York City Baths Club

Middlesbrough Open Meet  

Press Report  

The competition at Middlesbrough Open Meet was again top class with some swimmers having just returned from competing at the Commonwealth Games.  There were many National age group and youth champions competing which resulted in some excellent performances. York swimmers returned with 6 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze and a total of 48 top eight finishes. Andrew Burns 12yrs strengthened his position at the National Age Group Championships with another qualifying time in the 200m freestyle. Brother Chris Burns 15yrs put in an outstanding performance in the 100m breaststroke as he claimed his place at this years National Youth Championships.

Andrew collected a total of 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze. His golds came in the 200m butterfly, 200m breaststroke and 200m Individual Medley. Silvers came in the 100m butterfly and the IM skins final with bronze in the 100m and 200m freestyle,  100m breaststroke and 200m backstroke. He also finished 4^th in the 100m backstroke. Alice Lawrenson 16/over took gold in the 200m backstroke and silver in both the 100m backstroke and 200m breaststroke. She also finished 4^th in the 100m breaststroke and 8^th in the 100m freestyle. Anna Atkinson-Smith 11yrs had a busy weekend taking top eight finishes in 9 events. She took gold in the 200m breaststroke, silver in the 100m breaststroke and finished 4^th 100m and 200m backstroke, 5^th 100m butterfly and 200m freestyle, 6^th 200m IM and  7^th 100m and 400m freestyle. Hannah Petts 15yrs collected gold in the 100m breaststroke, 5^th in the 100m butterfly and 7^th place in the 200m freestyle and 200m IM. Tom Jackson 15yrs took silver in the 200m breaststroke and 5^th place in the 200m butterfly. Sophie Glasby 13yrs had a silver in the 200m backstroke, 7^th 400m freestyle and 8^th 100m breaststroke. Jordan Foster 10yrs continues to improve as he  took bronze in the 200m IM, 5^th 200m butterfly, 6^th 200m freestyle and 8^th 200m backstroke.

Top eight finishes also came from;  Chris Burns 4^th 100m butterfly, Tom Bartram 4^th 100m and 200m breaststroke, Alex Fowler 4^th 200m breaststroke, Jennifer Hodgson 6^th 100m breaststroke,  Rachel Eastaugh 6^th 100m freestyle, Sophie Edmonds-Allen 6^th 100m breaststroke, Nick Boaz 5^th 100m breaststroke, Aaron Perry 8^th 100m and 200m breaststroke and Michael Feetenby 8^th 100m and 200m backstroke.

Personal best performances also came from; Alice Carty, Lucy Recchia, Xavier Edmonds-Allen, Simon Duston, Kate Garnett, Hannah Garnett, Laura Briggs, Kirsty Smith, Suzy Parrott,  Katie Mitchell,  Rachael Webster and Sebastian Dobson.

Alan Sunderland

Coach

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