ORI

Back at it

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:14:52 -0400

Good to be back working with Ze Murillo in the gym. Hard work but loving every minute. Doing lots of alternative styles of training and hardly any weights which is good at keeping me interested and focused.

Start my new job soon. Yup!

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:56:41 -0400

Start my new job soon. Yup!

How cool is this!!!! Got a special gift from my class to...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:24:42 -0400

How cool is this!!!! Got a special gift from my class to celebrate support staff day! thanks guys Love it!!!

Tahiti!

Wed, 09 May 2012 18:10:57 -0400

Had a great time in Tahiti. The time we spent there was awesome and we made the most of the three weeks fitting lots of training and sight seeing. My racing went pretty well too

50 Free 23.91 heat (5th) 23.36 final (3rd)

50 Fly 25.00 final (1st)

100 Free 54.77 heat (8th) 52.42 final (5th) 25.9/26.5 splits

Thanks heaps to the guys from Tahiti who organised our trip over there it was a pleasure meeting you all and I hope to be back in the future!

cheers

Awesome time in Tahiti. Hot weather, cool people and fast...

Wed, 09 May 2012 18:05:37 -0400

Awesome time in Tahiti. Hot weather, cool people and fast swimming!

I’m heading of to Tahiti tomorrow for three weeks of...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:47:27 -0400

I’m heading of to Tahiti tomorrow for three weeks of sun,fun and swimming! excited.

Thank you

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:49:29 -0400

I want to take some time to say thank you to the people who have supported me and helped me along the way. I feel sorry that I wasn’t able to make it for you all but I thank you for supporting me at all!

Firstly I give the glory to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, without Him I would be nothing. Thank you.

My Mum, Dad and sister, I can’t overstate the amount of love and support you have given throughout this time. I love you all, thank you.

To my coach Glenn Hamblyn, the hardest working coach in NZ. Thanks for everything.

To Craig Steel for helping me in understanding performance. Thank you.

To the EB team, thanks for the moolah! seriously though without the financial support I would have struggled to participate fully in the training programme this season. Thanks.

To the team at Scootling, thank you for providing me with the use of a scooter for the last two years. It has been great. Thanks.

Lastly I want to say a massive thank you to my family and friends who have helped me and supported me through every stage of my journey it has been an honour to share this with you, I love you all. God bless.

2012 Olympic trials

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:34:33 -0400

Ok so after a long week at trials I unfortunately did not achieve my goal of making it to London.

The competition started off very well with two PB’s in the 50 fly and things looked good heading into the 100 and 50 free later in the week. After an average heat swim and failing to make the A final in the 100 free I swam in the B final. With a very quick first 50 (23.79) I found out just how much the 100 can hurt (28 coming home) and finished with a 52.5. The day of the 50 free finally arrived and I felt that I was ready to pull one out of the bag. My heat swim was not flash (23.35) it felt like my legs were still raw from the 100 a few days before but I was confident I would rest up and be back for a big swim in the evening. Arriving back at the pool for the last time I felt good and was excited about the last swim and my last chance to qualify for LDN, a good warm up and I was ready to go. Through the first 25 I felt out of rhythm and I had some trouble with the angle of my hands and in a race as short as that by then it was almost too late, I had a strong second half of the race and came home strong but it was not enough. I finished in 4th with a 23.20. :(

MY TURN!

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:53:11 -0400

Getting set to head into trials which will be a big week :) THE...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:51:46 -0400

Getting set to head into trials which will be a big week :)

THE TIME IS NOW

Just for those who are wanting to come and watch me at trials...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:03:40 -0400

Just for those who are wanting to come and watch me at trials this month the highlighted days are when I’ll be swimming. My races are the 50 fly 50 free and 100 free. Entry usually costs around $5 on the door.

Cheers

Wellington

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:33:09 -0500

Just arrived back from the capital after training down there with my coach and watching the best age group swimmers compete at NAGS. It was an exciting week with great racing but I also got to do some good training and a couple of time trials in a LC pool.

Some results for you:

50 free TT thurs 23.12

50 free TT sat 22.85

Dive start 25 9.7

Push start 50 25.3

Me and Bayley Main after he broke my 50M freestyle record for...

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:28:00 -0500

Me and Bayley Main after he broke my 50M freestyle record for the 14yr old age group. Well done!!!

24.55s

24.71s (my previous record)

Akl Opens 2012

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:03:40 -0500

Just finished Akl Opens in the weekend, had some good races and feeling good about the build up to trials. BOOM!

My results were as follows:

50 free skins round 1 (23.43 1st place) round 2 (23.42 1st place) round 3 (23.44 1st place) Final round (23.53 2nd place winning time 23.51)

100 Free heat (52.24 2nd place) Final (52.34 3rd place)

Batty cup relay 50.23 3rd place. My relay split 22.74

Working with a group of junior swimmers from the BOP region...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:49:27 -0500

Working with a group of junior swimmers from the BOP region helping them get ready for nationals by giving them tips on dryland, racing and race day prep. was very cool meeting them all!!

They watch me on a boat so I guess i’m show boating.

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:18:27 -0500

They watch me on a boat so I guess i’m show boating.

Hugo never asked for my permission but I’ll let this one...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:59:00 -0500

Hugo never asked for my permission but I’ll let this one slide.

Hugo Boss Orinoco Swim Trunk Navy

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2012

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:33:57 -0500

Wow what a start to the year, already feeling excited about what this year holds and feeling good about how swimming is going. Training is good swimming somw really quick times and just amped about trials in march!!

Now is the time

Hard training doesn’t always mean you will get a good...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:58:00 -0500

Hard training doesn’t always mean you will get a good result but no hard training definitely means you won’t get a good result.

Photo from training camp 103km of hard training, let’s go get that good result.

the time is now

Training Camp

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:40:26 -0500

This week I have been at training camp in Rotorua. The training has been intense (3 swims per day) Have been very tired and sore but at the same time feeling very confident that I’m doing the right thing and that this is helping me get faster!!!

Some good things I’ve done at camp so far 95m underwater, 50m underwater in 21.2 (w fins), a set of 30x50 alt one easy one fast holding 29-30sec LC

Have also felt pretty good with my sprinting even though I know I’m far from being fresh!!

the time is now!!