Running soon after the Aquatics GB Next Gen 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 seven current BSSC swimmers were fast enough to receive invitations to compete.
Thirteen year old Summer Miller was our youngest competitor and performed superbly at her first National level event, reaching the finals for both of her races. She finished in 9th place in the 100m Fly, before going onto win bronze in the 200m Fly on the final day of the event.
Rose Conday continued her successful form from the previous week. She competed in the 200m Freestyle, where she finished 14th out of 38 swimmers. She then PB’d in the 100m Backstroke heats and secured her place in the Final with a time of 1:07.54 – before going onto take Silver in the Final with another PB of 1:06.41! She also finished 6th in the 50m Backstroke Final.
Ella Greatbatch reached the Final of the 17 years 200m Breaststroke, where she finished 4th (very narrowly missing out on a medal by 0.04 seconds) with a time of 2:44.98 – a personal best and taking nearly three seconds of her heats time.
Niamh James competed in the 18/over category; a personal best time of 1:06.54 secured Niamh a place in the 100m Backstroke Finals, where she finished in 9th place. A further PB in the 200m Backstroke Final secured Niamh a Bronze medal with a time of 2:22.23. She also competed in the 200m Individual Medley, where she finished 12th in the heats.
Congratulations also go to Edie Foster who was 21st out of 44 swimmers in the 100m 14/15 Freestyle heats with a PB of 1:01.24, Molly Greatbatch who was 14th in the 50m Breaststroke and 11th out of 44 swimmers in the 100m Breaststroke heats, Brandon MacDonald-Williams who finished 13th in the 17 years 1500m Freestyle, and Jake Lloyd who qualified for the Open Water National Championships where he finished 11th in the 7.5km in the 19/over category.
