2019 British Swimming C’ships Day 3 Recap: Duncan Scott 47.87

Dressel

2019 BRITISH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

MEN’S 1500M FREE – FINALS

  • Selection Time #1 – 14:48.40, Selection Time #2 – 14:59.36
  • British National Record – 14:45.95, David Davies, 2004
  • GOLD – Daniel Jervis, 14:46.51
  • SILVER – William Bell, 15:21.83
  • BRONZE – Tom Derbyshire, 15:25.38

22-year-oldΒ Daniel Jervis threw down the swim of his life, manhandling the 1500m freestyle final heat tonight to take gold in a mark of 14:46.95. That crushes his previous personal best of 14:48.67 that gave him the silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Leading the race from start to finish, Jervis’ time now checks-in as the 3rd fastest in the world this season, sitting only behind Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri and Germany’s Florian Wellbrock.

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3Gregorio
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4David
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FRA14.44.7207/28
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NOR14.45.3507/28
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Jervis remains as the 2nd fastest British man ever in this distance event, with the Swansea swimmer’s clocking falling less than a second away from the long-held British National Record of 14:45.95 set by David Davies way back in 2004.

This event tonight is paired with Jervis’ 400m free gold from night 1, only tonight, however, Jervis’ time clears the Selection Time #1, securing his spot on the British roster for this summer’s World Championships. Only Adam Peaty has notched a selection time #1 thus far this meet.

For his part, one of our SwimSwam pre-meet ‘swimmers to watch’, William Bell, powered out a monster personal best, hacking over 16 seconds off of her previous lifetime fastest of 15:39.59 from last year’s British Summer Championships.

Tom Derbyshire rounded out the top 3 in 15:25.38. He took silver in this race last year to Jervis in a time of 15:01.87.

WOMEN’S 50M FREE –FINALS

  • Selection Time #1 – 24.21, Selection Time #2 – 24.50
  • British National Record – 23.96, Fran Halsall, 2014
  • GOLD – Anna Hopkin, 24.99
  • SILVER – Emily Barclay, 25.09
  • BRONZE – Freya Anderson, 25.12

Ealing’sΒ Anna Hopkin was unable to replicate her magic from this morning, but was still able to fire off the 2nd fastest time of her career to win the women’s 50m free in 24.99.

Leading the heats this morning, the University of Arkansas multi-All American produced the first sub-25 second 50m free of her career in 24.91. That gave the 22-year-old some consolation for having missed the 50m fly podium earlier in the meet after having led that field after prelims.

Entering this meet Hopkin’s PB rested at the 25.07 from this same meet 2 years ago where she took the British National Title. Her morning swim, however, at 24.91, ranks her as the 5th fastest British swimmer in history.

3rd seeded swimmer out of the heats was Loughborough’sΒ Emily Barclay, who managed to improve her position to take the silver behind Hopkin tonight in 25.09. That was significantly better than her morning swim of 25.68 and nearer to her PB of 24.94 from last year’s Summer Championships.

Ellesmere TitanΒ Freya Anderson added a 50m free bronze tonight to her 200m free gold from earlier. The 18-year-old teen titan earnedΒ  a time of 25.12 to lay waste to her previous PB of 25.35, inching her closer to the 25-second barrier.

15-year-old Bromley swimmerΒ Tamryn Van Selm wound up 8th in a time of 26.02, just .02 slower than her PB of 26.00 from this morning.

Sophie Yendell, 17, finished in 7th after 50m fly bronze, tonight clocking a 50m free final time of 26.00.

Of note, last year’s British ChampionΒ Lucy HopeΒ was not entered in this event this time around.

The women needed at least a time of 24.50 to be considered for this event at the World Championships.

MEN’S 400M IM – FINALS

The British National Record holder in this event, Max Litchfield, put on a one-man show tonight in this 400m IM event. The Loughborough Olympic finalist busted out a mega-fast time of 4:10.94 to dip under the selection time #1 to secure his spot on the World Championships roster.

Litchfield holds the national record in a mark of 4:09.62 form the 2017 World Championships, but wasn’t able to follow-up with a Commonwealth Games medal due to having to pull out with a shoulder injury. Instead, he followed up with silver at the 2018 European Championships in a time of 4:11.00 and pounded out a powerful performance tonight.

Litchfield now sits as the 2nd fastest performer in the world this season.

2018-2019 LCM MEN 400 IM

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SETO
06/22
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USA4.09.1207/28
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LITCHFIELD
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4Charlie
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USA4.11.4608/09
5David
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HUN4.11.9006/22
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Runner-up was Carnegie’sΒ Mark Szaranek, hitting the wall in a mark of 4:15.28. That is shy of his personal best of 4:13.72 from last year’s Commonwealth Games where the former Florida Gator took silver.

