NEWS / RESULTS / ACTIVITIES
2008
Whilst the rest of Britain catches its breath after the amazing performance of Team GB at the Beijing Olympics, here is a summary of how COAST's 2 Olympians fared.
Having left UK in early July, the GB Swim Team acclimatised in Osaka in Japan, making final preparations to their training and adjusting to the time difference and climatic conditions - mid 30's and high humidity. 2 weeks later, the team headed to Beijing on the 5th and some who were not competing in the first days joined the opening ceremony where Mark Foster led the team out. By this time David Carry and Robbie Renwick would have been in bed as both were competing within 48hr.
In the men's 400m Freestyle, David Carry was in probably one of the most difficult races to reach a final - despite putting in an excellent time of 3:47.17 which was a new British record, he lost out by 3 seconds on gaining a place in the final which was won by Korea's Taehwan Park who came close to meeting the all time record set by Ian Thorpe. This was the first signs that world swimming had moved significantly on since Athens.
Day 2 was Robbie Renwick's turn in the 200m free. In some very strange heat swimming, where Robbie came a creditable 3rd in his heat with a time of 1:47.82, he found himself lying 17th having missed the semi-final slot by 0.01 sec. Only after consoling himself back in the athlete's village, he got the call that some-one had dropped out of the semis and he was reprieved. The next day in the morning session, he swam a blinder of 01:47.07 and despite coming 7th in his semi beat all but one of the swimmers in the other semi to reach the final.
So on day 3 Robbie woke up (after very little sleep) to an Olympic final. Perhaps nerves played a part with Robbie coming in 8th having a keen battle with the Japanese competitor in the next lane ... but the race limelight was stolen by Michael Phelps who led the field from the start and smashed the world record. We can still reflect that there was no Australian in the final and only 2 other Europeans so Robbie is cementing his reputation as a top flight swimmer.
Day 3 also saw the heats of the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay and team selectors took no risks entering their top 4 swimmers of David Carry, Andrew Hunter, Ross Davenport and Robbie Renwick and they came in second behind the USA in a new British record. David Carry also broke Simon Burnet's record in the first leg so hope's were high. The next morning, they had ambitions of a medal and a good lane (not next to the American's). The race started with a frenzy and as predicted with Michael Phelps lead-off, the USA took a commanding lead. The race for the other positions ebbed and flowed, and despite going another 2 seconds under the previous British record and fighting hard, our team came 6th but actually only losing out by less than a second to Australia who took bronze.
So Robbie can celebrate 5 Olympic swims and a final and David came home with 3 GB records.
What-ever the results, both our Olympians can reflect that they gave their best and that they competed in a world record races and on the world stage. Follow this link for David's You-Tube interview by Speedo.
InCAS Distance Meet -
21/22 June 2008
A COAST Team comprising mainly of swimmers from
Junior and Youth Potential attended the InCAS Distance Meet held in Glenrothes.
Abigail Proctor led the way with some impressive times in her 6 swims. Not only
did she return undefeated, she broke COAST 10 and under age group records in all
6 swims!
Other gold medallists were:
Daniel Tiffin in the 10 and under 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 200 freestyle, 400
IM, and 200 backstroke
Rebecca Craigmyle in the 13/14 200 backstroke
Hayley Monteith in the 13/14 400 IM
7th
Vienna International - 13/15 June 2008
Elizabeth Hughes attended her first European
meet having been selected as part of the Scottish Team attending the 7th Vienna
International in Austria between 13 and 15 June. The team performed extremely
well with the 19 swimmers amassing an impressive total of 94 medals. Elizabeth
played her part with an open gold in the 4 x 100 freestyle team and bronze in
the 1500 freestyle. In her age group she won gold in the 50 and 200 backstroke
and 400 IM, and silver in the 800 and 1500 freestyle, 200 butterfly and 200 IM.
ASA Championships Liverpool 10 - 13 July 2008
The ASA open championships moved to the new 50m pool in Liverpool for the first time and followed the Beijing Olympic format of heats in the evening and finals in the morning. COAST's Robbie Renwick came up against manly of his fellow Olympic qualifiers including David Carry, Andy Hunter and Dean Milwain and Ross Davenport in the 200m and 400m. Robbie made amends for the Olympic trials and led the way home holding off 1500m specilaist David Davies in a close race which prompted a rare headline on the British Swimming website (see below). Robbie also had a thrilling 200m swim where he just lost out to Ross Davenport in a close final.
