Madison Walker in her first Midland Championships producing solid performances in all of her events, with her best performance being in the 100m Freestyle where she produced a 3 second long course PB.
Mimi Roberts - Also in her first midland championships, performed well and gained some notable experience at a major championships.
Sian James now at Derventio Excel but competing for Long Eaton improved as the championships went on. Qualifying in the 100/200 and 400 Freestyle. Beginning to gain confidence and making great strides in the 200 and 400 events, she improved her ranking considerably in the 200 event.
Daniel Wilson qualified in the 100 Back in his first Midlands Championships and produced a long course PB, showing great skills and good underwater, and beginning to convert his short course performances onto the longcourse scene.
Katie Sloan now at Derventio Excel but competing for Long Eaton qualified in three events. Competing in just the 100 Back, she finished 6th in the 13 years age group.
Joshua Beech was very consistent in his midland event where he qualified in the 100 free, swimming just off his PB in the outside lane, and improving his ranking.
Esther Halford now at Derventio Excel but competing for Long Eaton qualified in all the freestyle events. In what was a great championships for Esther where was she won the 800m Freestyle and claimed her first National Time. The next day she claimed bronze in the 400m Freestyle, just off the national time, and then finalled the week after in the 200 Freestyle, finishing 5th!
Congratulations to all of the relay participants and their parents who made the journey down to the Coventry Sports Centre. We really appreciate your support at these events, where you may drive down just for that one event, but the experience kids gain from these arenas is priceless. We produced by far our best relay performance ever, ranking in the Top 10 in the midland area is not an easy thing to do, and hopefully this will serve as inspiration to others.
In the second season running our prestige program, we have produced our largest number of qualifiers ever and our first champion and national qualifier. Our results are always improving, showing we have the platform at this club to produce successful swimmers in a fulfilling environment. Keep working, and the success will keep flowing!
