Four Fins swimmers took part at the Aberdeen Sports Village in the final Scottish major age group competition of the long course season. The Scottish Summer Meet ran from Thursday through to Sunday evening. Top swimmer for Fins was Erin Taylor, 17/18 years girls, who competed in four swims and not only won two gold medals but set a new Fins’ club record in the 200m individual medley in a time of 2 minutes 24.95 seconds, beating the previous time, set by Sarah Chapman at the Edinburgh International Meet in February 2009, by 1.29 seconds. Erin has had an exceptional year so far, as this was her 7th club record since January – 3 short course and 4 long course. Erin’s second gold came in the 400m individual medley and both medals were won by a comfortable margin. In addition, Erin also qualified for two further finals and finished in 8th place in both the 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle. Erin has one further competition before the summer break as she heads off to Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, for the British Summer (age group) Championships which run from 22 – 28 July Mark Scott, 16 years boys, competed in three events, all freestyle, where he just missed out on a medal in the 1500m, finishing in 4th place. He was also 10th in the 400m and was 1st reserve (11th) for the final of the 200m. The two remaining swimmers, who had just one swim narrowly missed out on a reserve spot for the finals. Jennifer Gordon, 16 years girls, swimming in her first national event finished 13th in the 100m butterfly, and Steven Pate, 15 years boys, finished 13th in the 200m breaststroke.
