East Herts come second behind St Albans at Hertfordshire Schools Swimming Association Secondary Inter-District Championships
The East Herts team secured runners-up spot at the Hertfordshire Schools Swimming Association Secondary Inter-District Championships.
They came second behind St Albans and ahead of Watford, North Herts, Mid Herts and Dacorum.
The squad included members of Bishop’s Stortford, Ware and Hoddesdon swimming clubs as well as students from The Bishop’s Stortford High School, Herts and Essex High School, Bishop’s Stortford College, St Mary’s Catholic School and Avanti Grange as well as Leventhorpe School in Sawbridgeworth.
The intermediate (Years 9-10) and senior girls (Years 11-13) topped their age group categories with an impressive 10 top-three finishes and three relay golds.
The junior (Years 7-8) and senior boys finished second behind champions St Albans.
New championship records were set by Zak Fellows in the intermediate 50m backstroke with 27.84sec (breaking 28.09) and the senior girls’ freestyle relay team with 1min 54.90sec (breaking 1.55.20).
The East Herts district representative was Stortford’s head coach Jamie McLaughlin and he liaised closely with schools to put together the best team on the night.
East Herts medallists: Junior - Jenson Richards, bronze (100m individual medley); Kenny Millsom, bronze (50m breaststroke); Harrison Dodwell, bronze (50m butterfly); Guy Spearman-Baines, gold (50m freestyle); Boys’ medley relay, silver (Zack Haslett-Fossey, Kenny Millsom, Luca Tse, Jenson Richards); Boys’ freestyle relay, silver (Guy Spearman-Baines, Harrison Dodwell, Luca Tse, Jenson Richards).
Intermediate - Sophia Dixon, silver (100m IM); Zak Fellows, gold (50m back); Lois Fields, silver (50m back); Molly Greatbatch, gold (50m breast); Thomas Hughes, silver (50m fly); Rose Conday, gold (50m fly); Amelia Matthews, silver (50m free); Boys’ medley relay, bronze (Zak Fellows, Seb Smith, Thomas Hughes, Benjamin Palmer); Girls’ medley relay, gold (Lois Fields, Molly Greatbatch, Rose Conday, Lillia Thorne); Girls’ freestyle relay, silver (Rose Conday, Amelia Matthews, Lillia Thorne, Sophia Dixon).
Senior - Brandon MacDonald-Williams, silver (100m IM); Ella Greatbatch, gold (100m IM); Jakey Hayes, gold (50m back); Freya Hadnutt, silver (50m back); Robert Gor, silver (50m breast); Ella Greatbatch, gold (50m breast); Beau Reilly, bronze (50m fly); Emma Fields, gold (50m fly); George Grimwood, silver (50m free); Ellie Keeling, silver (50m free); Boys’ medley relay, silver (Jakey Hayes, Robert Gor, Volodymyr Ignatiev, Beau Reilly); Girls’ medley relay, gold (Freya Hadnutt, Ella Greatbatch, Emma Fields, Ellie Keeling); Boys’ freestyle relay, gold (Brandon MacDonald-Williams, George Grimwood, Volodymyr Ignatiev, Beau Reilly); Girls’ freestyle relay, gold (Ellie Keeling, Ella Greatbatch, Emma Fields, Freya Hadnutt).
