2019 British Swimming Championships Day 2: Molly Renshaw, James Guy Reach World Standard

Molly Renshaw

After one night of finals from the 2019 British Swimming Championships in Glasgow, Adam Peaty and James Wilby automatically qualified for the World Championships in the 100 breast.

Aimee WillmottFreya Anderson and Daniel Jervis won the Olympic events on Tuesday in the 400 IM, 200 free and 400 free respectively but did not get under the automatic qualification time.

Wednesday’s session will feature the women’s 800 free, men’s 50 breast, women’s 50 fly, men’s 200 fly, women’s 100 back, men’s 100 back and women’s 200 breast.

DAY 2 RESULTS

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Order of events

• Women’s 800 Free
• Men’s 50 Breast
• Women’s 50 Fly
• Men’s 200 Fly
• Women’s 100 Back
• Men’s 100 Back
• Women’s 200 Breast

Women’s 800 Free

Eighteen-year-old Leah Crisp won the 800 free to open the second night of the 2019 British Swimming Championships.

Crisp finished in 8:42.61 to hold off Danielle Huskisson, who took second in 8:45.57. It was a back-and-forth race at certain points, but Crisp seized the lead at the 600 and hung on for victory.

Crisp was four seconds off the automatic world championship qualifying time.

Emily Clarke finished third in 8:45.77, followed by Rachel Anderson (8:50.26), Georgia Darwent (8:51.04), Lauren Wetherell (8:51.87), Fleur Lewis (8:53.86) and Michaella Glenister (8:55.32).

Men’s 50 Breast

Adam Peaty was out ahead of the field early and didn’t look back, winning the 50 breast easily in 26.49.

Ross Murdoch took second in 27.45, just sixth hundredths off of the world standard. Murdoch had the third seed going into finals behind Peaty and James Wilby. Wilby finished in 27.10 during prelims but scratched the finals after reaching the world standard.

Craig Benson finished third in 27.74, followed by Zak Aitchison (28.01), David Murphy (28.09), Mark Campbell (28.47), Oliver Taverner (28.49) and David Bloomfield (28.61).

Women’s 50 Fly

In a closely contested race, Charlotte Atkinson held off the field by four hundredths of a second to win the 50 fly.

Atkinson won the race in 26.80, finishing ahead of Harriet Jones (26.84).

Sophie Yendell finished third in 26.86, followed by Anna Hopkin (26.95), Laura Stephens (26.95), Jessica Calderbank (27.33), Emily Horne (27.43) and Emily Large (27.51).

Women’s 200 Fly

James Guy put together a strong race to qualify for worlds in the 200 fly. Guy won the event in 1:56.51 to reach the automatic standard.

Duncan Scott finished second in 1:57.00 as Guy pulled ahead.

Jacob Peters finished third in 1:59.14, followed by Matthew Domville (1:59.37), Jay Lelliott (1:59.92), Thomas Beeley (2:00.80), James Woodward (2:02.32) and Edward Mildred (2:02.32).

Women’s 100 Back

It came down do the final stretch but Georgia Davies was able to hold off Jessica Fullalove for the national title.

Davies won the event in 1:00.31 ahead of Fullalove (1:00.84). Davies qualified for the world championships with her time.

Kathleen Dawson was third in 1:01.12, followed by Cassie Wild (1:01.13), Lily Boseley (1:01.46), Alicia Wilson (1:01.68), Charlotte Evans (1:02.07) and Lauren Cox (1:02.39).

Men’s 100 Back

Luke Greenback put together a consistent race to win the 100 back. He turned four tenths up on the field and kept that consistent pace and finished eight tenths up on the field for the national title.

Greenback won the event in 53.92 to hold off Joe Litchfield (54.71) and qualify for the world championships.

Nicholas Pyle finished third in 54.82, followed by Brodie Williams (55.04), Craig McNally (55.10), Martyn Walton (55.25), Elliot Clogg (55.60) and Xavier Castelli (56.10).

Women’s 200 Breast

Molly Renshaw put together a dominant race to win the 200 breast.

She finished in 2:23.42 to win the race by more than two seconds. She also qualified for the world championships with her performance with the fifth-fastest performance in the world this year.

1. Sydney Pickrem, 2:22.63
2. Evgeniia Chikunova, 2:22.67
3. Kelsey Wog, 2:22.82
4. Annie Lazor, 2:22.99
5. Molly Renshaw, 2:23.42

Katie Matts finished second in 2:25.58 to also earn a world standard, hanging with Renshaw as long as she could be fore Renshaw pulled away.

Jocelyn Ulyett finished third in 2:25.79, followed by Abbie Wood (2:26.24), Lily Booker (2:28.49), Georgia Coates (2:28.61), Rosanna Arnold (2:28.83) and Hannah Miley (2:30.14).

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Thomas A. Small
4 years ago

Congratulations to you both

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