Day 2 Wrap of the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games
New Zealand’s swimmers have claimed two medals on day two in the pool at the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games.
Swimming in the Women's 400m Individual Medley, Danielle Asiata swam a well measured race to pick up silver.
The Auckland swimmer sat in second for much of the 400m, making a break for it in the last 50m to almost take the gold.
Asiata clocked a time of 4:58.00s, just 0.32s behind Northern Ireland’s Grace Davison. Holly Marshall from Wales rounded out the podium in third.
“I just went into autopilot as soon as I hit the water,” said Asiata.
“I just followed the steps my coach and I had been prepping and on that last lap really gave it everything to bring it home.
“To be taking a medal back to New Zealand is amazing, I’m over the moon, I didn’t expect it and just want to say a huge thanks to all my supporters.”
Caleb Carlisle then picked up the second medal of the day for the Kiwis, winning bronze in the 50m breaststroke.
The Hawke's Bay swimmer keeping up the tempo in a fast paced final, touching the wall in 29.24s, to finish third behind England’s Oscar Bilbao who won gold, and Jersey’s Filip Nowacki in silver.
“A 50 is always a bit of a splash and dash, you just put your head down, go hard, and focus on the finish,” said Carlisle.
“I felt like I was flying through the water today and I’m so stoked to win bronze, this is the first international medal for me and it’s just the start of my international career.”
Jasper Cornish, Amelia Bray, Kevin Zhang and the mixed 4x200m freestyle relay team also made finals.
Bray was unable to repeat her medal winning performance from yesterday, placing 8th in the 100m Freestyle final. In the men’s version of the same event Zhang placed 7th while Cornish placed 6th in the 50m Backstroke final. The New Zealand relay team placed 5th in the final race of the day.
The full New Zealand Team schedule and results are available here.
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The New Zealand Swimming Team for Trinbago 2023:
Hanna Abdou (Wharenui - Christchurch, 16)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Women’s 400m Freestyle
Women's 800m Freestyle
Mixed 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
Danielle Asiata (Howick Pakuranga - Auckland, 16)
Women’s 200m Individual Medley
Women's 400m Individual Medley
Women's 200 Freestyle
Mixed 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
Amelia Bray (TBSS Central City - Auckland, 16)
Women’s 50m Butterfly
Women's 100m Butterfly
Women's 50m Freestyle
Women's 100m Freestyle
Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Caleb Carlisle (Napier Aquahawks - Napier, 17)
Men’s 50m Breaststroke
Men's 50m Butterfly
Men's 100m Butterfly
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Hope Chmiel (Vikings - Christchurch, 17)
Women’s 200m Backstroke
Women's 200m Individual Medley
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Jasper Cornish (Coast - Auckland, 16)
Men’s 50m Freestyle
Men’s 50m Backstroke
Men's 100m Backstroke
Larn Hamblyn-Ough (Coast - Auckland, 17)
Men’s 200m Butterfly
Men's 400m Freestyle
Men’s 1500m Freestyle
Mixed 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
Harrison Klouwens (TBSS Central City - Auckland, 17)
Men’s 50m Freestyle
Men's 100m Freestyle
Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Charlotte Parmenter (Jasi - Christchurch, 15)
Women’s 50m Freestyle
Women's 100m Freestyle
Women's 100m Backstroke
Women's 50m Butterfly
Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Kevin Zhang (Roskill - Auckland, 16)
Men’s 100m Freestyle
Men’s 200m Freestyle
Men’s 100m Breaststroke
Men’s 200m Individual Medley
Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Mixed 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay
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