Date: Sunday
30th September
Venue:
Event: SW
Regional Masters Championships
Swindon
Dolphin sent a strong team of swimmers to the South West Regional Masters Championships
at
. The event, which was ideal preparation
for the National Championships at the end of October, saw the six-strong Dolphin team
collect a total of 22 medals, which included 18 Golds.
Dolphin’s
stand out performer was Louise
Maynard who, in addition to her four first place finishes,
achieved two personal best times, falling agonisingly short of the club record for
50m breaststroke. Dave
Gingell also clocked up two PBs on his way to a personal
haul of five medals, including three first places.
Jon
Audis reigned
supreme in his backstoke and freestyle events and nearly caused the upset of the day,
pushing British Champion and team-mate Chris
Jones all the way in the 50m breaststroke before finally
finishing runner up, one of two breaststroke silver medals for Audis. Jones
completed a clean sweep of the breaststroke events with a massive 4 second victory
in the 100m event. Coaches Andi
Manley and Steve
Cryer completed the medal haul, with Manley collecting
four Golds and Cryer winning the 50m backstroke event.
The
team’s performance also elevated them to second in the Masters Decathlon event,
with this month’s National Championships a great opportunity to close on leader’s
Haywards Heath ASC.
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Source: Swindon Dolphin Press Team
