South East Regionals Weekends 1 & 2

South East Swim England Regionals Summer (Long Course) Championship which started on the Saturday 20th of April and goes through to the 6th of May. South East regionals is the main summer competition inside the National Qualifying Window which swimmers use to gain National times and rankings. 

Weekend 1 (K2 Crawley SC)
This was at K2 in Crawley, unfortunately the boom was broken and turned the session into a short course meet which means that the results cannot be counted towards rankings. This is a major blow for all swimmers that have been working towards this part of the season. 
This unfortunately has meant that SE Region had an issue to deal with and part of their solution was to conduct re-swims for invited swimmers on the second weekend which meant an increase to load of some of our swimmers.

Session 1
The Boys 1500m Freestyle was up first and Joshua Hutchinson (13 years) a 6th in 18.33.35 followed by Ryan Turner in 17.31.49 (14 years) finishing 5th. 
The Girls 800m Freestyle and Abby Whittaker (11-12 years) was first up up finishing 8th in 10.15.80. Next Ellie Macleod (13 years) took Bronze in 9.30.40 and Darcey Arnold (14 years) also took Bronze in 9.21.26.

Session 2
Started with the Girls 200 IM where Ellie Macleod (13 years) was first up with a 5th place 2.30.11. Straight after was Darcey Arnold (14 years) taking Gold in 2.26.16 in a strong performance.
Later on, Alex Song (13years) placed 5th in the Boys 200m Breaststroke in 2.46.46
Probably the swim of the weekend went Ellie Macleod (13 years) in the 200m Butterfly with a Gold in 2.28.71. Next Verity Larwood (14 years) finished 8th 2.39.23 
Last swim of the day for us was the Boys 100m Freestyle where Ryan Turner (14 years) 5th 56.36 and Alfie Davis was 8th in 58.47.

Session 3
Commenced with the Boys 50m Butterfly, first up and in 5th was Ryan Turner (14 years) in a time of 28.42.
Next, was the Girls 100m Butterfly and good start to Ellie Macleod taking a Bronze in 1.08.22 followed by Darcey Arnold (14 years) was 5th in a time of 1.08.21.
To finish the morning session, the 100m Breaststroke for the Boys and in 6th was Alexander Song in 1.17.85.

Session 4
Last session of the short course weekend began with the Boys 400 IM and Joshua Hutchison (13 years) in 5.24.22 was 7th and Takara Hasegawa-York was 8th in 5.26.12. This followed with Ryan Turner (14 years) taking 6th in a time of 5.03.44.
Next, the Girls 400m and in 4th place was Ellie Macleod (13 years) in 4.37.10. Last swim for Woking on the first weekend was the Girls 50m Breaststroke and Lucy Wheeler (14 years) was 7th in 36.09.

Weekend 2 (Winchester LC)
Session 5 
First of the medal events on weekend 2 was the Girls 1500m Freestyle and taking Bronze was Ellie Macleod in 19.16.12 followed by Darcey Arnold (14 years) taking 5th in a time of 18.50.66.
After was the Boys 800m and Ryan Turner (14 years) placed 6th in 9.31.46.

Session 6
Starting with the Girls 50m Backstroke and Erin Henderson (13 years) came 4th in 33.16 and Zoe Kwong (14 years) followed with 33.89 in 7th. 
Then the Boys 50m Freestyle with Ryan Turner (14 years) taking 6th in 26.47 and Alfie Davis in a time of 27.24 taking 8th.
Next, was the Girls 200m Breaststroke and Lucy Wheeler (14 years) came 5th in 2.52.95, followed by the Boys 200m Butterfly where Joshua Hutchinson placed 8th in a time of 2.45.31.
Last event for us on the Saturday was Girls 100m Freestyle where Ellie Macleod took 4th in 1.02.69 and Darcey Arnold (14 years) was 8th in 1.02.81.

Session 7
The last day of the junior competition started with the Boys 50m Breaststroke and Alexander Song (13 years) came 6th in 36.41. 
Next, was the Girls 50m Butterfly where Darcey Arnold (14 years) took Bronze in a time of 30.20.
For Woking next, was the Girls 200m Freestyle where Abby Whittaker (11-12 years) took 7th place in a time of 2.24.08. 
We then had a double victory with Gold both Ellie Macleod (13 years) in 2.14.57 and Darcey Arnold (14 years) in 2.10.93.
The Boys 100m Butterfly followed with Ryan Turner (14 years) with 7th in 1.05.92. Next was the Girls 100m Breaststroke and Lucy Wheeler was 5th in 1.20.35.

Session 8
The last session of weekend 2 started with the Boys 400m Freestyle and Joshua Hutchinson (13 years) was 7th in 4.49.20 and Ryan Turner (14 years) was 8th in 4.34.81.
Next, was the Girls 400m IM and in 4th place was Ellie Macleod in 5.25.66. Followed by a Silver to Darcey Arnold in 5.21.09.
Last swim of the weekend for Woking was the Girls 50m Freestyle Francesca Johnson finished 6th in 29.32.

Well done to all the swimmers who competed and hopefully we get some strong finishes in the National rankings. Next weekend will be the older age groups so Good luck to all those swimmers.