Just before the Olympics we had
many of our DX swimmers at Age Group and Youth and Senior National
Championships at Ponds forge. Here a brief run down of how the Long Eaton based
swimmers did.
Ellé Pryce swam a 1.3 second
personal best time of 1.10.74 in the 100m Backstroke to move up the
rankings 12 places to finish in 13th place. This was Ellé’s first ever
Nationals and in the 200m Backstroke She was just outside her personal best
time but improved her ranking from 29th to 24th!
Oliver Davidson competed in the Boys
4 x 100m Free relay team.
Mischa Menzies, competing in his first ever nationals qualified
for the semi-finals of the 100m and 200m Freestyle, and the final of the 400m finishing in 10th. Setting
lifetime bests in all 3 races.
Kevin Wallbank had one of the busiest program
of all the swimmers at nationals, he swam a personal best time in the 100m Fly of
58.00 in the semi final just missing out on a final place. Kevin came 6th in the 200m Fly final, qualifying
in another personal best time of 2.05.80, taking another 3 seconds off his
time, Kevin also swam in the 200m I.M semi-finals finishing just outside the
final placings, and in the 200m Breaststroke final and finished in 7th.
Even after all of this he still managed to come and compete at our club
championships showing the younger swimmers what they could achieve through hard
work.
Kevin
and Mischa also swam in the 4 x 200m Free relay
Breaststroker Danny Anderson did a personal
best in the 100m Breaststroke of 1.06.20 and claimed another personal best in
the 200m Breaststroke.
Hannah Jones Competed
in the 100m and 200m fly reaching the semi final in the 100 and finishing 10th
in the final of the 200m.
Tyler-Anne Black competed in the 50m free and
in the Girls 4 x 100m Free relay
Jess Cross competed in the 4 x 200m Free relay team.
Robert Abraham who trains with
Bob in J2 competed in the multi Disability events under Nova Centurion for the
50m and 100m free.
