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Round-up for May 19, 20, 21
Nine
youngsters from Boston Swimming Club tested their talents against strong
opposition. The select contingent, under the supervision of club coach Ian
Wells, travelled to tackle three days of action in the London Borough of
Enfield Open Meet. And several creditable performances were turned in across
more than 40 separate events.
Best
moments saw outright wins in four events. Two of these went to Ben
Pogson in the boys’ 14-15 years 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke, the
latter seeing him set a personal best time of 2 minutes 14.74 seconds. Rebecca
Price won the girls’ 12-13 years 200m freestyle. And Laura Swain achieved
success with victory in the girls' 100m breaststroke, setting a new best time
of 1.25.05 in winning her qualifying heat en route to the final.
There were numerous other top eight positions recorded.
Patrick Ikhena, swimming in the 12-13 years category, was highly placed in
six of his events, the most prominent displays being second in the 200m
breaststroke (PB of 2.57.40) and third in the 100m breaststroke. His other
feats included fourth spot in the 100m butterfly, sixth in the 200m freestyle
and seventh in both the 200m individual medley and 100m freestyle (the latter
featuring a 1.02.97 PB in his qualifying heat).
Sam Wright (12-13 years) was runner-up in the 100m breaststroke, fourth in
the 100m freestyle (PB of 1.02.74) and fifth in the 200m IM.
Ross West (12-13 years) came third in the 400m IM (PB of 5.41.24), fifth in
the 200m butterfly and eighth in the 200m backstroke.
Zak Lomas (12-13 years) achieved third place in the 1500m freestyle while
Alex French's best result was fourth place in the 200m butterfly in the same
age range section.
In addition to his two event success, Ben Pogson (14-15 years) was also
second in the 1500m freestyle (PB of 17.10.28) and third in the 200m
breaststroke.
Rebecca Price had a busy schedule and claimed five other excellent results in
addition to her previously mentioned win. In her 12-13 section, she was
second in each of the 800m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 100m breaststroke
events - the latter featuring a 1.23.76 PB in her qualifying heat. Third
place was her reward in the 400m freestyle and she also came sixth in the
200m IM.
Leah West’s best performance was sixth place in the 50m freestyle for the
15-plus age range with a 31.44 seconds PB as an added bonus.
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Round-up for May 13
Third place return for
A-team
There was a third place finish for Boston
Swimming Club’s A team in their latest Lincolnshire League meet.
The contest, staged at the Meres Leisure centre in Grantham saw the principal
action revolve around the squads from Boston, South Lincs and Cleethorpes and
District.
Boston battled hard to keep up with the pace, but
in the end their 204 points total was 23 adrift of top spot.
Cleethorpes claimed the victors' spoils while South Lincs were second on 210
points.
Several swimmers achieved heat wins for Boston.
For the boys' contingent, successes went to Ben Marshall (open 100m
freestyle), Ben Pogson (14-and-under 100m freestyle, 14-and-under 100m
backstroke) and Reuben Reed (10 years 50m freestyle).
Wins for the girls went to Rebecca Price
(14-and-under 100m freestyle, 14-and--under 100m butterfly), Laura Swain
(12-and-under 50m breaststroke).
In addition, further victories went to the boys'
and girls' 14-and-under medley relay teams, boys' open 4 x 25m freestyle,
boys' open 4 x 50m freestyle, boys' 14-and-under 4 x 50m freestyle,
and girls' 4 x 50m medley relay squads.
Individual personal best times went to the following: Ben Marshall, Sadie
Haines, Ben Pogson, Laura Swain (2), Jessica Murfin, Joshua Teague,
Molly Wright, Tony Hamshaw, Rebecca Craven, Abigail Teague, Rebecca Price and
Patrick Ikhena.
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Round-up for May 6
Fenland action at the
double
Two teams representing Boston Swimming Club
contested another action schedule in the Fenland League. The A squad travelled
to King’s Lynn and won their five-team competition. And the B team, at the
Geoff Moulder Leisure Pool complex, took fourth place in their evening's
programme.
The A side began in decisive fashion with success in the boys' and girls’
under-12s 100m individual medley events for Henry Careless and Molly Wright
respectively. From that point, Boston never looked back - albeit only by
three points at certain stages. However, overall, the Boston squad managed to
fend off the challenge of their only real rivals, Grantham to claim the
winners' spoils - victories in the final two races by Stephanie Goodale
(13-and-under 50m backstroke) and the squadron relay team cementing their
advantage.
As the meet progressed, there were several race winners for Boston A. These
went to boys’ team members Henry Careless (12-and-under 100m individual
medley), Jordan Butler (10 years 50m breaststroke, 10 years 50m freestyle),
Jack Featherstone (11-and-under 50m butterfly), Frazer Overton (12-and-under
50m freestyle), Jack Ross (10 years 50m backstroke), Joseph Howe
(11-and-under 50m freestyle), Joshua Teague (13-and-under 50m butterfly) plus
Michael Craven (11-and-under 50m backstroke).
Girls’ heat winners comprised Stephanie Goodale
(13-and-under 50m backstroke, 12-and-under 50m backstroke and 13-and-under
100m individual medley), Molly Wright (12-and-under 100m individual medley
and 12-and-under 50m freestyle), Rebecca Craven (10 years 50m backstroke),
Kayleigh North (13-and-under 50m butterfly),
There were also heat wins for the 9 years 4 x 25m
medley relay and squadron relay teams.
Personal best times were recorded by: Henry
Careless, Molly Wright (2), Robert Price, Jordan Butler (2), Abigail Teague,
Paige Royce, Stephanie Goodale, Jack Ross, Joseph Howe, Kayleigh North (2)
and Megan Sargeant.
The B team accumulated 88 points from their 39 events.
There was a plentiful supply of second and third places as well as a single
race win achieved by Georgia Hodgkiss in the girls' 10-and-under 50m
breaststroke.
In the final outcome, the team finished ahead of Chatteris and 21 points
behind third placed Bottisham with Cambridge and Huntingdon occupying first
and second places respectively.
There were several personal best times achieved among the Boston contingent.
These went to Emma Penniston (3), Brendan Clark (2), Grace Pike (2), Georgia
Hodgkiss (3), Kieran Edmonds, Katy McDonnell-Wood, George Needham, Timothy
Johnson, Jennifer North (2), Ben Samra, Sophia Parla, Joshua McDonnell-Wood,
Andrew Watson and Matthew Coleman.
Laura earns fine victory treble
Fifteen
Boston swimmers vying for Midland qualifying times attended the West Suffolk
open meet at Bury St Edmunds. And individuals in the squad met with a fair
degree of success.
Laura Swain enjoyed a fine victory treble with successes in the girls'
11-and-under 100m breaststroke, 11-and-under 50m breaststroke and
11-and-under 200m breaststroke. For the boys, Ben Pogson was a title winner
in the 14-15 years 50m backstroke.
Runners-up performances were achieved by Zak Lomas (boys' 12-13 years 100m
backstroke and 200m backstroke), Ben Pogson (boys’ 14-15 years 100m
backstroke, 200m backstroke and 400m individual medley), Patrick Ikhena
(boys' 12-13 years 200m individual medley).
Personal
best feats went to Elvijs Roberts (2), Kimberley Van Haren, Ben Warren (3),
Reuben Reed (3), Oliver Street (3), Ben Pogson (2), Jessica Murfin (3), Zak
Lomas (2), Alex French (4), Ikhuemose Ikhena, Patrick Ikhena (4), Laura Swain
(3), Ross West (2).
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