The British Summer Championships 2018 sees a British age group record fall on the opening day of competition in Sheffield in the Men's 14 Years 100m Breaststroke.
Men’s 100m Breast
Craig Benson set new personal best time of 59.50 in the Men’s 19/Over 100m Breaststroke final and clinched the gold medal ahead of the City of Oxford swimmer David Murphy in silver who also reduced his best time to 1:01.03.
National Centre Bath swimmer Charlie Attwood reached the wall third to complete the podium line up.
Gregory Butler who represents City of Derby claimed the top spot in the 17/18 year’s final in a new personal best of the 1:01.23 and just under a second behind was silver medallist Archie Goodburn of Warrender Baths, his time of 1:02.13 was also a new personal best swim.
Bronze went to Lewis Fraser of Swansea Aquatics.
Millfield’s William Mitchell clocked a new PB in the final of the 100m Breaststroke 16 year’s final, 1:04.40 secured him the gold medal.
Rhodri Williams (Nofio Clywd) touched second for the silver medal and West Lothian swimmer John Kean lowered his best time to 1:06.22 for the bronze.
In the 15 year’s Men’s 100m Breaststroke final all three medallists went faster than their respective heats swims and each set new personal bests in the process.
Gold went to William Ellington of Millfield School his winning time was 1:05.65. Jason Robson of York City Baths Club reached ahead and took silver in 1:06.17 and bronze went to Billy Wotton of City of Oxford in 1:06.33.
After breaking the British 14 year’s age group record in the heats, Dartmoor Darts swimmer returned to claim gold in the Summer Championship final.
The silver went to Portsmouth North Sea swimmer Oliver Kettle and bronze to Harvey Freeman of Northampton.
Men’s 400m Freestyle
Nicholas Grainger (City of Sheffield) secured himself gold in his home pool in the Men’s 19/Over 400m Freestyle final.
Grainger was joined on the Summer Championships podium by teammate Samuel Budd, who touched second, and Millfield School’s Kieran Bird placed third.
In a final that came down to the very last stroke, Hatfield’s Luke Turley touched first in the 17/18 years final edging Jakob Goodman of Millfield School into the silver medal position.
Samuel Osbourne of City of Birmingham rounded off the top three for bronze.
City of Leicester’s William Bell delivered a personal best swim of 3:55.93 to take top spot in the Men’s 16 years 400m Freestyle final. Ellesmere College swimmer Charlie Hutchison and Ioan Evans of City of Cardiff claimed silver and bronze respectively.
After he progressed through to the final as the fastest 15 year old qualifier, Edward Mildred of Northampton followed it up with another strong swim and sealed himself gold in a new personal best time of 4:03.62.
Basildon Phoenix swimmer Lewis Binning flanked Mildred throughout the final and will do the same on the podium as he touched second for silver. Bronze will go home with Niall Coulthard of Sedgefield, who came from lane two to clinch the third place finish.
City of Liverpool swimmer Tyriese Smith came from lane six to steal the victory in the Men’s 13/14 years 400m Freestyle final. He lowered his previous lifetime best by almost nine seconds to set a new marker of 4:09.85 for the gold medal.
Silver went to Jacob Whittle of Derventio and the bronze medal was claimed by Michael Klimaszewski of Hatfield SC.
Women’s 200m Freestyle
National Centre Bath swimmer Georgia Coates stopped the clock first in the Women’s 19/Over 200m Freestyle and claimed centre spot on the podium.
Loughborough University’s Beth Aitchison was second to the touch for silver and bronze was claimed by Polly Holden of Nova Centurion.
A first time under two minutes for Stockport Metro’s Elizabeth Harris saw her lead from start to finish in the 17/18 Years 200m Freestyle final. 1:59.95 her gold medal winning time.
Jemima Hall of Wycombe District touched second and took silver, bronze went o Maisie Macartney of Thanet Swim.
