Wairarapa's young star sets fastest time in NZ

Wairarapa's Bella Biggs was again the star of first-session action on the second day of the national junior swimming championships being held simultaneously in Wellington, Hamilton and Christchurch over the weekend. She was fastest in New Zealand for the girls under 10yrs 50m backstroke with a time of 36.67s and again in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2m 52.94s.
This followed her sensational form on Saturday.
Biggs, from Greytown, was competing in the girls 10yrs and under age group and twice clocked the best in the country, in the 100m freestyle with her time of 1m 9.77s and then in the 200m freestyle where she clocked 2m 33.50s.
On both occasions it was North Shore swimmer Yeonsu Lee who filled the runner-up spot and there was little in it, Lee registering 1m 09.90s for the 100m and 2m 33.66s for the 200m.
Biggs didn't stop there though. She was also second fastest in New Zealand in the 50m butterfly (35.89s) and the 100m backstroke (1m 20.08s) and third fastest in the 50m breaststroke (44.36s). In all five events she returned the best time for the Wellington meet, which was attended by swimmers from the central region.
Another of the Wairarapa team to achieve a best time for the central region was Carterton's Taylah Mawson when she clocked 3m 0.9s for the girls 12yrs 200m breaststroke. That effort also placed her fourth over the whole of the country.
Wairarapa-based swimmers results:
Girls 12yrs and under 400m Individual medley: Taylah Mawson (Carterton) 5m 58.10s 16, Asher Rayner (Masterton) 6m 19.21s 25.
Girls 10yrs and under 50m breaststroke: Bella Biggs (Greytown) 44.36s 3, Emma Samuel (Masterton) 49.46s 23.
Girls 12yrs 100m butterfly: Jaimee Hicks-Wilton (Carterton) 1m 19.53s 21.
Boys 11yrs 200m backstroke: Kendall Peterson (Carterton) 2m 51.85s 13.
Girls 11yrs 100m butterfly: Teysha Deal (Masterton) 1m 21.80s 10.
Girls 12yrs 200m backstroke: Asher Rayner (Masterton) 2m 55.22s 30.
Girls 10yrs and under 100m freestyle: Bella Biggs (Greytown) 1m 09.77s 1.
Girls 11yrs 100m freestyle: Teysha Deal (Masterton) 1m 12.66s 19.
Girls 10yrs and under 200m freestyle: Bella Biggs (Greytown) 2m 33.50s 1.
Girls 11yrs 200m freestyle: Teysha Deal (Masterton) 2m 37.20s 15.
Boys 11yrs 200m freestyle: Kendall Peterson (Carterton) 2m 35.83s 18.
Girls 10yrs and under 50m butterfly: Bella Biggs (Greytown) 35.89s 2, Emma Samuel (Masterton) 41.02s 31.
Girls 11yrs 50m butterfly: Teysha Deal (Masterton) 36.05s 17.
Girls 12yrs 50m b/fly: Ruby Fisher (Greytown) 34.74s 25, Jaimee Hicks-Wilton (Carterton) 34.76s 27.
Boys 12yrs 50m butterfly: Cameron Ravenwood (Masterton) 35.62s 38.
Girls 10yrs and under 200m breaststroke: Emma Samuel (Masterton) 3m 43.96s 31.
Girls 12yrs 50m breaststroke: Taylah Mawson (Carterton) 40.96s 20.
Girls 10yrs and under 100m butterfly: Emma Samuel (Masterton) 1m 44.13s 18.
Girls 12yrs 200m breaststroke: Taylah Mawson (Carterton) 3m 00.90s 4.
Girls 10yrs and under 100m backstroke: Bella Biggs (Greytown) 1m 20.08s 2.
Boys 11yrs 100m backstroke: Kendall Peterson (Carterton) 1m 21.13s 12.
Girls 12yrs 100m backstroke: Emma-Lee Rainbird (Masterton) 1m 22.37s 47.
Boys 12yrs 100m backstroke: Cameron Ravenwood (Masterton) 1m 20.56s 24.