HBPB Swimming is proud to have 72 swimmers representing our region at the New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships in Auckland.

These talented athletes will be competing for their respective schools while proudly representing the clubs they train with across Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay. We wish every swimmer the very best as they take on one of the country's premier secondary school swimming events.

Representing their various schools from the HBPB Region

CHB: Sophie Barnes, Carlos Bautista, Abigail Boyd, Paige Franklin, Ava How, Juan Macalalad, John Mananes, Elaijah Mananes, Charlie McCutcheon, Christina McCutcheon, George McCutcheon, Kate Renner, Mali Soro and Brooklyn Waihua.

COMET: Bella Barclay, Mako Fukushima-Hall, Zoe Keepa, Jahna Porter-Smyth, Celia Willoughby and Charlotte Willoughby.

Enterprise Cars Swim Team: Breana Barclay, Charlotte Gray, Maxwell Latu, Etienne Louw, Sophie Phelps, Rio Sasamoto, Lola Stewart, Kaeto Sasamoto, Harrison Sheldrake, Brooke Williams, Alyvia Williams and JC van Wyk.

Greendale: Emma Donnelly and Brooke Speers.

Heretaunga Sundevils: Arthur Betty, Thomas Birkett, Archie Cole, Ella Fritchley, Kaia Henare, Tasmin Hendricksen, Gabi Lawrence, Tiana Marsden, Levi McEntee, Liam McEntee, Katherine McEntee, George McMaster, Fletcher Neill, Payton Neill, Conall Rabbitte, Javarn Ray, Emmett Roux, Kyle Setford, Ruby Sisam, Alex Stuttle, Grace Stuttle, Braden Turei, George Wickham and Daniel Wiley.

Napier Aquahawks: Blanca Fernandez de Castillo, Phoenix Botes, Scarlett Botes, Aiden Carlisle, Maddie Heberley, Katelyn Howard, Annabelle Lott and Oscar Zhao.

Trojans: Georgia Charlton, Tamati Geary, Maggie Harper, Charlotte McLaren, Phoebe Nettle and Sam Skidmore.

We wish all of our swimmers every success at the championships. Enjoy the experience, race with confidence, support one another, and make the most of the opportunity to compete against some of New Zealand's best secondary school swimmers.

The HBPB swimming community will be cheering you on and looks forward to following your results throughout the championships. Good luck to everyone competing!