2003 News Archive
Grampian Institute Report on ASA Sheffield
Scottish National Age Groups 2003
Top swims at North District Age Groups
SASA Xmas Meet 12 - 14 December 2003
15 year old Robbie Renwick turned in a magnificent series of swims to underline his blossoming talent on the national scene. The Scottish Youth Squad swimmer took 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals in the 15/16 year old age
group. Robbie took gold in the 200m Freestyle (1.54.17), 400m Freestyle (4.03.39) and 1500m Freestyle (16.12.28); silver in the 100m Backstroke (1.00.43); bronze in the 100m Freestyle (54.24) and 200m IM (2.12.81).
16 year old Ranald Falconer, current British 100m and 200m Freestyle champion, took gold in the 15/16 100m Freestyle in an impressive 52.01 and also bagged 3 silvers (200m Freestyle (1.55.49), 100m Backstroke (58.61) and 200m Backstroke (2.06.58)) and 1 Bronze (400m Freestyle (4.13.86)).
Fellow Performance squad members Adrian O'Neill took home 4 Silvers (100m Freestyle (54.75), 200m Freestyle (1.59.48), 200m IM (2.14.22) and 400m IM (4.46.63)) and 1 Bronze (200m Butterfly (2.15.17) in the 13/14 year age group.
In the 17 and over age Butterfly specialist Martin Leel won silver in the 200m Butterfly (2.03.73) and Bronze in the 100m Butterfly (56.51).
Other medal winners in the Boys competition were:
Steven Sutherland 13/14 100m Breaststroke - silver, 200m Breaststroke - silver
Michael Adams 13/14 200m Freestyle - bronze
Kyle O'Neill 15/16 1500m Freestyle - silver
In the girls competition, 12 year old Rachel Milne took silver in the 200m Freestyle in the 11/12 age group as well as 4th place in the 400m Freestyle and the 200m Backstroke.
13 year old Carrie Simpson made 4 finals in the 13/14 age group and was just out of the medals in 4th place in the 100m Backstroke and the 800m Freestyle.
ND
Open Westhill
Saturday 11th Oct, Sunday 12th
Oct 2003
A COAST swim
team, minus many of its top
swimmers who are attending a
training camp in Lanzarote,
turned in some creditable
performances at the North
District Open Swimming
Championships in Westhill this
weekend.
Top COAST swimmer was 15 year
old Gordon's pupil Max
Schneider who took 3 titles in
the 200 (2.00.35), 400
(4.19.32) and 800 (9.09.93)
Freestyle. 15 year old
Oldmachar Academy schoolgirl
Debbie Moore secured 2 golds
in the Women's 800 (9.34.32)
and 400 Freestyle (4.39.50).
Other medal winners were 15
year old Tom Lindsay who took
silver in the 100 Butterfly
and Bronze in the 100
Backstroke and 14 year old
Jonathan Greig who picked up
bronze medals in the 200
Freestyle and 200 Butterfly.
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Grampian Institute of Sport News Bulletin 4th August 2003 |
Martin Win’s Bronze at Europeans
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Grampian Institute of Sport swimmer, Martin Leel (pictured left), was in outstanding form at the Dianasport European Junior Swimming Championships, held at Glasgow’s Tollcross Park Leisure Centre from 31st July to 3rd August. Martin was the only home-based Scottish swimmer selected for the GB Team following his excellent swims at the British Long-course Championships, held in Sheffield during March, where he set personal best times in both the 100m & 200m Butterfly. |
At the European Championships Martin again set personal best times in both the 100m & 200m Butterfly, indicating that both he and club coach Eileen Adams (COAST) got the training preparation ‘just right’. Martin made the 100m final after solidly negotiating his heat and qualifying from a tight semi-final. In the final Martin set a PB of 55.75 to finish in 6th place. In the 200m Martin set a pb in the semi-final to qualify for the final in 8th place by 1/100th of a second. Martin then managed to improve his performance and set a new pb in the final where he finished in 7th place in 2:03.02.
The icing on the cake came on the last day of competition when Martin won a Bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay where Great Britain finished behind winners Hungary and Germany.
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Grampian Institute of Sport News Bulletin 7th August 2003 |
Swimmers in Superb Form at ASAs
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Athletes on the Grampian Institute of Sport swimming programme produced some superb performances and results at last week’s ASA National Age Group and Youth Championships. 14 year old Chris Chasser from the South Aberdeenshire Swim Team (pictured left) won 4 Gold Medals at the Age Group Championships, winning the 200m & 400m IM, 200m Back and 100m Fly. |
13 year old Adrian O’Neill from the City of Aberdeen Swim Team (COAST) won 3 Gold Medals (100m & 200m Free, 200m IM), 1 Silver Medal (400m IM) and 2 Bronze Medals (100m & 200m Fly), also at the Age Group Championships.
At the ASA National Youth Championships pride of place went to 16 year old Ranald Falconer (COAST) who won 2 Gold Medals (100m & 200m Free) and 1 Silver Medal (50m Free). On his way to winning Gold in the 100m Free, Ranald broke the Scottish Junior Record on 3 consecutive swims, in his heat, semi and final.
Other notable performances at the Championships came from Ewan McKenzie (SAS) who reached 2 Age Group finals, Kerry Buchan (SAS) who reached 4 Youth finals and Rachael Keir (Elgin) and Gemma Sutherland (SAS) who each reached one Youth final.
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Two Golds and two British
Records for O'Neill on day 1 of British Age Groups!
COAST swimmer and Aberdeen Young Sportsman of the Year Adrian
O'Neill added another 4 medals to his two golds from day 1 of the championships.
