HAQ - Hamilton Aquatics NZ

03/06/2026

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01/06/2026

A fantastic night in the pool on day two of the Fuji-Shizuoka Para Swimming World Series in Japan, with our New Zealand team collecting five medals across the open and youth categories. How good?! 👏🚀

Open medals
🥈Silver – Jess Johnstone (St Peter's) – women's 100m breaststroke
🥉Bronze – Cameron Leslie (Whangarei) – men's 50m backstroke

Youth medals
🥇Gold – Rylee Sayer (Hamilton Aquatics) – women's 400m freestyle
🥇Gold – Jess Johnstone (St Peter's) – women's 100m breaststroke
🥉Bronze – Rylee Sayer (Hamilton Aquatics) – women's 100m breaststroke

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01/06/2026

Well done Rylee!!!!!

Another podium finish for Rylee Sayer (Hamilton Aquatics) at the Fuji-Shizuoka Para Swimming World Series in Japan!🥈

Sayer claimed a youth silver medal in the women's 50m freestyle overnight, continuing a strong run of performances at the meet 👏🇳🇿

22/05/2026

🇳🇿 TRI SERIES SELECTION 🇳🇿

Congratulations to Quinn and Orlando on their selection to the NZ Tri Series Team heading to Australia this July!

An outstanding achievement for both athletes, who will proudly fly the NZ colours and show some HAQ flair on the international stage.

Your Hamilton Aquatics whānau is proud of you both — go well team!

17/05/2026

What an incredible achievement for our Hamilton Aquatics whānau 💥

A massive congratulations to Alyssa Lawson, Arie Riley, Orlando Hardie and Mat Wooffe on their selection to represent New Zealand at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships 🇳🇿🔥

Another huge congratulations to Rylee Sayer on selection for the Para Pan Pacific Team — an outstanding reward for all the hard work and dedication shown throughout the season ⚡

To top it off, Alyssa Lawson has also been nominated for selection by the NZ Olympic Committee for the Youth Olympic Games👏🏽

We are incredibly proud to see our athletes representing both Hamilton Aquatics and New Zealand on the international stage.💙 CONGRATULATIONS!!!

17/05/2026

Final night done & dusted at NZ Champs 💥

Another massive night for Hamilton Aquatics with finals appearances, PBs and medals across the board.

🥇 Gina — 200IM Final — 2:18.86
🥈 Ariella (17-18 Age Group) 200IM Final 2:22.29

🥉 Orlando (17-18) — 50 Fly Final — 24.85

Alyssa (17-18) — 50 Free Final — 26.21

🥇 Rylee — 50 Free Multi-Class Final — 34.35
🥈 Quinn — 50 Free Multi-Class Final — 29.90
Melissa — 50 Free Multi-Class Final — 44.17

🥉 Pippa, Gina, Arie & Alyssa — 4x100 Medley Relay — 4:19.75

Ethan — 100 Back Final — 58.33

Earlier in the day during heats:

⚡ Orlando — 50 Fly — 25.01 PB
⚡ Ethan — 50 Fly — 25.47
⚡ Holli — 50 Free — 27.70
⚡ Indy — 50 Free — 28.59
⚡ Poppy — 800 Free — 9:38.45 PB
⚡ Neave - 200 Breast

So many finals, relay performances, medals and personal bests from the crew this week.

16/05/2026

An amazing night watching NZ legends race against each other 🏊‍♂️⚡
The atmosphere was absolutely buzzing, especially in honour of our own legend Coach Aly.

The night delivered some ripper swims, PBs and medals across the board for HAQ - Hamilton Aquatics NZ

🥇 Gina – 400m IM Final
⏱️ 4:52.85 — PB

🥉 Ariella – 400m IM Final
⏱️ 5:00.87 — PB

🏅 Melissa – 50m Breaststroke Final
⏱️ 1:07.09 — PB

🥈 Pippa – 50m Backstroke Final (17-18 Yrs)
⏱️ 30.05 — PB

🥈 Orlando – 100m Freestyle Final (17–18 years)
⏱️ 50.99

🏅 Quinn – 100m Freestyle Final
⏱️ 1:04.35 — PB

🥉 Holli, Indiana, Ariella & Georgina – 4x200m Freestyle Relay
⏱️ 8:40.38

Ethan – 100m Freestyle Final
⏱️ 52.75

Rylee – 100m Freestyle Final
⏱️ 1:17.33 — PB

An awesome evening of racing from our athletes, to wrap up the 2nd to last day of Opens. Thank you Swimming New Zealand and thank you all Volunteer officials.

