The
second round of the Anglian League saw the A team come away with a
convincing victory, winning 21 races of the 31 possible and the B
team winning 4 of those.
Picking a swimmer of the meet is not easy in those circumstances so I look
at swimmers who achieve a personal best time.
There were 18 PB's swam in total.
Sam Wright could have finished his Anglian League career with a bang
as he won the 100m Individual Medley breaking the cut off time; he then
needed to beat 32.2 for the 50m Butterfly. His victory time was
32.23 so Sam will still be available for the next round by the skin of his
teeth!
A few other swims caught my eye. Brendan Clark broke the cut off
time in the 100m Freestyle with a PB. Joe Morris gained a PB in the
50m Breaststroke and a PB from Emma Penniston in the 100m Backstoke.
Swimmer of the Meet is Kimberley Van Haren - winner of the
100m Butterfly in a PB, the 100m Freestyle and the 50m Breaststroke
also in a PB.
*****
The B team were involved in a close battle all evening with St.Ives and
Huntingdon all vying for second place and for most of the evening the
Boston team were on top.
It would have been a great result for Boston to have come away with first
and second places.
The end result was both Huntingdon and St Ives finishing joint 2nd
place with Boston B coming 4th by two points.
It could have been so different if we had not had disqualifications - also
with proper refereeing the St. Ives swimmer and our own Paige Royce should
have been disqualified for a false start. If that had happened we
would have finished on equal points with St. Ives.
The swimmers who were not available for the night would have made a big
difference and the late withdrawal meant that we only had 5 boys.
Still, it was a great result for the B team and some good competition
within the club meant Eleanor Reed turned over the A team in the 50m
Butterfly and Paige Royce did the same in the 200m Individual Medley.
Swimmer of the Meet is Joseph Howe, winner of the 200m
Individual Medley and the 100m Breaststroke both in personal best
times Joseph also gained a PB in the 50m Freestyle - must be
something to do with training hard again!
Ian
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