At a very fast meet, which saw several American records broken in the 25 yard pool, Carnegie’s Mark Szaranek, was the standout British swimmer in action at the men’s NCAA division 1 championships which took place in Atlanta last week. Swimming for Florida, Szaranek contributed 22 individual points and had a hand in 123 more … Continue Reading→
Twelve British ladies were in action at the Women’s NCAA Division 1 Championships which took place a little over a week ago in Atlanta. The event was held in the 1996 Olympic pol, now re-christened as the McCauley Aquatic Centre.
The overall title was won by Georgia, who counted Plymouth Leander’s Shauna Lee amongst their … Continue Reading→
A week or so ago many of Britain’s swimmers had their last competitive hit out ahead of trials at the Edinburgh International Meet. Here are three key pointers from that meet to trials in Glasgow in a few week's time.
1. Men’s breaststroke spots in Rio are still wide open, almost
After several weeks of disquiet over the organisation of the European Masters Championships to be held in London at the end of May, things are set to come to a head over the next few days as final decisions are made over the format of the competition and who will get to swim which events.