ASANER (Age Group) Long Course Championships 2016 Review
As the November NER Short Course Championships are nearly upon us it occurred to me that a review of the Long Course Championships (Held in May) was well overdue. May’s Age Group Championships witnessed a great many of our A and B Squad swimmers travel to Sheffield on consecutive weekends to race against the top swimmers in the region.
Every Team GAW swimmer swam out of their skins, recording numerous personal best performances. In a very successful meet, the team recorded 29 final (top 10) positions. Athletes achieving finals included Hannah Brown (12yrs 100m fly), Molly Finley (13yrs 100m fly), Zoe Price (14yrs 50m brs), Sarah Wright (14yrs 50m fly), Sarah March (14yrs 100m/200m brs), and Sam Pashley (14yrs 50m/400m fr).
Team GAW also made a significant impression on the overall medal table, placing a club record 6th place. The team collected a stunning haul of 15 medals, of which there were 5 gold, 5 silver, and 5 bronze medals.
Special congratulations to Team GAW’s medal winners:
Adam Barrett: Silver medals in 200m fr/400m fr and bronze medals in 200m fly/200m IM
Ella Watson: Gold medal in 100m fly and bronze medals in 50m fly/50m bk
Ryan Zhao: Gold medals in 50m fr/100m fr/50m bk/100m bk, Silver medals in 50m/100m/200m brs, and a bronze medal in 200m bk
And it all starts again in around 3 weeks time with the age group NER Short Course Championship with team GAW again sending a massive squad with over 120 qualifying times.
Good luck to all our swimmers!!
Paul A
