SWIMMING: Crow leads Chippenham effort (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

SWIMMING: Crow leads Chippenham effort

11:46am Wednesday 5th May 2010 in Sport

SEVEN swimmers from Chippenham ASC competed at the South West Regional Championships at Millfield School.

Jack Crow,17, raced well to make the final of the 200m butterfly where he finished fourth.

With only the top eight through to the finals, Crow just missed out in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke were he was ninth, 12th and 10th respectively.

Crow was also 11th in the 50m and 100m butterfly.

Maddie Harris, 17, was 19th and 20th in the 50m and 100m freestyle.

Evie Preece, 15, had a busy weekend competing in four events, the 400m Individual Medley (24th), 200m backstroke (29th) 100m backstroke (29th) and 200m IM (42nd) Katie Smith finished 17th and 10th in the 100m and 200m breaststroke. Rachel Moore, 18, was 27th in the 200m backstroke, Beatrice Moore, 16, 16th in the 100m butterfly and Kalynn Branston, 16, 12th in the 200m butterfly.

Chippenham’s squad will now turn its attention to the first Summer League fixture at Corsham on May 8.

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