See you pool side whānau🙌🏽

15/05/2026

🔥 NZ Open Championships – Night III Finals🔥

Another amazing night in the pool last night for the HAQ crew, and some quality racing and more PBs on the board 💥

100m Freestyle Women
• Alyssa — 57.61 PB ⚡
• Holli — 58.97 PB ⚡

50m Backstroke Women
🥇 Melissa — 53.51 GOLD + PB ⚡

50m Butterfly S7 Women
🥈 Rylee — 35.89 SILVER + PB ⚡

⚡ Last day today with -
400IM Arie and Gina
50m Breast Melissa
50m Back Pippa
100 free Ethan, Orlando, Rylee, Melissa & Quinn

Let's get it team.
If you are pool side and have any photos of the team please send them through💚💙

14/05/2026

🔥 Hamilton Aquatics Results – NZ Opens Finals 🔥

🥇 Rylee - 100m Fly
Multi-Class Final
Time: 1:22.40
Seed: 1:24.82
➡️ PB by 2.42 🔥

🥉 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Relay Team
Ethan
Orlando
Alyssa
Gina
3rd Place – 3:37.48

Relay Splits:
• Ethan – 52.10 (Seed 53.03) ➡️ PB by 0.93
• Orlando – 50.33 (Seed 51.08) ➡️ PB by 0.75
• Alyssa – 56.50 (Seed 57.66) ➡️ PB by 1.16
• Gina – 58.55 (Seed 58.67) ➡️ PB by 0.12

🥉 Melissa– 200m Freestyle Women Multi-Class Final
Time: 3:41.23
Seed: 3:44.25
➡️ PB by 3.02
Placed 3rd

Orlando – 100m Butterfly Men Final
Time: 54.82
Seed: 55.10
🥉 Bronze 17-18 Age Group medal
➡️ PB by 0.28
Placed the overall

Gina – 100m Backstroke Women Final
Time: 1:03.82
Seed: 1:03.61
➡️ 0.21 outside PB
Placed 7th

Pippa– 100m and 200m Backstroke Women Final
🥉 Bronze 17-18 Age Group medals in both races👏🏽

Alyssa – 200m Freestyle Women Final
Time: 2:04.42
Seed: 2:05.58
➡️ PB by 1.16
Placed 8th

Holli – 200m Freestyle Women Final
Time: 2:06.60
Seed: 2:07.65
➡️ PB by 1.05
Placed 10th

Arie – 200m Freestyle Women Final
Time: 2:07.04
Seed: 2:12.75
➡️ Huge PB by 5.71
Placed 11th

Another awesome night for HAQ with PBs rolling in and two bronze medals added to the tally ⚡

14/05/2026

🔥 NZ Champs Finals Night ✌🏽 🔥

Good luck to all our Hamilton Aquatics swimmers racing tonight at the 2026 New Zealand Championships! 💚💙

🏊‍♀️ 6:04pm – 200m Freestyle Women B Final
Holli

🏊‍♀️ 6:07pm – 200m Freestyle Women A Final
Alyssa

🏊‍♂️ 6:12pm – 50m Freestyle Men C Final
Ethan

🏊‍♂️ 6:13pm – 50m Freestyle Men B Final
Orlando

🏊‍♀️ 6:18pm – 200m Freestyle Women Final
Melissa

🏊‍♀️ 6:32pm – 100m Backstroke Women B Final
Pippa

🏊‍♀️ 6:34pm – 100m Backstroke Women A Final
Georgina

🏊‍♂️ 6:42pm – 100m Butterfly Men A Final
Orlando

🏊‍♀️ 6:45pm – 100m Butterfly Women Final
Rylee

🏊‍♂️ 7:47pm – 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Relay Final
Ethan
Orlando
Alyssa
Gina

📺 Watch live:
https://www.youtube.com/live/A-fHKESWZY0?si=YT-cy40IPcwd6gDB

And to everyone watching live tonight — if you catch one of our athletes on the medal podium, send us a photo of the medal ceremony! 🥇📸

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