Over the course of the past two weeks fourteen swimmers from the National Squad have been in action at the two summer national championships. Please click read more to see the report from the championships.
British Summer Nationals
Six individual swimmers from National Squad competed at the British Summer Championships in Glasgow between 23rd-28th July in 17 events over the six day meet. There were also four relay teams who qualified in the relay events with all of them racing in the 14/16 years age group. In order to qualify, individual swimmers had to be in the top 24 in Britain and the teams in the top 30 at the end of the national qualifying window.
Individuals
Heats
6 Swimmers
Ella Fisher, Ella Stabler, Emily Robson, Jason Robson, Mollie Garratt, Nathan Bunkle
17 Swims
4 PBs
3 Finalists in 7 Finals
Ella Stabler (400 IM, 200 Back)
Jason Robson (100 Free, 200 Fly 200 IM)
Mollie Garratt (50 & 100 Back)
Finals
7 Swims
3 PBs
Conversion (Heat to Final) – 5/7 (71%)
2 Medals – 2 Bronze
Ella Stabler Bronze (200 Back)
Jason Robson Bronze (200 IM)
Teams
4 Swims
Boys 14/16 4 x 200 Free (Jason Robson, Harris Lister, Nathan Bunkle, Toby Mayfield)
Girls 14/16 4 x 100 Free (Emily Robson, Ella Stabler, Mia Boyle, Mollie Garratt)
Boys 14/16 4 x 100 Free (Jason Robson, Harris Lister, Nathan Bunkle, Toby Mayfield)
Girls 14/16 4 x 100 IM (Mollie Garratt, Emily Robson, Beth Gibbons, Ella Stabler)
4 PBs (from qualifying time achieved at Regional Championships in May)
Swim England National Summer Meet
The final competition of the season for the YCBC swimmers was the Swim England National Summer Meet taking place from Wednesday 31st July to Sunday 4th August in Sheffield. Ten swimmers from National Squad qualified and competed. In order to qualify, swimmers had to be in the top 20 English athletes who were outside of the top 24 in Britain from the qualifying window between the start of March and the end of May.
Heats
10 Swimmers
Charlotte Deniz, Emily Robson, Ella Stabler, Jason Robson, Mia Boyle, Mollie Garratt, Neola Thorpe, Simon Robson, Thomas Scholefield, Toby Mayfield
14 Swims
5 PBs
5 Finalists in 8 Finals
Ella Stabler (400 Free, 100 Back, 100 Free)
Jason Robson (50 Free)
Mollie Garratt (50 & 100 Free)
Neola Thorpe (50 Fly)
Simon Robson (200 Breast)
Finals
8 Swims
7 PBs
Conversion – 7/8 (88%)
4 Medals – 2 Silver / 2 Bronze
Ella Stabler 2 Silver (100 Back & 100 Free) 1 Bronze (400 Free)
Jason Robson – Bronze (50 Free)