Tag: Lauren Boyle

  • Results not matching funding for Swimming NZ

    Results not matching funding for Swimming NZ

    Nearly nine million dollars spent in four years and two medals to show for it. That’s the meagre return on investment for Swimming New Zealand following a lean Commonwealth Games display in Glasgow that would have been disastrous if not for Lauren Boyle. New Zealand’s four-medal haul in the pool was only given weight by…

  • Lauren Boyle’s dad stuck in Siberia

    Lauren Boyle’s dad stuck in Siberia

    Lauren Boyle has yet to hear whether her father will arrive in Glasgow in time to see her opening race. Allan Boyle was on Virgin Atlantic flight VS251 from Shanghai to London which was forced to make an emergency landing in Irkutsk, Russia, after the Airbus A346 developed “a technical issue”. He and his partner,…

  • Lauren Boyle’s all work, no pool play

    Lauren Boyle’s all work, no pool play

    Laurne Boyle was so delighted with her fourth-place finish at the 2012 Olympics, she couldn’t contain her emotions. Her tearful poolside interview after narrowly missing out on a medal in the women’s 800m freestyle final was one of the most abiding moments from New Zealand competitors in London. But the North Shore athlete wasn’t going…

  • Lauren Boyle can get even quicker, says Milt Nelms

    “Horse whisperer of swimming”, as they often call him. Read stuff.co.nz Lauren Boyle’s success in the pool over the past two years has come as no surprise to renowned American swimming coach Milton Nelms. For the past 12 years, Nelms, who resides in Tasmania, has visited Christchurch’s AquaGym Swim Club, which is owned by good…

  • Swimming New Zealand have medals in their sights

    Read stuff.co.nz As expected, Lauren Boyle will head the Kiwi charge for medals in Glasgow. The three-times bronze medallist at last year’s world champs in Barcelona will contest the women’s 200 metres, 400m and 800m freestyle events and lead the 4x200m freestyle relay team. Glenn Snyders should be in the medal hunt in the 100m…

  • Record swim sends NZ women’s team to Commonwealth Games

    See video on TVNZ A record-breaking swim at the New Zealand Open Championships has seen the women’s 200-metre relay team qualify for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Emma Robinson, 19, knocked three and a half seconds off her personal best to propel her team past the notoriously tough qualification standards. Robinson’s fast finish will be…

  • New Zealand Swimming: Lauren Boyle provides highlights in pool

    New Zealand Swimming: Lauren Boyle provides highlights in pool

    Read The New Zealand Herald The 26-year-old distance freestyler lives in Whenuapai, having returned after flourishing in swimming and business studies at the University of California. She was looking forward to her holiday break – all three days of it – when the Herald caught up with her at the North Shore’s Millennium Institute. Apart…

  • CC photo #687: BCN2013 Women’s 400 Free Medal Podium

    USA’s Katie Ledecky on top of the women’s 400 meter freestyle medal podium at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Silver to Melanie Costa Scmid from Spain and bronze to Lauren Boyle from New Zealand. See the result list here.

  • Lauren Boyle talks to swimmers from Hilton Brown Swimming

    Lauren Boyle talks to swimmers from Hilton Brown Swimming

    Lauren Boyle takes time to talk to swimmers at the Hilton Brown Swimming Swim Meet. Here is a link to the photo album from that meet, back in September Post by Hilton Brown Swimming.