Amy Smith and Robert Renwick secure gold medals at the 2011 British Gas ASA National Championships
Amy Smith and Robert Renwick earned gold medals in their respective events on the second day of the 2011 British Gas ASA National Championships.
The session contained the events of the 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 200m breast-stroke, 100m butterfly, 50m back-stroke and the 200m back-stroke in the open class of Men’s and Women’s categories.
The championship aimed to complete the British swimming team for the 2011 Shanghai World Championships, as the gold medallist of each event will be given a chance to represent their country at the upcoming world titles in July.
The session initiated with the Women’s 100m freestyle, where Amy Smith of Loughborough University won the hearts of arena by proving her eligibility for the gold crown in a time of 55.27 seconds. She was followed by Sheffield’s
Rebecca Turner and Loughborough’s Caitlin McClatchey, who reached the podium for the silver and bronze medals, with timings of 55.52 and 55.81 seconds, respectively.
In the Men’s 200m freestyle, Robert Renwick amazed the crowd with his gold winning effort of 1 minute and 47.46 seconds. He was almost two seconds ahead of David Carry and Jak Scott, who reported on the finishing wall with their
superb timings of 1:49.48 and 1:49.58 minutes for the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Next was the Women’s 200m breast-stroke, where Stacey Tadd out-touched her competitor, Molly Renshaw, with a slight difference of 0.30 seconds. Tadd won the gold medal of the event with a timing of 2 minutes and 27.37 seconds. Renshaw,
who completed her swim in the second fastest place, clocked a time of 2 minutes and 27.67 seconds. They were followed by Hannah Miley, who stood on the podium by earning the bronze medal in a time of 2 minutes and 28.95 seconds.
Antony James of Plymouth Lea occupied the gold medal in the Men’s 100m butterfly category. James posted a time of 52.13 seconds ahead of Simon Burnett and Joseph Roebuck, who earned silver and bronze medals by clocking a time of
53.04 and 53.28 seconds, respectively.
Georgia Davies captured the title of the Women’s 50m breast-stroke, with an astounding effort of 27.96 seconds. Ekaterina Avramova and Jennifer Oldham followed her on the finishing wall as the second and third fastest finishers,
producing a time of 28.88 and 29.52 seconds, respectively.
The last event of the session was the Men’s 200m back-stroke, where Chris Walker-Hebborn proved his dominance for the gold medal with a timing of 1:57.20 minutes. Marco Loughran and Ryan Bennett stepped on the podium for the silver
and bronze medal, by submitting an effort of 1:58.34 and 2:00.42 minutes, respectively.
The arena enjoyed the wonderful performances of their national swimmers in these events, while the winners were awarded medals after the session.
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