MOMENTUM212

The MOMENTUM212 programme started in December 2006 so we're 17 months into the 67 month challenge to break every record in the country by the start of the 2012 Olympic Games - that's 11,152 records across the country! Getting information to us is obviously in the too-hard basket for the Regions but NZL is doing quite well, thank you.

We're at 273 as at the end of the World Short Course Championships. Some of the records have been broken more than once so the actual number of originally-standing records broken isn't that high. Of the 273, 179 have been age group and 94 Open. As there are seven age group categories the Open total is impressive while the age group total needs examination - not too many in the younger groupings and only 11 at this year's NAGs.

The big meets have been the most recent Nationals - 30 at last September's Spring SC, 36 at the December Summer SC, 39 at the Olym;pic trials, together with 30 at WSC.

Of the original 83 listed SC and LC Open records (one was jointly held) at the beginning of the challenge, 45 have gone including, of course, the oldest which was taken out by Kurt Bassett at the Trials. Danyon Loader's distance records look vulnerable but the women's distance records look very safe.