A stunning brace of British Records from Angharad Evans and Freya Colbert were the standout attractions in London on the third night of competition. Both produced outstanding swims that moved them into the top 10 all time global performers in their events. Unsurprisingly that put the duo on the team for European Championships but there was a lot of selection action beyond them. A full update is below.

Note this is only our interpretation of how the policies will be applied and final selections need to be confirmed by the relevant selectors in due course.

Britain

Evan’s 2:19.70 in the 200m breaststroke easily made the GB qualifying time, while Colberts 1:54.43 200 freestyle did likewise. With such a strong time at the head, the GB women’s 4×200 also easily made the grade, with Freya Anderson, Leah Schlosshan and Theodora Taylor completing the quartet.

Lauren Cox in the 50m backstroke made it a clean sweep of female event winners to make the GB standard.

For the men, Ollie Morgan and Matt Richards qualified themselves for Paris in the 100m backstroke and freestyle respectively.

England

It was a bumper day for England with 9 names being added to the selection conversation. Beyond those who made the GB times, Reece Grady in the 1500 freestyle, Cameron Brooker in the 100 backstroke and Jacob Mills in the 100 freestyle made the grade for the men, while Blythe Kinsman in the 50 backstroke and Freya Anderson in the 200 freestyle did likewise for the ladies.

In relay terms, both the men’s 4×100 quartet or Mills, Gabriel Shepherd, Jacob Whittle and James Guy, and the women’s 4×200 relay of Colbert, Anderson, Leah Schlosshan and Erin Little, made their respective standards.

This is the time where things start to look dicey for those who only just snuck under the nomination standards – there are 24 swimmers in contention after half the meet, and only 28 spots available.

Scotland

Matt Ward set a Scottish Records over 100m backstroke in the heats but couldn’t replicate that in the final. He missed out on the Euros as a consequence but confirmed his place in Glasgow. Luke Hornsey and Sean McCann also added their names to the selection conversation in the 1500 free.

Both relays that were in play today made their standards, but the Scottish policy prioritises the men’s 4×200 and both medley relays so it remains to be seen if they will make the grade. In the women’s 4×200 Evie Davis, Megan Barnes, Lucy Hope and Evi Mackie are the quartet and Evan Jones, Jensen Norris, Stefan Krawiec and Aidan Kay the men’s 4×100 who will be hoping their quartet gets the nod.

Wales

Six women and seven men have put themselves in contention for the Welsh team at the halfway stage of these championships, noting that the qualification window for Wales runs over a longer period than just this week and some spots had already been secured. At this stage though, the relay teams are looking well set, with the women’s 4×1 and 4×2 under their standards along with the men’s 4×1. Those results also mean the mixed 4×1 freestyle has made the Welsh nomination standard.

Wales don’t have a hard and fast cap on team size as yet, so it’s likely that everyone in contention should get picked