Highlights from the BG ASA National youth championships so far..

LSC have had a storming first few days at the Youth nationals where we have a large team from our National squad.

The girls 4*200 team went all the way to the final where they placed 6th in the country with a great time - results & splits below.

6. Leatherhead Op/n Leatherhead 8:27.76
Charlotte Hobbs 2.06.57 + 0.82 29.49 31.76 32.90 32.42
Hannah Shore 2.07.05 -.-- 28.12 32.15 33.66 33.12
Grace Archer 2.07.95 + 0.31 29.28 32.52 33.32 32.83
Charlotte Robertson 2.06.19 -.-- 29.06 31.43 33.07 32.63

Alys Thomas then matched that in the 200 Free heats comingin 6th
6. Alys Thomas 18 Leatherhead 2:03.85 + 0.79 29.43 1:00.87 1:32.52

Then Sam Crowther went 3 better placing a fantastic 3rd in the 200 Breaststroke 17/18 year group
3. Samuel Crowther 18 Leatherhead 2:24.11 + 0.85 714 32.18 1:08.83 1:45.76

Not to be outdone by the boys the girls in the shape of Lotte also posted a 3rd place in the heats of the 200 Backstroke in the 16/17 age group
3. Charlotte Hobbs 16 Leatherhead 2:17.50 + 0.66 787 32.42 1:07.32 1:42.84. this put her through to the final where she placed 5th in 2:18.19.

Medal hopeful Chloe Bean had an unfortunate start in the 100 Breaststroke event where she posted the fastest time 1:12.87 - just off the British record for her age group but was deemed to have moved on the blocks and was DQ'd from the event.

Thankfully she got off to a perfect start in her next race, the 800 free, where she achieved a 5 s PB (9:13.91) and finished 7th fastest 14 year old.

The 800 Free also saw distance specialist Charlie Robertson in fine form placing 8th in her age group:
8. Charlotte Robertson 17 Leatherhead 9:07.80 + 0.82
100m 1:04.09 150m 1:38.42 200m 2:12.70 250m 2:47.26 300m 3:21.85 350m 3:56.31 400m 4:30.99 450m 5:05.73 500m 5:40.44 550m 6:14.92 600m 6:49.89 650m 7:24.86 700m 7:59.96 750m 8:34.26 800m 9:07.80

Final report from the National Age group champs - including Open Water!

Sadly we had to leave before the last two events for Jack and Sid, the 200 and 800m Freestyle.
Jack placed 23rd in the nationwide age group in the 200 and 19th in the 800. Sid was 28th in the 200 and 21st in the 800 event. All swims were new PB's

Full results for the Championships can be found here:
http://www.swimmingresults.org/archives/swimming/results/2009/age09/index.htm

The small LSC team have turned in some top class performances in the last few days of which they can be justly proud. Well done everybody.

We now move onto the Youth National championships which start on 28th July

NB Jack finished 9th in the 1500m Open water Event on Monday 27th - full results are to be found at:

http://www.swimmingresults.org/archives/openwater/results/2009/asaow2009.pdf

2nd Session day 3 National BagCats

Nicola Cooke (pictured)jumped a level in the 800m Freestyle Event, leaving the rest of the field in her heat trailing in her wake and winning it in an 11 second PB. This placed Nicky in 8th place overall in her age group countrywide.

splits for Nicky were:

8. Nicola Cooke 13 Leatherhead 9:26.57 + 0.86
50m 31.99 100m 1:07.53 150m 1:42.77 200m 2:18.07 250m 2:53.25 300m 3:28.70
350m 4:04.12 400m 4:39.87 450m 5:15.81 500m 5:51.73 550m 6:27.60 600m 7:03.77 650m 7:39.58 700m 8:15.71 750m 8:51.62 800m 9:26.57

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.