Millfield’s Rachel Anderson took full advantage of lane four in the Women’s 16 years 200m Freestyle final, after topping the rankings in the heats she carried her form through to claim gold.
Anderson was accompanied on the podium by silver medallist Alice Thickett who came from lane eight and Anna Smail of Ellesmere College was the bronze medallist.
Mia Slevin (Derventio) reduced her 200m Freestyle personal best by more than a second to take the win in the 15 years final in a time of 2:02.59.
Northampton swimmer Betsy Wizard took second spot and Lola Davison of Newcastle Swim Team was third.
Bromley’s Tamryn Van Selm led took gold in the 13/14 years Women’s 200m Freestyle that saw top spot contested all the way to the wall. Freya Colbert of Nova Centurion who went into the final as the fastest qualifier finished with silver and Katie Shanahan rounded off the top three with bronze.
Men’s MC 200m Freestyle
Paralympic medallists Tom Hamer (S14), who trains out of the British Para-Swimming National Performance Centre in Manchester, successfully defended his Men’s MC 200m Freestyle Summer Championships title.
He amassed a point’s total of 932 in a time of 1:59.91 to claim the gold medal. Hamer was followed by a tie for second between S14 swimmers Dylan Broom of Torfaen Dolphins and Jordan Catchpole of the City of Norwich on 881 points.
Women’s MC 200m Freestyle
S14 swimmer Jessica-Jane Applegate of the City of Norwich clocked 2:07.67 and total of 874 points for the win in the Women’s MC 200m Freestyle.
Tully Kearney (S5), based at the City of Manchester Aquatics club, finished second to achieve a total of 830 points. Hatfield swimmer Louise Fiddes (S14) finished with 765 points and the bronze medal.
Women’s 400m IM
Laura Stephens of Plymouth Leander surprised herself with a personal best in the 19/Over Women’s 400m Individual Medley final, a time of 4:48.77 claimed her gold.
Orla Adams of Aberdeen Performance was the silver medallist and Melanie Hall finished with bronze, a personal best for her also of 4:54.67.
City of Sheffield’s Amy Bell topped the 17/18 year’s final after she pulled away from the rest of the field, dominating from start to finsh.
Ally Larson of Camden Swiss Cottage was the silver medallist and Daisy Anderson touched for bronze.
Amelia Monaghan, representing City of Peterborough, posted a PB of 4:51.16 for the 16 year’s age group gold. City of Leeds swimmer Rebecca Clynes touched for silver and bronze went to Michaella Glenister of Leicester Sharks.
Madelaine Hardingham of Newcastles Swim Team continued to demonstrate form, she progressed as the fastest qualifier into lane four and then took the win in the 15 year’s final of the 400m Individual Medley. A personal best swim for her of 4:53.02.
City of Birmingham swimmer Erin Davies served up a new best time of 4:54.64 for the silver medal and bronze for Betsy Wizard of Northampton SC.
Katie Shanahan of City of Glasgow claimed the gold medal in the 13/14 year’s age group in a personal best time of 4:50.69. Silver belongs to Nova Centurion’s Freya Colbert and Abigail Miles of the City of Sheffield took the bronze.
Men’s MC 400m Free
City of Derby’s Lewis White (S9) claimed the victory in the Men’s MC 400m Freestyle, a time of 4:22.63 gave him a final point’s total of 882.
Michael Jones (S7) posted a total of 845 points and a time of 4:55.22 and took the silver medal spot, with Paralympic Champion Oliver Hynd in third, a total of 826.
Women’s MC 400m Free
Hoddesdon’s Grace Harvey (S6), who is set to make her international para-swimming debut this summer, clocked a total of 870 points to claim Women’s MC 400m Freestyle gold.
Silver went to Zara Mullooly (S10) of Guildford City with 828 points and the bronze to Aberdeen Performance swimmer Toni Shaw (S9) with 807 points.
To check all the results from both the Men’s 50m Backstroke and the Women’s 50m Breaststroke finals click here.