{"id":526810,"date":"2023-04-04T09:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=526810"},"modified":"2023-04-04T14:31:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T21:31:47","slug":"live-british-championships-day-1-finals-first-spots-on-the-british-team-up-for-grabs-at-ponds-forge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/live-british-championships-day-1-finals-first-spots-on-the-british-team-up-for-grabs-at-ponds-forge\/","title":{"rendered":"British Championships: Freya Colbert Makes Fukuoka Cut In 400IM; Anderson Takes First 200 Free Journey Inside 1:56"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freya Colbert<\/strong> may have clinched the sole qualification time for Fukuoka worlds but the first finals session of the British Championships<\/strong> offered a glimpse into an exciting future for the women’s ranks.<\/p>\n

Colbert – coached by Dave Hemmings<\/strong> at Loughborough Performance Centre<\/strong> – produced a huge PB of 4:35.50 in the 400IM to go 0.10 inside the cut of 4:36.00 to secure a spot on the team for the 2023 World Championships.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That followed a duel with Katie Shanahan<\/strong>, the Scot clocking 4:36.74, inside the consideration time of 4:37.96 and will surely be on the plane to Japan.<\/p>\n

Freya Anderson<\/strong> also took a maiden voyage inside 1:56 in the 200 free, her time of 1:55.89 just 0.03 outside the cut for Fukuoka but well within the consideration time of 1:56.85.<\/p>\n

Another doff of the cap to Dave McNulty<\/strong> who has coached all three British women to go 1:55 in the form of Jo Jackson<\/strong>, Siobhan O’Connor<\/strong> and now, Anderson.<\/p>\n