Ford fired up for haul of six titles Lanark club take 13 prizes from EK meet
Seven athletes from Lanark Amateur Swimming Club scooped medals after reaching event finals at the West District Round 1 Long Course Championships at East Kilbride.
In total, 12 swimmers from the Lanark club travelled to the competition.
Making her West District debut in the 11-years age group, Millie Mcarthur won the 100m backstroke and 200m butterfly, and was second in the 100m butterfly, 100m breaststroke and 400m freestyle and was fifth in the 100m freestyle.
Mark Ford (14) reeled off six wins from as many swims, taking titles in the 100m and 200m butterfly, 100m backstroke, 100m and 400m freestyle and 400m Individual Medley.
There was a bronze for Erin Snow in the 100m breaststroke in the 15-year-old event.
Age is defined in these meets as of December 31, 2017, and having just turned 15 at the end of the year, Mitchell Stevenson won an excellent silver in the 200m butterfly in the senior 16-and-over age group.
The 12-year-old age group saw Anya Mclaughlin make her District debut with a fine swim in the 100m breaststroke.
Euan Mcleod was fourth in the 200m butterfly and fifth in the 100m butterfly.
In the 14-year-old age group Abbigail Mcarthur was sixth in the 100m backstroke, as was Heather Stevenson in the 100m breaststroke.
Niamh Jeffrey, Mia Rae and Alistair Dunsmore were the club’s other swimmers, and they gained vital experience in the long-course environment.
After the two-day competition had wrapped for another year, coach Karen Kelly said: “The swimmers acquitted themselves well, despite coming back off the Christmas break and losing a day’s training due to the pool closure.
“Millie Mcarthur can be proud of her District debut, competing in some of these events for the very first time.
“It was another weekend for Mark successful Ford, with Mitchell Stevenson and Erin Snow competing hard for their medals.”
Lanark are next in action at the Scottish Schools’ Championships at Tollcross in Glasgow on Monday, then the West District Round 2 Long Course Championships on Monday and Tuesday, February 6 and 7.