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May 2007 |
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Round-up for May 20 Good performances at Enfield open meet Eleven members of Boston Swimming Club travelled to
compete in the annual staging of the London Borough of Enfield’s open meet.
And several good performances were forthcoming. Girls: Kimberley Van Haren: 11u 440m individual medley, second
5:55.09; 11u 100m butterfly, second (finals) 1:17.47, (prelims) 1:25.78; 11u
200m butterfly, first 3:03.51; 11u 200m IM, second 2:50.47; 11u 100m
breaststroke, first (finals) 1:28.44, first (prelims) 1:28.60; 11u 200m
backstroke, third 2:51.53; 11u 400m freestyle, first 5:19.35; 11u 100m
freestyle, fifth (finals) 1:11.79, sixth (prelims) 1:12.73; 11u 200m
freestyle, fourth 2:36.71; 11u 200m breaststroke, first 3:08.88. Laura Swain: 12-13 100m breaststroke, first (finals)
1:24.93, first (prelims) 1:25.57; 12-13 100m freestyle, fifth (finals)
1:10.00, fifth (prelims) 1:08.75; 12-13 200m freestyle, fifth 2:31.02; 12-13
200m breaststroke, second 3:04.17.
Stephanie Goodale: 12-13 400m IM, third 6:11.15; 12-13
100m butterfly, second 1:27.35; 12-13 200m butterfly, first 3:10.20; 12-13
200m IM, sixth 2:58.59; 12-13 200m backstroke, second 2:53.58. Rebecca Craven: 11u 400m freestyle, fourth 5:47.86; 11u
200m breaststroke, seventh 3:37.06. Non-top eight finishers: Rebecca Craven (11u 100m
freestyle, 11u 200m freestyle). Boys: Ben Pogson: 15-plus 50m backstroke, first (prelims)
29.51; 14-15 200m IM, first 2:19.67; 14-15 200m backstroke, first 2:13.78;
14-15 400m freestyle, second 4:26.10; 15-plus 50m butterfly, second 28.89;
14-15 100m backstroke, second (finals) 1:02.20, third (prelims) 1:07.23;
14-15 100m freestyle, first (finals) 56.57, first (prelims) 59.17. Oliver Street: 11u 100m butterfly, fourth (finals)
1:26.55; 11u 200m backstroke, fifth 3:00.93; 11u 400m freestyle, sixth
5:39.39; 11u 100m freestyle, fifth (finals) 1:17.07, fourth (prelims)
1:17.35; 11u 400m IM, fifth 6:24.86. Patrick Ikhena: 12-13 100m butterfly, first (finals)
1:06.94, (prelims), 1:09.06; 12-13 200m IM, second 2:32.83; 12-13 100m
breaststroke, first (finals) 1:19.83, first (prelims) 1:19.36; 12-13 100m
freestyle, second (finals) 59.70, second (prelims) 1:00.85; 12-13 200m
freestyle, fourth 2:14.52; 12-13 200m breaststroke, first 2:54.87. Zak Lomas: 12-13 200m IM, third 2:35.29; 12-13 200m
backstroke, first 2:26.34; 12-13 400m freestyle, second 4:42.66; 12-13 100m
freestyle, third (finals) 1:02.28, fourth (prelims) 1:02.86; 12-13 200m
freestyle, second 2:14.00; 12-13 100m backstroke, first (finals) 1:08.35,
first (prelims) 1:09.11. Sam Wright: 14-15 100m breaststroke, second (finals)
1:15.14, (prelims) 1:16.45; 14-15 200m IM, fifth 2:30.07; 14-15 200m
backstroke, fifth 2:28.93; 14-15 400m freestyle, equal fourth 4:34.83; 14-15
100m freestyle, second (finals) 59.78, fourth (prelims) 1:00.95; 14-15 200m
breaststroke, first 2:40.88. Reuben Reed: 11u 200m IM, fourth 2:51.92; 11u 100m
breaststroke, sixth (finals) 1:40.91, sixth (prelims) 1:40.46; 11u 200m
backstroke, second 2:56.73; 11u 400m freestyle, second 5:12.08; 11u 200m
freestyle, first 2:29.33; 11u 400m IM, second 5:56.99; 11u 200m breaststroke,
fifth 3:30.26. Ikhuemose Ikhena: 12-13 100m breaststroke, fourth
(finals) 1:28.38, fourth (prelims) 1:29.03; 12-13 200m breaststroke, third
3:10.67. Sam Reed: 12-13 400m freestyle, sixth 5:04.60. Non-top eight finishers: Oliver Street (11u 200m IM, 11u
200m freestyle); Ikhuemose Ikhena (12-13 200m IM); Sam Reed (12-13 200m IM,
12-13 100m freestyle, 12-13 200m freestyle); Ikhuemose Ikhena (12-13 100m
freestyle).
