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YDSC Win 17 Super Medals at the Regional Age-Groups

The final weekend of the ASA South West Regional Age-Group Championships saw YDSC's rising stars grab another 10 medals to take their tally to an unprecedented 17 medals as well as 1st and 3rd places in the bagcat awards!
 
First event up was the girls 200 metres freestyle. 11 year-old Maddy White swam a great 8 second pb to place a respectable 13th. In the 13 year-olds Beth Aitchison claimed our first medal of the weekend with a hard fought silver.
 
In the boys 200 metres IM 11 year-old Zak Aitchison swam a 6 second pb to qualify for the final in 5th place. Racing even faster in the finals is what it is all about and Zak swam a fantastic final to drop another 2 seconds to 2:48.19, pick up 2 places and took the bronze medal - great swim Zak. 13 year-old Daniel Liu was once again racing head-to-head with the national champion in this event. In a very close and exciting race Daniel had to settle for silver but the pair will do battle again in 5 weeks time at Sheffield!
 
In the 200 metres backstroke 12 year-old Ben Tipler swam a 3 second pb to place 16th. Well done Ben. In the girls 200 metres IM Maddy White swam a 9 second pb for 16th place. Beth Aitchison swam a great 5 second pb to touch in 2:34.55 and claim the bronze medal in the 13 years.
 
In the boys 200 metres freestyle Daniel Liu swam a magnificant 2 second pb in 2:05.40 and bagged another silver. He claimed yet another silver medal in the 400 metres IM but more importantly dipped 7 seconds inside the long-course national qualifying time.
 
In the girls 100 metres backstroke 10 year-old Alice Hake swam a great 1:29.86 to finish 15th. 11 year-old Jasmine Boucher finished 25th and 13 year-old Lucy Flynn dropped 2 seconds from her pb to touch in 1:14.23 and 11th place. Well done girls.
 
In the boys 100 metres breaststroke Zak Aitchison swam an awesome 1:24.09 to take the gold medal. This time ranks Zak 2nd in the 11 year-olds for the Sheffield event in 5 weeks time. Not to be outdone Daniel Liu then dropped 3 seconds off of his breaststroke to go 1:12.39 and is also ranked 2nd by only 3/100ths going into the nationals. Breaststroke will be strong event for YDSC at Sheffield - watch this space.
 
In the girls 100 metres breaststroke Beth Aitchison swam an incredible 4 second pb to claim her 2nd national qualifying time for the year and a silver medal. Lucy Gregory swam a pb and placed 18th. Well done both.
 
The final event was the boys 100 metres butterfly. 10 year-old Francois Blake swam a great 9 second pb to make the final and finish 7th. Well done Francois. Daniel Liu took another second from his pb in 1:02.62 and claim the silver medal.
 
In the overall bagcat awards Daniel Liu won the 13 year-old boys title (re-claiming the title he won as a 10 year-old), Beth Aitchison claimed 3rd place in the 13 year-old girls (her first regional top-3 bagcat award) and Zak Aitchison was 5th in the 11 year-old boys.
 
Well done everyone and thanks to the team managers for helping over the 2 weekends.
 
Another great YDSC performance
 
Full results can be viewed at: http://www.swimwest.org/results/age10/index.htm
If you would like any further information or would like to enquire about the opportunities that YDSC can offer you please contact our Head Coach Alex Pinniger: 07919 540737 / apinniger@somerset.gov.uk