Wednesday 16 January 2013

Blog 1499: DX City of Derby Open Meet Report

A number of our Derventio Excel swimmers were in action at the City of Derby Open Meet over the weekend. It was a weekend of mixed success but overall our swimmers still managed to pull off some amazing PB’s.
The most notable successes were as follows:
Matt Cross continued his good form adding the 200IM and 200 Backstroke to his growing number of National Times. Matt also won the BAGCAT Award for the 12yr Boys.
Francesca Muir-Harris may only have competed in one event but she made it count by swimming a 6 sec PB to get her First ever National Time in the 200m Freestyle.
Kevin Wallbank came 3rd in the final of the 15yrs/over 100m Fly and 2nd in the 200IM Heats
Danny Anderson came 4th in the 50m breaststroke and 7th in the final of the 15yrs/over 100m Breaststroke
Hannah Jones having just returned from the Miami Training Camp pushed her jetlag to one side in order to achieve 1st place in the 15yrs/over 200m Fly and 3rd in the 15yrs/ over 100m Fly final.
The following swimmers also swam PB’s in at least one of their events; Jess Cross, Mischa Menzies, Elle Pryce and Krissy Tomlinson.