Award Winners
2023 REGIONAL EMERGING SWIMMER OF THE YEAR WINNERS
PARA-SWIMMING
Erin Knox (SZRWN)
MAKOS
Brooke Bennett (VIKCB)
HARLEQUINS
Summer Osborne (NSSAK)
AQUAKNIGHTS
Monique Wieruszowski (AQBTR)
ALLSTARS
Finn Harland (CAPWN)
2024 World Aquatic Sport Champs (Doha, Qatar)
Artistic Swimming NZ
Nina Brown
Evie Grace Caple
Eva Grace Morris
Jennifer Russanov
Diving NZ
Nathan Brown
Elizabeth Roussel (Lizzie Cui)
Liam Stone
Frazer Tavener
Arno Lee
Swimming NZ
Caitlin Deans
Summer Osborne
Laticia-Leigh Transom
Kane Follows
Luan Grobbelaar
We are immensely proud of the NZ Swimming team, in particular, Erika Fairweather, Lewis Clareburt, Eve Thomas and the other members of the Womens’ 4 x 200m Free relay team, Caitlin Deans, Summer Osborne and Laticia-Leigh Transom, all of who have qualified for Paris Olympics in July.
The Artistic Swimming duet of Eva Morris and Nina Brown also achieved qualification for Paris. Evie Grace Caple will also travel as their reserve.
Award Winners
The New Zealand Swimming Alumni have awarded scholarships thanks to the money raised from the Legends Relay, Alumni Investments and our amazing sponsors.
We are proud to share with you our sponsored athletes below.
2022 EMERGING SWIMMER OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Congratulations to the the winners of the Norma Williams Cup and Don Stanley Scholarship.
Norma Williams Cup
NZ Emerging Swimmer of the Year 2022
JOSHUA WILLMER (PUKWK)
Don Stanley Scholarship
Domestic based Emerging Swimmer 2022
JOSHUA WILLMER (PUKWK)
PARA-SWIMMING
JOSHUA WILLMER (PUKWK)
MAKOS
OLIVER LUTTON (AQGCB)
AQUAKNIGHTS
KEIRA ALLOTT (MTMBP)
ALLSTARS
MILAN GLINTMEYER (KWiMW)
HARLEQUINS
SUMMER OSBORNE (NSSAK)
USA Tour
Sam Brown
Cooper Morley
Gina McCarthy
Chris Elson
Melissa Cowen
Liv Peebles
Jack Hendy
Molly Shivnan
NZ Swimming Alumni Scholarships
Congratulations to the following New Zealand representative swimmers who have been selected to swim at the 2022 FINA World Champs. All these athletes have been awarded a NZ Swimming Alumni Scholarship.
Andrew Jeffcoat
Mya Rasmussen
Michael Pickett
Cameron Gray
Ruby Heath
Caitlin Deans
Chelsey Edwards
Laura Littlejohn
Para-Swimmers
LiLi-Fox Mason (WHACB)
Makos
(Nelson Marlborough, Canterbury West Coast,
Otago, Southland)
Hope Chmeil (VIKCB)
Allstars
(Wellington, Manawatu)
Sam Brown (CAPWN)
2021 15th FINA World Short Course Champs
Abu Dhabi, UAE Scholarship
Laura Littlejohn
April 2021 Swimming
Scholarships
Zac Reid
CARINA DOYLE
2019 18th FINA World Swimming Champs
Gwangju, Korea
& SNZ Altitude Camp
Corey Main
Matt Stanley
Daniel Hunter
BradleE Ashby
Corina Doyle
Hayley McIntosh
Wilrich Coetzee
