SWIMMING: Times tumble as Dolphin succeed at the numbers game (From Swindon Advertiser)

SWIMMING: Times tumble as Dolphin succeed at the numbers game

8:10am Saturday 11th February 2012 in Sport

IT WAS mission accomplished for Swindon Dolphin at the Last Chance Level Three Open Meet at the Link Centre.

The principle aim was to secure or improve entry times for the Wiltshire County Championships and the numbers told their own story, with 33 new county qualifying times and a further 189 improved entry times.

The standout swimmers of the weekend were 14-year-olds Danielle Lewis and Andrew Cox. Lewis accumulated four county qualifying times and bettered her entry time in a further three events. Cox went a step further, notching four county times and improving his times in four events.

Mya Bell, Bethani-Ellen Crouch, Lucie Wells, Calum Marriott, Louise Gardo and Eliza Garrett each met the qualifying standard in two new events.

Annie Ward went one better with three, while Aaron Knight, Abbie Hawkins, Alice Lockey, Ella Wardale, Emily Dixon, James Watson and Joshua Smith met the county standard in every one of their swims.

Millie Jeans fell two hundredths of a second short of achieving a clean sweep of personal bests in each of her eight events.

The outstanding performance came from Georgia Miller in the girls’ 100m freestyle. Miller took almost 10 per cent off her previous PB and the 15-year-old is closing in on the time required for regional qualification.

Those that did achieve the time required for qualification or consideration for the regional championships in new events were Liam Jeffries, Adam Coleman, Noah Kirby, Abbie Hawkins, Emily Dixon, Joshua Smith and Louise Gardo.

There was agony though for Louise’s sister, Denice, who fell one hundredth of a second short of her 400m freestyle regional time.