Having competed the previous week at British Champs, Anya Preece
only had the one race at this competition, the 400IM. She made the most of it by qualifying for the final as the fastest swimmer in the 16yr age group. The final saw Anya pushed all the way by her competitor in the next lane but she was determined not to let her beat her and with a long course personal best time, she took the GOLD medal, becoming the 16 years 2019 English National Champion in the 400IM.
Will Slawson
qualified for four events at this competition and made finals in all four events. In the 200IM after storming the last 50 metres Will managed to grab bronze by 0.05 seconds. Next day was the 200 fly final which came down to three swimmers racing for the medals, Will managed to pull away in the last 15 metres to take GOLD and becoming 18&over 2019 English National Champion in the 200Fly.
Sam Neeld was another swimmer who competed all his main events at British Champs, only had the one event here the 200Free, even though he was lacking a bit of fitness, Sam still qualified for the evening's final finishing 8th.
Eve Leleux had five events and qualified for four finals, her best swim was in the 400Free, swimming a seasonal best time in the heat and qualifying for the final as the fastest swimmer. However the evening's final saw everything change with swimmers going much faster, Eve had a strong swim and with a fast last 50 metres she managed to take the bronze position with a long course personal best time and was only 0.1 second behind silver.
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Ben Scobie
this was his first National competition and he knew to stand any chance of qualifying for the final he needed to achieve a long course PB, rising to the challenge Ben achieved a three second PB in the heat and qualified for the final and finishing 9th overall in the 13/14year age group final.
Ella Thatcher Plant had two long distance events to compete in on back to back days. In the 1500m Free she achieved a seasonal best time finishing in 6th place. In the next day's event in the 17&over 800m Free event, Ella didn't swim as well as she can do but still finished in a credible 7th place.
Harriet Smith qualified for two finals during in the week and finished the last day with the 15yr age group 800m Free event, swimming a seasonal best time she finished the week off on a high taking second place and claiming that National silver medal.
Well done to all who competed, time for the summer break now to recharge and look forward to the new season starting in September.