Jonathon Rutter
Zac Reid
Helena Gasson
Caitlin Deans
2019 FINA World Junior Champs
Budapest, Hungary
Michael Pickett
Brearna Crawford
Erika Fairweather
Zac Dell
Quinton Hurley
Amadika Atkinson
Luan Grobbelaar
2018 PAN PACIFIC Champs Swimming Team Tokyo
Daniel Hunter
lewis clareburt
emma Robinson
MatT Scott
CHarlotte Webby
2018 FINA JUNIOR
OPEN WATER
Hannah Blackwood
2017 EMERGING SWIMMER AWARDS
Zac Reid
Michael Pickett
Chelsea Edwards
Hannah Bates
Celyn Edwards
2019 World University Games
and other Meets
Mario Koenigsperger
Eve Thomas
Bayley Main
Daniel Hunter
Zac Dell
Quinton Hurley
Jonathan Rutter
Kane Follows
Thomas Watkins
2018 YOUTH OLYMPIC Champs
Swimming Team
ZAC REID
MICHAEL PICKETT
ERIKA FAIRWEATHER
GinA GALLoWAY
2023 World Aquatic Sport Champs
(Fukuoka, Japan)
Josh Gilbert
Hazel Ouwehand
Carter Swift
Luan Grobbelaar
Summer Osborne
Chelsey Edwards
Ruby Heath
NZ Artistic Swim Team
2022 FINA World Short Course Champs, Melbourne, Australia
Congratulations, to the following New Zealand representative swimmers have been awarded a NZ Swimming Alumni Scholarship.
Kane Follows
Mya Rasmussen
Hazel Ouwehand
Zac Dell
Luan Grobbelaar
Ruby Heath
Esme Patterson
George Williams
Ben Littlejohn
Rebecca Moynihan
Emma Godwin
Summer Osborne.
2021 Emerging Swimmer of Year Winners
Congratulations to the the winners of the Norma Williams Cup and Don Stanley Scholarship.
Norma Williams Cup
NZ Emerging Swimmer of the Year 2021
Laura Littlejohn (STPWK)
Don Stanley Scholarship
Domestic based Emerging Swimmer 2021
Laura Littlejohn (STPWK)
2020 EMERGING
SWIMMER WINNERS
Congratulations to the the winners of the Norma Williams Cup and Don Stanley Scholarship.
Norma Williams Cup
NZ Emerging Swimmer of the Year 2020
MICHAEL PICKETT (PUKCO)
Don Stanley Scholarship
Domestic based Emerging Swimmer 2020
MELISSA COWEN (NSSAK)
Congratulations to the winners of the Zone Emerging Swimmers of the Year.
MAKOS
(Nelson Marlborough, Canterbury West Coast, Otago, Southland)
TAIKO TOREPE-ORMSBY (WHACB)
ALLSTARS
(Wellington, Manawatu)
SAM BROWN (CAPWN)
AQUAKNIGHTS
(Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay/Poverty Bay)
BEN LITTLEJOHN (STPWK)
HARLEQUINS
(Northland, Auckland, Counties Manukau)
MELISSA COWEN (NSSAK)
MICHAEL PICKETT (PUKCO)
PARA-SWIMMER
ELLA BENN (SELCB)
2019 EMERGING
SWIMMER WINNERS
Congratulations to the the winners of the Norma Williams Cup and Don Stanley Scholarship.
Norma Williams Cup
NZ Emerging Swimmer of the Year 2019
EVE THOMAS (CSCAK)
Don Stanley Scholarship
Domestic based Emerging Swimmer 2019
GINA GALLOWAY (NSSAK)
Congratulations to the winners of the Zone Emerging Swimmers of the Year.
