Katie is a double champion
South Ayrshire Swim Team star Kat i e Rober tson took two junior titles and a senior bronze at the Sco t t i s h National Open Short Course Swimming Championships.
Competing at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh, Katie, 15, clocked just outside her best to finish ninth and win the ‘ B’ final in the 100 breaststroke.
In the 50 breast, a personal best of 31.83 gave her third senior with victory going to Commonwealth Games medalist Corrie Scott.
Katie took the Scottish junior titles in both events. Both of her times were still outside her big sister’s Scottish records set in 2014.
Erin Robertson qualified for the ‘ A’ final of the 100 breast and a time of 1: 09.79 placed her seventh overall.
In the 50, Erin was off her best pace and clocked 32.0 to finish fourth.
Cameron Muir continued his transition into senior swimming with finals in all his events. His highest finish of eighth came in the 100 IM with a 57.78 which was a new West district record.
He then went on to break district records in the 200 breast in 2: 15.63 ( 9th place) and 200IM with 2: 05.12 ( 11th place).
Lucy Grieve, at the tender age of 12, was at her first senior event.
The youngster was lifted by the occasion and handled her nerves amazingly to set a new Scottish 12 years age group record in the heats of the 50 butterfly. Her time of 28.93 qualified her into the senior ‘ B’ final were she swam 28.92 to lower her record heat time and finish 16th senior.
Marshall Illingworth took an amazing 16 seconds off his best in the 1500 freestyle to finish seventh senior and second junior.
He then went on to record best times in the 200 and 400 freestyle which included dipping under the two minute barrier with 1: 59.16 in the shorter of the two.
Caitlin Duffy made the ‘ B’ finals of the 100 and 200 backstroke to finish 16th and 10th respectively. Her 200 time of 2: 17.30 was a lifetime best.
Euan Leslie has made superb progress and qualified for his first senior ‘ B’ final in the 100IM but he was disqualified for an incorrect turn in efforts to gain more time.
However, this did not stop him knocking chunks off his best times in the 50 and 100 freestyle and breaststroke.
Alasdair McGhee was targeting finals and was unfortunate to be a reserve in the 200 back and 400IM after recoding best times of 2: 08.40 and 4: 35.29.
Erin Moore showed a return to form and was delighted with her 2: 15.42 in the 200 freestyle while Megan Niven also on a comeback equaled her best in the 100 freestyle.
David Rowan’s best performance came in the 200 breaststroke with a personal best of 2: 32.19.
T h e re were more lifetime bests with Sophie Cameron recording 2: 25.22 in a superbly paced 200 backstroke and Beth Gordon clocking a swift 30.99 in the 50 butterfly.
Meaghan Slider showed improvements with a best time in the 50 backstroke and over two seconds off in the 100 butterfly, recording 1: 06.30.