Always first at the poolside, quiet and relaxed while she’s waiting to get in the water, she shares a smile and a hello with each swimmer as they arrive.

It’s hard to know where to start with Emma and her achievements but her performances at the North West Masters (Blackpool) and Wales Open Masters (Swansea) are worth looking at.

Two meets and six swims; Emma won every race she entered and while doing so managed to break three British records and one European record; all records that had been set by her previously.

“I suppose I must have a bit of a competitive streak”, she smiles.

Six and a half hours swimming each week with running, cycling and weights on top must have something to do with her success but Emma doesn’t share much about her approach as she contemplates a move up in categories to the 40-44 years age group.

“I don’t have a special diet and I do like pizza.”

You can probably eat what you like when you do as much exercise as Emma but nevertheless, these recent swims are just the latest in several record breaking years and with a new age group on the horizon, Emma is setting her sights on a new set of records to be broken.

The results:

24th February North West Masters Meet at Blackpool (short course)

Race	Time	Old Record	Place	European Record	British Record	Meet Record	PB
400 FR	4.28.23	4.31.51	1st		YES	n/a	YES
1500 FR	17.26.96	17.34.75	1st	YES	YES	n/a	YES
800 FR SLIPT	9.14.70	9.15.72	1st		YES	n/a	YES

3rd & 4th March Swim Wales Open Masters Meet at Swansea (long course)

Race	Time	Old Record	Place	European Record	British Record	Meet Record	PB
100 BK	1.11.43		1st			YES	YES
200 FR	2.14.49		1st			YES
400 FR	4.37.04	4.39.41	1st		YES	YES	YES
1500 FR	18.01.17	17.57.14	1st