New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships

The New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships is organized annually in January by Swimming New Zealand at the Lake Taupo Yacht Club.

Per FINA rules enacted in 2017, this event allows wetsuits when the water temperature is below 20C. This was the case in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022. Wetsuit swims are not eligible for this database, so these years are not included here. The 2019 and 2021 Championships exceeded the temperature threshold, so swimmers competed in textile swimwear.

Route Swims Fastest
Lake Taupo buoy course 144 Kane Radford - 01:56:15 (2016)

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2012 Jan 14

Men

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2012 - 10 km - Men
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Trent Grimsey Male 23 01:59:50
2 Kane Radford Male 21 02:02:52
3 Jonathan Pullon Male 20 02:08:07
4 Casey Glover Male 25 02:08:25
5 Troy Balvert Male 18-19 02:09:05
6 Henry Norris Male 02:13:51
7 Isaac Foote Male 02:18:10
8 Ben Ruback Male 02:21:51
9 Stefan Talbot Male 02:22:19
10 Julian Layton Male 02:27:06
11 Tyler Ellis Male 02:29:07
12 Bradley Catto Male 02:29:07
13 Oliver McCullough Male 02:29:25
14 Hayden Vickers Male 02:31:10
15 Sven Tobias Male 02:41:21
16 Simon Olliver Male 47 02:44:52

Women

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2012 - 10 km - Women
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Melissa Gorman Female 26 02:08:13
2 Cara Baker Female 21-22 02:10:40
3 Charlotte Webby Female 22-23 02:15:42
4 Emily Seymour Female 14-15 02:19:59
5 Grace Sommerville Female 02:20:29
6 Emma Robinson Female 02:25:09
7 Natalie Woodgate Female 02:37:10
8 Courtney Carson Female 02:38:46
9 Jessica Bayliss Female 14-15 02:42:39
10 Asher Rayner Female 02:40:14

2013 Jan 12

Men

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2013 - 10 km - Men
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Kane Radford Male 22 01:58:45
2 Phillip Ryan Male 21-22 01:58:48
3 Troy Balvert Male 19-20 02:01:53
4 Nathan Capp Male 02:02:17
5 Isaac Foote Male 02:07:45
6 Ben Ruback Male 02:08:05
7 Bradley Catto Male 02:09:08
8 Tyler Ellis Male 02:09:11
9 Jonathan Whittle Male 02:11:43
10 Henry Norris Male 02:16:46
11 Jackson Dawson Male 13-14 02:36:35
12 Sven Tobias Male 02:41:21
13 Simon Olliver Male 48 02:44:52

Women

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2013 - 10 km - Women
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Cara Baker Female 22-23 02:04:32
2 Emma Robinson Female 02:04:36
3 Grace Sommerville Female 02:04:41
4 Charlotte Webby Female 23-24 02:09:14
5 Jessica Marston Female 02:19:29
6 Liana Smith Female 15-16 02:19:33
7 Paige Schendelaar-Kemp Female 02:22:36
8 Natalie Woodgate Female 02:22:44
9 Courtney Carson Female 02:26:19
10 Abigail Frink Female 02:33:17
11 Lara van Egten Female 02:38:06
12 Asher Rayner Female 02:40:14

2015 Jan 10

Men

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2015 - 10 km - Men
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Kane Radford Male 24 01:58:39
2 Phillip Ryan Male 23-24 01:58:44
3 Liam Albery Male 01:58:44
4 Troy Balvert Male 21-22 01:58:59
5 Ben Ruback Male 02:03:28
6 Matthew Scott Male 16-17 02:09:32
7 Thomas Heaton Male 15-16 02:09:33
8 Hamish Trlin Male 02:09:35
9 Jordan Gadsby Male 16-17 02:10:00
10 Devlin Forsythe Male 02:10:39
11 Jackson Dawson Male 15-16 02:15:38
12 William Spear Male 02:21:58
13 Sebastien Priscott Male 14 02:23:52
14 Reece Southall Male 02:24:50
15 Austin Hornby Male 02:30:57
16 Keegan Pook Male 02:33:45