Adrian won gold in the Boys 13 years 200m Freestyle in 2.04.17, a silver in the
400 Individual Medley (4.55.91), bronze in the 100m Butterfly (1.00.59) and
bronze in the 200m Butterfly (2.19.23)
Nicola Shand from Dyce made another two finals in the 12 year old age group
finishing 9th in the 400 Individual Medley (5.30.99) and 4th in the 200m
Butterfly (2.32.82).
Second
Gold Medal and Scottish Junior Record for City Swimmer in British Youth Champ's
Robert Gordon's pupil Ranald Falconer took his second British Title of the
championships in the 15/16 100m Freestyle event. 16 year old Falconer lowered
his Scottish Junior Freestyle record in each successive round of the event
winning in a time of 52.74 from Philip John from Bridgend City (53.86).
Wed 18th – Sun 22nd June
2003
Swimmers from the City of Aberdeen Swim Team (COAST) provided some impressive performances in the water over the 5 day meet. Top performer this year was 14 year old Cults Academy student Robbie Renwick with 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze from the 13/14 age group. Robbie’s results:
Gold:
100m Freestyle 55.87, 200m Freestyle 1.58.73, 400m Freestyle 4.14.35
Silver:
1500m Freestyle 17.02.54
Bronze:
100m Backstroke 1.05.31
Predictably
his 13 year old COAST team mate, Aberdeen’s Young Sportsman of the year Adrian
O’Neill, also turned in a string of high quality swims in the same age group.
Silver:
100m Butterfly 1.00.89, 400IM 4.58.27
Bronze:
100m Freestyle 57.28, 200m Butterfly 2.17.28
Ranald
Falconer, the Scottish 100m Freestyle Junior Record holder, fulfilled
expectations with his performances in the 15/16 age group 100m and 200m
Freestyle with Gold medals in both.
Ranald’s
times: 100m Freestyle 54.17, 200m Freestyle 1.58.39
David
Carry, Commonwealth Games 200m Freestyle finalist was also impressive picking up
silver in the open age 400m Freestyle with a time of 3.55.78.
In
the girls competition, 12 year old Nicola Shand was pipped by the narrowest of
margins finishing 4th in the 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly and the
400IM.
In
the relays COAST picked up 6 silver medals and 3 bronze.
Inverness
proves a happy hunting ground for City Swim Stars
Just 5 days after returning from their foray to Sheffield, the members of the
well travelled COAST swim team headed to the Highland capital keen to
sweep all before them in the North District championships. On this occasion the
swimmers represented the six individual city clubs that provide swimmers for the
composite COAST team.
This was a younger squad than had been so successful in England the previous
week but they proved that COAST has tremendous strength in depth and potential
with an overall display of quality and competitiveness that must be the envy of
their rivals.
Swimmers who particularly caught the eye were Mark Dunford (18) in the
backstroke events and Philip Lloyd (17) in the breaststroke events and also for
their consistently outstanding performances over a range of events in the
15/over age group and Robbie Renwick (14) in the 13/14 category who excelled in
all the freestyle events, capped by 3 North District record breaking swims in
the 100 freestyle (54.12 - a "Challenge" record), 400 Freestyle
(4.08.17) and 800 freestyle (8.33.34).
Newly crowned Under 16 Aberdeen Sports personality of the year Adrian O'Neill
also starred recording an outstanding 1.59.87 for his 200 Freestyle as well as a
whole host of top drawer other times.
In the 12 and under age group top girl award went to Dyce girl Nicola Shand and
top boy award went to Cults Otters Paul Boef for a whole series of excellent
swims both collecting "Best Age Group Swimmer" trophies.
Head Coach Eileen Adams "Outstanding results from the whole squad - hardly
a swimmer who did not PB on 2 or 3 events."
New records April 03
COAST swimmers have posted swims beating over 75 SASA North district records times since August 2002 across all age groups. Many of the short course records have been "challenged" for the ND Championships on 5 / 6 April having stood for over 10 years.
Sheffield 19/22 (British LC) & 27/29 March 03
COAST swimmers
were not found wanting in 2 high quality long course competitions against some
of the best age group swimmers in Britain.
Top performance from a COAST swimmer was by 16 year old Ranald Falconer who
fired a warning shot across the bows of the established older swimmers with a
new Scottish Junior Record of 53.43 in the 100m Freestyle. Impressive times in
the 50 Freestyle 24.80 and 200 Freestyle 1.58.17 by Falconer completed a
successful weekend's work by the Aberdeen teenager.
Hard on the heals in terms of promise came 13 year old fellow Robert Gordon's
pupil Adrian O'Neill who continues to get better and better. O'Neill blasted the
opposition in the Boys 13 year old age group with 5 stunning gold medal swims
throughout the weekend following which he was deservedly awarded best 13 year
old male title.
Following his successful performances in the British Long Course championships
last weekend at the same venue 17 year old Martin Leel once again turned in top
drawer performances in his favourite Butterfly events where he picked up gold on
the 50m, 200m and silver in the 100m.
Not to be outdone, another promising youngster from the COAST stable, 14 year
old Cults lad Robbie Renwick emerged with a whole clutch of fast times - the
best being his 4.13.79 in the 400 Freestyle which gains him a place in the
Scottish Youth Squad for next year.
Encouraging performances from many other members of the squad bodes well for the
rest of the season.
Head Coach Eileen Adams "Excellent results for the first targeted meet of
the season. I am really pleased with the results and we are now starting to
prepare for the second phase of the long course season - the ASA competitions in
the summer.
Up
and coming COAST swimmers representing 6 local Aberdeen clubs, picked up medals
across all the age groups.
Top girl medal winner was Dyce schoolgirl Nicola Shand in the 12/U Girl's
competition who took away 7 Gold and 1 Silver medal. 14 year old Harlaw Academy
pupil Tom Lindsay was the top boy with 5 Golds and 1 Silver medal.