This was the last competition in UK before departure to Asia on 25 July.
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COAST sent a strong team to the home nationals which were boosted by many visiting teams including many of the French Olympic team including Laure Manaudou and Alain Bernard, the recent world record holder at 50m Freestyle. As in previous years the 13 & 14 years Girls / Boys swam HDW events in the afternoon.
In the Open Championships, the glory went to Robbie Renwick who produced some stunning swims taking the 200m , 400m, and 800m freestyle titles. In the 200m he was up against he Frenchman Bernard who posted a faster time in the heats and in a thrilling race over 4 lengths, Robbie pulled away in the last length from the sprinter to win in a PB time of 01:47.70 (just outside David Carry's GB record of 1:47.40) which also earned him the Best Swimmer of the meet trophy for the highest LEN points.
Robbie also went under 8 minutes for the 800m freestyle in 07:58.74 - a 9 second PB and winning by 10 seconds. To cap it all the COAST mens 4 x 100m FS relay took gold where Ranald Falconer, Steven Sutherland and Keith Beveridge joined Robbie to pip Newcastle by a fingernail.
In other events Ranald Falconer took silver in the 50m Back, came 6th in the 100m Back and was 7th in the 50m Free, Eleanor Brooke was 4th in the 200m Breast, Elizabeth Hughes and Nicola Shand came 7th and 8th respectively in the 400m Free, Russell Thom finaled in the 200m Breast coming 9th and Carly Fraser came 7th in the 100m Breast.
Overall in the team scores COAST came 4th behind winners Warrender for the 3rd year.
In the Junior events
Euan Inglis came 3rd in the 100m Breast, 4th in the 200m Breast, 7th in the 200m Fly and 6th in the 200m IM, Hayley Monteith came 6th in the 100m Breats, 8th in the 200m Breast and 10th in 100m Back. The boys 15-16 fought hard for a 2nd place in the 4 x 50m IM relay.
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With only a few weeks to go before the Beijing Olympic Games, the excitement is building. The following sites showcase the 2 Aberdeen swimmers and other British Squad members.
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Scottish Institute http://www.sisport.com/sisport/1878.html?pMenuID=8&pElementID=252 British Olympic Association http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/Sport.aspx?gt=s&sd=19 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/swimming/default.stm |
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Westhill Invitational 10/11 May 2008
Just a week after the Glasgow Open Meet a small
team of COAST swimmers attended the Westhill Invitational where swimmers swam in
age groups with the exception of the 50m and 400m & longer events. Representing
their "home" clubs at the meet there were some impressive swims with Lauren Kane
dominating the 14/15 year old age group and the freestyle events, breaking the
COAST Open record for the 1500 freestyle. COAST's medal winners were as
follows:
14/15 year old girls:
Lauren Kane Gold 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle, 1500 freestyle,
100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, Silver 100 butterfly, Bronze 100 freestyle,
Hannah Grayson 100m Backstroke
16+ girls:
Eleanor Brooke Gold 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle, Silver 50 breaststroke, 200
freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 100 IM, 200 IM
Nicola Shand Silver 50 backstroke, Bronze 100 breaststroke, 200 freestyle,
Bronze 800 freestyle
Carly Fraser Silver 100 breaststroke, Bronze 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke
Rachel Davidson Bronze 100 backstroke
12/13 year old boys:
Charlie Watson Bronze 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
16+ boys:
Russell Thom Silver 200 breaststroke, 800 freestyle
Steven Sutherland Gold 50 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, Silver 50
breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, Bronze 100 butterfly, 200 breaststroke
Ross MacDonald Silver 100 backstroke, Bronze 50 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Keith Beveridge Silver 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
North District Open Championships
The City of Aberdeen Swim Team
collected the top club award for the eighth time in nine years at the North
District Open Swimming Championships held on 31 May and 1 June, winning nine
individual open titles and eight junior titles over the weekend.
Steven Sutherland (19) was COAST's most successful swimmer being crowned
champion in the 100m and 200m breaststroke, and 200m individual medley.
Elizabeth Hughes (14) defended her 200m backstroke open and junior titles,
breaking the Scottish age group record for the event in both the heats and
final. She added the 400m individual medley open and junior, and 200m butterfly
junior titles, whilst Eleanor Brooke (17) collected gold medals in the 100m
breaststroke and 200m individual medley. Lauren Kane (14) collected the open
and junior 800m freestyle titles with Keith Beveridge (17) winning the 200m
butterfly.
