Fins Competitive Swim Club

Fife Leagues Round 3 – 2 May 2026

Last Saturday, 2nd May 2026, was a very successful day for the club at both the Fife Leagues and Novice Leagues, held at the Michael Woods Centre, Glenrothes.

The league swimmers returned a good 73% improvement rate, while the Novice swimmers returned an excellent 95%, although this does include first time swims. Where the swimmers did excel was in their achievements and performances.

In the Leagues 20 swimmers competed in 37 swims with 10 of them gaining 12 – 1st, 6 – 2nd, and 7 – 3rd places, plus a further 11 – top 10 finishes. Nine of the swims resulted in an improvement in the Fins top 50 all-time rankings, plus there was one new entry. Just a reminder that the the groups in the league are 8 to 12 years, 13/14, and 15 and over.

In the Novice Leagues 19 swimmers competed in 38 swims, gaining 4 – 1st, 11 – 2nd, and 4 – 3rd places, plus a further 14 top 10 finishes. Unusually, in the novice leagues, 14 of the swims were the second time for the swimmer, having already swum the event either at the Glenrothes Spring Meet, the Fife Schools, or a previous league. 12 of the swims resulted in actual PBs with four of them in double figures. The age group in the novice leagues are 8 to 10 years, and 11 to 13.

Fife Leagues.

There were two double 1st places in the leagues from Millie Whytpck, 13 years female, who won both the 200m butterfly, and 200m individual medley, and Jennifer Gordon, 20 years female, who won both the 50m and 100m butterfly.

In her 200m butterfly, Millie recorded the largest PB by a Fins swimmer, on the day, which also meant that she moved to the highest equal position in the rankings, moving from 35th to 11th, with an 8.64 second PB. 24 places up the rankings is the largest move.

In her 200m individual medley, Millie recorded a 3.12 second PB which moved her up the rankings from 32nd to 26th.

Jennifer is having a very successful spell currently, and in her 50m butterfly a 1.16 second PB was enough to move her grom 28th to 13th in the rankings. She also recorded a 4.78 second PB in her 100m butterfly, which moves her from 47th to 24th, the second largest movement.

Caleb Gray, 15 years male won 200m backstroke and was 2nd in the 400m freestyle. In his 400m freestyle Caleb recorded a 3.57 second PB to move from 41st to 30th, and in his 200m backstroke a 4.84 second PB saw him move from 44th to 37th.

Jack Campbell, 14 years male, won the 100m freestyle and was 2nd in the 100m butterfly.

Unfortunately, Jack’s times did not affect the rankings.

Ethan Pate, 15 years male. Won the 200m butterfly and was 3rd in the 200m individual medley. Ethan recorded the second largest PB of 5.98 seconds in his 200m individual medley and, in doing so, becomes the only entry to the rankings in 48th place, with a time of 2 minutes 29.46 seconds. This means we lose Gary Wilson who set his time at Stirling in January1998. The new entry time for the rankings now stands at 2 minutes 29.93 seconds

In his 200m butterfly Ethan had a PB of 4.50 seconds which moved him from 33rd to 25th in the rankings.

Summer Ramshaw,14 years female, was 1st in the 100m butterfly and 3rd in the 100m freestyle. I her 100m freestyle Summer recorded the third largest PB She also had a small PB in her 100m butterfly, but her times are not yet at the point where she qualifies for the rankings.

Eva Watson, 15 years female, was 1st in her200m freestyle and 3rd in the 400m freestyle, but unfortunately her times did not affect the rankings.

Irys Blair, 16 years female, was 1st in her200m backstroke, and 5th in the 400m freestyle. In her 400m freestyle Irys recorded a pb of 3.19 seconds which moves her from 48th to 42nd in the rankings.

Lilian Blair 14 years female, won her 100m freestyle, with a very good swim and at her level a good PB of 0.98 seconds, which edges her close

to the one minute barrier. It also mover her to the highest equal ranking position, on the day, from16th to 11th.

Elliot Blair, 12 years male, won his 200m backstroke. Again, at 12 years Elliot’s time do not qualify him for the rankings.

Four swimmers gained a 2nd and 3rd place and they were

Sadie Paton, 14 years female, who 2nd in her 400m freestyle and 3rd in her 200m freestyle. Sadie recorded a 1.47 second PB in her 400m freestyle and a 3.67 second PB in her 200m freestyle, but her times to not yet make the entry times for the rankings.

Lily-Mae MacDonald, 11 years female, was 2nd in the 50m freestyle and 3rd in the 200m individual medley. Lily-Mae recorded a 0.10 second \pb in her 50m freestyle and had a 1st swim PB in her 200m individual medley but again, at 11 years old her times do not yet meet the qualifying for the rankings.

Cole Gray, 14 years male, was 2nd in the 100m backstroke and 3rd in the 100m freestyle. Cole had a 3.06 second PB in his 100m backstroke, but his times do not yet meet the rankings qualifying.

