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Anna Hopkin: Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu\/ISL<\/p><\/div>\n
Freya Anderson<\/strong> and Anna Hopkin<\/strong> both clocked 54.13 in the heats to book the centre lanes as expected.<\/p>\n
Hopkin – with her distinctive straight-arm stroke – was out ahead down the first 50 and turned\u00a0 25.43, 0.40secs ahead of Anderson.<\/p>\n
But the Bath NTC swimmer had a good turn and came back down the second 50 to just take the touch in 53.40 with Hopkin – coached by Mel Marshall<\/strong> at Loughborough NTC<\/strong> – next in 53.49.<\/p>\n
Both women were inside the cut to book their first Olympics with Lucy Hope<\/strong> setting a new Scottish record of 54.19 in third, slicing 0.12 from Caitlin McClatchey’s mark from the 2008 British Championships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Next was 16-year-old Evelyn Davies<\/strong> who touched in 54.69 although the quartet’s combined time was 0.3 outside that required for a 4×1 in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Anderson – who had already booked a slot in the 200 free – said:<\/p>\n
“I know how fast Anna is on the first 50 so that\u2019s the only way I can swim it, to try to claw it back!<\/p>\n
“It’s amazing we both got under the time, it’s really good to see the 100 free become so competitive.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Everyone involved in the meet has been involved in a strict bubble with limits to pool and hotel.<\/p>\n
Anderson said:<\/p>\n
“It has definitely been different. There’s not much atmosphere with the crowd but I’ve got a great support team around me which makes it seem easier so it has made it really fun.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It was the first race of the week for Hopkin who moved to Marshall’s group after returning from the United States where she had found success with the University of Arkansas.<\/p>\n
Marshall told Swimming World in April 2020<\/a> that she was looking forward to working with the “starlet” Hopkin with another of the stable on the Tokyo team where she’ll join Adam Peaty<\/strong> and Luke Greenbank.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Hopkin said:<\/p>\n
“I was really happy with that. I would have liked to have gone a bit quicker but this year has been so uncertain and it has been difficult to know what form I’m in so to be that close to my best time and under the consideration time, I’m over the moon.<\/p>\n
“It has been great the last few months. I changed programme a year ago s it has been great training with Mel and with my new team-mates and I am just glad it is all going really well.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Men’s 50 Free<\/h3>\n $\"ben-proud-\"$
Ben Proud: Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n
British record: 21.11, Ben Proud, 2018 European Championships<\/p>\n
Consideration time<\/em>: 21.78<\/p>\n
Proud gave a demonstration of 50 freestyle swimming with the two-time Commonwealth champion emerging ahead after his customary fine start.<\/p>\n
He left the field behind to touch in 21.42 – just 0.01 ahead of Vlad Morozov’s world-leading time of 21.41 from the Russian Championships.<\/p>\n
The 2018 European champion – who is the fourth-fastest man in history – was well within the consideration time.<\/p>\n
Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n
Behind him were Yusuke Legard<\/strong> (22.10) and Jacob Whittle<\/strong>, the 16-year-old returning from setting a national age group record of 22.40 in the heats to clock 22.55.<\/p>\n
Women’s 200 Backstroke<\/h3>\n
British record: 2:06.66, Gemma Spofforth, 2009 World Championships<\/p>\n
Consideration time<\/em>: 2:08.44<\/p>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Georgia Kerr, British Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n
Kathleen Dawson<\/strong> continued the form that has her talking of Olympic podiums as a last 50 of 32.42 guided her to a new Scottish record of 2:08.14.<\/p>\n
With that she took a huge chunk off the record of 2:09.44 she had set at the British Swimming Invitational Meet <\/strong>in Manchester<\/strong> last month.<\/p>\n
The University of Stirling swimmer went 58.24 in the 100 earlier in the meet – just 0.12 off Gemma Spofforth’<\/strong>s European mark – and said she wasn’t sure if she would compete in the 200 if she was to qualify.<\/p>\n
Now she has that quandary to solve.<\/p>\n
Cassie Wild<\/strong> – who also booked a slot in the 100 – was second in 2:10.94 ahead of Honey Osrin<\/strong> (2:11.76) although both women were outside the consideration time.<\/p>\n
