Swim England National Winter Championships

Well done to all our 15 swimmers who qualified for Swim England’s Nationals Winter Championships which were held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield last week, Thursday to Sunday.

Georgie Pryor (27) came away with bronze medals in the 100m backstroke (in a time of 58.79s), and in 100m butterfly in 58.02s. She was 4^th in the 100m freestyle B final with 54.62s, and was also 4^th in 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly. Congratulations G! 

Anna Tyers (17) also had an outstanding meet. She was 3^rd in the junior 100m backstroke in 1:01.16, just 0.02s ahead of the 4^th placed swimmer. She was 5^th in the female junior 100m freestyle final, in a personal best time of 55.94s, and 7^th in 200m freestyle.

Roman Levchenko (17) was 4^th in the junior 100m individual medley with 57.04s, and 7^th in 200m individual medley. 

Lily Freeman (18) was 8^th in the B final of the 400m individual medley.

Special mention also to Connie Bunhejee who was the fastest 14 year old at the meet in 50m and 100m butterfly 

Our other qualifiers were: 

Dylan Jamieson

Laurel Roberts-Burrell

Seb Ebanks

Cole Webster

Alex Harrand (Long Eaton and DX)

Miley Aram (Long Eaton and DX)

Eden Saint (Belper and DX)

Jaden Leo (Belper and DX)

Jacob Pemberton (Belper and DX)

Zac Drayson (Belper and DX)

Thank you to coach John Adye, attending his last meet as Director of Swimming before he steps down in January. Our very own Claire Spink was also there, working for Swim England as a volunteer helper at the medal ceremonies and the finals.