BELGRADE, Serbia, August 2. THE Great Britain team of Rebecca Turner, Lucy Worrall, Alexandra Hooper and Anne Bochmann knocked two seconds from the European Junior National meet record in the girls 15-16 800 freestyle relay in Belgrade today.
The squad clocked a time of 8:08.82 to beat the 8:10.57 set by Russia back in 2003.
Meanwhile, Pal Joensen of Faroes won again, this time with a time of 7:56.90 to capture the boys 17-18 800 free title. Raoul Shaw of France (8:02.70) and Pavel Medvetskiy of Russia (8:04.56) finished second and third.
Spain's Patricia Castro Ortega topped the girls 15-16 200 free in 2:00.45, while Netherlands' Sharon van Rouwendaal (2:01.30) and France's Camille Radou (2:01.74) completed the top three.
Christopher Walker-Hebborn of Great Britain touched first in the boys 17-18 200 back in 1:59.61, while Hungary's Gabor Balog took second in 2:01.01. France's Eric Ress earned third in 2:01.43.
Italy's Silvia Di Pietro claimed the girls 15-16 100 fly in 59.28 to break the meet record of Beatrix Boulsevicz set with a 59.77 in 2003. Germany's Lena Kalla placed second in 1:00.28, while Hungary's Beatrix Bordas took third in 1:00.77.
Other winners included Belgium's Jolien Sysmans in the girls 15-16 50 free (25.40) and Russia's Artem Dubovskoy in the boys 17-18 50 back (26.25).