![]() Six British records were set in the 100m Inidivudal Medley event – four in the women’s races and two in the men’s competition. They clocked 5:04.81 to take top spot on the podium by almost six seconds from Mid Sussex Marlins. Two European records and 10 British records were also broken in the opening session of the third and final day of the championships.īirmingham Masters’ 320+ years Men’s 400m Freestyle team of Keith Ingram, Mick Marshall, Arthur Lowe and John Tennant, finished in 6:00.26Īnd Romford Town’s 240+ Years Women’s 400m Freestyle team of Alyson Fordham, Carol Hulett, Barbara Boxall and Dawn Palmer also set a new European best. Jagger added: “It’s pretty exciting – they’re a good bunch of lads.” More records tumble on day three They don’t all train together so they are all exceptional swimmers. Team manager David Alexander said: “Their swim was absolutely fantastic – we’re absolutely over the moon. They were 14.53 seconds clear of Birmingham Masters who took the silver in a time of 3:38.88, with bronze medalists City of Cambridge more than three-and-a-half seconds further adrift. In the Men’s 100+ Years event, the East Leeds SC team of Alistair Crawford, Richard Jagger, Richard Ayre and Ryan Flanagan finished in a time of 3:24.53 to set a new world record at Ponds Forge. ![]() We didn’t expect to do that.” Swim was absolutely fantastic “So to smash it this time by a couple of seconds was just amazing. ![]() McCall added: “Last year, we missed it by point two of a second. “So we’ve waited the whole year to try to do it again.” We tried to do this last year but we missed it.
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