{"id":583706,"date":"2024-04-06T12:05:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T19:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=583706"},"modified":"2024-04-07T02:02:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T09:02:22","slug":"british-trials-day-5-finals-olivia-newman-baronius-matches-s14-100-fly-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/british-trials-day-5-finals-olivia-newman-baronius-matches-s14-100-fly-wr\/","title":{"rendered":"British Trials, Day 5 Finals: Olivia Newman-Baronius Matches S14 100 Fly WR"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Trials, Day 5 Finals: Olivia Newman-Baronius Matches S14 100 Fly WR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olivia Newman-Baronius<\/strong> equalled the S14 100m butterfly world record en-route to her fourth Paralympic nomination time of the British trials in London.<\/p>\n

Newman-Baronius matched the 1:03.33 WR on her way to the multi-classification 100 fly title, while Tully Kearney<\/strong> (women’s MC 50m backstroke), Brock Whiston<\/strong> (women’s MC 200m IM) and Stephen Clegg<\/strong> (men’s MC 50m reestyle) all made required times in claiming British golds.<\/p>\n

The highlight on the Paralympic programme was the world-record effort from Newman-Baronius as she took it out hard and held off a challenge from Poppy Maskill<\/strong> to touch in a 1:03.33, right on the existing S14 world best and securing her the gold on 1000 points.<\/p>\n

Maskill took silver on 983 points – and her latest nomination standard – while S10 pair Faye Rogers and Callie-Ann Warrington were third and fourth respectively, both getting inside their class’s Paris mark.\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Asked whether she could go under the world record, Newman-Baronius said:<\/p>\n

“Hopefully by the summer. The week has got better as it’s gone along, I had two days off so that was nice but yeah it’s been fun – I like racing here so it’s good.<\/p>\n

“The Para Swimming World Series event in Italy helped a lot for this [week’s experience] because it was my first time performing in front of the cameras there, and here has a bit more publicity so it’s good experience.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the Women’s MC 50m backstroke, Challis notched the S3 Paralympic nomination time in the morning’s heats – but it was Kearney who would ultimately win the British title, a high stroke rate all the way down the pool helping her inside the S5 British record and well within the Paralympic mark.\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Kearney said:<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t expecting that at all, I made a few mistakes and missed the wall so very happy with that. I think the hope was that I had a fun event in the backstroke at Paris but now with that kind of time it would be cool to go for a medal in it.”<\/u><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whiston won her second gold in as many days – and with another Paralympic S8 nomination standard as well – as she edged out Maisie Summers-Newton<\/strong> in the MC 200IM by four agonising para-swimming points.<\/p>\n

Summers-Newton, Paralympic and world champion in the S6 classification, achieved the Paris mark in the morning and evening, taking silver – as Maskill won bronze.\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Stephen Clegg’s latest British gold and Paralympic nomination time of the meet came in the MC 50m Freestyle, while Matthew Redfern<\/strong> took silver in a British S13 record of 25.25, breaking the previous mark twice in one day.<\/p>\n