Women

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2015 - 10 km - Women
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Penelope Hayes Female 22-23 02:10:03
2 Charlotte Webby Female 25-26 02:15:08
3 Caitlin Delany Female 02:21:47
4 Sammy Winward Female 02:23:29
5 Bridget Maher Female 25-26 02:27:42
6 Laura O'Keeffe Female 02:34:01
7 Natalie Walsh Female 02:34:03

2016 Jan 9

Men

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2016 - 10 km - Men
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Kane Radford Male 25 01:56:15
2 Phillip Ryan Male 24-25 01:56:20
3 Jackson Dawson Male 16-17 02:02:43
4 Matthew Scott Male 17-18 02:04:37
5 Sebastien Priscott Male 15 02:08:53
6 Luke Mitchell Male 02:12:43
7 Hamish Trlin Male 02:12:46
8 Angus Syme Male 02:12:53
9 Luke Kelly Male 02:12:55
10 Jordan Gadsby Male 17-18 02:12:55
11 Michael Buck Male 32 02:20:41
12 William Spear Male 02:24:22
13 Angus Falconer Male 02:25:04

Women

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2016 - 10 km - Women
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Charlotte Webby Female 26-27 02:09:31
2 Penny Hayes Female 02:13:21
3 Stefannie Gillespie Female 02:14:20
4 Bridget Maher Female 26-27 02:14:21
5 Claudia Ashby Female 02:14:36
6 Sammy Winward Female 02:15:07
7 Paige Schendelaar-Kemp Female 02:15:47
8 Nikki Chapman Female 02:16:01
9 Talya Harwood Female 15-16 02:19:39
10 Caitlin Delany Female 02:19:45
11 Natalie Walsh Female 02:20:13
12 Abigail Chapman Female 02:24:54
13 Rebecca Cheyne Female 02:34:35
14 Berquist Leah Female 02:35:09

2019 Jan 12

Men

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2019 - 10 km - Men
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Solomon Wright Male 20-21 02:03:07
2 David Boles Male 02:03:36
3 Hugo Savignac Male 17-18 02:04:02
4 Quinton Hurley Male 02:04:17
5 Sebastien Priscott Male 18 02:04:36
6 Bevan Jacobs Male 17-18 02:07:31
7 Phoenix Douglas Male 18-19 02:08:50
8 Ned Wieland Male 17 02:13:18
9 Ludovic Delabre Male 02:14:32
10 Bendi Kepess Male 02:15:28
11 Fergus Drummond Male 02:16:14
12 Alec Swan Male 02:17:36
13 Jaxyn Mihaka Male 02:21:47
14 Nick Pryde Male 02:23:40
15 Hamish Kennedy Male 02:27:07
16 Jeremy Huang Male 02:32:17

Women

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2019 - 10 km - Women
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Charlotte Webby Female 29-30 02:12:17
2 Ashleigh Allred Female 15-16 02:12:26
3 Stefannie Gillespie Female 02:19:53
4 Maiana Flament Female 16-17 02:21:23
5 Emily Spear Female 02:26:17
6 Kaitlyn Sosa Female 02:30:39
7 Phoebe Harris Female 02:31:19
8 Abbey Smale Female 02:31:57
9 Kate Allen Female 02:31:58
10 Sophie Alexander Female 02:33:24
11 Hannah Morgan Female 02:33:46
12 Alena Kamper Female 02:40:06

2021 Jan 16

Men

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2021 - 10 km - Men
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Joseph Stewart Male 02:07:35
2 Oxford Bayley Male 02:12:23
3 James Donovan Male 02:15:23
4 Alec Swan Male 02:17:39
5 Ciaran Watson Male 02:22:39
6 Benjamin Silipo Male 02:23:00
7 Quinn Boyle Male 02:25:50
8 Ollie Mandeno Male 02:37:38

Women

Lake Taupo buoy course (10 km)

New Zealand Open Water Swimming Championships results - 2021 - 10 km - Women
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Ruby Heath Female 20-21 02:14:51
2 Abbey Smale Female 02:22:19
3 Isabella Thurlow Female 02:26:00
4 Sarah Birkett Female 02:30:34
5 Willow Phillips Female 02:31:38
6 Holley Hogan Female 02:37:14
7 Emilia Finer Female 02:37:23

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