At short-course championships that saw 13 swimmers qualify for world short-course championships in Manchester next April, New Zealand swimmers emerged from the pool in Waitakere City sporting eight new national records. Among them, the 10-year-old 800m freestyle record of 1996 double Olympic (200, 400m free) champion Danyon Loader - now in the hands of Robert Voss.

Jan Cameron, head coach, is quoted by her national federation as saying that she is 'delighted' with progress eight months out from the Beijing Olympic Games. 'We raised the bar and the swimmers really responded. I am delighted. I thought we might get up to 10 swimmers through but to qualify 13 is outstanding. It's important that we continue to challenge our swimmers and to lift our standards in line with world times,' said Cameron.

Those NZ Open records:

Cameron Gibson              100m Freestyle                 48.17

Hayley Palmer                   100m Freestyle                 54.36

Helen Norfolk                    400m IM                              4:34.09

Melissa Ingram                 200m Backstroke              2:06.26

Glenn Snyders                  100m Breaststroke          59.82

Helen Norfolk                    400m Freestyle                 4:05.93

William Benson                 50m Butterfly                    23.78

Robert Voss                       800m freestyle                  7:52.73

Callum Joll                           50 Backstroke                    24.63

The team for the FINA World s/c Championships:

Dean Kent (100m Individual medley, 200m IM, 400m IM)

Moss Burmester (100m butterfly, 200m butterfly)

Corney Swanepoel (100m butterfly)

Helen Norfolk (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 400 IM)

Melissa Ingram (400m freestyle, 200m backstroke)

Zoe Baker (50m breaststroke)

Glenn Snyders (50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke)

Daniel Bell (200m backstroke)

Hayley Palmer (100m freestyle)

Cameron Gibson (100m freestyle)

Robert Voss (400m freestyle)

Andrew McMillan (200m butterfly)

Liz Coster (100m backstroke)