Regional Debuts for Laila, Amelie, Darcy and Edna
The Swim England South West Regional Swimming Championships begun at Millfield Senior School this weekend with great performances from Darcy, Edna and Amelie who made their regional debuts in the 11-12 year 50m Breastroke. Amelie, didn't compete in the county version of the event, which marks a big step up from her previous competition experience. Darcy and Edna, memorably raced in formation to gold for Darcy and fourth for Edna in the same event. For Darcy and Edna however, they are competing as 11 year olds against 12 year olds, and so repeating their county success was unlikely.
All three girls managed the occasion and achieved 1 - 1.5 second PB's in their 50m breaststroke.
Darcy finishesas the second fastest 11 year old, in the 11-12 years age group, while Edna finishes as 6th fastest 11 year old. Darcy finishes 12th overall, Amelie 17th (considering she didn’t do Devons, this is a fantastic result) and Edna 29th.
Laila Cater joined in for the second day, competing in her first regional event, the 50m Freestyle. A slightly strange start for Laila cost her, and she didn't quite hit the heights she expected of herself but, we go again in a couple of weeks in Bristol!
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