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Monday, 14 March 2011
Bolton School Swimmer Emma Saunders has secured her place in the
World Youth Championships this summer by putting in a strong
performance at the British Gas Championships in Manchester over the
last week.
Emma took on a gruelling schedule for the Championships -
choosing to compete in six events after qualifying for eight. She
took part in her main events the 200m and 100m freestyle, along
with the 200m individual medley, the 100m backstroke, the 50m
backstroke and the 50m freestyle. In the 50m backstroke Emma was
the fastest qualifier in the heats and went on to take the silver
medal in the final with a personal best of 28.80. She also met with
success in the 100m freestyle where she gained 5th place
in a time of 56.10 and in the 200m Individual Medley where she took
6th place. Although she soared through the 200m
freestyle heats, Emma met with disappointment in the semi final,
yet she finished off the week by touching home seventh in the 50m
freestyle final.
Emma said: "The week overall has been one of the best I have
done. I have swum PBs in most of my races so I am obviously really
pleased by that. I have qualified for the World Youths as well
which was another aim for the week so I am happy to have the
pressure off for that. I will now train towards that and I am
really looking forward to it - it should be really good. I will
swim the 100m back, 100 free, 200m free, and 200m IM so it will be
a pretty busy week! This week has been pretty challenging. That was
my 16th race so it has been long but I am really pleased with it
overall."
But despite a trip to Peru pencilled in to the diary for August,
it is now back to her Sixth Form studies as usual for Emma!
See Emma's profile here
http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/emma-saunders/7256/
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