1st Session day 3 National BAGCATs

Tony, Josh, Jack, Coach Stuart, Nicky and Sid

LSC National BAGCAT team

Nicola Cooke started proceedings on the 3rd day of the British Gas National BAGCAT Championships with a new PB in her individual 200 Freestyle

Splits for Nicola were:
Ranked 25 in age group. Nicola Cooke 13 Leatherhead 2:13.78 + 0.87 30.68 1:04.87 1:39.37

The Boys 4* 200 relay improved their time from 8:47.28 at the SER qualifiers to 8:42.97 at the National BAGCATS today with a great team swim to place 22nd in the country in the 14 and under age group.

Leatherhead Results 8:42.97
Relay Splits:
Jack Beddoes 2.05.51 + 0.75 29.06 31.92 32.80 31.73
Tony Graham 2.13.31 -.-- 29.65 34.02 35.03 34.61
Josh McDonough 2.20.07 + 0.41 31.92 35.58 36.54 36.03
Sidney Howes 2.04.08 -.-- 28.24 30.58 32.85 32.41 23.

Day 2 at Nationals part 2

Sid Howes had a fantastic head to head to win his 1500m heat in 16:55.65 a great 22 second PB breaking the 17 minute barrier and a 4 second PB on his 800 split which was 8:58 breaking the 9 minute barrier. Sids ranking is now 9th nationally in his age group.

Coach Stuart McCrea said Sid would have gone quicker but for the chips last night!

Jack Beddoes also had a great swim with a 6 second improvement on his entry time finishing in 17:09.85 ranking him 17th Nationally in his age group.

The Next LSC report will be tomorrow. when Nicky swims in both the 200 & 800 Free. With the boys 4*200 Free relay inbetween.

Day 2 at the ASA Nationals

Nicky Cooke was first in action on the second day and put in a great swim (especially the 3rd 100 :) ) to place 19th in the country in her age group - a great result.
19. Nicola Cooke Leatherhead result: 4:40.47 Reaction + 0.90 splits 50m 31.57 100m - 150m 1:41.47 200m 2:17.24 250m 2:52.29 300m - 350m 4:05.31 400m 4:40.47

Jack Beddoes followed in the 200 individual medley he was right on his PB but expressed his dissatisfaction with the result - such are his high expectations of himself. His ranking is 22nd Nationally in the 14 yrs age group.

22. Jack Beddoes Leatherhead result : 2:22.07 + 0.72 reaction Splits: 30.52 1:07.90 1:49.67 2:22.07.

As I write this we await Jack and Sid to do battle in the 1500m freestyle. They are ranked very closely in this event and I will get the results of the race on line shortly.... to be continued

Day one ASA BAGCAT Nationals

The first day at Nationals saw some great swims from the LSC team.

Nicky Cooke swam an exciting 100 Free in a fantastic 1:02.84 to place 41 st. in the Age group
Splits for Nicola
29,91 & 1:02.84

Sid Howes & Jack Beddoes both Pb'd in the 400 Freestyle coming 23rd and 24th in the National age group - splits below from the ASA Website

23. Sidney Howes
14
Leatherhead
4:20.73
+ 0.81 reaction time 50m 28.87 100m 1:01.06 150m 1:34.07 200m 2:07.41 250m 2:41.00 300m 3:14.61 350m 3:48.83 400m 4:20.73

24.Jack Beddoes
14
Leatherhead
4:21.44
+ 0.73 reaction time

50m 29.45 100m 1:01.53 150m 1:34.81 200m 2:08.54 250m 2:41.80 300m 3:15.94 350m 3:49.43 400m 4:21.44

The boys improved slightly on their entry time in the 4*100 Free coming in 28th place in 4:02.38. Sid swam an NQT of 57.38 in the 1st leg of the relay. Josh and Tony held it together in the middle legs in their 1st ever national event both admitted afterward to being nervous and Josh said he 'forgot everything!' Jack, ever reliable brought the boys home in a fast sub 59 second swim.
The Splits and reaction times were:
Sidney Howes
57.38 + 0.84
27.70
29.68
Josh McDonough
1.05.12
+ 0.63
30.43
34.69
Tony Graham
1.01.86
+ 0.43
29.45
32.41
Jack Beddoes
58.02
+ 0.48
27.83
30.19


The day was topped off by watching the finals. At the end of the day I was thinking how long some of the swimmers had been poolside (around 14 hours) and that they could still turn out British age group records in spades. All in all a good day for the small LSC team. Again competing at the very highest level in the country and performing well.

LSC Age Group National Team departs for Sheffield

5 LSC Age group swimmers (Boys 14 and Under, Girls 13 and under) are off to Sheffield tomorrow to take part in the British Gas National Age Group championships. You can follow their progress here and keep up with the action live on the ASA results website @ http://www.swimmingresults.org/liveevent/index.htm