PBs & Club Records Tumble at 400m Closed Club Championships

3 New Club Records and 35 Personal Bests were secured at this years 400m Club Championships, which took place at Whitchurch pool on Thursday 20th April.

The first of these new club records and the gold medal that ensued went to Robert Flack in the Mens Open in a time of 4:40.13. This was a full 11 seconds faster than the previous club record set in 2003 by Todd Smallbone.

Not to be outdone Charlotte Evans then swum for her life in another club record time of 5:02.50 - shaving a mammoth 14 seconds off the previous Girls 13/u record which had been set in 2001 by Charlotte Grandfield.

And then the youngest member of the Wasps team Alfie Pardoe almost leapt through the water, as if there was a pack of sharks hunting him down, in a new boys 9/u record time of 7:33.51 – a colossal 21 seconds faster than the previous club record time which had been set by Connah Suttle-Jones back in 2004.

In addition to these three new club record holders – gold medals went to Laura Austin, Clarrie Hocknell, Laura Bull, Bryony Archdeacon, Abi Fawcett, Olivia Taylor, Philip Austin, Jack Machin, Jamie Taylor, James Portch and Joshua Edge.

Winning…it’s a Wasp thing.

400m Closed Club Championships results >>

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