{"id":583520,"date":"2024-04-04T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=583520"},"modified":"2024-04-05T01:56:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T08:56:33","slug":"british-trials-day-3-finals-alice-tai-notches-second-title-inside-paris-nomination-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/british-trials-day-3-finals-alice-tai-notches-second-title-inside-paris-nomination-time\/","title":{"rendered":"British Trials, Day 3 Finals: Alice Tai Notches Second Title Inside Paris Nomination Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Trials, Day 3 Finals: Alice Tai Notches Second Title Inside Paris Nomination Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice Tai<\/strong> notched her second qualification time and multi-classification title of the British trials in the 50m freestyle at the Aquatics Centre.<\/p>\n

S10 swimmer Callie-Ann Warrington<\/strong> finished second and S11 athlete Scarlett Humphrey<\/strong> put herself in line for a Paralympic debut in the summer as she took bronze in a time better than the S11 required mark.\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Humphrey said:<\/p>\n

“I’m just really happy, I’m over the moon. I’ve dreamt of these days and I never thought it would be a reality and it is now so my emotions are really high and I can’t really describe it.<\/u><\/p>\n

“The 50m freestyle is my best event and I know how to race it so I was hoping this would be my best performance and it was much better than I dreamed it could be – I got a 0.7s personal best in the heats and that’s quite a lot in a 50m so I’m really happy. To be given the opportunity to race at a trials but also to meet that potential to qualify for a Games is even more amazing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rounding out the Paralympic swimming programme for the night, Stephen Clegg<\/strong> followed Tai in winning his second gold in as many days, this time in the men’s MC 100m Freestyle, on a tally of 927 points – and inside the S12 nomination mark.<\/p>\n

Finishing behind him for silver was brother and fellow S12 athlete James Clegg<\/strong>, while Roan Brennan<\/strong> rounded out the podium.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Bruce Dee<\/strong>, meanwhile, finished an impressive fourth, given earlier in the night he had swum the final of the men’s MC 50m Butterfly, taking the British title.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

In the morning’s freestyle heats, William Ellard<\/strong> set a new world record for the S14 category in the 100m Freestyle, his outside lane sprint to 51.36 surpassing the previous by Reece Dunn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In a non-Paralympic event for S14 athletes, Ellard was not eligible for the final here.<\/p>\n