2019 British Swimming Championships Day 4: Wilby, Murdoch Sub 2:08 in 200 Breast

James Wilby World University Games Gwangju 2015

Photo Courtesy: Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee

The 2019 British Swimming Championships continues to impress with fast swimming from some of the top swimmers in the world.

Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott and James Guy are among the elite who have already punched their ticket to the world championships with their performances this week.

They aren’t alone.

More stars looked to qualify as they aim for national championships, including an epic dual between James Wilby and Ross Murdoch.

RESULTS

Order of events

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

Women’s 200 Back

The fourth day of the 2019 British Swimming Championships kicked off with the women’s 200 back.

Jessica Fullalove started strong and didn’t let up. She had more than a body-length lead at the 100 and increased it at the 150.

She won in 2:09.74, which was short of the 2:06.82 worlds automatic qualifying time, but enough to earn the national championship.

Gemma Spofforth holds the British record in 2:06.66, set in 2009.

Chloe Golding finished second in 2:10.53 and was the only one close to Fullalove after the 100 mark.

Kathryn Greenslade finished third in 2:12.27, holding off Honey Osrin (2:12.53) and Jennifer King (2:12.62).

Aimee Willmott took sixth in 2:13.21, followed by Katie Shanahan (2:13.68) and Pia Murray (2:14.41).

Men’s 100 Fly

James Guy held off Duncan Scott in a head-to-head battle of two of Britain’s best to open the men’s finals session a the 2019 British Swimming Championships.

Swimming the 100 fly, Guy hung on to win in 51.97, followed closely by Scott, who was just behind in 52.25. That time leaves Guy just outside the top 10 in the world this year.

The automatic world standard time was 51.24. Both swimmers have qualified in different events.

Jacob Peters finished third in 52.47, followed by Lewis Fraser (53.04), Scott McLay (53.14), Matthew Domville (53.34) and Cameron Brooks-Clarke tied with Calum Jarvis for seventh at 53.74.

Women’s 100 Free

Freya Anderson held off a late charge from Anna Hopkin to win the 100 free at the touch.

Anderson won the race in 53.79, a world consideration time. Hopkin finished just behind at 54.02, giving Anderson a race from start to finish. Anderson’s time is just outside the top 10 in the world this year.

The British record is 52.87, set by Francesca Halsall in 2009.

Emily Crane finished third in 55.21, followed by Lucy Hope (55.44), Tain Bruce (56.17), Rachel-Louise Masson (56.21), Kathryn Greenslade (56.29) and Amy Grant (56.80).

Men’s 200 breast

In another battle to the end, James Wilby outlasted Ross Murdoch in a close race all the way to the touch in the 200 breast.

Wilby won the race in 2:07.49 qualifying for worlds, just 19 hundredths off of the British record set by Murdoch in 2014 (2:07.30).

Murdoch closed strongly in the race and finished second in 2:07.96.

Wilby’s time is the third fastest in the world this year, while Murdoch’s is fourth.

Anton Chupkov, 2:07.00
Ippei Watanabe, 2:07.02
Matthew Wilson, 2:07.16
James Wilby, 2:07.49
Ross Murdoch, 2:07.96
Yasuhiro Koseki, 2:08.05

Craig Benson was third in 2:10.13, followed by Adam Chillingworth (2:13.00), Kyle Booth (2:14.99), Edward Baxter (2:15.33), Gregory Butler (2:15.35) and Matthew Rogers (2:19.53) to close the session at the 2019 British Swimming Championships.

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Glen Hopkin

5 years ago

Inaccurate description of the women’s 100m free final, Freya made the late charge and Anna couldn’t quite hold on!