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Round-up for May 5-7 Mixed championship fortunes for Ben The Midland Youth Swimming Championship were held at
Coventry’s 50m pool, an event that featured Ben Pogson as Boston Swimming
Club’s lone representative. Ben started the three-day competition in somewhat flat
fashion by swimming below his best. In the 200m freestyle he was five
seconds off his best time, a standard he achieved earlier in the year. This
was supposed to be his warm-up race before his major event, the 100m
backstroke. Once again in the heats, Ben was off his best but still managed
to qualify for the evening final. He went into the final as fourth fastest
15-year-old and seeded seventh in the double 15 to 16 years age group. Ben
swam 1.7 seconds faster in the final, managing a fourth place
and was second fastest 15-year-old — but still ended somewhat
disappointed, knowing he could have won the event if swimming near
his best. On day two, after being persuaded by coach Ian Wells to
swim the 400m individual medley, Ben produced his best time in the event and
made the final which was unexpected. Ben also swam his fastest 50m freestyle,
narrowly missing out on a final place. In the final of the 400m individual medley
Ben, who went into the final seventh fastest, produced another best time and
finished sixth — but was creditably second in the 15 years age group. Coach Wells, trying to lift Ben after good day’s work,
proved to him he had swum faster than ever with a best time in a 50m
race and said there nothing wrong with the swimmer’s stamina as he finished strongly
in the 400m individual medley. Day three saw Ben fall back to the flatter form of the
opening day in the 400m freestyle. His pace for the 50m split times was slower
than the last 100m of his individual medley. This form continued into the 100m
freestyle and although below his best in the 200 backstroke, Ben
still managed to make the final for that event. For the last swim of the weekend Ben needed to
find his day two form and achieve a national time for the 200m backstroke
event. This was not to be, though. Ben only improved by half second and
finished in sixth place and third in the 15 years age group. Ben discussed with his coach what gone wrong with his backstroke.
Ian Wells explained to him that he had been trying to use power in
the stroke and had lost the fast turn-over that Ben’s backstroke is generally
all about. Hopefully Ben will return to his peak form at
Enfield when he has his last chance to qualify for the National
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Round-up for May 5-6 Tulip open meet round-up Boston Swimming Club representation was plentiful at the
annual staging of South Lincs’ Tulip open meet in Spalding. The two-day
competition of heats and finals featured plenty of individual successes and
personal best times for the 46-strong Boston contingent. Top six finishers in the various events were: Boys 9 years 50m butterfly: 4 Jack Ross 47.14. 9 years 100m freestyle: 6 Jack Ross 38.64. 10 years 100m backstroke: 2 Reuben Reed 1:23.20, 5
Oliver Street 1:26.69. 10 years 100m butterfly: 1 Oliver Street 1:21.80. 10 years 100m freestyle: 1 Reuben Reed 1:09.92. 10 years 100m breaststroke: 5 Oliver Street 1:43.47. 12 years 100m breaststroke: 4 Joshua Teague 1:32.77, 6
Henry Careless 1:35.15. 12 years 100m butterfly: 6 Joshua Teague 1:18.57. 12 years 100m backstroke: 5 Joshua Teague 1:19.25. 12 and under 100m individual medley: 4 Joshua Teague 1:18.15. 14 years 100m breaststroke: 2 Sam Wright 1:15.45. 14 years 100m freestyle: 1 Sam Wright 58.93. Open 50m freestyle: 6 Lewis Moses 26.74. Girls 9 years 50m butterfly: 5 Hannah Macleod 46.37. 13 years 100m butterfly: 4 Jessica Murfin 1:14.41 13 years 100m backstroke: 2 Jessica Murfin 1:14.57. 12 years 100m breaststroke: 4 Laura Swain 1:29.12. 14 years 100m butterfly: 5 Rebecca Price 1:18.66. The following swimmers recorded personal best times: Girls Hazel Panton, Hannah Macleod (4), Grace Lamyman (3),
Molly Wright (6), Eleanor Careless (4), Megan Coleman (2), Harriet Housam
(2), Paige Royce (3), Hollie Featherstone (2), Isabel Swain (4), Emily French
(2), Jessica Murfin, Amelia Murfin (4), Laura Swain, Susannah Yielding (2), Megan
Sargeant (2), Holly Spinks, Boys Jack Featherstone (2), Adam Clark (2), Reuben Reed (2),
Connor Spinks (2), Lewis Teague (4), Jack Ross (3), Oliver Street (2),
Dominic Samra (2), Luke Jones (4), Ben Samra (2), Henry Careless (4), Thomas
Sargeant (3), Matthew Coleman (3), Joshua Teague (5). Overall points totals for competing clubs: Northampton 490, South Lincs 184, Calverton and Bingham 105, City of Derby 104, Sheffield City 62, Boston 58, Deepings 50½, Leicester Penguins 50, Grantham 43, City of Peterborough 18½. |
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