Running soon after the Aquatics GB Summer Championships is the Swim England National Summer Meet, where the next batch of fastest swimmers are invited to compete. Invites are again based on qualifying swims from Level 1 (Long Course) meets in a defined March-May window and this year nine current BSSC swimmers were fast enough to receive invites to compete.
Brandon MacDonald-Williams kicked off the BSSC campaign in great style, finishing 9th in the 16yrs 1500m freestyle and shaving ten seconds off his own BSSC club record in the process (17:30.05)! A few days later he was back in record breaking time, this time taking nearly 4 seconds off his 800m freestyle record to finish 15th in his age group (9:06.33).
Ella Greatbatch was our top finisher overall, taking Gold in the 50m breaststroke final (33.89) and Silver in the 100m breaststroke final where she also broke her own club record with a time of 1:14.71.
Fourteen year old Molly Greatbatch was our youngest competitor and performed superbly at her first National level event, finishing 14th in the 14/15yrs 200m breaststroke (5th fastest 14 year old) and 29th in the 100m breaststroke.
Dylan Davenport (15yrs), Emma Fields (18/Over) and Lucy Wheeler (18/Over) all had great swims to reach finals in their age groups. Dylan was 7th in the 50m butterfly final and 22nd in the 100m butterfly; Emma was 10th in the 50m butterfly final and 17th in the 100m butterfly; whilst Lucy was 6th in the 100m freestyle final.
Congratulations also go to Laura Burgess (18/Over) who was 11th in the 50m freestyle, Jakey Hayes (17yrs) 18th in the 200m backstroke and Lauren Gore (18/Over) 29th in the 50m breaststroke.
