Over the final two weekends in May, 18 York City Swimmers competed at the Swim England NER Championships.

This event for many swimmers is the highest level meet of the season and is fiercely competitive. It was a fantastic achievement for the club to have an increased number of age group qualifiers and finalists at this years event.

As the event was also in the national qualifying window, we saw a number of swimmers improve on their national ranking and subsequently qualifying for the British or English Summer National Championships taking place in July and August.

Unfortunately the Youth Championships was rescheduled which conflicted with GCSE and A Level exams. This resulted in a smaller number of York swimmers attend than who qualified.

Summary of Results:

18 swimmers, 113 swims, 30 finalists/top 10 places,
9 medals, (3 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze)
55 personal best times

Medallists:

Mollie Garratt: 3 Gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Ella Cowan: 1 Gold, 2 bronze
Thomas Scholefield: 1 bronze

Other Finalists: (placed 4-10)

Ella Cowan, Beth Gibbons, Thomas Scholefield, Emily Robson, Megan Kirkman, Kimberley Thompson, Mollie Garratt, Eleanor Howcroft