{"id":601080,"date":"2024-12-07T13:11:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T20:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=601080"},"modified":"2024-12-07T13:13:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T20:13:42","slug":"kathleen-dawson-leads-stirling-clean-sweep-of-100-back-in-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kathleen-dawson-leads-stirling-clean-sweep-of-100-back-in-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Dawson Leads Stirling Clean Sweep Of 100 Back In Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathleen Dawson Leads Stirling Clean Sweep Of 100 Back In Edinburgh<\/h4>\n

Kathleen Dawson<\/strong> led a Stirling clean sweep in the 100 back and Katie Shanahan<\/strong> made two trips to the podium on day two of the\u00a0Scottish National & Open Short Course Swimming Championships<\/strong> in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Dawson, the European long-course record holder, led throughout to take the title in 58.60 with Shanahan – who won the 200 back on day one – second in 58.60 and Holly McGill<\/strong> third in 59.12.<\/p>\n

That followed a clear victory for Shanahan in the 200IM where she stopped the clock in 2:08.08, 1.85secs ahead of Grace Davison<\/strong>, set represent Swim Ireland<\/strong> at the short-course worlds next week and who was second in 2:09.93. Suzie McNair<\/strong>, winner of the 400IM, was third in 2:14.71.<\/p>\n

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Katie Shanahan: Photo Courtesy: Aquatics GB<\/p><\/div>\n

Davison returned for the 50 free where she was second behind Evie Davis<\/strong>, the University of Stirling swimmer clocking 25.14 to 25.26 with Lucy Hope<\/strong> completing the podium in 25.36.<\/p>\n

Leah Crisp<\/strong> took over the lead at the 300m mark before pulling away to win in 4:09.13. As with the 800 which Crisp won, Michaella Glenister<\/strong>, who’d set the pace, took the Scottish title in 4:11.78 with Hope next home in 4:19.30.<\/p>\n

Jack McMillan<\/strong>, who won Olympic gold as a prelims swimmer with the Great Britain 4×2 relay at Paris 2024, added the 200 free to his 100 title in 1:41.94 ahead of Cameron Brooker<\/strong> (1:43.26) and George Smith<\/strong> (1:45.27).\u00a0Brooker also won the 50 back in 23.75 to add to his 200 back title.<\/p>\n

University of Stirling teammates\u00a0Lucy Grieve<\/strong> and Keanna MacInnes<\/strong> fought out a stroke-for-stroke duel in the 100 fly. MacInnes led by 0.04 at halfway before being overhauled by Grieve in 57.79 to 57.84.<\/p>\n

Rory Dickson<\/strong> completed the 50\/100 breaststroke double with a 59.10 victory in the longer race with Matthew Randle<\/strong> also breaking the minute barrier in 59.80.<\/p>\n

Luke Hornsey<\/strong> clinched the distance double with a comprehensive victory in the 1500, touching in 15:10.70.<\/p>\n

Ellie McCartney<\/strong>, representing Limerick, won the women’s 200m breaststroke in 2:21.21 with Kara Hanlon<\/strong> clinching the Scottish title in 2:23.10 to add to her 50m gold.<\/p>\n

Tom Beeley<\/strong> won the 200 fly in 1:57.36 while Josh Press<\/strong> took the 100IM in 54.72.<\/p>\n