BSSC had three swimmers in the 27 strong Swim England Hertfordshire team that competed at the National Inter County Championships on Sunday 6th October 2019 in Sheffield.
This Championship starts the competitive short course (25m) season for many of the swimmers taking part and is one of the highlights of the age group calendar with more than 900 swimmers competing from 36 counties, all proudly wearing their county’s colours, including body paint! The championships is split into two divisions, with 20 teams in Division 1 and 17 teams in Division 2, including Hertfordshire who finished 10th overall.
Millie Fields was 2nd in the 14/15 years 100m freestyle (58.20), Kaia Phillips was 3rd in the 12/13 years 100m backstroke (1:07.74), whilst Alex Catton finished in 12th place in the 16/17 years 100m backstroke (1:00.17). Millie also competed in the most exciting event of the night, the 6x50m Freestyle Squadron relay, where SE Hertfordshire finished in 6th place.
Both Alex and Kaia were awarded the Most Valuable Boy and Girl Swimmer Awards by the two Hertfordshire coaches, based on the outstanding performance, behaviour and team spirit!
