07 Aug 2016

Deepings Swimming Club was represented at the British Summer Championship by Alex Wray, Isabel Spinley andBailie Harrison, these three swimmers did an awesome job! They swam 8 events between them, made 5 Finals, brought home two medals, set 12 County Long Course Records, 9 Club Records, 11 Long Course PBs & 9 Converted PBs. The results reflect the quality of these swimmers particularly when you think about the level of competition they were in!

Alex Wray & Isabel  Spinley were on fire, breaking Club and County Long Course records in both the heats and  then again in finals.

Alex  Wray

50m Breaststroke, 50m &100m Butterfly, 50m & 200m Freestyle

Alex  Wray

Equaled his 100m Freestyle Record

Isabel  Spinley

50m, 100m & 200m Butterfly

Isabel swam really well in the 200m butterfly heats (2.19.99) and went over 2 seconds faster in the final, just missing the bronze medal. Her efforts were rewarded with a new club and county long course record.  Although she finished 13th in the 50m butterfly, she still set a new county long course record. However, Isabel saved her best event till last; she got off to a cracker of a start in 100m Butterfly finishing in 2nd place in the heats, giving her an excellent chance of a medal. In the final she powered off the blocks quite nicely just a little behind the front runner but she pushed the last 25m pretty hard, finishing in a time of 1:02.32, a life time best, which was an improvement on her morning swim. Sadly she just missed the bronze medal again, but she gave it her all, that’s all you can ask. This was an excellent set of results - Congratulations!

Alex excelled with three solid performances in the heats of the 50m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle where he made all three finals. He went on to show his true colours pacing all three races very well but his success came in the 50m Freestyle (one of his favourite events) where he managed to secure a silver medal (23.14) , which was a new club and county record too. His second best swim was in the 50m Breaststroke where he touched the wall in 3rd place to bring home a bronze in a time of 29.18 which was also another club and county record. He finished 3rd in the heats of the 100m Freestyle but despite equaling his club record it wasn’t quite good enough for a medal on this occasion, as he was touched into fourth place. A swim in the 50m Butterfly secured him another club and county record but wasn’t quite fast enough to make the final. Alex finished off the championships by swimming the 200m Freestyle. He finished 16th in a time of 1:55.53 although not a club record but it was a New Long Course County Record in the 18 years category - Congratulations! A cracking set of results!

Bailie Harrison swam the 100m Butterfly in her true gutsy style to touch the wall in a time of 1:04.48, unfortunately on this occasion it wasn’t fast enough to make the final.

The following week, Bailie, Isabel and Miki-Lin headed to the National Championships. 

15 year old Bailie was in spectacular form, swimming the 50m Butterfly where she finished in 2nd place in the heats.  In the Women’s 50m Butterfly final Bailie’s power and speed shone through but once again she touched in second place missing the gold by just 0.3 seconds. But what Bailie didn’t know was that she had been beaten by a Canadian whose swim did not count for this competition giving Bailie the Gold Medal!  What a sensational performance! Her time of 28.89 was not only a new County Long Course Record but a New Club Record too! This is a brilliant end to her season!

Congratulations to Isabel for also making another final, winning her heat in the 400m IM, just missing out on a medal touching 4th in the final. 

And to Miki Lin-Gao who also swam in this week’s National Summer Championships.

View the full results from British Champs and Summer Nationals here



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