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The British Summer Nationals 2016 at Pond’s Forge, Sheffield ended on 31 July with Dorset swimmers bringing home seven British Nationals medals, three gold and four bronze, and seven Dorset County Long Course Records having been broken (two Senior, five Junior). Competitors at the British Summer Nationals are ranked nationally 1 to 24 in their age group and event. Dorset clubs with swimmers competing were Bournemouth Collegiate SC, Bridport Barracudas SC and Poole SC.

Day 6:

Poole’s Jacob Peters finished the last day of the British Summer Nationals 2016 with a medal-winning, Dorset record-breaking swim in the 16 years 50m Butterfly. Finishing in first place in both heats and finals, Jacob clocked up times of 25.25 and 24.80 respectively, the latter breaking his own Junior long-course record as well as the Senior record held by Seth Chappels (Ferndown) since 2002. In the 13/14 years 200m Backstroke Finn Trehane (BCS) was again on form with personal best swims in both heats and finals, going into the final in ninth place and finishing in seventh with times of 2:17.89 and 2:16.91 respectively. Qualifying tenth in the 19 years 100m Butterfly in 1:02.51, Fiona Hardie (Poole) finished ninth in the final with a time of 1:02.18.

Day 5:

Qualifying in tenth place for the 13/14 years 200m Individual Medley with a heat time of 2:19.57, Finn Trehane (BCS) gave an impressive finals performance to finish in fourth place with a pb of 2:15.86. Likewise Poole’s 17+ years Women’s 400m Freestyle team qualified in tenth place in 3:58.70 to finish in sixth place in the final in 3:55.18. In the 15 years 200m Individual Medley Jasmine McCrea (Poole) finished eleventh in the heats and tenth in the finals with times of 2:25.52 and 2:25.71 respectively and, in a hard fought 15 years 50m Freestyle, Ben Samuel (BCS) qualified in sixth then finished in tenth place in 25.23 and 25.58 respectively.

Day 4:

Following on from his success in the 200m Butterfly, Poole’s Jacob Peters gave a repeat performance in the 16 years 100m Butterfly by finishing first in the heats in a time of 55.87 and taking his second gold medal of the competition in a time of 55.62 in the final. Harriet Perfect qualified for the 16 years 200m Backstroke final in tenth place with a time of 2:22.03, improving her placing in the final to seventh in 2:20.03.

Day 3:

A quieter day for Dorset swimmers and coaches with just Alice Tai (BCS) and the Poole 17+ years Women’s 800m Freestyle team competing. In the Women’s MC 100m Freestyle Alice finished in sixth place with a time of 1:04.40 while Poole’s Jasmine Holmes, Madison Kemp, Leonie Wiehle and Emily Clarke produced a team effort of 8:45.22 to finish in 14th nationally.

Day 2:

Three medals and a further three new County Records for Dorset swimmers on Day 2 of the British Summer Nationals. Jacob Peters (Poole) qualified in first place in the 200m Butterfly, going on to win a gold medal in the 16 years final with a Dorset Junior Record breaking time of 2:02.98. Qualifying in second place in the 15 years 50m Butterfly with a time of 28.48 and setting a new Dorset Junior Record in that event, Poole’s Jasmine McCrea then went on to break that record again with a bronze medal swim and a time of 27.99 in the final. The third and final medal of Day 2 went to Finn Trehane (BCS) who qualified fourth in the 13/14 years 50m Breaststroke with a time of 32.25, further improving his time to 32.02 in the final to finish in bronze position. BCS competitor Kayla van der Merwe (BCS) was also on impressive form. Qualifying in tenth place of the 13/14 years 200m Breaststroke with a time of 2:44.44, Kayla went to finish in fourth place with a time of 2:40.55. In the Women’s MC 100m Backstroke, Alice Tai (BCS) also finished in fourth place in both heats and finals with times of 1:10.32 and 1:08.93.

Day 1:

Day 1 of the British Summer Nationals resulted in a bronze medal for two Dorset swimmers and the long course Male Senior and Junior County Records for 50m Backstroke being broken. Jacob Peters (Poole) qualified in first place in the 16 years 50m Backstroke, knocking over a second from his previous records with a time of 26.59, and going on to finish in third place with a time of 26.64 in the final. A second bronze went to Alice Tai (BCS) in the Women’s MC 100m Butterfly with a time of 1:09.45. Two other BCS swimmers also recorded impressive performances and new personal bests. Kayla van der Merwe qualified in second place for the final of the 13/14 years 50m Breaststroke with a time of 34.06, and finishing in fourth place with a time of 33.85. In the 13/14 years 100m Breaststroke Finn Trehane finished in fifth place in both heats and finals with times of 1:11.70 and 1:09.48 respectively.