SWIMMING: Team Luton excel once more

Nine Team Luton swimmers attended the East Region Championships over the last two weekends at the University of Anglia in Norwich and returned with a host of medals.

Promising 10-year-old Chiara Rogers and Rhys Davidson both reached finals in their specialised events.

Rogers swam the 100m breaststroke in a time of 1.37.36mins to make the final where she finished fifth with a PB of 1.35.92mins.

She also competed in the 200m breaststroke heats and clocked 3.23.78mins to qualify for the finals, where she finished with a bronze medal and a PB of 3.20.83mins.

Davidson took part in the backstroke events as in the 100m, he timed 1.26.25mins, while he swam to seventh in the 200m heats and then sixth in the final, setting a new PB of 2.58.93mins along the way.

Abbie Barnwell, 11, swam in three freestyle events the 200m, 400m and 800m, setting a new PB of 10.35.17mins in the 800m to finish sixth.

In the 400m IM, she posted a PB, managing 6.20.84mins.

Freddie Symonds, 11, succeeded in both his breaststroke events reaching the finals where he won bronze in the 200m with a personal best of 3.10.63mins.

He then managed a PB of 1.32.36mins to win silver in the 100m event.

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