Euan Inglis (14) was the team's top junior male collecting the junior awards in
both the 100m and 200m breaststroke whilst Stuart McIntosh (14) was first junior
in the 200m backstroke. Rachel Wood (15) received the junior award for the 100m
butterfly.
In addition to individual success, the team were dominant in the relays winning
all four events, with Elizabeth Hughes, Eleanor Brooke, Nicola Shand (17) and
Rachel Milne (16) equalling the championship record in the 4 x 50m medley relay.
Other Medalists:
Silver: Michael McGovern (1500 freestyle), Mark Campbell (200 IM, 100
breaststroke), Nicola Shand (100 butterly, 400 IM), Ross MacDonald (100 & 200
backstroke), Sean Dawson (200 breaststroke), Steven Sutherland (100 freestyle),
Keith Beveridge (100 butterfly, 200 freestyle), Eleanor Brooke (200
breaststroke).
Bronze: Lauren Kane (200 backstroke), Sean Dawson (400 & 800 freestyle), Chris
Breen (200 butterfly), Rachel Milne (200 freestyle), Keith Beveridge (100
freestyle), Elizabeth Hughes (200 IM), Steven Sutherland (100 butterfly), Mark
Campbell (200 backstroke), Katherine Gordon (400 freestyle), Nicola Shand (200
butterfly).
City of Glasgow Open (LC) - 3/4 May
Following closely on the heals of
the Scottish Age Group Championships, COAST swimmers were back at Tollcross
competing at the City of Glasgow Open Meet gaining further important long course
experience. The team performed well collecting 15 gold medals as follows:
Elizabeth Hughes (100 & 200 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 400 IM, 400 freestyle),
Euan Inglis (100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 400 IM), Mark Campbell (100
breaststroke), Morven Sneddon (100 breaststroke), Jonathon Hughes (200
butterfly), Nicola Shand (400 IM), Russell Thom (400 IM), Michael McGovern (200
backstroke), Walter Guiscardo (100 backstroke).
Silver medalists: Lauren Kane (800 & 1500 freestyle), Nicola Shand (100 & 200
butterfly, 400 & 800 freestyle), Eleanor Brooke (100 breaststroke), Michael
McGovern (200 IM), Euan Inglis (200 butterfly), Morven Sneddon (200
breaststroke), Katherine Gordon (100 backstroke), Elizabeth Hughes (200 IM),
Russell Thom (200 breaststroke).
Bronze Medalists: Matthew McClure (100 breaststroke), Euan Inglis (200 IM), Tom
Primavesi (200 butterfly), Katherine Gordon (200 backstroke), Nicola Shand (100
& 200 backstroke), Stuart McIntosh (200 backstroke), Michael McGovern (100
butterfly), Eleanor Brooke (200 breaststroke, 400 freestyle), Rachel Wood (100
backstroke), Mark Campbell (100 backstroke), Ross MacDonald (100 backstroke)
Aberdeen City Council Sports Awards honours Pat Kennedy
The 2008 Sports Awards were held on 25th April in the Beach Ballroom and COAST's and Aberdeen Dolphin's Pat Kennedy was honoured with a Silver Award for Volunteer of the year. Pat's nomination catalogued many years as Team manager, Fund Raiser and Committee member on both Dolphins and COAST over the last 10 years.
Dolphin's David Carry was also awarded a runner -up Silver medal for Sprtsperson of the Year following his performances in the Euroepan cChampionships and US Nationals where he set new British marks in teh 200m and 400m Freestyle. David's award was collected by COAST Head Coach - Stewart Haslam.
Scottish Nationals 8 - 13 April - Tollcross Glasgow
Eleanor Brooke was crowned
Scottish 16-18 year old Champion in the 200m breaststroke at the Scottish
National Age Group Championships held over 4 days at Tollcross, Glasgow. In a
hard fought final she held off a late charge from Carly Fraser to take COAST's
only title at the championships. Her winning margin over silver medalist Carly
was a mere 0.35 seconds. Eleanor also won the bronze medal in the 100m
breaststroke.
