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Auckland swimmer Daniel Bell collected a gold medal on the opening night of finals at the junior Pan Pacific swimming championships in Guam.
The 18-year-old, who won multiple titles at last year's world youth championships, won the 100m backstroke title in emphatic fashion, with Wellington teammate Gareth Kean finishing fourth. North Shore's Shaun Burnett, Taranaki's Dylan Dunlop-Barrett, Rotorua's Kane Radford and
Dunedin's Phoebe Williams were the other New Zealanders who made A finals in the outdoor pool.