At the start of half term, nearly 70 BSSC swimmers aged 9-19 years old, 3 coaches, including head coach Benoit, and countless supporters headed to Basildon for the BSPC Autumn County Qualifier open meet. The entire squad represented BSSC superbly over the two days, putting in lots of great times and strong performances in their first Open meet of the season, and bringing back 79 fabulous pumpkin themed medals (26 Gold, 24 Silver and 29 Bronze). The 9 and 10 year olds collected lots of PBs but were up against tough opposition for medals, whilst in the 11 year old group, Imogen Tang was the only medallist – Bronze in the 50m Freestyle with an outstanding PB and County Qualifying Time.
Other medallists were:
- 12 years: Alice Longman (Bronze 50m/200m Breast, 100m IM, 100m Fly), Emma Fields (Silver 100m Back), George Grimwood (Silver 100m IM, Bronze 50m/100m Back, 100m Free), George Taylor (Bronze 100m IM), Kirsty Neill (Gold 200m Breast, Silver 50m Breast, 100m/200m IM)
- 13 years: Fergal Barry (Bronze 100m IM), Grace Mason (Gold 200m Fly), Jess Fields (Gold 50m Fly, Silver 100m IM, 100m Fly), Kaia Phillips (Gold 50m/100m/200m Free, Silver 400m Free), Lauren Gore (Silver 50m/200m Breast, Bronze 100m Breast), Leanne Suo-Saunders (Bronze 100m Back), Lilian Opiyo (Gold 100m IM, Silver 100m Free, Bronze 50m/200m Free), Sam Carter (Bronze 100m Back).
- 14+ years: Alex Catton (Gold 50m/200m Back, Bronze 100m Free), Eleanor Mason (Silver 200m/400m Free, Bronze 100m Free), Freya Reilly (Bronze 200m Back), Hannah Morgan (Bronze 50m Breast), Jess Penkul (Gold 200m Fly, Bronze 100m Fly), Mehdi El Mansar (Gold 200m Free), Mia Carter (Gold 50m Fly, 100m Free), Millie Fields (Gold 50m Free, 100m Breast, 100m IM, 100m Fly, 50m Back, Silver 200m IM), Sami Zemzami (Gold 200m Fly, Silver 100m Fly, Bronze 50m Fly, 200m Free), Nellie Eastland (Silver 200m Back, Bronze 50m Fly, 100m/200m IM, 200m/400m Free), Niamh James (Gold 100m Back, 200m IM, Silver 50m/100m Fly, 100m Free, 100m IM, Bronze 50m Free), Nick Botha (Gold 200m/400m IM, Silver 200m Fly), Sarah Carroll (Silver 50m Free, Bronze 100m Breast), Tom Ogden (Gold 50m/100m Fly, 100m Free, Silver 200m/400m Free).
Congratulations to all swimmers on their great performances.
