Devon leads team to 64 medals
We had a very successful weekend at the Cambridge open age group meet, bringing home 15 gold, 25 silver and 24 bronze medals.
Devon Robins (l4) was our top performer, winning 4 golds, a silver and a bronze. She took gold in 200m and 400m IM, 100m and 200m breaststroke (brs). Her 200m brs came very near the end of the weekend, but Devon swam an excellent 2nd half to overtake her 2 main rivals, who were both 17, and touch first overall in a PB of 2.48.98.
KELLY, BILLY AND TAMSIN STAR IN 11 YEAR GROUP
Three 11 year olds were in fine form. Kelly Hookway won double gold in 100m fly (1.18.08) and 200m IM (2.41.75), adding 5 silvers and double bronze. She is currently only 2 seconds outside her National qualifying time for 200m IM.
Billy Bradley enjoyed his best meet ever with a host of medals and regional qualifying times. He won 200m free (2.31.86) and 200m fly (3.13.09) and also triple silver in 400m free, 100m fly and 100 IM and triple bronze in 200m IM, 50m free and 200m brs.
Tamsin McKinnon convincingly won 200m brs in 3.01.33 and pulled off a storming victory in 50m free in 30.82, a new club record. She was just pushed into silver in 100m brs in a very close finish and won bronze in 100m IM
BOGAC AND EDWARD EXCEL IN TOUGH AGE GROUP
Bogac Ayhan (14) won double gold in 200m fly (2.19.04) and 200m IM (2.26.31), also taking double silver and a bronze. His 200m fly was a brilliant swim in which he finished 2nd overall. Edward Graham (14) won 200m back in 2.31.75 and 400m IM. He added double bronze in 200m/400m free in 2.10.76 and 4.32.55. William Rittenhouse (11) demonstrated enormous potential with his gold in 100m fly (1.21.52).
ALEX AND JESSICA SET GOOD FREESTYLE TIMES
Alex Burgess (12) won triple silver for 100m back, 100m fly and 400m free (the 400m in a great PB of 4.48.72) and took bronze in 200m back. Jessica Hobbs won 2 silvers in 200m IM and 400m free and bronze in 5 events including 200m free, which was her best performance of the weekend because she set a new club record for girls 12/13 of 2.16.48.
LEO, SARAH AND JOHN WIN DOUBLE SILVER
Leo Jaggs (13) won double silver for 100m and 400m IM in bests of 1.13.52 and 5.34.16 and he added double bronze in 50m and 100m free. Sarah Taylor-Reid (12) took silvers in 100m and 200m breaststroke in 1.23.75 and 2.57.04 and a bronze in 400m IM. John Rittenhouse (16) won silver in 100m and 200m back in 1.03.74 and 2.17.31. Katie Lelinski (15) took silver in 100m IM and Camilla Grossman (15) won double bronze in 400m free and 100m IM. Joel Sands (15) won bronze in 400m free as did Katherine Spooner (14) in 200m IM.
There were many other excellent swims, notably from Eugene Potter who has just moved into the 12 year age group, which made it hard to get high in the rankings although he swam very well.
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