First weekend of the Surrey County Age Group Championships 2022 was held at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford last Sat 5th and Sun 6th February .
We had some great performances and fast swims from all our swimmers across a variety of events .
Huge congratulations to Max Morgan ( 14 years age group , Junior Performance 2 squad ) for not only winning 2 gold medals in both 100 and 200 breaststroke events in an outstanding times of 1:11.43 and 2:40.52 respectively but also breaking a Club Record in the 100 breaststroke as well as winning a Top Junior Breaststroke Trophy !!!
What an excellent achievement !
Another gold medal went to Ernie Hill ( 13 years , Junior Performance 2 squad ) in the longest swimming event in the pool – the 1500m freestyle – well done Ernie !
Our 2nd multiple medallist was Edward Henwood ( 13 years , Junior Performance 2 squad ) who at his first ever Surreys bagged three medals – 2 silver in 200 backstroke and freestyle and a bronze in 400 freestyle
Last medal of the weekend for WSC was added by Olivia Hill ( 16 years , Senior Performance squad ) in the 800 freestyle event in the new Club Record time of 9:58.86
Every WSC swimmer made at least one final in their entered events so huge well done to Elliott Hampton , Jake Backshall , Josh Astbury , Virgile Alexandre and Rahul Bansal – immensely proud of everyone !
Let’s keep up the great work towards week 2 and 3 of the Surreys ! ( and beyond that )