Elizabeth Hughes broke the North District 50m butterfly age group record in the
heats and then again in the final of the 200m individual medley, taking the
silver medal on day one of the Championships. She then broke the longest
standing District age group record when winning silver in the 1500m
freestyle, taking almost 7 seconds off the previous best which had stood for 26
years. Her third medal of the meet came in the 200m butterfly when she won the
bronze. Nicola Shand (17) won the team's final individual medal taking bronze
in the 16-18 year old 200m butterfly.
Euan Dunbar, Euan Inglis, Tom Primavesi and Elliot Martin put in a strong
performance in the 11 to 14 year old 4 x 100m medley to take the team's only
relay medal with a bronze.
Other top ten finishes:
10-12 year olds
Timothy McGovern (12) 4th 800 freestyle, 5th 1500 freestyle
Morven Sneddon (12) 6th 100 breaststroke, 7th 200 breaststroke
Daniel Smith (12) 7th 100 backstroke, 7th 200 backstroke
Matthew McClure (12) 7th 100 breaststroke, 8th 200 breaststroke
13 year olds
Elliot Martin - 4th 400 IM, 5th 200 IM, 6th 100 freestyle, 6th 200 butterfly,
6th 400 freestyle, 6th 800 freestyle, 7th 100 breaststroke, 7th 200
breaststroke, 8th 200 freestyle
Hayley Monteith - 6th 200 backstroke, 8th 100 Breaststroke, 9th 100 backstroke,
10th 200 IM
Tom Primavesi - 8th 1500 freestyle, 9th 100 butterfly
Euan Dunbar - 9th 1500 freestyle, 10th 100 backstroke, 10th 200 backstroke, 10th
400 IM
Catherine Cameron (13) 10th 100 butterfly
14 year olds
Euan Inglis - 4th 200 breaststroke, 5th 400 IM, 5th 800 freestyle, 5th 1500
freestyle, 6th 100 breaststroke, 7th 200 butterfly
Elizabeth Hughes - 4th 200 backstroke, 5th 100 butterfly, 5th 800 freestyle, 6th
400 freestyle, 6th 400 IM, 7th 100 backstroke
Lauren Kane - 4th 400 freestyle, 6th 800 freestyle, 8th 400 IM, 9th 200
freestyle
Stuart McIntosh - 6th 800 freestlye, 6th 1500 freestyle, 8th 400 freestyle
15 year olds
Greig Morrison - 5th 400 freestyle, 5th 800 freestyle, 6th 200 freestyle
Rachel Wood - 6th 200 butterfly, 7th 400 freestyle
Katherine Gordon - 7th 200 backstroke, 10th 200 butterfly
16-18 year olds
Nicola Shand (17) 4th 400 IM, 6th 100 butterfly, 8th 200 backstroke
Russell Thom (16) 4th 200 breaststroke
Carley Fraser (16) 5th 100 breaststroke
Mark Campbell (16) 5th 100 breaststroke
Keith Beveridge (17) 7th 100 butterfly
Siobhan McNally (18) 9th 800 freestyle
Ross MacDonald (17) 9th 200 backstroke
Eleanor Brooke (16) 10th 200 IM
Michael McGovern (16) ?? 100 backstroke
9th FINA World Championships (25m) Manchester
Following the tension of the Olympic trials, David Carry and Robbie Renwick travelled directly to the Wold Champs in Manchester, which were held in a customized 25m x 25m pool in the M.E.N. Arena.
Both were competing in the 2 x 200m and 400 FS. David was also selected for the 200m FS individual swim which was on Day 1 and having got through the heats to the finals, David had a nightmare slip on the blocks and finished 6th. However matters were put right the next day when the GB 4 x 200m relay broke GB records and in the final broke the European record to push Australia all the way to take Silver. Robbie was lead off swimmer on both swims and broke (David's) Scottish 200m records in the heat with his split of 01: 45.83 and followed that in the evening with a faster swim of 01:44.83 which helped the team take Silver.
David in action in the relay
Day 3 saw both men in action in the 400m FS. Robbie demonstrated that he had a point to prove following Sheffield by breaking the British record with a swim of 03:42.66 to go into the finals 3rd fastest with David lying 6th. The evening final saw David take an early lead but the Russian Yuriy Prilokov in the outside lane broke clear and with the rest fighting for second and 3rd, Robbie timed a late charge to take Bronze in a huge PB and British record of 03:40.22, narrowly pipping David by 0.35 sec.
