19 Aug 2007 - Great team spirit and haul of medals into the bargain at FINS Graded Meet
Drew and Gillians squads travelled en mass to Kirkcaldy for the two day FINS Graded Meet over the weekend of 18th and 19th August.
There was a bigger than normal squad as some of the younger ones swam in their favoured events whilst the older group tried out some of the events or distances they did not reguarly swim. The spread of ages gave the young ones an opportunity to see what levels they can hope to attain with some dedication and also gave the whole group the chance to cheer on some of their team-mates that they don't train with day in day out.
Our medal haul over the two days amounted to the grand total of 9 golds, 6 silvers, 8 bronzes with a further 16 final swims and one 'speeding ticket' for Iain D'Arcy as he showed the other swimmers his heels in the 100 IM.
Maybe more important than the medals and finals was the fact that our swimmers achieved a total of 76 PB's many of them not being enough to carry the swimmers to a final or medal, but nevertheless every bit as much of an achievement.
As has become expected from our swimmers, all were impecably behaved and it was good to hear them being so loud in their cheering especially during the finals sessions.
Well done to all !!
Full results can be found at http://www.swimscotland.co.uk/meets07/fins07/index.htm
For the record, the medals and finals swims were spread out amongst our own swimmers as follows,
Session 1 - Sat 18th morning Rebecca Carrie 3rd – 50m Butterfly Alex Sharpe 3rd – 50m Butterfly Hannah Ward 1st – 50m Breaststroke Christina Milne 2nd – 50m Breaststroke Iain Darcy 1st – 50m Breaststroke Elizabeth Carrie 1st – 100m Freestyle Rebecca Carrie 1st – 50m Back Nathan Wight 3rd – 50m Back Scott Mitchell 4th – 50m Back Session 2 - Sat 18th afternoon Rachael Meldrum 6th – 100m Breaststroke Iain Darcy 4th – 50m Freestyle Alex Sharpe 1st – 100m Butterfly Rachel Keenan 3rd – 100m IM Keiran Foy 4th – 100m IM Vicky Stodart 1st – 100m Back Fiona Beckett 3rd – 100m Back Abbey
Alex Sharpe 5th – 50m Breaststroke Rachael Meldrum 1st – 50m Freestyle Rachel Keenan 3nd – 50m Freestyle Session 3 - Sun 19th morning Iain Darcy 3rd – 50m Butterfly Rebecca Carrie 2nd – 100m Back Larissa Finlay 6th – 100m Back Vicky Stodart 3rd – 100m IM Hannah Ward 5th – 100m IM Iain Darcy Speeding Ticket – 100m IM Elizabeth Carrie 4th – 100m Butterfly Rachael Meldrum 6th – 100m Butterfly Lee Horne 2nd – 100m Butterfly Vicky Stodart 1st – 50m Back Fiona Beckett 4th – 50m Back Iain Darcy 1st – 50m Back Session 4 - Sun 19th afternoon Rachel Keenan 2nd – 50m Back Hannah Ward 2nd – 100m Breaststroke Ashley Dunsmore 5th – 100m Breaststroke Nathan Wight 3rd – 100m Freestyle Rachel Keenan 5th – 50m Butterfly Iain Darcy 4th – 100m Freestyle