Kimberley McCabe, 24 years female, was 2nd in the 100m freestyle and 3rd in the 50m backstroke. Kimberley recorded the smallest PB of the day in her 50m backstroke of 0.06 seconds. Kimberley’s times do not meet the qualifying for the rankings.

The remaining swimmers, who all achieved at least one top ten finish were

Harvey Whytock, 16 years male, 5th – 50m butterfly, 7th – 100m freestyle.

Lacey Barrett, 13 years female, 5th – 100m breaststroke, 8th – 100m backstroke. Both 1st swim PBs

Jamie Hughes, 15 years male, 5th – 50m backstroke, 9th – 100m freestyle. 3.22 second PB – 50m backstroke, 1st swim PB – 100m freestyle.

Elizabeth Janovska, 11 years female, 6th – 100m backstroke, 7th – 100m freestyle. Both 1st swim PBs.

Olivia Bak, 13 years female, 6th – 100m backstroke. 1st swim PB.

Chloe Arnold, 14 years female,9th – 100m backstroke, 11th – 50m freestyle. 3.23 second PB – 50m freestyle, and 1st swim PB = 100m backstroke.

Novice League

Four swimmers achieved a win, with three of them also gaining a 2nd place.

Cain Gray, 9 years male, won the 100m individual medley and was 2nd in the 50m freestyle. Cain recorded the 3rd largest PB of the novice swimmers, on the day, reducing his 100m individual time by 12.16 seconds. He also reduced his 50m freestyle time by 2.61 seconds.

Mark Sinilov, 13 years male, won the 100m freestyle and was 2nd in the 50m backstroke. Mark had a 1st swim PB in his 100m freestyle.

Isla MacLennan, 9 years female, won the 25 m freestyle and was 2nd in the 25m butterfly. Both were 1st swim PBs.

Nina Dangul, won the 100m freestyle and was 4th in the 50m breaststroke. Again, both were 1st swim PBs.

Logan Watson, 12 years male, was 2nd in both the 50m and 100m freestyle. Logan recorded a 0,69 second PB in his 50m freestyle, and his 100m freestyle was a 1st swim PB

Tilly Duncan, 11 years female, was 2nd in both the 25m freestyle and 25m backstroke. Both were 1st swim PBs.

Emily Livingstone, 10 years female, was 2nd in the 25m freestyle and 4th in the 100m individual medley. Emily recorded a 0.59 second PB in her 100m individual medley, and her 25m freestyle was a 1st swim PB.

Stanley Glass, 12 years male, was 2nd in the 100m backstroke and 4th in the 100m breaststroke. Both were 1st swim PBs

Sophie McKinlay, 12 years female, was 2nd in the 25m butterfly and 5th in the 100m freestyle. Sophie recorded the largest PB in her 100m freestyle of 35.34 seconds. Her 25m butterfly was a 1st swim PB.

Elliott Brook, 11 years male, was 2nd in the 25m backstroke and 7th in the 50m breaststroke. Elliott recorded a 2.82 second PB in his 25m backstroke and his 50m breaststroke was a 1st swim PB.

Sophia Swanson, 12 years female, was 3rd in both the 50m freestyle and the 100m individual medley. Sophia recorded a 2.84 second PB in her 50m freestyle and her 100m individual medley was a 1st swim PB.

Maria-Liza Fraser, 11 years female, 3rd – 25m breaststroke, 5th – 25m butterfly. Maria-Liza recorded a 1.87 second PB in her25m breaststroke and her 25m butterfly was a 1st swim PB.

Abby Crawford, 10 years female 3rd – 00m breaststroke, 7th – 100m backstroke. Both were 1st swim PBs

Keavie Morrison, 11 years female, 4th – 100m individual medley, 7th – 50m freestyle. Keavie recorded the 4th largest PB of 10.90 seconds in her 50m freestyle. Her 100m individual medley was a 1st swim PB.

Luke Gilhooley, 13 years male, 5thin both the 50m breaststroke and 50m freestyle. Luke’s 50m breaststroke was a 1st swim PB

Ella Robertson, 10 years female, 5th – 100m freestyle, 11th – 50m backstroke. Ella recorded the 2nd largest PB of 16.55 seconds in her 100m freestyle. Her 50m backstroke was a 1st swim PB.

Emelia Needham, 9 years female, 6th – 50m breaststroke, 7th – 50m freestyle. Emelia recorded two PBs, of 1.13 seconds in her 50m breaststroke and 0.43 seconds in her 50m freestyle.

Amelia Dingwall, 13 years female, 11th – 50m backstroke, 15th – 50m freestyle. Both were 1st swim PBs

Jessica Lee, 12 years female, 12th – 50m backstroke, 13th – 50m freestyle. Jessica recorded a 1.97 second PB in her 50m backstroke and her 50m freestyle was a 1st swim PB.

Congratulations to both sets of swimmers, a lot of very good swims, and well done to the coaches and teachers for helping the swimmers to get to where they are. Good to see some new swimmers also and to the novice swimmers challenging the 100m swims.

Great stuff, keep it up.

Ken White

Press Officer