New Zealand's oldest swimming record is no more.
Erika Fairweather from Dunedin smashed the 400m freestyle mark for 15 year olds set by the great Rebecca Perrott in winning the age group title in Wellington on Saturday.
Fairweather, a member of Dunedin's Neptune Swim Club, recorded 4min 12.10s, way ahead of Perrott's 4min 14.7s.
Her record-breaking swim would have earned her the bronze medal in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal - where Perrott recorded the time to become New Zealand's youngest Olympian.
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