SWINDON'S Tilly Gray fiinished seventh in the women's 200m butterfly at the British Swimming Championships in London tonight, as Swindon-born Hannah Miley claimed her first-ever gold at the distance.

University of Bath starlet Gray touched home in 2:11.80 minutes which saw her finish seventh out of the eighth finalists while, with the World Championships in Kazan, Russia, on the horizon in July, Miley proved her credentials at the London Aquatics Centre to podium in the 200m butterfly for the first time in six years – a silver medal in 2009 being her previous best.

The 25-year-old Scotland-based competitor clocked home in a time of 2:08.63 minutes to beat Jemma Lowe and Aimee Willmott into second and third respectively.

But with her favoured individual medley events still to come in the 2012 Olympic pool, Miley says her excitement must be tempered.

“I’m nervous because I don’t want to peak now and then now be able to maintain it in the summer, I don’t want this to be it,” said Miley, who will line up in the 200medley on Thursday and the 400medley on Saturday.

“I shocked myself, I was hoping to be on the podium in the 200fly as I haven’t been in the top three since 2009, so it’s nice to see that I can progress.

“That time is quicker than I did in the Commonwealths (2:12.34), so to see that progression at this time of year is great. I need to make sure I can repeat that this summer.”

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