The New Zealand Olympic Committee has announced a 12-strong swimming team for the 2012 London Olympics, one of the biggest swimming teams ever.
The announcement came at the end of the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships in Waitakere.
The team of 12 includes seven individuals and the women's 4x200m freestyle relay team.
There may be further additions with the men's 4x200 freestyle relay, women's 4 x 100 freestyle relay and the men's 4x100m medley relay awaiting final confirmation from FINA and the open water swimmers to compete in their final selection race both in early June.
The team includes eight performances currently ranked in the top 10 in the world to date this year.
Five of the seven individuals named have qualified in multiple events.
The line-up comprises 2008 Olympians Melissa Ingram, Glenn Snyders, Daniel Bell, Natasha Hind, Hayley Palmer and Lauren Boyle.
Others to step up from the Delhi Commonwealth Games team include Gareth Kean, Amaka Gessler and Penelope Marshall.
The newcomers are talented Wellington teenager Samantha Lucie-Smith and exciting 20 year old Matthew Stanley, who broke the long standing national records of Danyon Loader in the 200 and 400 freestyle to qualify.
Swimming New Zealand chairman Ross Butler says he's excited about the size and quality of the team, given it has more performances ranked in the top 10 in the world than any other New Zealand Olympic swimming team in recent times.
