Bishop's Stortford swimmers Alyson Fordham, Lizzie Bellinger and Sally Winter in FINA Masters world top 10 fastest lists
Alyson Fordham has been recognised as one of the globe's top swimmers in her age group after achieving multiple rankings in the FINA Masters world top 10 fastest lists.
The Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club member was the planet's second-fastest swimmer in the short course 50m and 200m freestyle events as well as the long course 50m freestyle in the 65-69 age category.
She was also third for the 100m freestyle and 100m individual medley, fifth in the 50m backstroke and seventh in 400m freestyle (all 25m short course) and was fourth in 100m freestyle and 10th in 400m freestyle (both 50m long course).
Fordham's times from the 2022 season also propelled her into the top 10 fastest swims of all time for six events - four short course and two long course - with four of the times being new European records.
By the end of the year she held both European records for 50m freestyle and had the fourth-fastest short course swim and seventh long course.
Her other two European records were in the short course 200m freestyle and 100m IM, ranking fourth and fifth in the world all-time rankings respectively. In 100m freestyle she has the seventh- and ninth-fastest times in short course and long course respectively.
Fordham's fellow Stortford stars Lizzie Bellinger and Sally Winter also feature in the global rankings for short course events in their age categories.
Bellinger, who competed in the 40-45 section in 2022, was fifth in 100m butterfly while Winter was seventh in 200m freestyle and 10th in 100m freestyle.