ROSS YEATES (pictured) recorded the fastest time of the day in the 400m freestyle event of the NRG Series staged by the Beau Sejour Barracudas Swimming Club.
While slightly outside of his personal best, he swam a storming race to finish over six seconds ahead of his nearest rival to win the 16-and-over age group in a great time of 4-19.12.
Improving on her personal best by three seconds, Lotte Parfit smashed Gail Strobridge’s record.
In a well-paced swim, Parfit was pushed by her older sister Victoria to record a lifetime best of 4-41.18, which was the fastest time of the day overall from the girls, which also secured her maximum points in the Series in the 14/15 age group.
Victoria annihilated her personal best, improving by over eight seconds to touch in a great time of 4-42.26 to win the 16-and-over category.
The second record to fall in the championships went to Miles Munro in the 12/13 age group.
Despite being just outside of his best, he still managed to take Matt Allen’s record in an excellent time of 4-39.48 to finish well ahead of his nearest rival.
Nine-year-olds Hannah Rosumek and Thomas Teasdale took the honours in the youngest age group, recording 6-25.32 and 6-57.89 respectively.
The 10-year-old age group category saw Alex Parfit and Victoria Symes take the titles in very impressive times of 6-15.51 and 6-13.70.
Courtney Butcher and Oliver Mansell won the 11-year-olds category. Mansell’s was an especially gritty performance as he improved on his personal best by over 19 seconds to record 6-07.70.
The 12/13 girls age group saw Leah Winberg take the title in a superb 5-23.67 in a field in which the top five girls all improved immensely on their entered times. Emily Lowe, who placed fourth, knocked an incredible 19 seconds off her personal best.
In the boys’ 14/15 age group, David Hall was the victor in a life-time best by seven seconds of
4-27.89, taking the touch from Oliver Nightingale who came in on 4-30.98.
The swimmer with the greatest improvement in time was 12-year-old Rory Chamberlain, who improved by 1min. 42sec. in the 16-length dash to record 5-58.48.Beau Sejour Barracudas NRG Series: Two freestyle records and several personal bests
Article posted on 18th November, 2009 - 2.30pm
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