At the recent County Swimming Championships, five of Lancing’s swimmers collected 34 age group medals plus six junior Championship medals between them. Swimmers were Damian T, Grace S, Hannah E, George C, James R, Ben B and Archie N. George, James and Archie achieved an exciting gold, silver and bronze in the 100m freestyle final. They also achieved first, second and third in the Boys’ 14 years age
group ‘top swimmer award’, with George collecting 7,438 championship points, James 7,209 and Archie 6,203. George won ten gold, eight silver and two bronze, and broke the boys 800m county record. James picked up 10 silver, four bronze and won gold in the last final of the championships.
Lancing Girls’ Captain Hannah E secured gold in the women’s 1500m freestyle and silver in the 800m freestyle, both remarkable achievements considering that Hannah is not only training hard but also studying diligently for her A Levels, having been offered a place to study at Cambridge later this year.
Ben B performed brilliantly to place fourth in arguably the toughest event, the 200m butterfly. Grace gained a bronze in the Girls’ 14 years 1,500m and despite sustaining an injury, displayed real courage storming through to take bronze in her final event, the 100m butterfly. Grace finished sixth overall in a very competitive age group.
George, James and Hannah are now highly ranked nationally, and are looking to achieve British Championship and National qualifying times over the next few weeks, with Archie and Grace getting closer to competing at Nationals all the time.
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