Borough of Waltham Forest Development Meet – March 2009

On Saturday and Sunday, 14th and 15th March 2009, seven Harlow Penguin swimmers took part in the Borough of Waltham Forest Development Meet and produced some excellent results as follows:

Chloe Scott:  this was her first open gala and she rose to the challenge and competed in 100m Backstroke for 11 year olds (2.10.32) and 100m Breaststroke (2.13.96).  Chloe now has two good times to work on and we look forward to seeing her in future galas.

Georgia Andrew:  Georgia is still chipping away at those good personal best times.  In the 100m Breaststroke she came 4th in the 12 year olds in 1.33.98 (4 sec PB) and 15th in the 100m Freestyle in 1.16.43 (1 sec PB).

Amy Sears:  Amy competed in the tough year 13 girls 100m IM and 100m Freestyle achieving respectable times of 1.26.76 and 1.13.67. respectively.

Mason Arnold: When Mason is on form he knocks seconds off his personal best times.  In the 200m freestyle for age 11 boys he came 10th with 2.59.26 (11 second PB) and in the 200m backstroke he came 6th with 3.15.62 (another 11 sec PB) 

Luke Guerrati: Luke started well in the 12 year old 100m freestyle, coming 13th in a time of 1.17.57 (3 second PB) He was less fortunte in the 100m IM, having swum a good time of 1.30.98 (5 sec PB) the judges didn't know what to make of his new style turn and disqualified him.

Danny Chan:  Danny is always a strong competitor and he came away with a 6th place in the 13 year old boys 100m freestyle in 1.10.02 (2 sec PB) and an excellent 4th place in the 100m breast stoke in 1.32.95 (6 sec PB).

John Reynolds:  John was up for reducing his times in three events; 1.21.76 in the 14 year old 100m fly (4 sec PB), 1.18.10 in the 100m backstroke (7 sec PB) and 1.19.35 in the 100m IM (2 sec PB).  He was also pleased with his medals; 2nd, 4th and 3rd respectively.

Well done to all the swimmers and look forward to seeing you swim in more galas this season.

Anne Reynolds

Team mananger.