19 Mar 2013

Boyle impresses with swim at national champs

6:22 am on 19 March 2013

World champion Lauren Boyle has produced a stunning swim at the National Swimming Championships in Auckland.

Boyle broke her own national record in the 1500m freestyle in the second fastest time in the world this year and 10 seconds inside the FINA A qualifying time for July's world championships.

Fellow London Olympian Matthew Stanley was nearly half a second inside his own New Zealand record in winning the 200m freestyle and more than a second inside the qualifying time for the Barcelona championships.

Wellington's Gareth Kean joined the pair on the team to Barcelona when he took out the 100m backstroke, his second swim of the day under the qualifying time.

This high profile group were potentially upstaged by 13 year old prospect Bobbi Gichard from Hawkes Bay who won the women's 100m backstroke in a time that qualified her for the junior world championships.