2 Bronze Medals and a British Record for Team Anglia Swimmers at the European Masters
The LEN European Masters Swimming Championships took place at the London Aquatics Centre from 25 to 29 May. Over 10,000 competitors from 48 nations descended on the 2012 Olympic venue to battle it out for European medals, including 14 from Team Anglia.
Although competitors were limited to a maximum of three individual events, there were still some very long queues, very short warm-ups and almost half the events were held in the warm-up pool rather than the iconic Olympic competition pool. Despite these challenges, there was some fantastic swimming from Team Anglia swimmers and a great atmosphere, especially at the relays, where we entered five teams and managed 2 regional records.
Liz Woolner (45/49 years) won two bronze medals in the 50m and 100m butterfly events, while despite not winning a medal, there was a British record of 32.23s for Marcel Scholten (50/54 years) in the 50m breaststroke.
30-35 years age group
Benjamin HICKS
Mens 50m Freestyle – 26.87 78th
Mens 100m Freestyle – 59.51 61st
35-39 years age group
Peter WINTER
Mens 100m Freestyle – 1:11.88 184th
Reuben SMITH
Mens 50m Freestyle – 28.69 104th
Mens 50m Backstroke – 35.15 53rd
Mens 50m Breaststroke – 38.00 83rd
40-45 years age group
Alex BEVIS
Mens 200m Freestyle – 2:12.01 14th
Mens 100m Butterfly – 1:07.44 31st
45-49 years age group
Garry MAVIN
Mens 50m Butterfly – 29.22 26th
Mens 100m Butterfly – 1:06.11 15th
Liz WOOLNER
Womens 100m Freestyle – 1:06.91 19th
Womens 50m Butterfly – 30.67 3rd (REGIONAL RECORD)
Womens 100m Butterfly – 1:09.95 3rd
50-55 years age group
Dale BARKER
Mens 800m Freestyle – 10:47.20 22nd
Mens 200m Backstroke – 2:49.09 36th
Jane SMITH
Womens 50m Freestyle – 37.73 80th
Womens 100m Freestyle – 1:23.34 82nd
Womens 50m Backstroke – 45.84 68th
Janet WILLIAMS
Womens 50m Freestyle – 33.40 40th
Womens 100m Freestyle – 1:17.89 56th
Womens 50m Backstroke – 41.84 45th
Lisa WITHERS
Womens 100m Breaststroke – 1:37.57 43rd
Womens 200m Breaststroke – 3:30.35 22nd
Womens 200m Ind. Medley – 3:09.02 24th (REGIONAL RECORD)
Marcel SCHOLTEN
Mens 50m Freestyle – 26.28 6th
Mens 50m Breaststroke – 32.23 6th (REGIONAL & BRITISH RECORD)
Martyn FRESHER
Mens 50m Breaststroke – 35.40 35th
Mens 100m Breaststroke – 1:20.63 37th
Mens 200m Breaststroke – 3:06.88 38th
Richard O’LEARY
Mens 50m Freestyle – 29.92 94th
Mens 200m Freestyle – 2:36.52 81st
Mens 50m Butterfly – 32.30 63rd
55-59 years age group
David CARTLEDGE
Mens 200m Backstroke – 2:36.69 6th (REGIONAL RECORD)
Mens 200m Breaststroke – 2:52.04 5th (REGIONAL RECORD)
200-239 years age group
Womens 4x50m Medley Relay
Janet WILLIAMS / Lisa WITHERS / Sonja LEDGER / Jane SMITH – 2:37.77 14th
(REGIONAL RECORD)
Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay
Janet WILLIAMS / Martyn FRESHER / Garry MAVIN / Liz WOOLNER – 2:15.69 19th
(REGIONAL RECORD)
160-199 years age group
Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Benjamin HICKS / Reuben SMITH / Jane SMITH / Lisa WITHERS – 2:07.74 59th
Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay
Peter WINTER / Lisa WITHERS / Richard O’LEARY / Jane SMITH – 2:31.00 81st
