{"id":523093,"date":"2023-02-25T13:16:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T20:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=523093"},"modified":"2023-02-25T13:58:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T20:58:07","slug":"catie-deloof-rattles-50-free-rankings-in-24-74-at-bucs-katie-shanahan-becomes-fourth-briton-all-time-in-200-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/catie-deloof-rattles-50-free-rankings-in-24-74-at-bucs-katie-shanahan-becomes-fourth-briton-all-time-in-200-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Catie DeLoof Rattles 50 Free Rankings In 24.74 At BUCS; Katie Shanahan Becomes Fourth Briton All-Time In 200 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catie DeLoof Rattles 50 Free Rankings In 24.74 At BUCS; Katie Shanahan Becomes Fourth Briton All-Time In 200 Back<\/h4>\n
Catie DeLoof<\/strong> scorched to 24.74 in the 50 free to go joint-second in the early-season rankings at the British Universities and Colleges Championships (BUCS)<\/strong> in Sheffield.<\/p>\n
Only Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> has gone quicker this season with 24.70 at the TYR Pro Swim Series<\/a> in Knoxville last month.<\/p>\n
Marie Wattel<\/strong> won the dash in 24.95 in Lausanne on Friday<\/a>, underlining the quality of DeLoof’s swim at Ponds Forge.<\/p>\n
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It was part of a golden treble for the Olympic 4×100 free bronze medallist that began with the 50 back which she won in 28.26 ahead of Lauren Cox<\/strong> (28.30) and Kathleen Dawson<\/strong>, the 2021 European silver medallist clocking 28.80.<\/p>\n
She then anchored the Loughborough women’s 4×100 free, splitting 53.99 as the quartet clocked 3:41.74.<\/p>\n
Katie Shanahan<\/strong> became the fourth-fastest British woman over 200 backstroke when she clocked 2:08.08.<\/p>\n
The seven-time European junior champion split 30.38\/32.35\/32.63\/32.72 for a clear win over Honey Osrin<\/strong> (2:12.11).<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old won silver at the European Championships<\/a> in Rome last year in 2:09.26, 0.04 outside what was until Saturday her PB of 2:09.22 from the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n
However, she dismantled that at Ponds Forge by 1.14secs to move up to fourth in the British rankings.<\/p>\n
Only Gemma Spofforth<\/strong> with her 2009 national record of 2:06.66, Lizzie Simmonds<\/strong> (2:06.79) and Cassie Wild<\/strong> (2:07.74) have gone faster in British waters.<\/p>\n
It also propels to second in the Scottish rankings behind Wild.<\/p>\n
Madden And Jones Claim 200 Free Victories<\/h3>\n
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Paige Madden: Photo Courtesy: Photo Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n
Paige Madden<\/strong> \u2013 who won 4×200 silver with the USA at the Tokyo Olympics \u2013 enjoyed a clear win in the women\u2019s 200 free, stopping the clock at 1:58.92.<\/p>\n
It was the first of two golds for Madden who was also part of\u00a0 Loughborough’s winning freestyle relay.<\/p>\n
Evan Jones<\/strong> won the men\u2019s event in 1:49.50.<\/p>\n
Jack McMillan<\/strong> had posted the fastest heat of 1:47.87 in the morning ahead of Olympic silver medallist Duncan Scott<\/strong> (1:48.15).<\/p>\n
However, the pair were appearing as guest swimmers and did not contest the final.<\/p>\n
Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> was fourth in 1:52.09 to add to his titles in the 1500 on Friday night in 15:02.92 and the 800 on Saturday morning (8:02.49).<\/p>\n
Loughborough won the men’s 4×100 relay in 3:21.08.<\/p>\n
Scott posted to social media:<\/p>\n
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Back at @BUCSsport<\/a> once again \ud83d\ude42 This time not as a student so no finals\u2026.all in heats it is \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffc\u2615\ufe0f<\/p>\n
200 free + 400IM double this morning. 1.48 + 4.20. Solid enough.
200 fly up bright and early tomorrow! https:\/\/t.co\/FYF5mpFhv5<\/a><\/p>\n
— Duncan Scott MBE (@Dunks_Scott) February 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n