HARLEQUINS
(Northland, Auckland, Counties Manukau)
GINA GALLOWAY (NSSAK)
EVE THOMAS (CSCAK)
AQUAKNIGHTS
(Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay/Poverty Bay)
GEORGINA MCCARTHY (HAMWK)
ALLSTARS
(Wellington, Manawatu)
LUAN GROBBELAAR (KWIMW)
MAKOS
(Nelson Marlborough, Canterbury West Coast, Otago, Southland)
QUINTON HURLEY (JASCB)
PARASWIMMER
ELLA BENN (SELCB)
2019 FINA WORLD
Diving Champs
Nathan Brown
Liam Stone
Lizzie Cui
Shaye Boddington
Yu Qian Goh
Anton down Jenkins
2018 WORLD SHORT COURSE
CHAMPS SWIMMING TEAM
BradleE Ashby
Hayley McIntosh
Caitlin Deans
Paige Flynn
Vanessa Ouwehand
Wilrich Coetzee
Ciara Smith
Gina McCarthy
Daniel Hunter
2023 World Junior Champs
(Netanya, Israel)
Monique Wieruszowski
Finn Harland
Milan Glintmeyer
Zoe Pederson
Summer Osborne
Brooke Bennett
NZ Swimming Alumni Scholarships
Congratulations to the following New Zealand representative swimmers who have been selected to swim the 2022 Mare Nostrum Circuit. All these athletes have been awarded a NZ Swimming Alumni Scholarship.
Gina McCarthy
Sam Brown
Kane Follows
Zac Dell
George Williams
Louis Clark
Wilrich Coetzee
Emma Godwin
Hazel Ouwehand
Kylee Jackson
Lea Meullner
Aimee Crosby
Aqua Knights
(Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki,
Hawkes Bay/Poverty Bay)
Laura Littlejohn (STPWK)
Harlequins
(Northland, Auckland, Counties Manukau)
Cameron Gray (NSSAK)
2020-2021 Summer Scholarships
Erika Fairweather
Andrew Jeffcott
Caitlin Deans
Brearna Crawford
Zac Dell
Hayley McIntosh
Ben Littlejohn
Emma Godwin
Laura Littlejohn
Bradlee Ashby
Michael Pickett
Vanessa Ouwehand
Georgina McCarthy
Tyler Tapper
Tyron Henry
Eve Thomas
Chelsey Edwards
Lochlainn O'Connor
Quinton Hurley
Luan Grobbelaar
Laticia-Leigh Transom
Mario Koenigsberger
Ruby Matthews
2019 Para Swimming
World Champs
Jesse Reynolds
Chris Arbothnott
Tupou Neiufi
2019 World Champs
Synchro Swimmers
Nina Brown
Eva Morris
Madeleine Pastor-Pasi
Isobel Petit
Ali Robertson
Zyleika Smith
Karlina Steiner
Alessandra Ward
Arielle Wilkes
Eden Worsley
2018 JUNIOR PAN PACS
Swimming Team
Suva
Hannah Bates
Chelsea Edwards
Eve Thomas
Tyron Henry
AMaDIKA ATKINSON
THOMAS WATKINS
QUINTON HURLEY
GRETA AGNEW
KYLA ALEXANDER
CIARA SMITH
GINA MCCARTHY
MATTHEW HOLDER
LOCHLAINN O’CONNOR
PADDY BAYLIS
2018 EMERGING
SWIMMER AWARDS
HARLEQUINS
(Northland, Auckland, Counties Manukau)
MICHAEL PICKETT (NSSAK)
GINA GALLOWAY (NSSAK)
AQUAKNIGHTS
(Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay/Poverty Bay)
LOCHLAINN O’CONNOR (GREBP)
ALLSTARS
(Wellington, Manawatu)
THOMAS WATKINS (CAPWN)
MAKOS
(Nelson Marlborough, Canterbury West Coast, Otago, Southland)
ERIKA FAIRWEATHER (NEPOT) Winner of Norma Williams Cup
(NZ Emerging Swimmer of the Year 2018)
PARASWIMMER
TUPOU NEIUFI (HPKCO)
2018 FURTHER SWIMMING
SCHOLARSHIPS
Julian Layton
Emma Robinson
Helena Gasson
Testimonials
“Thank you so much for supporting me, it helps a lot towards the expenses of mare Nostrum. Thanks.”
“I am extremely grateful to be a recipient of this scholarship.
Please pass on my thanks to the Swimming NZ Trust board.
Mare Nostrum is going to be an incredible experience for me - and your financial support is much appreciated.”
