - 7.10am
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