Chloe and Victoria take County Titles

With the Sussex ASA changing the dates at late notice of the County Championships it meant 18 of 1066 swimmers were still in Germany at the International Swimming Meet instead of being at K2, but still the few remaining flew the flag proudly for the local swimming club. 

Young Chloe Pollard,11, recorded a personal best and fast time in the 100m backstroke heats to spearhead the Final. She certainly endorsed the label of being favourite by bringing home another Gold medal for her very increasing medal cabinet. Chloe was also the fastest in her age group in both the 200m backstroke and 200m freestyle. The 100m butterfly saw her reach the Final where she was pipped into fourth place thus just missing another medal but she captured third spot in the gruelling 400m IM. All these swims were quicker than she had previously done.

Victoria Turner,14, eased into the Final of the 100m backstroke in a National Qualifying time and continued her dominance of the event by clearly winning the Final by a large margin. She then contested the Open Final finishing fourth. The 50m backstroke saw her recorded a personal best with the fastest time of the day but unfortunately in the Open Final she come home third. 

Adam Rouncivell,15, who was suffering severely from a virus, managed to reach the Final of the 100m freestyle and with great determination came second to merit a silver medal. Unfortunately he had to withdraw from his other swims in which he stood a very good chance in winning more medals. 

Darius Khalesi,12, improved in all his swims over the weekend culminating with a place in the Final of the 100m breaststroke where he finished seventh overall and it was the same position he ended up in the 200m event. His 200m IM earned him a top ten ranking along with a vast pb in the 100m freestyle it was a good championships for him. 

Another promising 1066 swimmer, Jess Honeysett, clocked a personal best in both heats and final of the 100m backstroke to finish seventh overall. Jess smashed her time in the 200m backstroke to finish in the top ten. 

Brandon Johnson,10, came away from the Sussex Championships with a top ten position in the 50m freestyle with was a much better time along with a personal best in the 100m IM. 

Carys Williams,10, competed in the 50m backstroke and with a pb finished in the top twenty swimmers in the County.

Picture of Adam Rouncivell, Chloe Pollard and Jess Honeysett with their medals.