West Norfolk Swimming Club were represented by a team of 9 swimmers at the British Summer Championships and Swim England Summer Championships this summer.
Nathan Wells kicked off proceedings for West Norfolk with a season’s best in the British 50m Backstroke, before he was back in the water to achieve more season’s best performances and final qualification times for the English 200m and 400m IM events, finishing 7th overall in both. These accolades were followed by further season best times and final qualifications in the 100m and 200m Backstroke events, finishing 4th and 6th in the respective finals.
Millie Harris started her events with a PB time in the British 50m Butterfly, this saw her through to the final where she finished in the third place medal spot with another PB time. Millie also took to the water for the English 100m Fly and 200m IM.
Freddie Laws swam a season’s best time to qualify to the British 200m Breaststroke final, where he finished 10th, before finishing 14th in the English 100m Breaststroke event.
More final positions came from Finlay Ryan, who qualified for the English 100m Breaststroke final with a PB time, finishing 7th overall, Tobias Oglesby who swam a season’s best to qualify for the English 50m Backstroke final, finishing 7th and Jamie Wilson swimming a PB time to take him through the English 200m Butterfly final, finishing 10th overall.
Strong swims also saw Sarah O’Brien get 21st and 18th place in the English 100m and 200m Breaststroke events respectively, with a season’s best time in the 100m event, while Esmie Kidman finished 23rd in the English 1500m event.
The club was also represented in the Swim England Open Water Championships with Wiktoria Marcinek taking on the 7.5km distance for the very first time. Wiktoria was racing for 1hr 55 minutes, finishing in 19th place.
Well done to all of the qualifiers for some fantastic swims, and a special thanks to Joseph Wells, founder of Ignito Tuition, for sponsoring the national swimmers this year!
