News posted on Saturday 10th June, 2023

Athletes dig deep on day 4 of Global Games

Luka and Joseph outdoors in swim gear and Virtus lanyards, giving thumbs up

See also our dedicated story about Alfie Linn’s table tennis performances.

Another sweltering day in Vichy France for our swimmers, temperatures hitting 39 degrees and the pool water over 31 degrees.

Jack Bugler dug deep to finish his 1500 metre Freestyle event just over 3 seconds shy of his NZ record. Joseph Blake made a massive improvement in his 200 metre Individual Medley time, taking more than 15 seconds off his entry time. Bailey Conlon achieved 13th place in the 50m Breaststroke in a highly competitive II1 class.

Rylee Sayer, our youngest team member at 14 years old, swam with determination, finishing 14th in her 100m Freestyle event. Again, a highly competitive II1 Women’s class.

Both Melissa Donoghue in II2 and Genevieve Watson in II3 made finals in their respective Women’s 100m Freestyle events.

Luka Willems (second from right) with the UK relay team

Luka Willems was welcomed to the GB relay team for the Men’s II2 4x50m relay.

In athletics, Joshua Lush competed in his first event – long jump heats – earning his place in the final with a 5th place finish.

Athletics results
Date	Event	Athlete	Results
Thursday - 8 June	16.30pm (2.30am NZST) - Long Jump Qualifications (II1)	Joshua Lush	5th (qualified for fina
Friday - 9 June	9am (7pm NZST) - Long Jump Final (II1)	Joshua Lush	4th

Swimming Results
Date	Event	Athlete(s)	Results
Monday - 5 June Morning Session (7pm to 10.09pm Monday NZST)	M - 200m Backstroke	Lance Dustow	Final - 5th
	M - 100m Breaststroke	Joseph Blake Jack Bugler Bailey Conlon	13th PB 25th 24th
	W - 100m Breaststroke	Rylee Sayer Genevieve Watson	24th Final - 4th
	M - 50m Butterfly	Bailey Conlon Lance Dustow Finn Russ	34th PB 35th Final - 8th
	W - 50m Butterfly	Melissa Donoghue	35th
	M - 800m Freestyle	Jack Bugler Tate Pichon	16th 20th
Monday - 5 June Evening Session (3am to 6.14am Tuesday NZST)	M & W - 200m Backstroke (II1 + II2 + II3)	Lance Dustow	5th
	M & W - 100m Breaststroke (II1 + II2 + II3)	Genevieve Watson	4th
	M & W - 50m Butterfly (II1 + II2 + II3)	Finn Russ	8th
Tuesday - 6 June Morning Session (7pm to 9.51pm Tuesday NZST)	M - 200m Freestyle	Jack Bugler Bailey Conlon Lance Dustow Tate Pichon Finn Russ Luka Willems	26th 36th 10th 12th Final - 8th 19th
	W - 200m Freestyle	Rylee Sayer Melissa Donoghue Genevieve Watson	19th Final - 7th Final - 8th
	M - 50m Backstroke	Lance Dustow Tate Pichon Finn Russ Luka Willems	Final - 8th 10th 9th 19th
	W - 50m Backstroke	Genevieve Watson	Final - 6th
Tuesday - 6 June Evening Session (3am to 6.21am Wednesday NZST)	M & W - 200m Freestyle (II1 + II2 + II3)	Finn Russ Melissa Donoghue Genevieve Watson	8th 7th 8th
	M & W - 50m Backstroke (II1 + II2 + II3)	Lance Dustow Genevieve Watson	8th 6th
Wednesday - 7 June Morning Session (7pm to 9.12pm Wednesday NZST)	M - 100m Butterfly	Lance Dustow	10th
	M - 50m Freestyle	Joseph Blake Jack Bugler Bailey Conlon Lance Dustow Tate Pichon Finn Russ Luka Willems	23rd PB 36th 37th 14th 16th 9th 24th
	W - 50m Freestyle	Melissa Donoghue Rylee Sayer Genevieve Watson	13th 17th Final - 8th
Wednesday - 7 June Evening Session (3am to 6.48am Thursday NZST)	M & W - 100m Butterfly (II1 + II2 + II3)
	M & W - 50m Freestyle (II1 + II2 + II3)	Genevieve Watson	8th
Thursday - 8 June Morning Session (7pm to 11.20pm Thursday NZST	M - 100m Freestyle	Jack Bugler Bailey Conlon Lance Dustow Tate Pichon Finn Russ Luka Willems	32nd 34th 14th 16th 11th 22nd
	W - 100m Freestyle	Melissa Donoghue Rylee Sayer Genevieve Watson	Final - 7th 14th Final - 7th
	M - 50m Breaststroke	Joseph Blake Bailey Conlon Luka Willems	17th PB 13th DSQ
	M - 200m Medley	Joseph Blake Luka Willems	17th + PB 18th + PB
	W - 200m Medley	Melissa Donoghue Genevieve Watson	10th DSQ
	M - 1500m Freestyle	Jack Bugler	12th
Thursday - 8 June Evening Session (3am to 6.08am Friday NZST)	M - 1500m Freestyle	Jack Bugler
	M & W 100m - Freestyle (II1 + II2 + II3)	Melissa Donoghue Genevieve Watson	7th 7th
	M & W 100m - Freestyle (II1 + II2 + II3)
	M & W 100m - Freestyle (II1 + II2 + II3)
Friday - 9 June Morning Session(7pm to 10.38pm Friday NZST)	M - 200m Breaststroke
	W - 200m Breaststroke	Rylee Sayer Genevieve Watson	9th 2nd
	M - 100m Backstroke	Lance Dustow	Final - 5th
	W - 100m Backstroke	Melissa Donoghue	12th
	M - 400m Freestyle	Jack Bugler Lance Dustow Tate Pichon	16th 10th 8th
	W - 400m Freestyle	Rylee Sayer Melissa Donoghue Genevieve Watson	8th 8th DNS
Friday - 9 June Evening Session (3am to 5.27am Saturday NZST)	M & W - 200m Breaststroke (II1 + II2 + II3)	Genevieve Watson	DNS
	M & W - 100m Breaststroke (II1 + II2 + II3)	Lance Dustow	5th