A trip to the National IAPS Swimming Finals at the Olympic Park

National IAPS Swimming Finals – Saturday 9 June 2018

Twelve Hazlegrove children – 8 boys and 4 girls, had qualified for these prestigious finals that were taking place at the Olympic Pool in London.

U12 Girls             Freestyle Relay                 Carina H, Isla M, Olivia H, Lucy S

U12 Boys             Medley Relay                    Hector M, Josh C, Alfie S, Philip M

U13 Boys             Medley Relay                    Jake F, Josh S, Angus E, George B

U12 Girls             50m Breaststroke              Carina H

U12 Boys             25m Butterfly                    Josh C

U13 Boys             50m Backstroke                Angus E

U13 Boys             25m Butterfly                    Josh S

On Friday after school, we headed up to London and were very excited to reach the Olympic Park. After a few quick photos with some iconic landmarks we headed off to the hotel and quickly settled down to sleep. 

It was a very early start for the boys and the relay teams were soon competing in the pool. We had qualified in 16th and 17th place and were delighted when both relay teams improved their times so much. The U13 boys finished in 9th place (improving by 7 places) and the U12 boys in 11th (improving by 6 places). It was then the turn of our individual swimmers – with all three boys swimming well in the heats and making the finals – we were delighted by this incredible achievement. In the finals Josh C finished 6th, Josh S 7th and Angus E 8th.

After lunch it was then the turn of the girls – the freestyle relay team finished in 10th place (again improving by 6 places) and Carina H too made the final after a good swim in her heat. She finished in 10th place overall. After a very long day by the pool we headed back to Hazlegrove, reaching school at 10.30pm - tired but very happy!

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