Hatfield Swimming Club held its annual UK Challenge meet this weekend, and it always promises to attract some of the fastest swimmers in the region. For a kick-off I swam the 100m Freestyle and touched with a new personal-best time of 50.22. I would have liked to dip under the 50 second barrier for the first time, but I had a terrible dive and given my training schedule at the moment I can't be displeased. Later on Sunday I focussed on my main event, the 50m Free. As in the 100m, I was racing against Adam Brown, an old nemesis of mine, and someone who holds the British Records in both the 50m and 100m Free, and has already qualified for the London Olympic Team. I put in a decent performance and finished with another new best time of 22.81, but frustratingly placed second behind Adam. You can count with one hand the number of people in history who have ever been faster than he has over 50yards Freestyle, so I'll settle for silver (for now). He also tells me that he'll be competing at the June trials to qualify for the 50m Free at the Olympics, just like me. Game on. You can watch the video of the final below. It's a bit blurry and shakey, but that's me in lane 5 with the white cap, Adam is in lane 4, and Windsor teammate Oliver Leonard goes in lane 6. For the full meet report that I write for the paper each week, click this link.
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