Freya Anderson Highlights British Team for World Junior Champs

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British Swimming has announced the roster of athletes it will send across the Atlantic next week for the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis. Among the top performers headed to Indianapolis is Freya Anderson, a semi-finalist in the women’s 100 free at the FINA World Championships last month.

The meet runs Aug. 23-28 in Indianapolis. Read British Swimming’s full press release below.

A group of young British swimming talent are about to set off to the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis to compete in the biggest junior competition of the year.

The 22-strong team features 2017 World Championship semi-finalist Freya Anderson and European Junior silver medalist Ciara Schlosshan. Last year’s European Junior champion Emily Large and medalists Anna Maine and Elliot Clogg also feature as part of the team.

The six-day competition begins on 23 August and will see athletes tackling the full Olympic programme as well as the 50m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke.

British Swimming’s Head of Elite Development Tim Jones is looking forward to the team taking a step up again at a major competition.

“This will be an exciting event coming at the conclusion of a busy season of high quality racing,” Jones said. “We have already seen some incredible performances by junior swimmers from across the globe at the recent World Championships in Budapest and European Junior Championships in Netanya.

“As an event the World Juniors is growing in importance, and for that reason we have chosen to prioritise the meet for a sizeable group of British swimmers.

“Our goal will be to continue to unearth and develop some exciting junior talent who show the potential to add to our British result in Tokyo 2020, but also reinforce the need for our athletes to be at their best at these ‘end of season’ benchmark events.

“We look forward to stepping up to the plate against some of our keenest international rivals.”

The British Team consists of:

Elliot Clogg – City of Sheffield

Nathan Hughes – National Centre Loughborough

George Clough – Warrender

Brodie Williams – Millfield

Cameron Brooks-Clarke – City of Sheffield

Nikki Miller – East Kilbride

Anna Maine – Woking

Harrison Coulter – Stockport Metro

Annabel Guye-Johnson – Royal Tunbridge Wells

Alexandra Waller – Heart of Midlothian

Freya Anderson – Ellesmere College Titans

Nicholas Pyle – Newcastle Swim Team

Luke Turley – Hatfield SC

Emily Large – Newcastle Swim Team

Keanna MacInnes – Heart of Midlothian

Cassie Wild – Ellesmere College Titans

Amy Bell – City of Sheffield

Callum Smart – City of Oxford

Jacob Peters – Poole

Katie Robertson – South Ayrshire

Ciara Schlosshan – City of Leeds

Lewis Burras – Southport / Hamilton Aquatics (Dubai)

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6 years ago

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