A squad of 34 British athletes completed their first overseas event of the Olympic year with a number of clean-sweep podium results on the final day of the Flanders Speedo Cup in Antwerp.
Holly Hibbott (Stockport Metro), fresh from gold in the 800m Freestyle yesterday, lead home a British one, two and three in the 400m Freestyle with Ellie Faulkner (City of Sheffield) and Aimee Willmott (London Aquatics) with silver and gold.
It was the same story in the women’s 200m Breaststroke as Katie Matts (Stockport Metro) took the title from team mates Georgia Coates (City of Leeds) and Emma Cain (Millfield) and in the 200m Freestyle Georgina Boyle (Chelsea and Westminster) won gold from Rebecca Turner and Faulkner (both City of Sheffield) with silver and bronze.
The British women’s dominance continued in the 100m Backstroke event when Georgina Davies (National Centre, Loughborough) was first home from Lauren Quigley (Stockport Metro) and Anna Maine (Woking).
Fran Halsall won her second title of the weekend with gold in the Women’s 50m Freestyle while Loughborough team mate Rachael Kelly also won gold with an impressive swim in the 100m Butterfly. Adam Barrett (National Centre, Loughborough) won a silver in the 50m Butterfly event.
In the Women’s 50m Breaststroke Imogen Clarke (Derventio Excel) and Matts took gold and silver respectively.
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The British Swimming squad due to compete at the Flanders Speedo Cup 2016 comprises:
Charlie Attwood – National Centre, Bath
Kyle Chisholm – Boro of Kirklees
Luke Davies – City of Birmingham
Nick Grainger – City of Sheffield
James Guy – Millfield School
Joe Hulme - National Centre, Bath
Cameron Kurle – Millfield School
Jay Lelliott – University of Bath
Max Litchfield – City of Sheffield
Miles Munro – University of Bath
Toby Robinson – National Centre, Loughborough
Liam Tancock - National Centre, Loughborough
James Wilby – Loughborough University
Andrew Willis - National Centre, Bath
Georgina Boyle – Chelsea and Westminster
Layla Black – City of Leeds
Emma Cain - Millfield School
Imogen Clarke – Derventio Excel
Amelia Clynes – City of Leeds
Georgie Coates – City of Leeds
Chloe Finch – City of Birmingham
Jessica Fullalove – City of Manchester
Fran Halsall - National Centre, Loughborough
Holly Hibbott – Stockport Metro
Brittany Horton – City of Birmingham
Rachael Kelly - National Centre, Loughborough
Anna Maine – Woking
Katie Matts – Stockport Metro
Tazmin Pugh – Ellesmere College
Lauren Quigley – Stockport Metro
Rosie Rudin – Nova Centurion
Rebecca Sherwin – Team Ipswich
Abbie Wood - National Centre, Loughborough
Aimee Willmott - London Aquatics CPP