Eight Fins’ swimmers were back at the Michael Woods Centre on 10/11 June 2023 participating in the Warrender End of Season Short Course Meet.
The swimmers competed in a total of 56 swims and although the performances were a bit mixed, they managed to achieve 31 PBs, some of which were very good, and all swimmers managed at least one PB.
There was only one movement and one entry to the Fins’ all time top 50 rankings. However, the other 29 PBs brought the swimmers that bit closer to getting onto the rankings, with two being very close.
There were no medals awarded at the meet, which is unusual.
The top achiever for Fins was 11 year old Etan Pate who gained three 2nd place finishes, plus a further seven top 10 placings.
Ethan was swimming in the 11/12 years boys age group and he gained second place in the 50m breaststroke, 100m butterfly and 200m freestyle; He finished 4th in the 100m freestyle; 5th in the 50m freestyle; 6th in both the 100m breaststroke and 200m individual medley: 8th in the 50m butterfly; and 9th in both the 50m and 100m backstroke. Good doing despite being in the younger half of the age group.
Adam Selbie, 13 boys, had all six swims in the top 10, which were 3rd in both the 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke; 4th in both the 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly; 5th in the 100m butterfly; and 6th in the 50m freestyle.
Irys Blair, 13 girls, gained a 4th place in the 200m backstroke; was 5th in the 200m individual medley; and 6th in the 200m freestyle. In her other four swims Irys finished 8th in the 50m and 100m freestyle, and 100m backstroke; and 11th in the 100m butterfly.
Steven Pate, 15 and over boys was 4th in the 200m breaststroke; 5th in the 100m breaststroke and 18th in the 50m freestyle.
Caleb Gray, 11/12 boys, was 7th – 200m freestyle; 8th in the 100m butterfly, 100m breaststroke, and 200m individual medley; 9th – 100m freestyle; 10th – 100m backstroke; and 12th in both the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.
Medeea-Miriam Gorea, 13 girls, was 7th – 100m butterfly; 11th – 200m individual medley; 12th – 200m freestyle; 13th – 100m breaststroke; 14th – 100m freestyle; and 16th – 50m freestyle.
Eva Watson, 11/12 girls, 11th – 100m butterfly; 12th in both the 50m butterfly and 200m freestyle; 13th – 100m backstroke; 14th – 100m breaststroke; 15th in both the 50m breaststroke and 100m freestyle; and 16th in both the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.
Abby Morris, 14 years girls, 11th – 200m breaststroke; 20th – 200m individual medley; 21st – 100m freestyle; 24th in both the 50m freestyle and 100m breaststroke; and 25th – 200m freestyle.
Top performance was achieved by Steven in his 100m Breaststroke with a time of 1 minute 13.58 seconds which moves him from 32nd place to 27th place in the top 50 rankings. Steven also just failed to make it to the top 50 in the 50m freestyle just missing out by four one hundredths of a second.
An entry to the top 50 rankings was achieved by Irys when she recorded the highest PB by a Fins swimmer of 11.80 seconds in her 200m butterfly, which enters her in 50th place. The swimmer who moves out is Eilidh Child who set her time at Kirkcaldy in February1998. Eilidh went on to win a medal at the Scottish Schools Swimming Championships, but in the more recent past will be better known as Eilidh Doyle who won a total of 17 track medals at Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European level.
Also, very close to gaining entry was Adam Selbie in the 100m backstroke, missing out by 1.31 seconds.
There were a further seven improvements greater than 3 seconds and they were achieved by:
Eva, who reduced her 200m freestyle by 6.77 seconds
Medeea-Miriam, who had four improvements above 3 seconds and they cam in her 100m butterfly – reduced by 5.99 seconds; 200m breaststroke by 3.67 seconds; 200m individual medley – reduced by 3.60 seconds; and 200 freestyle – reduced by 3.33 seconds.
Abby, who reduced her 200m breaststroke by 3.67 seconds; and
Ethan, who reduced his 200m freestyle by 3.19 seconds.
Ken White
Club Press Officer