{"id":612457,"date":"2025-05-27T12:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=612457"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:24:57","slug":"hazel-ouwehand-50-fly-record-distance-and-youth-headline-new-zealand-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hazel-ouwehand-50-fly-record-distance-and-youth-headline-new-zealand-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazel Ouwehand 50 Fly Record, Distance and Youth Headline New Zealand Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hazel Ouwehand 50 Fly Record, Distance and Youth Headline New Zealand Nationals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hazel Ouwehand<\/strong> lowered her national record in the women\u2019s 50 butterfly, the highlight of the Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland last week.<\/p>\n

The record swim was one of many outstanding performances, led by a renowned distance contingent headed by Erika Fairweather<\/strong> and teenage talents, on the women\u2019s side in particular. The performances have set the stage for selection of a 12-strong delegation to the World Aquatics Championships<\/a>, as well as nine swimmers for the World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

Ouwehand was the standout, going 25.43 on Friday to win the women\u2019s 50 fly. She lowered her record from 25.88. Earlier in the day, she \u201ccalled herself out\u201d on social media, announcing that she intended to swim a 25 and lower her record.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat felt phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal!,\u201d she told Swimming NZ. \u201cThat was the goal going into it tonight, was to break my NZ record, I\u2019ve been really close to it the last few months and I knew that I had it in me. I was thinking 25.66s, but to go 25.43s, I\u2019m beyond happy.\u201d<\/p>\n