Dawson said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m delighted. It feels amazing. I knew I\u2019d got the job done in the 100m, so I was coming into this and having some fun, as much as you can in the 200m back, so it\u2019s great to come away with the time.<\/u><\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve just been working really well with the coaches, I\u2019ve been applying myself in training all the time, just doing what they\u2019re telling me to do, and it\u2019s working!<\/p>\n
“I\u2019d love to be in that mixed 4x100m medley in Tokyo, I know that\u2019s a huge medal chance so that would be amazing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Men’s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n
British record: 50.67, James Guy, 2017 World Championships<\/p>\n
Consideration time<\/em>: 51.96<\/p>\n
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James Guy: Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n
Guy had already booked a slot on the 200 fly with the gutsiest of swims and he went out in the shorter race from the front to turn in 23.88, the only sub-24 of the field.<\/p>\n
The world 2017 bronze medallist came back in 27.56 to stop the clock at 51.44 to all but book a second individual event come Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Behind him Jacob Peters<\/strong> – who won European 4×100 medley gold after swimming the heats – touched in 51.65.<\/p>\n
It was a huge PB for the 20-year-old who came into the race with a best of 52.1 to find himself on the Olympic team.<\/p>\n
Ed Mildred<\/strong> was third in 52.67.<\/p>\n
Guy said:<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s been a good few days so far, having had a good 200m fly on the first day.<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s the fastest I\u2019ve been for a few years, so things are going quite well. It\u2019s not quite the time I was hoping for, but hopefully I can progress that at the Olympics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to go back home, have a nice dinner, relax, put on some Benidorm (TV programme) and just chill out!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Peters was on top of the world after booking a slot to join some Bath team-mates on the plane to Tokyo whilst also nodding to his former head coach Barry Alldrick<\/strong> at Poole Swimming Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u201cWatching Kieran Bird, Brodie Williams<\/strong> and Matt Richards<\/strong> from our squad swimming so well, it was really pushing me on, inspirational.<\/p>\n
“I remember on Wednesday when Kieran did that 400m freestyle, I was jumping around the bedroom!<\/p>\n
“Obviously I\u2019ve moved to Bath National Centre this year, that\u2019s been a great help. Most of my work was done back at Poole Swimming Club, I\u2019d like to give Barry\u00a0a big shout-out as I wouldn\u2019t be here without him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Women’s 200IM<\/h3>\n
British record: 2:06.88, Siobhan O’Connor, 2016 Olympic Games<\/p>\n
Consideration time<\/em>: 2:11.10<\/p>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu \/ ISL<\/p><\/div>\n
There is no Siobhan O’Connor<\/strong> at this week’s meet with the Olympic silver medallist unable to compete after ulcerative colitis – a condition she has lived with since 15 – prevented her from training.<\/p>\n
Abbie Wood was the fastest qualifier and came in having already booked a place in the 200br where she went 2:21 behind Molly Renshaw<\/strong>‘s new British record.<\/p>\n
It was a close-run thing though. Wood led after the first 50 with Alicia Wilson<\/strong> going ahead on the backstroke to turn 1:00.56 to 1:01.15.<\/p>\n
A breaststroke leg of 36.76 propelled Wood into the lead but the pair were in a real tussle down the final 50.<\/p>\n
Wood stopped the clock at 2:09.23 – a new PB – with Wilson 0.38 behind in 2:09.61 as both women went comfortably within the consideration time.<\/p>\n
Wood – who is coached by Dave Hemmings at Loughborough – said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just wanting to have a fun race tonight.<\/p>\n
“I felt the pressure was off after the 200m breaststroke and I knew I was in better form than I thought I was, so I just wanted to see what I could get out of me. It was a good race with Alicia.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wilson – who clocked a new 1.5sec PB – added:<\/p>\n
“Honestly, when I was sitting and having a nap earlier, I was just wanting to get below 2:11 \u2013 so to do that was a shock!<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely hard because I don\u2019t have my team-mates here. I\u2019m just thankful to have the coaching team I do, because that has definitely compensated for it.<\/p>\n
“Honestly, I\u2019m not sure about my expectations for the summer, just to do my best and see if I can get on a team.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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