Anglian League 17 personal best times and a final third position
The March Marlins swimmers have been busy with various competitions around the region.
First up, the Anglian League saw 17 personal best (PB) times and a final third position with 111 points.
Best individual times coupled with first positions were achieved by Jacob Cowin in the 100m Individual Medley (IM) and Graham Shaw in the 50m breaststroke.
Five of the girls took second positions in various races with Una Ansone gaining a personal best in the 100m butterfly and Katrina Dale doing the same in the 100m IM. Third positions were claimed by Garry Mavin, Jacob Cowin, Hannah Jordan, Henry Gooch, Dan Riches, Georgia Ambrose, Una Ansone and Rosie Beningfield with Cowin, Jordan and Gooch taking home PB times in their respective races.
Final results: Boston A 156, Wisbech 142, March 111, Boston B 81, First Strokes 81, Huntingdon 66.
The younger Marlins displayed some fantastic swimming at the first round of the Junior Fenland League (JFL), finishing with a phenomenal 32 PB times out of 45 races. Henry Gooch achieved two first positions in the 50m freestyle and the 100m IM, both in best times.
Connor Rickard and Jude Staton placed first in both of their races with a further seven races taking the Marlins into first positions.
Thirteen swimmers claimed second places, all with PBs, including Jacob Lowe, Luke Cumbridge, Olivia Tunley, Devon O’Neil, Luis Souto Hill, Lucy McClure, Ruby Saunders and Hattie Carter-Kitchingman.
Final points in the panel on the left.
Thetford 184, March 159, West Norfolk 125, Bottisham 96 and Huntingdon 73.
Lastly, the third round of the COPS Mini Meet completed the Marlins success resulting in 18 PBs. Katrina Dale placed fourth in the 50m freestyle with Jude Staton finishing fourth in the 50m butterfly. Jonas Meckauskas ended both the 50m backstroke and 200m IM in fourth, taking a magnificent 36.09 seconds off his PB time in the latter race.
Also swimming were Lucy McClure, Ruby Saunders, Luis Souto Hill, Darci Whitcombe, Saule Majauskis, Connor Rickard and Megan Dolbear-Zaleska.