{"id":638587,"date":"2026-03-13T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638587"},"modified":"2026-03-14T06:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:31:16","slug":"angharad-evans-rattles-british-record-goes-top-of-rankings-in-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/angharad-evans-rattles-british-record-goes-top-of-rankings-in-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Angharad Evans Rattles British Record &#038; Goes Top of Rankings in Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Angharad Evans Rattles British Record &amp; Goes Top of Rankings in Edinburgh<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimscotland.co.uk\/\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Angharad Evans<\/strong> rattled her British 100m breaststroke record and went top of the world rankings on day one of the <strong>Edinburgh International<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 European short-course medallist posted a sizzling 1:05.46 for a clear victory over <strong>Kara Hanlon<\/strong> (1:07.60) and <strong>Anna Morgan<\/strong> (1:07.65).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_636258\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-636258\" data-attachment-id=\"636258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/angharad-evans-selected-to-team-scotland-for-commonwealth-games-ben-higson-named-head-coach\/team-scotland\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Angharad-Evans-Ben-Higson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;jeff holmes&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Team Scotland \\rSwimmers&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1769780648&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;jshpix - free image&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;82&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;team scotland&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ben Higson &#038; Angharad Evans: Photo Courtesy: Scottish Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Angharad-Evans-Ben-Higson-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Angharad-Evans-Ben-Higson-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-636258\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Angharad-Evans-Ben-Higson-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"185\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-636258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Higson &amp; Angharad Evans: Photo Courtesy: Scottish Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Evans\u2019 time was just 0.09 off her national standard of 1:05.37 set at last year\u2019s British Championships.\u00a0It ranks second in her career and was her sixth journey inside the 1:06 barrier as she dislodged <strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong> and her 1:06.41 at the top of the world rankings with trials season on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis season has been about learning again,\u201d she said through Scottish Swimming. \u201cI think I say this every year. I come back and I\u2019m like, I\u2019ve learned something new, but when I think I know it all, there\u2019s something else that I learn. And the past few months of training, I\u2019ve almost unlocked a new pain threshold. The training\u2019s been so hard, and the focus has been on that back end 50.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After this morning, I had big confidence going into tonight because I got the fastest back 50 I\u2019ve ever done. So I knew a 1:05 was on the cards tonight, but to be only 9 100s out from my British record a few weeks before Trials gives me a lot of confidence going into London next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I got pre-selected (for Team Scotland at Glasgow 2026) I thought I would feel as much pressure, but I\u2019ve just proven to myself that I will always put pressure on myself. I have such high standards in myself. And I put the pressure on myself to swim fast and that\u2019s what works for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Evans has trained at the <strong>University of Stirling<\/strong> since getting back into the water following her return from a spell at Georgia State where she\u2019s guided by <strong>Ben Higson<\/strong> and <strong>Brad Hay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI count myself as a very fortunate person to have not one, but two coaches I got on really well with. And I 100% trust my training. And they (Ben Higson and Brad Hay) complement each other so well. They are such knowledgeable coaches and coming from someone that took a few years out of the sport, and coming back in, their knowledge is, I guess, feeding into me. And it\u2019s given me more confidence in my swimming when I see them believe in me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Matt Richards Comes Through in 200 Free Thriller; Wins For Scott &amp; Colbert<\/h3>\n<p>The men\u2019s 200 free in Britain has huge depth and in Edinburgh it featured <strong>Matt Richards, Jack McMillan, James Guy<\/strong> and <strong>Tom Dean<\/strong> who share nine Olympic titles between them.<\/p>\n<p>Guy led at halfway, 0.33 ahead of Richards with McMillan a further 0.25 back.\u00a0It changed on the penultimate 50 where McMillan went to the head of the field ahead of Richards and Guy with the trio separated by 0.19.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_533498\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-533498\" data-attachment-id=\"533498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/matt-richards-calls-on-ioc-to-start-taking-care-of-their-athletes-and-not-just-their-shareholders\/20th-world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-271\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Matt-Ricahrds.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Matthew Richards of Great Britain competes in the Men&#039;s Freestyle 200m Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 24th, 2023.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690199507&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7-27-24&lt;br \/&gt;\nMatthew Richards of Great Britain competes in the Men&#8217;s Freestyle 200m Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 24th, 2023. Sport, Swimming, FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, World Aquatics, Fukuoka, 2023, Fukuoka 2023, Matthew Richards of Great Britain, Men&#8217;s Freestyle 200m Heats&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Matt-Ricahrds-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Matt-Ricahrds-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-533498\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Matt-Ricahrds-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Richards of Great Britain competes in the Men's Freestyle 200m Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 24th, 2023.\" width=\"281\" height=\"201\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-533498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Richards: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A final-50 blast of 27.32 steered Richards past McMillan and into the wall in 1:46.81 with the University of Stirling swimmer second in 1:46.90 and Guy third in 1:48.05.<\/p>\n<p>Dean, now at the University of Stirling following a switch from Bath, was eighth in 1:50.41, apparently still feeling the effects of his recent trip to altitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 200 free as an event keeps pushing on that\u2019s the beauty of it,\u201d said Richards. \u201cI think in the UK we just continue to keep driving the needle and every year we seem to keep getting better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> is an eight-time Olympic medallist of which two silver came in the 200IM \u00a0in Paris and Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>He was the only man to break 2mins in the Scottish capital, touching in 1:58.79 ahead of <strong>Matthew Ward<\/strong> who was second in 2:02.48 and <strong>Edward Whittles<\/strong> who was third in 2:03.67.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oli Morgan<\/strong> won the men\u2019s 100 back in 53.14 with <strong>Lauren Cox<\/strong> taking the women\u2019s crown in 1:00.49.<\/p>\n<p>World and European junior champion <strong>Filip Nowacki<\/strong> led throughout in the 200m breaststroke to take the title in 2:10.05 and <strong>Josh Gammon<\/strong> took the 50 fly in 23.49.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theodora Taylor<\/strong> was the only woman to break 25 in the 50 free, clocking 24.93, <strong>Keanna MacInnes<\/strong> showcased her strength on the back end of the 200 fly, touching in 2:08.36 while <strong>Freya Colbert<\/strong> enjoyed a winning margin of almost six seconds in the 400 free in 4:06.16.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angharad Evans Rattles British Record &amp; 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