Men’s 100m breastroke heats
The main contenders in the mens 100 breast all took it easy to move though to the semis. Look for some considerably faster times in tonight’s session.
Qualifiers:
1. Andrew BREE 21 Ulster 1:03.17
2. Darren MEW 22 Bath Univ 1:03.18
3. Christopher COOK 22 Co Newcastle 1:03.44
4. Adam WHITEHEAD 22 Co Coventry 1:03.70
5. Ian EDMOND 23 Co Edinburgh 1:04.44
6. James GIBSON 22 Loughboro Un 1:04.79
7. Chris TIDEY 19 Bath Univ 1:04.81
8. Michael WILLIAMSON 21 Co Coventry 1:05.27
9. Adrian TURNER 25 Co Salford 1:05.39
10. David BARTLETT 18 Portsmouth N 1:05.60
11. Simon BLYTHIN 19 Loughboro Un 1:06.10
12. Michael COLE 23 Co Edinburgh 1:06.28
13. Eamon FOLEY 21 Bath Univ 1:06.30
14. Adam SMITH 20 Nova Cent’n 1:06.34
15. Robert LEE 18 StirlingSwim 1:06.72
16. Neil van den BROEK 23 Maxwell 1:06.98
Women’s 100 free heats
No big surprises in the Women’s 100 free with Sheppard, Brett Pickering et al all qualifying comfortably for the semi finals behind fastest qualifier Melanie Marshall. Look out for Hatfield’s Vicky Cook who should be expected to improve from her qualifying position of 13th tonight. Pullbuoy contributor Tara Hutt unfortunately swam 59.52 to miss out on the semis
Qualifiers:
1. Melanie MARSHALL 20 Loughboro Un 56.47
2. Alison SHEPPARD 29 Milngavie &b 56.57
3. Karen LEGG 23 Ferndown 56.62
4. Karen PICKERING 30 Ipswich 56.71
4. Rosalind BRETT 23 Loughboro Un 56.71
6. Kathryn EVANS 20 Nova Cent’n 56.89
7. Julie DOUGLAS 21 Loughboro Un 56.97
8. Catrin DAVIES 22 Nova Cent’n 57.24
9. Janine BELTON 22 Loughboro Un 57.25
10. Kerry MARTIN 26 StirlingSwim 57.32
11. Sarah WHEWELL 22 Co Newcastle 57.43
12. Samantha McNEILLY 22 Loughboro Un 57.48
13. Vicky COOK 16 Hatfield 57.62
14. Selena BURGESS 21 Nova Cent’n 57.97
15. Bethan COOLE 17 Nofio Cymru 58.63
16. Julia BECKETT 15 Winchester 58.67
Mens 200 free heats:
Having already failed to secure selection for the 400m, failing to make the final, Ed Sinclair’s miserable trials continued as he also failed to make the final of the 200m, also ruling himself out of a possible relay berth. James Salter led the way form fly specialist Steve Parry. All the other top names (Smith, Palmer and Faulkner) made it through. British Masters champion and world masters record holder Steve Mellor also kept alive his hopes of a place at the games, qualifying in 7th place
Qualifiers:
1. James SALTER 26 Co Edinburgh 1:50.33
2. Steve PARRY 25 Co Manch Aq 1:51.45
3. Adam FAULKNER 20 Nova Cent’n 1:51.90
4. Graeme SMITH 26 Manchester A 1:51.93
5. David CARRY 20 Aberdeen 1:52.01
6. Paul PALMER 25 Bath Univ 1:52.09
7. Seven MELLOR 29 Satellite 1:52.17
8. Bradley HAY 20 StirlingSwim 1:52.19
9. Gavin MEADOWS 24 Co Leeds 1:52.32
10. Stuart TREES 21 Co Leeds 1:52.53
11. Edward SINCLAIR 21 Co Manch Aq 1:52.63
12. Paul BELK 24 Bath Univ 1:52.72
13. David O’BRIEN 19 Prescot 1:52.79
14. Robin FRANCIS 19 Bath Univ 1:52.81
15. Paul WEBSTER 18 Nova Cent’n 1:52.97
16. David LEITH 22 Co Edinburgh 1:53.51