Wasps Shine at County Sprints

Whitchurch Wasps were well represented at the recent County Sprint Championships which took place at Market Drayton on 3rd and 4th July.

9 year old Jo Small put in three tremendous performances in the sprints to come top of the Wasps medal table winning 2 Golds (Breast and Back) and a Silver (50m Butterfly). Close on his tail came Joe Evans (16) who won gold in the 50m Freestyle in a breathtaking 24:82 seconds and gold in the Breastroke in a personal best time of 34:45. Lukas Edge swam his fastest ever to win Gold in the 12 year old boys 50m Breastroke. Thomas Bishop, 14 came away with 2 well-deserved bronze medals in the 14 year old boys 100m Individual Medley and the 50m Butterfly. Josh Edge stormed to third place in the boys 50m backstroke in a time just outside his all-time record.

Not to be out done by the boys, Annabel Cook was the fastest 12 year old girl in the 50m Butterfly and she also won bronze medals in the 100m Individual medley and 50m Backstroke, proving what a great all-round swimmer she is. Amelia Penn, 12 also won bronze in the 50m Breastroke.

There were also many other great performances and a total of 89 personal bests.

Head Coach, Steve Archdeacon was delighted with the results. “This is the first time the County Sprints have been at this time in the swimming season and it has given many swimmers a focus to continue training hard. We have worked well throughout the whole of the year and the team has been rewarded for all their efforts”.

Full results were:

Girls 50m backstroke

3^rd Annabel Cook (12)

6^th Charlotte Evans (15 +)

7^th Philippa Lane (10)

7^th Lydia Jamieson (15+)

10^th Antoinette Greenwood (9)

11^th Eleanor Reid (15+)

12^th Melina Athanassiu (12)

13^th Bridie Buckingham (10)

13^th Rose Tunna (12)

15^th Catherine Parsonage (12)

19^th Beth Jamieson (12)

Girls 50m Butterfly

1^st Annabel Cook (12)

6^th Eleanor Reid (15+)

9^th Amelia Penn (12)

11^th Rose Tunna (12)

16^th Beth Jamieson (12)

Girls 50m Freestyle

4^th Charlotte Evans (15+)

5^th Annabel Cook (12)

6^th Lydia Jamieson (15+)

8^th Rose Tunna (12)

10^th Bridie Buckingham (10)

10^th Eleanor Reid (15+)

11^th Antoinette Greenwood (9)

14^th Philippa Lane (10)

15^th Beth Jamieson (12)

17^th Catherine Parsonage (12)

18^th Melina Athannasiu (12)

Girls 50m Breast Stroke

3^rd Amelia Penn (12)

5^th Philippa Lane (10)
5^th Lydia Jamieson (15+)

6^th Annabel Cook (12)

6^th Charlotte Evans (15+)
7^th Antionette Greenwood (9)

8^th Rose Tunna (12)

15^th Bridie Buckingham (10)

16^th Beth Jamieson (12)

Girls 100m IM

3rd Annabel Cook (12)

7^th Rose Tunna (12)

8^th Philippa Lane (10)

10^th Eleanor Reid (15+)

13^th Beth Jamieson (12)

Boys 50m backstroke

1^st Joseph Small (9)

3^rd Joshua Edge (14)

4^th Sam Kitching (13)

5^th Edward Reid (12)

7^th Hayden Ciesielski (13)

7^th Caleb Anderson (14)

8^th Sam Evans (14)

11^th Tom Kitching (12)

12^th Gareth Biggs (15+)

14^th Ben Dawson (11)

Boys 50m Butterfly

2^nd Joseph Small (9)

3^rd Tom Bishop (14)

4^th Edward Reid (12)

5^th Caleb Anderson (14)

6^th Hayden Ciesielski (13)

7^th Liam Roberts (13)

8^th Sam Evans (14)

12^th Gareth Biggs (15+)

13^th Tom Kitching (12)

Boys 50m Freestyle

1^st Joe Evans (15+)

4^th Lukas Edge (12)

4^th Tom Bishop (14)

5^th Edward Reid (12)

6^th Sam Kitching (13)

6^th Josh Edge (14)

8^th Hayden Ciesielski (13)

8^th Caleb Anderson (14)

8^th Thomas Penn (15+)
9^th Sam Evans (15+)

11th Liam Roberts (13)

15^th Ben Dawson (11)

16^th Tom Kitching (12)

16^th Gareth Biggs (15+)

Boys 50m Breast Stroke

1st Joseph Small (9)

1^st Lukas Edge (12)

1^st Joe Evans (15+)

5^th Peter Hanson (9)

5^th Sam Kitching (13)

6^th Caleb Anderson (14)

7^th Gareth Biggs (15+)

8^th Hayden Ciesielski (13)

10^th Sam Evans (15+)

13^th Liam Roberts (13)

Boys 100m IM

3^rd Tom Bishop

5^th Sam Kitching (13)

5^th Joshua Edge (14)

7^th Hayden Ciesielski (14)

7^th Sam Evans (15+)

9^th Liam Roberts (13)

9^th Gareth Biggs (15+)

13^th Tom Kitching (12)