County Championships Weekend 2

On a cold, stormy Tuesday evening (14^th Jan), when the rest of the world were safely tucked up indoors, two intrepid Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club members, Kaia Phillips and Eleanor Mason headed off to Borehamwood for the 800m Freestyle event of the Swim England Hertfordshire County Championships.  The trip and the 32 length swim proved worth it as both got personal best times, with Kaia taking Gold in the 14 Yrs Age Group and Eleanor placing 8^th in the 16Yrs & Over age group.

They were back again this weekend, but this time as part of a 46 strong squad of swimmers who managed to match last weekend’s outstanding performances.  BSSC’s youngest two competitors, 10-year olds Ethan David-Tostevin and Zoe Opiyo, both reached multiple event finals and the squad added an amazing twenty four medals (8 Gold, 5 Silver, 11 Bronze) to the 23 from the weekend before.

The County finalists (50/100m events), top 8 finishers (200/400/800m events) and medallists were:

• Women 800m Free: Gold Kaia Phillips (14 Yrs), 8^th Eleanor Mason (16Yrs/Over)
• Men 50m Breaststroke: Bronze James Gisborne (15 Yrs), 4^th Bryn Couser (16Yrs/Over), 5^th Leo Suo-Saunders (12 Yrs), 6^th Oliver Gisborne (12 Yrs)
• Women 50m Back: Gold Kaia Phillips (14 Yrs) & Mia Carter (16Yrs/Over), 5^th Freya Reilly (15 Yrs), 6^th Laura Hull (15 Yrs), 7^th Kirsty Neill (13 Yrs)
• Men 50m Free: Bronze Callum Cox (14 Yrs – Ware) & James Gisborne (15 Yrs), 6^th Ethan David-Tostevin (10/11 Yrs), 7^th Leo Suo-Saunders (12 Yrs)
• Women 50m Free: Silver Alice Longman (13 Yrs), Bronze Kaia Phillips (14 Yrs), 5^th Zoe Opiyo (10/11 Yrs) & Lilian Opiyo (14 Yrs), 6^th Meisha Trend-Evans (14 Yrs)
• Men 200m Free: 4^th Callum Cox (14 Yrs) & James Gisborne (15 Yrs), 6^th Tain Phillips (12 Yrs), 7^th Jago Derrington (14 Yrs) & Mehdi El Mansar (16Yrs/Over), 8^th Brandon Macdonald-Williams (12 Yrs)
• Women 200m Breast: Gold Kirsty Neill (13 Yrs), 7^th Hannah Robinson (12 Yrs)
• Women 50m Breast: Silver Kirsty Neill (13 Yrs), Bronze Alice Longman (13 Yrs) & Lauren Gore (14 Yrs), 8^thCatherine Clune (12 Yrs)
• Men 50m Fly: Gold Callum Cox (14 Yrs), Bronze Callum Davis (16Yrs/Over), 8^th Ethan David-Tostevin (10/11 Yrs)
• Women 100m IM: Gold Kirsty Neill (13 Yrs), Silver Millie Fields (16Yrs/Over), Bronze Kaia Phillips (14 Yrs), 4^th Jessie Fields (14 Yrs), 8^th Zoe Opiyo (10/11 Yrs)
• Men 100m IM: Bronze Leo Suo-Saunders (12 Yrs), 6^th Tain Phillips (12 Yrs), 7^th Callum Davis (16Yrs/Over)
• Women 200m Free: Gold Kaia Phillips (14 Yrs), Bronze Alice Longman (13 Yrs) & Millie Fields (16Yrs/Over), 5^th Meisha Trend-Evans (14 Yrs), 8^th Zoe Opiyo (10/11 Yrs) & Lilian Opiyo (14 Yrs)
• Men 200m Breast: Gold James Gisborne (15 Yrs), Silver Bryn Couser (16Yrs/Over), 5^th Oliver Gisborne (12 Yrs) & Nick Botha (16Yrs/Over)
• Women 400m Free: Silver Kaia Phillips (14 Yrs), 4^th Kirsty Neill (13 Yrs)