“My thanks goes out to the New Zealand swimming trust for giving me this scholarship. It will definitely go to good use and will help immensely.
I am very appreciative.
Thanks again.”
“I would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you for your ongoing generous support. This has been an immense help to myself and my family to help support me in reaching my goals.
Thank you again.”
“I am currently on my last days of MIQ and have had a chance to reflect on the past 3 months. Being away from home to avoid lockdowns and continue training was a huge task in the midst of a pandemic but we did it and learnt a lot along the way. I was able to watch world records fall, train with champions and meet some awesome people. I even reached a few goals of my own.
Thank you for the Scholarship award towards preparing for and competing at the 2021 World Short Course Champs. It helped make it possible to travel a week earlier and experience training with the Speedo Swim Squads in Dubai and compete at a second meet. I realise it has not been an easy financial year, so I appreciate the continued support from the New Zealand Swimming Trust. Wishing you a happy new year.”
“Thank you and the rest of the Alumni for your support, this will be extremely helpful toward the costs of the camp and efforts to qualify for the Olympics.”
“Thank you so much! I am so grateful for support from the NZ Swimming Alumni and am very excited for the next steps over the next few months.”
“Thank you so much for awarding me this scholarship! It is going to be beyond helpful to support my swimming. ”
“Thank you so much! This is greatly appreciated and I am so grateful with your continued support.”
“Thank you so much for selecting me to be the recipient of this award. It means so much to me because it helps me believe in myself more and reassures me that people do think that I can reach my goal of becoming a Paralympian. The $500 that come with the award is extremely useful in helping with the costs of travel to the big meets that I am working towards so thank you again. Attached is the information you needed.”
“Again, I would like to thank you for supporting my endeavours in the swimming world.
Financial assistance such as grants from the NZ Swimming Alumni truly does assist my family and myself. Not only does it allow me to follow my dream, but it also relieves the financial pressure on my family.
Rest assured that this grant will be put to good use. Ngā mihi.”
“Really excited to be representing Swimming New Zealand at the upcoming Pan Pacific champs in Tokyo, Japan! Would just like to say a massive thank you to New Zealand Swimming Alumni for their continued support on my journey.”
“Thank you so much for another year of financial support. It is hugely appreciated and will help out a lot for the Mare Nosturm trip.”
“Thank you for the birthday wishes and a massive thank you for the scholarship. The financial hardship is always hard to come by so I appreciate the help in getting me to Mare Nostrum to compete.
Fingers are crossed for success over in Mare Nostrum and I hope to continue with your support in future. ”
“Please know that your financial support would help me a lot. I have, and continue to, accrue a lot of expenses and I want to make sure that I have enough funds to allow me to continue training for another 4 months until NZ Opens.”
“First of all, just want to give a huge thank you to you and the Swimming New Zealand Trust! After a very challenging year this financial support is greatly appreciated. I love what you’re doing for our sport and for other athletes like myself who are working towards their dreams :) ”
“Thank you for this support. It is greatly appreciated and especially since it has been a difficult fundraising year for the NZ Swimming Trust.”
“Thank you so much for the support it means a lot especially with everything that has gone on this year!!!”
“Thank you so much for both the nomination and the awards! It definitely lifted my mood during this challenging time.
Hope you are all well and staying safe. Also yes those bank details are correct. Once again, thank you very much.”
“Thank you very much! I’m extremely honoured and grateful to be the shared recipient for the Harlequin region this year. Thank you very much again!”
“Thank you very much for selecting me as the Aquaknights Emerging Swimming of the Year 2019.”
“Thank you very much for this privilege.”
“A huge thank you to the NZ Swimming Alumni for your continued support of my swimming. I had a very successful NZ Opens qualifying for the World Championships in the 200 IM.
I look forward to competing next month and hope to make New Zealand proud.
Once again, thank you so much for the scholarship. It enables me to continue to be the best swimmer I can be.”