Nationals Update

Woking SC BackOffice
The 2022 British Summer Championship held in Sheffield and Ponds Forge between the 22nd-28th July. Woking Swimming Club competitors at this meet were Sophie King, Joshua Thompson, Ben Howell, Tegan Gale, Sadie Warmington, Rita Luzan and Abi Elford. There were no swimmers on Day 1.
 
 
Day 2
Joshua Thompson competed in the Mens 18 years-old 100m Breastroke and finish 18th 1.08.69. This was a great show of persistence and Joshua unfortunately missed out on previous opportunities due to COVID interruptions.
 
Sophie King was up next and qualified 4th for the Girls 16years-old 50m Breastroke 33.54. Later she finished 4th in the final 33.19.
 
Day 3 
Sophie put in a solid heat swim qualifying into the final 5th in the Girls 200m Breastroke 2.38.91. She maintained that position in the final with a time of 2.37.74.
 
Day 6
Tegan Gale had her first ever British Championship swim finishing 11th (1st reserve for the final) in the Girls 13/14years-old 50m Freestyle 27.92 which was a a PB and the first time under 28sec. Next up was the 14-16year-old Girls 400Medley Relay where we finish 17th 4.33.08 in originally rank 26th. Sadie Warmington 1.09.39 (100m Back PB), Sophie King Breastroke 1.12.76, Abi Elford Butterfly 1.10.81, Tegan Gale Freestyle 1.00.12. This was Sadie and Abi’s first swim at British Champs.
 
Day 5
This time Tegan managed a 1.00.95 in her 13/14years-old 100m Freestyle and qualified 9th into final for her first one. Later she managed a 1.01.61 to finish 10th in the final.
 
Sophie King swam a PB  28.81 first time under 29sec in the 16years 50m Butterfly qualifying 6th into the final. Sophie then finished 7th in another PB 28.68 in the final.
 
Day 6
Sophie King had a solid heat swim to qualify 5th into final for Girls 16years-old 200IM in a time 2.23.92. She then had a great final swim finish with Silver in a time of 2.22.29 just outside her PB.
 
Day 7
Started with Ben Howell competing in the 50m Butterfly for Boys 17years-old in his first British Champs finishing with a 26.87 in 23rd place. Next up was Sophie in the 16years-old Girls 100m Breaststroke 4th to final in a time of 1.14.06. 
Then the Girls 14-16years-old 4x100Free Relay competed and again moved up the table finishing 13th nearly making the final this a time. The team finish in a time 4.04.79, 0.9 outside the final Tegan Gale 1.01.43, Rita Luzan 1.01.32, Sadie Warmington 1.01.80, Sophie King 1.00.24. This was Rita’s first swim at British Champs.
 
In the finals session Sophie King 4th 100m Breastroke 1.12.44 to finish of her busy schedule.
 
English Nationals
The 2022 England Summer Championship held in Sheffield and Ponds Forge between the 5th-8th August. Woking Swimming Club competitor at this meet were Nathaniel Reeves.
 
Day 1 Nathaniel Reeves competed in his first English Summer National Championship and Started with an amazing PB in the 16years-old Boys 400IM 4.53.44 qualifying 4th for the final. Later in the final finished 5th in 4.53.62. 
 
Day 2 was the 16years-old Boys 200m Breastroke where Nat swam a 2.38.31 making another final in 10th place. Later he swam an  the final 2.38.83 finishing in 10th place.