Jones is National 50m Breaststroke Champion
Location: Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield
Events: ASA Swim 21 National Youth and ASA National Championships 2007 (50m)
Date: 27 July – 01 Aug
Chris Jones – National Champion
Chris Jones won the final of the men’s 50m breaststroke this afternoon on the last day of the ASA National Championships in a Scottish & Wiltshire record time of 28.69. He took the gold medal ahead of Kristopher Gilchrist and Ross Clark to become the National Champion.
Final Mens Open 50m Breaststroke Result
Place
Name
AaD
Club
Time
GB Pts
1.
Christopher JONES
25
Swindon Dolp
28.69
905
2.
Kristopher GILCHRIST
23
Co Edinburgh
28.84
894
3.
Ross CLARK
20
Dun City Aqu
28.85
893
4.
David BARTLETT
23
Bath Univ
29.20
868
5.
Craig ELLIOT
20
Loughboro Un
29.23
865
6.
Daniel SLIWINSKI
17
Gallica SC
29.38
855
7.
Christopher FOX
17
Wolv’hampton
29.42
852
8.
Matthew SHEAD
18
Millfield
29.53
844
9.
Max PARTRIDGE
17
Co Sheffield
29.86
821
10.
Alan HESKINS
22
Loughboro Un
30.09
805
The penultimate day of competition saw Jones in the pool for a very competitive men’s open 50m freestyle competition in which he was joined by Ben Matthews and Mark Tanner. The trio finished forty second, eighty second and ninety second respectively.
Meanwhile in the ASA Swim 21 National Youth Championships yesterday Elizabeth Beckett added another top ten finish in the 200m breaststroke for 14 year old girls to her 100m feat on day one.
In the 14/15 year old girls’ competition Tilly Gray achieved a top twenty finish in the 200m with a time of 2.27.46.
Mel Agius was thirty sixth in the 400m freestyle today.
Source: Swindon Dolphin Press Team
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