Robbie and David both paid tribute to Eileen Adams in their media interviews.
Photos: from www.gettyimages.com
British Championship / Olympic Trials (31 March - 6 April 08)
COAST can celebrate 2 of its swimmers being qualified for the Beijing Olympics following a tense week of qualifiers for both swimmers and their coaches. The situation was made more tense by the fact that both David Carry and Robbie Renwick were competing head to head in the 200m and 400m individual freestyle events. Ultimately it was honours even with David qualifying for the 400m and Robbie for the 200m and both being in the top 4 for the 4 x 200m relay.
Both were in action on the first day / first event and both swam below par. Despite having achieved the time previously Robbie failed to meet the Olympic qualifying time in the evening heat. David as the current British Record holder also seemed to struggle and only made the qualifying time by 0.06 sec. However David made amends in the next morning's final, winning ahead of fellow Loughboro student Dean Milwain who both booked their places on the Olympic team. Robbie put his disappointment behind him and competed strongly coming in 3rd but there was no hiding his despondency.
2 days later it was the 200m heats and this time things went to form with David and Robbie both getting the necessary pre-qualifying times - although again only by a few tenths, setting themselves up with Ross Davenport and Andy Hunter who also made the qualifying times.
In a tense final next morning with all 8 entrants in with a chance at the relay slot, Robbie led from the start only to be overtaken by Davenport on the final 50, but clung onto 2nd slot to secure his nomination for the individual event and also the relay positions along with David, who came 3rd.
Afterwards it was clear the Robbie had overcome his earlier disappointment and swum the race of his life to achieve his ambition of going to the Olympics. At the age of 19 his is one of the youngest men to have been selected and make up a contingent of 10 Scots in the likely Team.
Robbie wishes to thank all who helped him and wished him luck but especially coach Eileen Adams and Ranald who kept his spirits up during the week.
Pictured left is the COAST team goodluck gift, designed by Rachael Wood and signed by teammates.
Press links :
Renwick, Miley and Hunter get on Road to Beijing
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/-Scottish-Beijing-pool-party.3947851.jp
http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/British-Swimming-Championships-Scots-trio.3934786.jp
Olympic Trial Preparations continue in Eindhoven and Berlin International Swim Meet
COAST's top potential Olympic swimmer - David Carry swims for Team GB at the LEN European Championships in Eindhoven starting 18th March.
Robbie Renwick continued his preparations for the Olympic trials with another warm-up meet in Berlin. Facing less daunting opposition than Missouri, he took 1st place in a good time of 03:51.57 in the 400m free and 2nd in the 200m FS in 01:49.88
Robbie and David will be joined by Ranald Falconer who will swim in the freestyle and backstroke sprint events.
Robbie and David will also compete for GB in the World Short Course champs in the Manchester LEN stadium from 7 - 14 April in the 200m, 400, and relay events. These will be televised on BBC as follows.
Weds 9th April: 1400-1500 & 1900-2000 live BBC2 / 1955-2130 BBCi live
Thurs 10th April: 1300-1515 & 1900-2000 live BBC2 / 1900-2130 BBCi live
Fri 11th April: 1330-1515 & 1900-2000 live BBC2 / 1900-2130 BBCi live
Sat 12th April: 1300-1400 BBC1 & 1800-1900 BBC2 / 1630 1800 BBCi - all live
Sun 13th April: 1445-1750 BBC2 - all live
North District Age Group Champs 1 /2 March 2008
With five individual gold
and three silver medals, Elizabeth Hughes (14) topped the City of
Aberdeen Swim Team's medal haul at the North District age group
championships in Inverness. Representing Aberdeen Dolphin Swimming Club
at the meet, she retained the 200m backstroke and 1500m freestyle 13/14
year old titles she won in 2007 and added those for the 200m butterfly,
200m individual medley and 400m individual medley. Lauren Kane (14),
also representing Aberdeen Dolphin, retained her 400m and 800m freestyle
titles in the same age group. Also collecting two gold medals was
Dolphin's Rachel Milne (16) who won both the 200m and 400m freestyle in
the 15 and over age group.
In the 15 and over boy's events, Aberdeen Dolphin's Steven Sutherland
(19) broke the North District open record that he set at last year's
championships in retaining the 100m breaststroke title.
