The National Summer Meet is Swim England’s biggest domestic swimming event of the year and provides an opportunity for those who just missed out on qualifying for the British Summer Championships to compete against the best swimmers in England from the spring 2023 season.
BSSC had four swimmers invited to the 2023 Summer Meet, first timer Dylan Davenport (14 yrs), second timer Jago Derrington (17 yrs), and two seasoned pros in the 17/Over category, Lucy Wheeler and Niamh James.
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Dylan wasn’t daunted by his first National level competition and obtained personal best times in every race, narrowly missing the Men 13/14 Yrs 50m Freestyle final coming 11th in 25.91 seconds and securing 10th in the 100m Freestyle final (56.71 heats, 56.46 final).
Jago got personal best times in the Men 17 Yrs 50m Backstroke (15th in 29.10 secs) and the 100m Backstroke (9th in heat 1:01.73 and final 1:01.78), but his best race was the 200m Backstroke where he won his first National level competition medal, taking Silver in the final with a PB of 2:13.30.
Lucy secured herself a place in the Women 17 Yrs/Over 100m Freestyle final with a season’s best time of 58.75 and came 6th in the final (58.83).
Niamh was close to her season’s best in the heats of the Women 17 Yrs/Over 200m Backstroke (2:21.61) and secured a superb Bronze medal in the final (2:22.33).
Huge congratulations to all four swimmers for their performances.
