SHEFFIELD, England, April 4. WHILE swimmers took advantage of evening prelims to break some records, the morning was all about winning and moving on to Beijing at the British Championships held in Sheffield.<\/p>\n
National-record holder Kris Gilchrist opened the fifth night of swimming with a near-record time of 2:10.44 to win the men's 200 breast. He fell just short of his national standard of 2:10.32 set at the Japan International Swim Meet last summer. James Kirton wound up second in 2:13.47.<\/p>\n
"I felt pretty disappointed with the time but delighted to have qualified," Gilchrist told British Swimming<\/i>. "I felt really controlled last night but it wasn't as smooth this morning. But I am sure it'll be better in time for August. My main aim here was to make it to Beijing, the event is moving on all the time and I will have to move with that."<\/p>\n
Although Jemma Lowe set the British record during prelims with a time of 57.78, Fran Halsall put her hand on the wall first when it counted with a time of 58.16 to win the women's 100 fly. Lowe, meanwhile, grabbed second-place honors with a time of 58.27.<\/p>\n
Thomas Haffield, who crushed the Commonwealth record in the men's 400 IM during prelims with a time of 4:12.59, just made sure he qualified for Beijing during morning finals as he cruised to victory in 4:14.01. Euan Dale took second behind him in 4:16.33.<\/p>\n
"It is hard to go back to back 400m IM," Haffield told British Swimming<\/i>. "I felt really tired out there today. I think that showed with the time, my legs just lacked energy they didn't give me the drive that I wanted. But the job is done at the trials and I am now looking forward to the World Championships next week."<\/p>\n
In the men's 100 fly, Michael Rock surfaced from an epic battle with Todd Cooper at the touch, 52.30 to 52.33. The time was short of his preliminary British-record time of 52.28, but it was enough to give him the victory.<\/p>\n
"That was a really competitive event," Rock told British Swimming<\/i>. "But I am delighted I managed to stick to my plan and bring home my own race. I arrived here nine minutes earlier than usual this morning to make sure I was totally awake. I didn't want to lose my chance of making the Olympic team after breaking the record last night."<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, British Swimming<\/i> reported that the following swimmers are "being considered for nomination" to the British Olympic Team:<\/p>\n
David Carry (Aberdeen Dolphins) \u2013 400m Freestyle
\nDean Milwain (Loughborough University) \u2013 400m Freestyle
\nJemma Lowe (Borough of Stockton) \u2013 200m Butterfly
\nEllen Gandy (Beckenham) \u2013 200m Butterfly
\nGregor Tait (City of Edinburgh) \u2013 100m Backstroke
\nCaitlin McClatchey (Loughborough University) \u2013 100m Freestyle
\nFran Halsall (City of Liverpool) \u2013 100m Freestyle
\nJulia Beckett (Loughborough University) \u2013 100m Freestyle
\nJessica Sylvester (Nova Centurion) \u2013 100m Freestyle
\nJames Goddard (Loughborough University) \u2013 200m IM
\nLiam Tancock (Loughborough University) \u2013 200m IM
\nRebecca Adlington (Nova centurion) \u2013 400m Freestyle
\nJoanne Jackson (Derwentside) \u2013 400m Freestyle
\nMark Foster (Bath University) \u2013 50m Freestyle
\nGemma Spofforth (Portsmouth) \u2013 100m Backstroke
\nElizabeth Simmonds (Lincoln Vulcans) \u2013 100m Backstroke
\nChris Cook (City of Newcastle) \u2013 100m Breaststroke
\nKristopher Gilchrist (City of Edinburgh) \u2013 100m Breaststroke
\nHannah Miley (Garioch) \u2013 200m IM
\nKeri-Anne Payne (Stockport Metro) \u2013 200m IM
\nRoss Davenport (Loughborough University) \u2013 200m Freestyle
\nRobert Renwick (City of Aberdeen) \u2013 200m Freestyle
\nFran Halsall (City of Liverpool) \u2013 50m Freestyle
\nGregor Tait (City of Edinburgh) \u2013 200m Backstroke
\nJames Goddard (Loughborough University) \u2013 200m Backstroke
\nKate Haywood (Loughborough University) \u2013 100m Breaststroke
\nKirsty Balfour (City of Edinburgh) \u2013 100m Breaststroke
\nKristopher Gilchrist (City of Edinburgh) \u2013 200m Breaststroke
\nJames Kirton (City of Sheffield) \u2013 200m Breaststroke
\nFran Halsall (City of Liverpool) \u2013 100m Butterfly
\nJemma Lowe (Borough of Stockton) \u2013 100m Butterfly
\nThomas Haffield (City of Cardiff) \u2013 400m IM
\nEuan Dale (Loughborough University) \u2013 400m IM
\nMichael Rock (Stockport Metro) \u2013 100m Butterfly
\nTodd Cooper (Stirling) \u2013 100m Butterfly<\/p>\n
Additionally, Liam Tancock, David Davies and Kirsty Balfour were already pre-selected for the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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