Ben Proud Downs 50 Free British Record in Prelims With 21.65

Photo Courtesy: British Swimming

Ben Proud lowered his own British record in the men’s 50-meter free during prelims of the 2016 British Nationals.

Proud clocked a 21.65, clearing his previous record of 21.76 set at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Other top qualifiers this morning were Jazmin Carlin in the 400 free (4:11.79), Mark Szaranek in the 200 IM (2:00.33) and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor in the 200 IM (2:11.11).

Place	Name	YoB	Club	Time	R.T.	FINA Pt
1.	Benjamin Proud	(94)	Plymouth Lea	21.65	+ 0.63	900
2.	Andrew Weatheritt	(91)	Loughboro Un	22.46	+ 0.72	806
3.	Thomas Fannon	(98)	Plymouth Lea	22.54	+ 0.68	798
4.	Aaron Rickhuss	(93)	Plymouth Lea	22.75	+ 0.76	776
5.	Jack Thorpe	(94)	Edinburgh Un	22.81	+ 0.63	770
6.	David Cumberlidge	(96)	Edinburgh Un	22.87	+ 0.71	764
7.	James Disney-May	(92)	Loughboro Un	22.89	+ 0.65	762
8.	Miles Munro	(96)	Bath Univ	22.94	+ 0.68	757
9.	James Peek	(95)	Millfield	22.97	+ 0.68	754
10.	Richard Schafers	(91)	Edinburgh Un	22.99	+ 0.67	752
11.	Bradley Lynch	(96)	Co Derby	23.14	+ 0.59	737
12.	John Slater	(96)	Plymouth Lea	23.15	+ 0.64	736
13.	Ziggy Franchi-Webster	(97)	Ealing	23.32	+ 0.64	720
14.	Yusuke Legard	(96)	Wycombe Dist	23.35	+ 0.59	718
14.	Samuel Irvine	(97)	Millfield	23.35	+ 0.62	718
16.	Greg Watson	(95)	Edinburgh Un	23.36	+ 0.64	717
16.	Liam Selby	(92)	Stockport Mo	23.36	+ 0.67	717
18.	Grant Quigley	(93)	Stockport Mo	23.37	+ 0.60	716
18.	Zachary Hayden	(87)	Wolverine	23.37	+ 0.65	716
20.	Alex Wray	(98)	Deepings	23.41	+ 0.68	712
21.	Calum Bain	(96)	UniOfStirl	23.45	+ 0.60	708
22.	Matthew Bruce	(94)	Co Coventry	23.50	+ 0.80	704
23.	Elliot Clogg	(99)	Co Sheffield	23.52	+ 0.67	702
24.	Owen Morgan	(84)	Woking	23.53	+ 0.66	701
25.	Kieran McGuckin	(90)	Edinburgh Un	23.54	+ 0.63	700
26.	James Oxborrow	(98)	Bolton Metro	23.68	+ 0.67	688
26.	Lewis Burras	(00)	Southport	23.68	+ 0.71	688
28.	Michael Jacobs	(99)	Sevenoaks	23.73	+ 0.67	684
29.	Oliver Wilson	(92)	Hackney	23.77	+ 0.65	680
30.	Jack Szaranek	(98)	Edinburgh Un	23.78	+ 0.72	679
31.	Eddie Watson	(96)	Aberdeen Dol	23.79	+ 0.69	679
32.	Charlie Pullan	(98)	Guildford Ct	23.80	+ 0.73	678
32.	Lewis Clough	(98)	Co Salford	23.80	+ 0.67	678
34.	Andrew Roy	(98)	Woking	23.81	+ 0.70	677
35.	Alexander Bowen	(95)	Loughboro Un	23.83	+ 0.67	675
36.	Joshua Thompson	(98)	Carnforth	23.85	+ 0.73	673
37.	Grant Henderson	(98)	Co Glasgow	23.87	+ 0.72	672
38.	Henry Bland	(94)	Newcastle	23.88	+ 0.67	671
39.	Alexander Farrell	(95)	Ealing	23.99	+ 0.75	662
40.	Benjamin Martin	(00)	Pioneer 79	24.01	+ 0.69	660
40.	Daniel Stepton	(91)	Bark & Dagen	24.01	+ 0.71	660
42.	Rory Burdin	(98)	Staines	24.02	+ 0.74	659
42.	Benjamin Stanford	(99)	Co Birm’ham	24.02	+ 0.68	659
44.	Jacob Lea	(98)	Southport	24.05	+ 0.62	657
45.	Theo Haslam	(98)	Bromley	24.07	+ 0.69	655
46.	Thomas Sinclair	(98)	Aquae Sulis	24.22	+ 0.67	643
47.	William Cole	(99)	Co Bristol	24.31	+ 0.66	636
48.	Louis Barker	(99)	Millfield	24.32	+ 0.70	635
49.	Cameron Brooks-Clarke	(99)	Co Sheffield	24.44	+ 0.65	626

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Edy Bernardy

8 years ago

Daniel U remember him??

Tyler Yates

8 years ago

I’d sure be proud if I were him.