ISA Midlands Swimming Gala

Report by Anwen Pugh

Five girls went to the Midlands ISA Swimming Gala in Walsall last Thursday, with our Year 8 team finishing sixth overall, out of 20 schools.

Individual results included:

• Jasmine Wenlock – 3^rd in her qualifying race and then 10^th in the Butterfly final (21.31s)
• Maisie Allen – 6^th in the Breaststroke (22.56s).
• Amelia Livermore – 4^th in the Freestyle (15.93s) – narrowly missing out on 3^rd by 0.4s.
• Phoebe Carter – 8^th in the Backstroke (22.62).
• The Year 8 girls team – 4th in the Freestyle relay with a time of 1.11.54 min.
• In the Medley relay, the Year 8 team came 5^th (1.25.16 min)
• Glora Chan – 7^th in the Year 11-13 Freestyle race.

A special mention should go to Glora Chan for a great result. She was one of the youngest in her age group and was very close to being in the top 5. Glora’s race allowed the school to come 10^th overall, despite only having one participant swimming.

We are waiting to hear whether any of our girls have qualified for the Nationals in January.