We kicked off the Nationals pool campaign with Emily’s 1500 Free!  Just shy of PB pace but Emily fought really hard and finished with a smile to mark a fantastic experience and achievement!  We are super super proud of you Emily, you have inspired so many other swimmers today 💙
 
Tom gave incredible performances throughout; 29 SECOND PB in the 1500 Free for 4th place, including a 400 and and 800 PB!  5 Seconds off his PB for 6th in the 13 years 400 Free final; and another PB from Tom in the 100 Free for 11th.  In the 13 years 800 Free, Tom won a 🥉medal; he held his pacing to perfection … and came home in an epic 1.06 for his last split for a 26 second PB!  Another 🥉 medal for Tom in the 100 Back, bettering his PB from the heats to sneak under 1:05.  A final great morning of racing for Tom, in the 200 Back and 200 Free. He will have raced 7k this week by the end of the evening (excluding warm up and swim down).  Great swimming Tom, ASC is very proud of you 💙💛
 
A fantastic end to the swimming year for Ashley, who has put swimming on a back burner whilst he’s been at uni but still managed to train enough to get to Nationals and a National final! Ashley was 7th in the 50 back final with a fantastic swim with a great underwater performance phase and strong rhythm 💙💛  Well done Ash, looking forward to your next steps!
 
 
 
In summary, our swimmers have absolutely excelled themselves 💙💛
Emily had a great swim in the 1500 to take 20th, and she enjoyed every moment of her first National experience. 👑
Ashley had a fantastic swim in the 50 Back to come 7th in the final 💪🏼
It’s hard to put into words what Tom has achieved this week, as he swam an incredible number of events, with huge PBs across the week and consistently acheived absolutely outstanding results.
🥇3km National Open Water Champion
🥉800 Free
🥉100 Back
4️⃣ 1500 Free
6️⃣ 400 Free
🔟 200 Free
11th 100 Free
12th 200 Back
A huge well done to Emily, Ashley and Tom for a brilliant week, Altrincham Swimming Club are proud of and inspired by what you have achieved 🙏🏼