SWIMMERS from Darlington enjoyed huge success at the Scottish National Age Group Championships earlier this month.
Three members of Darlington Swimming Club, with head coach Lucy Proctor, travelled to Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow for the five-day competition just before Easter.
Lucy Oliver was crowned champion in the 13 years age group in all four of the events she entered. In the 50m freestyle she produced a PB in the final of 28.71, while in the 100m freestyle she finished in 1.02.40, just outside her PB. In the 400m freestyle her time was 4.54.11, and the 100m Butterfly was 1.09.28.
Lucy Oliver
Laura Burgess in the 16 years age group produced a superb PB of 1.00.41 in the 100m freestyle to win silver, and then just missed out on a medal by 0.1 of a second to finish fourth in the 50m freestyle with a swim very close to her PB.
Lucy Oliver and Laura Burgess
Niamh Kay competed in the 50m breaststroke in the 15 years age group and finished as first reserve for the final, gaining valuable experience at this new level of competition for her.
Proctor said: “The girls had a great competition, racing at Tollcross for the first time. It was a huge achievement to qualify and an even bigger achievement to come away with medals. Hopefully, their times put them in a good position for summer nationals.”
Non-Scottish swimmers had to achieve qualifying times considerably faster than those for Scottish swimmers. Heats and finals were swum on the same day for most events.
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