REN96 Development & Mini Meets

On Saturday we had 25 swimmers and on Sunday 37 swimmers attending this very friendly, well ran meet. Over the course of the weekend M&B picked up a staggering 82 medals (31 gold, 26 silver and 25 bronze medals) as well as a further 43 top 6 placings.

Saturday was the turn of the older ones 11 through to 18-year-olds and the standout swimmers at this meet were three 17-year-olds who were all smashing their personal bests through the day. Kennedy W, Lois G & Kerr F were swimming at the top of their game breaking through personal bests, which at their age, isn’t always the case. Kerr came away with 5 golds with the highlight being his 100 free where he set a lifetime best by over 2 seconds. Lois won two golds with back-to-back personal bests in 100fly and then 100br – a pretty tough double. While Kennedy didn’t medal, she showed all the skill and determination to change her race plans and that bravery paid off with 3 pbs including a 2sec drop in her 200free.

Sunday was the turn of youngsters 12&u with many of our swimmers racing outside of the Allander for the first time. It was a long day, with the organizers extending the meet to minimize the scratches and that decision proved to be the right one with many newbies gaining valuable racing experience. A special mention to Morven G who raced both days and came away with a 10-medal haul (7G, 1S, 2B), a great way for her to finish out the season. Other golds went to Ella H in the 9yr olds who won 50bc 50br & 50fc, Lexie C in the 11yrs won her 50bc & 50br and Samuel G won the 12yrs 50bc 50br & 50fc.

A special thanks to our fantastic team managers who kept the team in check and motivated (which isn’t easy at the On-X) – they were Karyn G, Nicky W, Nicola D, Jill W & Jennifer H.

Medals:

Gold (31): Morven 200im 100fc 200fc 100fly/ 100im 50fly 50fc; Aimee 50fly; Emily 50fly; Iona 50fc 100fc; Kerr 100fc 50fly 50bc 50fc; Rose 50br; Mollie 50bc 100bc; Tia 200fc; Lois 100br 100fly; Sanna 50fc; 15+ relay (Peter Emily Iona Kerr)/ Ella 50bc 50br 50fc; Lexie 50bc 50br; Samuel G 50bc 50br 50fc
Silver (26): Rose 50fly; Tia 50fc 100fc; Aimee 50br; Sophie G 50br 100br; Millie 100bc; Olivia G 100bc 100br; Emily 50bc 100bc; Iona 100fly; Peter 100br; 14/u relay (Morven, Robbie, Olivia, Oscar)/ George R 100im 50fly 50bc 50fc; Samuel G 100im; Zoe Mac 50fly; Lexie 50fly; Angus R 50fly 50bc; Hollie H 50bc 50br 50fc.
Bronze (25): Olivia 200im 50fc; Mollie 50fly; Oscar 50fly 50fc; Millie 100fc 100br; Emily 50fc 100fc; Iona 50br 50bc; Euan R 100fly 100br/ Ailsa G 100im; Hollie 100im 50fly; Samuel B 100im 50fly; Angus R 100im; Arra M 50fly; Morven 50bc 50br; Rory K 50br; George 50br & Lexie 50fc.
Top 6 (43): including Abigail B, Ellie H, Kennedy W, Mollie, Euan, Robbie, Fay, Millie, Aimee & Oscar/ Arra M, Zoe M, Emma C, Millie B, Rory K, Ella H, Ailsa G, Aly M, Angus R & Samuel B

That is now the club meet season over and all eyes turn to the National Stage where we have 17 swimmers competing in the Open in Edinburgh this weekend and 15 swimmers going to Aberdeen 11th-13th July for the Scottish Summer Meet. The club wishes all these swimmers the best of luck.