Posted By : Cheshunt SC On 2014-06-10 00:58:00
This year’s Regional Swimming Championships in Norwich are being held over the first two weekends in June. Cheshunt Swimming Club have achieved their biggest number of qualifiers ever for this competition.
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g had five Regional swimmers last year this year we have a total of eight swimmers competing in a magnificent total of over 30 separate events. There are only four other clubs in the County with more Regional swimmers than Cheshunt.
Competing for Cheshunt are Tegan Wollaston who is swimming in 7 events. She has qualified for all the Freestyle events as well as the 100m & 200m Butterfly and 400m Individual Medley. Last year she won silver in the 800m Freestyle as well as making t
he final of the 200m Butterfly. This year she is hoping to make more finals and be in contention for some more medals in the U15 category. Also swimming in the U15 category is Olivia Pawson. Olivia will be competing in no less than 6 events this year. The 100m,200m & 400m Freestyle, 100m,200m Backstroke as well as the 200m Individual Medley. Last year she made 3 finals coming 5th in the 100m Backstroke & 200m Backstroke as well as 7th in the 100m Butterfly. This year she too will be hoping to contest more finals.
Also in the U15 age group is Daniel Lush, swimming in his first Regionals. Daniel is competing in the 100m,200m,400m Freestyle, 100m,200m Breaststroke as well as the 200m Individual Medley. Callum Wollaston will be swimming in the U13 events racing in all the Freestyle events, as well as the 200m Individual Medley. For the first time Callum will be swimming in the 1500m Freestyle and his qualifying time puts him in contention for the med
als.
Alara Norton has continued to show that she is a talented Breaststroke swimmer with again qu
alifying for the 100m & 200m Breaststroke. Last year she made 2 finals the 100m Breaststroke coming 7th & 5th in the 2
00m Breaststroke This year she is again hoping to contest the finals.Regional Qualifiers 2014
Holly Atkins has been one of the real success stories this year. Before this year’s County Championships she only had a couple of County qualifying times. She now goes to her first Regional Championships having qualified in both the 100m & 200m Breaststroke. Her times also put her in competition for a place in both finals being seeded 6th for the 100m Breaststroke & 7th for the 200m.
Megan Pope, swimming in the U13, has continued to show that she is a strong Freestyle swimmer by again making the 100m event. Continued hard training will see her increase her number of events next year as she has a lot more to offer in the other strokes. Emily Lush has again made the Regional times. In the past her strength has been in her Backstroke and whilst this is still improving her Freestyle has made even bigger leaps forward with her qualifying with an impressive 100m Freestyle time. Emily is another one to watch over the coming year as she has been working on her technique and her other strokes will, I am sure, start to improve.
Head Coach Paul Wollaston said “The commitment and dedication shown by the swimmers at Cheshunt Swimming Club has really been exceptional this year. This shows with the increase in our County and Regional entries. I wish them all the best of luck.”