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No Stopping Megan at Stockport

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Written by Stewart Carline

On the evening of the 26th November Megan Carline (Aged 12) headed to the Stockport Metro Long Course Open Meet held in Stockport, Manchester to compete in the 800m Freestyle event and claimed her first National Qualifying Time (NTQ) of the season with an incredible time of 9:47.82 and a 7 second PB and the first NTQ for the club for 2011.

Megan swam in the second heat and started strongly and after the first 100m mark was in sixth position in a heat made up of mostly 14 year olds, but as the race developed Megan settled into her stroke and started to make her way through the field. By the 400m mark Megan was up to fourth place and now with the leading group which were pulling away from the other swimmers.

At the 600m mark Megan had moved her way into third place and was closing the gap on second place with every stroke.

On the turn of the final 100m Megan kicked hard off the wall and edged into second place and was now on the shoulder of the leader. The leading three swimmers all turned together for the final 50m and this was now a race to the finish with Megan still holding onto second place.

As the leading three swimmers entered the final 10m it was still anyone's race and as the swimmers touched together Megan finished in third place in her heat and won Gold for her age group.

Also competing in the 800m Freestyle event was Cassandra Patten from Stockport Metro who was a Bronze Medallist in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and is also a Double World Championships Silver Medallist, to give you an idea of the level of competition at this Level 1 Open Meet.

What a great start to your swimming season.

Megan Makes Nationals

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