During the two day championships, their COAST team mates won a further
seven individual titles:
10-12 year old boys - Timothy McGovern (Aberdeen Dolphin) 1500m
freestyle, Walter Guiscardo (Cults Otters) 100m backstroke, Daniel Smith
(Bridge of Don) 200m backstroke
13/14 year old boys - Euan Inglis (Aberdeen Dolphin) 800m freestyle
15 and over girls - Nicola Shand (Dyce) 200m butterfly
15 and over boys - Ranald Falconer (Aberdeen Dolphin) 100m
freestyle, Sean Dawson (Cults Otters) 200m breaststroke.
In the relay events, Aberdeen Dolphin were dominant winning all the gold
medals in the 14 and over age group. Elizabeth Hughes, Lauren Kane,
Carly Fraser and Rachel Milne smashed the North District and
Championship records in both the 4 x 100m medley and 4 x 100m freestyle
relays whilst Ranald Falconer, Mark Campbell, Keith Beveridge and Steven
Sutherland collected the boys awards. The Cults Otters 13 and under
boys team of Walter Guiscardo, Matthew McClure, Tom Primavesi and Elliot
Martin collected gold in the freestyle relay.
Robbie Renwick competed along with several other Scottish swimmers in the Missouri Grand Prix which follows the Olympic timing programme of heats in evening and finals in the morning.
Despite still being in heavy training, Robbie took 4th place in the 400m FS behind Erik Vendt of USA - going 1 sec faster in the final with a 3:52.35. Robbie also reached the 200m final coming 8th behind Michael Phelps this time going 1 sec slower in the final with 1:51.64.
Robbie has one month similar competition in Berlin in early March before his bid for the team in the Olympic Trials / British Championships in Sheffield starting 31 March.
Edinburgh International Age
Group Championships 15/17 February 2008
The City of Aberdeen Swim Team's Eleanor Brooke struck double gold at
the Edinburgh International Age Group Championships at the Royal
Commonwealth Pool. The sixteen year old breaststroke specialist won
both the 100m and 200m breaststroke holding off strong challenges from
swimmers representing their country in the Celtic Tri-Nations
Championship which was incorporated into the event. The breaststroke
events produced some of COAST's best performances with Russell Thom (16)
winning silver and Carly Fraser (15) bronze in the 200m.
Keith Beveridge (16) was also successful in the 100m butterfly winning a
closely fought final, and also collecting bronze in the 200m butterfly.
In the younger age groups, Elizabeth Hughes (14) denied the Swim Wales
Team a double clean sweep in the butterfly events as she took bronze in
the 200m, whilst twelve year old Daniel Smith won bronze in both the
100m and 200m backstroke.
SAS Junior Meet 2/3 February 2008
Greig Morrison (15) was COAST's top performer at the SAS Junior Meet
with 5 gold medals and one silver. He triumphed in the 200m IM, 200m
backstroke, 200m breaststroke, 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle, with
his silver coming in the open 25m freestyle. Lauren Kane (14) was the
top female with golds in the 200m butterfly and 200m, 400m, and 800m
freestyle. She also won silver in the 200m backstroke and 200m IM.
Other medalists:
11 year old girls - Natasha Pitman, 200m IM bronze, Daisy McDonald, 200m
freestyle bronze
12 year old girls - Rebecca Craigmyle, 200m butterfly bronze
13 year old girls - Catherine Cameron, 200m butterfly silver, 200m
backstroke bronze
14 year old girls - Katherine Gordon - 200m backstroke gold, 200m
butterfly and breaststroke and 400m freestyle bronze
12 year old boys - Timothy McGovern 200m butterfly gold, 200m and 1500m
freestyle silver, 200m In and backstroke and 400m IM and freestyle
bronze - Mathew McClure 400m IM silver, 200m breaststroke bronze
13 year old boys - Elliot Martin 200m and 400m IM, 200m butterfly, 200m
and 1500m freestyle silver - Euan Dunbar, 200m backstroke bronze
14 year old boys - Stuart McIntosh 400m
freestyle gold, 200m backstroke silver
15 year old boys - Chris Breen 200m butterfly and 400m IM gold, 200m IM,
breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle silver
Scottish Schools Swimming Championships, Tollcross, 26.01.08
Elizabeth Hughes (Harlaw Academy) was crowned Scottish Schools 13/14
year old Swimming Champion in both the 200m backstroke and 200m
individual medley at the weekend. On her way to winning the
backstroke, she broke the championship record by 4.71 seconds. With
swimmers competing in age groups based on their year of birth, three
other COAST swimmers also collected two medals as Nicola Shand (Dyce
Academy, 17) won silver and bronze in the 17/19 year old 200m butterfly
and 400m individual medley, Elliot Martin (Cults Academy, 13) also won
silver and bronze in the 13/14 year old 100m freestyle and 200m
individual medley, whilst Peterhead Academy's Mark Campbell (16) took
bronze in both the 100m breaststroke and 200m individual medley for
17/19 year olds.
