Event: South
West Age Group Regional Championships (50m)
Venue:
Date: June
9/10 & 16/17
Samantha Berry: 2 NQTs
Day
1:
On the opening
day of the first of two weekends of the South
West Age Group Regional Championships at Millfield School, 11 year old Samantha
Berry emerged as Swindon Dolphin’s star swimmer recording her first ever
National Qualifying Times (NQTs).
Berry
was
in awesome form winning gold in her age group in the 400m Individual Medley in a NQT
of 5.48.53. She then went on to secure
her second NQT of the day finishing fifth in the final of the 200m freestyle in a
time of 2.26.02.
Charlotte Pitts: Gold in 200 Freestyle
Charlotte
Pitts judged
her race to perfection taking gold in the girls’ 10 year 200m freestyle by out sprinting
Elly Clement of Millfield over the last 10 meters.
Cathal
Westman and James
Clark had to settle for silver this year in the boys’ 100m breaststroke. Westman
was beaten on the touch by Plymouth Leander’s Joe Parker by .07 of a second in an
exciting finish in the 14 year final, while Clark saw Joseph Poynter of
win gold ahead of him in his 12 year final.
In the finals
of the 200m butterfly, James
Clark was 7th in the boys’ 12 year age group and Tim Berry (14
yrs) was 5th.
The boys’
four by 100m relay quartet of Liam
Herbert (back), Westman (brs), Tim
Berry (fly) and Clark (free)
won a creditable bronze behind two of the top relay outfits in the country, Plymouth
Leander and Millfield.
Megan
Jones (12), Beth
Preston (13), Haley
Innes (13), and Long Course debutant Niall
Westman all performed very well.
Results: http://www.swimwest.org/html/results/region07a/index.htm
Source:
Dolphin Press Team
