Youngsters snap up medals at Fife event
Coaches delighted at number of Personal Best times
East Kilbride Swimming Club stars excelled yet again as they produced a number of top performances at the Development Meet in Dunfermline recently.
Over 30 youngsters travelled together to Fife on Sunday, May 14 to compete in what has become one of the most popular meets in the Development swimmers’ calendar, the Three Club Development Meet.
Involving East Kilbride, Dundee City and Carnegie Swimming Clubs, three of these meets are held every year, with each club taking a turn to host.
Each is supported with a great turnout of competitors, coaches and officials, not forgetting the support from family and friends.
The latest meet at Carnegie’s home pool in Dunfermline was kicked off with a dynamic warm-up led by the older swimmers, taking the younger ones through their paces and getting them ready to race.
The swimmers and coaches alike enjoy the friendly but competitive atmosphere of these meets and regularly come back with a host of prizes and personal best times. And this year was no exception. East Kilbride swimmers performed very well with some winning their events and a good majority coming home with personal bests.
There were races of 50m and 100m in every stroke and 200m backstroke and breaststroke. The results on the day were as follows: Aoibhinn McConville – gold in the 14 years 100m backstroke.
Cormac McConville – gold in the 12 years 100m butterfly.
Jack Nobile – gold in the 15 years 100m freestyle, silver in the 200m breaststroke.
Jack Younger – silver in the 11 years 100m breaststroke, bronze in the 100m backstroke.
Grant Allison – silver in the 11 years 100m backstroke.
Ella Hartnett – silver in the 13 years 200m backstroke and 100m freestyle.
Caroline Crabb – third in the 11 years 50m backstroke.
Sophie Marshall – bronze in the 13 years 100m freestyle.
Casey Perry – bronze in the 13 years 100m breaststroke.
The rest of the squad were: Lilia Arkhipov, Sarah Baxter, Amy Carmichael, Amelie Carrigan, Flynn Carrigan, Jodie Carrigan, Rachel Craig, Toni Jennifer Cuthbertson, Sean Dixon, Daniel Donaghue, Conal Harkin, Sean Harkin, Kieran Lamb, Fraser MacIntosh, Imaan Malik, Lauren Martin, Eva McCracken, Eve McIlquham, Kate McIntosh, Rhys McIntosh, Glen Meighan and Thomas Traynor.
• EK now host the Long Course Meet on Friday at the Dollan Aqua Centre.