Swim form 'devastating'

Wairarapa swimmers were in devastating form at the Capital City Ford Classic carnival held in Wellington on Saturday.
Up against formidable opposition from Wellington-based clubs, members of both the Carterton and Masterton clubs rose to the challenge and five of the 10 individual age-group swimmers were winners.
Bella Biggs of Carterton was involved with Madaleine Thomas of Swimzone Racing in an epic struggle for honours in the girls' 10-11yrs section, with Biggs taking the spoils by a solitary point, 72 to 71, and just four points behind in third place was Michelle Sasse of Swimzone. Biggs also set what should be confirmed as a new Wairarapa long-course record for her age-group when she won the 400m individual medley in 5m 44.41s, a record previously held by Sophie Foote.
Taylah Mawson of Carterton was dominant in the girls' 12-13yrs section, her 82 points being 32 more than runner-up Josie Kozyniak of Capital, while Rebeka Rzmanova of Masterton was clearly the most versatile performer in the girls' 14-15 years division. She tallied 76 points there, with second-placed Claudia Simpson of Capital on 47 points.
Masterton's Sven Tobias headed the boys' 12-13 years grade with 61 points, well clear of runner-up Conor Bowron of Capital on 49 points, while the boys' 14-15 years overall title was a battle between two Wairarapa swimmers, Joe Hammond of Carterton and Ben Ruback of Masterton, Hammond taking first place with 73 points and Ruback second with 64 points.
A highlight of Saturday's meet was the resurrection of the Wheel of Pain, an event contested by the top 10 swimmers over a distance and stroke decided by random draw. It was staged as a 200m butterfly and saw Isaac Foote of Masterton score an impressively comfortable win.
Wairarapa swimmers to place in the first three in their respective events were:
400m freestyle: girls 10-11 years, Bella Biggs (Carterton) 2; girls 12-13 years, Taylah Mawson (Carterton) 1; girls 14-15 years, Emma Brown (Masterton) 1; boys 12-13 years, Svan Tobias (Masterton) 2, George Sims (Masterton) 3; boys 14-15 years, Ben Ruback (Masterton) 1; boys 16 years and over, Isaac Foote (Masterton) 2;
200m breaststroke: girls 10-11 years, Emma Samuel (Masterton) 3; girls 12-13 years, Taylah Mawson 1; girls 14-15 years, Tessa Foote (Masterton) 3; boys 12-13 years, Logan Barham (Carterton) 3; boys 14-15 years, Joe Hammond (Carterton) 1.
100m backstroke: girls 10-11 years, Bella Biggs 2; girls 14-15 years, Katrina Simmonds (Carterton) 2; boys 9 years and under, Dallas Swaneveld (Carterton) 2; boys 12-13 years, Sven Tobias 2; boys 14-15 years, Joe Hammond 1, Ben Ruback 2.
200m individual medley: girls 12-13 years, Taylah Mawson 2; girls 14-15 years, Rebeka Rzmanova (Masterton) 1; boys 14-15 years, Joe Hammond 2. 100m butterfly: girls 10-11 years, Bella Biggs 3; girls 14-15 years, Rebeka Rzmanova 1; boys 14-15 years, Ben Ruback 3; boys 16 years and over, Isaac Foote 1.
200m freestyle: girls 9 years and under, Kate Sims (Masterton) 3; girls 10-11 years, Bella Biggs 1; girls 12-13 years, Taylah Mawson 2; boys 9 years and under, Dallas Swaneveld 2; boys 12-13 years, Sven Tobias 1; boys 14-15 years, Ben Ruback 3; boys 16 years and over, Isaac Foote 2.
400m individual medley: girls 10-11 years, Bella Biggs 1; girls 12-13 years, Taylah Mawson 1; girls 14-15 years, Rebeka Rzmanova 1; boys 12-13 years, Sven Tobias 3; boys 14-15 years, Joe Hammond 2, William Hamilton (Masterton) 3; boys 16 years and over, Isaac Foote 1.
200m backstroke: girls 14-15 years, Rebeka Rzmanova 1, Emma Brown 2; boys 14-15 years, Joe Hammond 1, Ben Ruback 2.
100m freestyle: girls 10-11 years; Bella Biggs 2; girls 14-15 years, Rebeka Rzmanova 2; boys 12-13 years, Sven Tobias 3; boys 16 years and over, Isaac Foote 3.
200m butterfly: girls 10-11 years, Charlotte Hamill-Harris (Masterton) 3; girls 12-13 years, Katherine Williams (Carterton) 2, Taylah Mawson 3; boys 14-15 years, Ben Ruback 1.
100m breaststroke: girls 10-11 years, Bella Biggs 2; girls 12-13 years, Taylah Mawson 1; boys 9 years and under, Dallas Swaneveld 2, Oliver Donaldson (Masterton) 3; boys 14-15 years, Joe Hammond 2;
Wheel of Pain: boys open 200m butterfly, Isaac Foote 1.
Individual placings for Wairarapa swimmers in their age groups on an overall basis were:

Girls 9 years and under: Kate Sims (Masterton) 5. Boys 9 years and under: Dallas Swaneveld (Carterton) 3, Oliver Donaldson (Masterton) 4. Girls 10-11 years: Bella Biggs (Carterton) 1, Emma Samuel (Masterton) 7, Charlotte Hamill-Harris (Masterton) 11, Meg Anderson (Masterton) 13, B.Sims (Masterton) 19. Boys 10-11 years: Sam Hammond (Carterton) 9, Brodie Semmens (Masterton) 21, Joshua Reasants (Masterton) 24. Girls 12-13 years: Taylah Mawson (Carterton) 1, Katherine Williams (Carterton) 11, Emma-Lee Rainbird (Masterton) 18, Claudia Wildman (Carterton) 23, Teysha Deal (Masterton) 27 equal, Katie Conway (Masterton) 27 equal , Zoe Flack (Featherston) 31. Boys 12-13 years: Sven Tobias (Masterton) 1, George Sims (Masterton) 10, Logan Barham (Carterton) 12, Cameron Ravenwood (Masterton) 14. Girls 14-15 years: Rebeka Rzmanova (Masterton) 1, Emma Brown (Masterton) 4, Katrina Simmonds (Carterton) 5, Tessa Foote (Masterton) 19. Boys 14-15 years: Joe Hammond (Carterton) 1, Ben Ruback (Masterton) 2, William Hamilton (Masterton) 7, Kaden Saywell (Carterton) 18. Girls 16 years and over: Grace Hammond (Carterton) 4. Boys 16 years and over: Isaac Foote (Masterton) 2.