Our swimmers got off to a very good start to London Summer Championships held last weekend 27 / 28 April at London Aquatic Centre , Stratford by winning 5 medals and breaking one Club Record .
The medallists were :
Edward Henwood ( 15 years age group ) – double London Champion – gold in 100 freestyle ( in a time of 57.35 ; 57.18 in the heats ) and 200 butterfly ( in a time of 2.14.63 ) events as well as silver in 50 butterfly ( in a time of 27.57 ; 27.28 in the heats )
Astrid Facius ( 15 years age group ) – Gold in 50 backstroke in a new Club Record time of 30.56
Max Sochovsky ( 15 years age group ) – Bronze in 400 freestyle in a time of 4.21.80
Well done to our youngest Regional qualifiers – Lena Jovanovic and Evan Sochovsky – for putting great performances at the regional level with Evan making a final in a 50 backstroke event .
Huge congratulations to our 14 – 16 years age group 4 x 200 freestyle relay – Max Sochovsky ( 15 ) , George Harvey ( 16 ), Alex Filyov ( 15 ) and Edward Henwood ( 15 ) for finishing in a very respectable 5th place out of 22 teams .
Let’s keep up the great work !!!
We are looking forward to more fast racing over the coming weekend 4 – 6 May .