 Saturday 10th July 2010 saw the staging of the Wrekin College Swimming & Triathlon Club Summer Aquathlon, at Wrekin College. There was a fantastic representation from the club, with the majority competing within an aquathlon for the first time.Distances for both the swim and run varied by age and many enjoyed the challenge of competitive swimming and running further than they had before! Distances were: | Group | Age | Swim (m)
| Run (m) | | Tristar Start | 8 | 50 | 600 | | Tristar 1 | 9 / 10 | 150 | 1500 | | Tristar 2 | 11 / 12 | 200 | 2000 | | Tristar 3 | 13 / 14 | 300 | 3000 | | Youth | 15 / 16 | 400 | 3000 |
Starting the afternoon's racing off and competing in his first ever aquathlon Jamie Beebee set a blistering pace for a convincing win in the Youth category claiming fastest swim and run of the day! This was followed up by two brilliant performances within the Tristar 3 categories with Macauley Carline and Holly Barnett both claiming first place in their races – these were very competitive categories and both did exceptionally well in their first aquathlon. | | Read more... |
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 Over the two weekends of the 5th & 6th and 12th & 13th June 2010, Wrekin College Swimming Club BAGCAT squad attended the Midlands Age Group Championships held at the 50M international pool in the City of Coventry.
Maintaining the very high standards of where our Youth Squad left off from the previous month was Megan Carline, Paige Norry-Addison and Lauren Holland (All Aged 11) in the first event of the championships the 200M Freestyle. All girls swam exceptional with Megan Carline also making the finals where she finished 4th.
Swimming at their first ever Midland Championships was Charlie Percox (Aged 10) who won Bronze in the 200M Butterfly and also collected 11 Personal Best's (PB's) along the way, Rebecca Woolley (Aged 10) who made two finals with some outstanding swims and also achieved 5 PB's, Jacob Blakemore (Aged 10) who collected 3 PB's and Jon Mills (Aged 10) who collected 2 PB's. All these swimmers gained valuable experience in the 50M pool ready for next year's events.
Megan Carline (Aged 11) lead the charge for National recognition with a phenomenal couple of weekends, gaining an additional 4 National Qualifying Times (NQT) in the 200M and 400M Individual Medley, the 200M Freestyle and also in the 200M Butterfly making her total a magnificent 7 for the year. Megan also collected Silver in both the 800M Freestyle and 200M Butterfly and Bronze in the 1500M Freestyle, and was also crowned 6th overall in the Midlands for her age group and swam 8 PB's.
Alexandra Harris (Aged 13) also gained another 2 National Qualifying Times which takes her haul to 5 NTQ's for the season, and she also topped the medals haul with a truly remarkable 6 medals in total from the Championships. Gaining Gold in the 200M Freestyle, Silver in the 400M, 800M and 1500M Freestyle and Bronze in the 100M Freestyle and 100M Butterfly. Alexandra was also crowned 6th overall in the Midlands for her age group and swam 10 PB's.
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 On Saturday 8th May, several Wrekin College swimmers travelled to Coventry with their coach Rachel Reilly to enter the City of Coventry Open Meet to practise in a 50M pool before the upcoming Midland Age Group Championships in June.
Rebecca Woolley, Holly Townson, Charlie Percox, Paige Norry-Addison, Lauren Holland, Holly Barnett, Alex Harris, Sophia Baig, Joshua Reid and Jack Sanders all attended and put in some excellent swims against tough competition. | | Read more... |
 During the 23rd, 24th & 25th of April, Wrekin College Swimming Club headed to Leicester to compete in the City of Leicester Age Group 2010 open meet held at the Braunstone Leisure Centre. This was the first club gala we've attended since our successful debut at the County Championships, so the pressure was on all our swimmers to prove themselves outside the county in this very prestigious open meet, swimming against the best swimmers from all the top clubs in the Midlands.
What a long weekend...but what a result.
Every swimmer without exception achieved new personal bests despite the constant interruptions of the faulty fire alarm on the Sunday, (my ears are still ringing!!!) and everyone seemed to have a brilliant time. Oh, have I mentioned about our massive haul of 17 medals, 43 personal bests (PBs) and the new National Qualifying Time (NQT) we also achieved.
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|  On the 16th May, Wrekin College triathletes enjoyed a spectacular morning of racing at the Oswestry Childrens Aquathlon held at Morton Hall School near Oswestry. In what proved to be the most popular race of the season so far, Wrekin racers held good form and determination to deliver the goods!
The Under 11 girls (Tristar 1) saw some fantastic racing, with seconds separating the top places. The distances were 150m swim and 1200m run; Jess Humphreys came 3rd (9mins, 12s), Tess Sanders 4th (9mins, 16s) and Charlotte Nicholl 6th (9mins, 39s).
Setting a blistering pace in the Under 13 boys (Tristar 2) Jack Sanders secured first place in a time of 10mins, 08s for the course of 200m swim and 1800m run. This was the first aquathlon of the year for Charlotte, Tess and Jack.
Melanie Humphreys - Wrekin's Triathlon Secretary said:
All competitors performed really well and this was a great achievement!
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 On the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of May, some of the Wrekin Colleges Youth Squad members coached by Dave Clarke attended the 2010 Midlands Youth Championships held at the 50M International Pool in Coventry.
Day 1 started brilliantly with Charlotte Humphreys in the 100M Butterfly event smashing her Personal Best (PB) by over 3 seconds, followed by Maddy Tracy, Olivia Phoenix and Philippa Brown all competing in the 200M Freestyle event and also all gaining PBs.
In the second session of the day Charlotte swam in the 100M Butterfly Finals and won a well deserved Bronze medal. Whilst Maddy competed in the 200M Freestyle Finals narrowly missed out on a medal having finished 4th but picked up her 3rd National Qualifying Time (NQT) of the year. Olivia also reached the Finals of both the 50M Backstroke event finishing 5th with a new PB and also 4th in the 200M Backstroke event.
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 On the 16th April, Lauren Holland (Aged 11) swam in the Stockport Metro Long Course Open Meet at the Grand Central Pool in Stockport.
Lauren competing in the 800M Freestyle event, gained her first ever National Qualifying Time (NQT) with a time of 10:26.27 and also achieved a massive personal best. This is an incredible achievement for Lauren and Bagcats Coach Rachel Reilly and yet again confirms the quality of the coaching at Wrekin College, Shropshire's number one swimming club.Well Done and Congratulations
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