Other COAST medalists were:
Silver:
Chris Breen (Bridge of Don Academy, 15) 15/16 200m butterfly
Eleanor Brooke (St Margaret's, 16) 17/19 200m breaststroke
Rachel Davidson (Old Machar Academy, 16) 17/19 200m IM
Bronze:
Eddie Watson (Ashley Road Primary, 11) 12 & under 50m freestyle
Lauren Kane (Aberdeen Grammar School, 14) 15/16 200m freestyle
Euan Inglis (Robert Gordon's College, 14) 15/16 200m breastroke
Rachel Milne (Aberdeen Grammar School, 16) 17/19 200m freestyle
Keith Beveridge (Harlaw Academy, 16) 17/19 200m butterfly
Ross McDonald (Robert Gordon's College, 17) 17/19 200m backstroke
Russell Thom (Hazlehead Academy, 16) Open 400m IM
COAST records broken:
Abigail Proctor - 10 & under 50m butterfly
Elizabeth Hughes - 14 year old 200m backstroke and 200m IM, and Junior
200m IM.
Scottish Short Course - Tollcross January11- 14 2008
The City of Aberdeen Swim
Team left it late at the Scottish Short Course Championships to produce
their swim of the meet. The men's 4 x 100m freestyle team of Ranald
Falconer, Steven Sutherland, Mark Campbell and Robbie Renwick swam in
the final heat of the final event and broke the North District open
record in claiming the silver medal.
The team's only individual medal came in the 14 and under girls 400m IM
on the last afternoon as Elizabeth Hughes won the bronze, whilst Rachel
Milne's 200m freestyle final swim broke the North District 16 year old
age group record.
Swimming for Loughborough University, COAST member David Carry won gold
in the 200m and 400m freestyle, setting new Scottish records in both,
and silver in the 100m freestyle.
The team's finalists during the three day meet at Tollcross were:
"A" Finalists:
Robbie Renwick (19) - 4th 50m freestyle, 4th 200m freestyle
Eleanor Brooke (16) - 5th 200m breaststroke, 7th 100m breaststroke
Ranald Falconer (20) - 6th 50m freestyle, 6th 100m freestyle
Elizabeth Hughes (14) - 7th 200m backstroke
Rachel Milne (16) - 8th 200m freestyle
Steven Sutherland (18) - 10th 100m breaststroke
"B" Finalsits:
Steven Sutherland (18) - 1st 100m freestyle, 1st 200m breaststroke
Nicola Shand (17) - 1st 400m IM, 2nd 200m backstroke, 5th 100m
butterfly, 5th 100m IM
Carly Fraser (15) - 2nd 200m breaststroke, 3rd 50m breaststroke, 3rd
100m breaststroke
Eleanor Brooke (16) - 2nd 50m breastsroke
Rachel Wood (14) - 3rd 100m butterfly, 4th 200m backstroke
Siobhan McNally (17) - 3rd 800m freestyle
Russell Thom (16) - 4th 400m IM, 5th 200m breaststroke, 10th 100m
breaststroke
Elizabeth Hughes (14) - 5th 200m butterfly, 8th 200m IM, 9th 100m
backstroke
Lauren Kane (14) - 8th 200m backstroke
Jonathon Hughes (16) - 8th 200m butterfly
Ross MacDonald (17) - 9th 200m backstroke, 10th 50m backstroke
Mark Campbell(16) - 7th 50m breaststroke, 7th 100m breaststroke
Chris Breen (15) - 10th 200m butterfly
Age Group events:
Top 10 finishes
Girls 14 & under
Elizabeth Hughes (14) - 3rd 400m IM, 9th 800m freestyle
Lauren Kane (14) - 7th 400m freestyle
Boys 15 & under
Euan Inglis (14) - 5th 400m IM, 6th 1500m freestyle
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