It was Millfield’sΒ Brodie Wiliams who turned it on in the end to beat out Max’s brotherΒ Joe Litchfield for bronze. Before tonight Williams had never been under 4:20 territory, but he made it there real quick with his 3rd place time of 4:17.22. He’s all of a sudden Britain’s 17th fastest performer of all-time.

Charlie Hutchison impressed again, going under 4:20 for his first time ever to clinch 5th in 4:19.34 at just 17 years of age. He took silver in this event last year in 4:23.57, so the 17-year-old has made major strides.

WOMEN’S 200M FLY – FINALS

  • Selection Time #1 – 2:07.13, Selection Time #2 – 2:07.89
  • British National Record – 2:04.83, Ellen Gandy, 2009
  • GOLD – Alys Thomas, 2:07.40
  • SILVER – Laura Stephens, 2:07.96
  • BRONZE – Emily Large, 2:09.89

In a race that looked like it hurt almost all the way, 2018 Commonwealth Games championΒ Aly Thomas repeated as British National Champion with her winning effort of 2:07.40. That dipped under the Selection Time #2 of 2:07.89.

This morning, Thomas fired off an easy-looking 2:08.47 and the 29-year-old Swansea swimmer got the job done tonight in the 7th fastest time of the season worldwide.

2018-2019 LCM WOMEN 200 FLY

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Runner-up status came toΒ Laura Stephens tonight, as the Plymouth Leander put up a mark of 2:07.96, a huge personal best by well over a second. She fell painstakingly shy of the 2:07.89 Selection Time #2.

2017 World Junior Champion in this event, Emily Large, produced her fastest time of the season in 2:09.89. She took the World Junior Championships title in 2:07.74, a mark that would have qualified for Gwangju.

Of note, triple OlympianΒ Hannah Miley moved up from her 8th place position to 6th in 2:12.88, a respectable performance form the Scot who just had ankle surgery last fall

MEN’S 100M FREE – FINALS

  • Selection Time #1 – 48.00, Selection Time #2 – 48.43
  • British National Record – 47.90,Β Duncan Scott, 2017
  • GOLD – Duncan Scott, 47.87 * British National Record, Scottish National Record
  • SILVER – Scott McLay, 49.05
  • BRONZE – David Cumberlidge, 49.11

The men’s 100m freestyle saw a new British National Record enter the books, asΒ Duncan Scott fired off a winning time of 47.87. The man who finaled in Tokyo, won gold on the Gold Coast at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and silver at the 2018 European Championships just busted out a new personal best, shaving .03 off of his previous NR of 47.90.

Look for a separate post on this new British National Record, as he punched his ticket to Gwangju easily under the 48.00 QT. He’s now #3 in the world.

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3Ryan
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USA47.3907/31
4Vladislav
GRINEV
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USA47.6107/31
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In light of Peaty’s unstoppable swimming and Luke Greenbank’s 53-point 100m back personal best, the British men’s medley relay is looking dangerous.

Also look for separate posts onΒ Matt RichardsΒ andΒ Jacob Whittle who made some major noise in the age group categories.

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Dave
4 years ago

The naff (as Brits would say) commentators, ill-lit and empty pool and absolutely awful camera work (have you guys ever heard of a tripod?) make this seem like small town high school meet.

straightblackline
4 years ago

A much better day given the first couple of days were pretty disappointing. Scott had been stuck on a PB of 47.90 for too long so it was good to see him squeeze under it. An excellent PB from Jervis while Litchfield’s time was also very smart. Thomas appears to be in good form and she proved her performances in 2018 were no fluke. Unfortunately, Stephens was just outside the Table 2 time. I hope the selectors make her one of the eight discretionary picks but they will have to make room for relay teams and certain favourites so she might miss out. She could be one of the hard luck stories.

marklewis
4 years ago

Duncan Scott was 23.10 and 24.77 for his splits. He has kind of a slow start, but had a good turn and a windmill wind-up the last few meters.

He looked like he could probably swim faster than that. Look for him to be in the final at Worlds

Mark
4 years ago

GB will win the men’s medley relay at both the Worlds and Olympics!

Wow
Reply to  Mark
4 years ago

Not without a 53 low backstroker and Guy returning to form in the 100 fly

Dee
Reply to  Wow
4 years ago

Not sure; England went 3.31.1 at Commies with a 54.6 back, 57.6 for Peaty, only 50.95 for Guy and a 47.9 anchor… Can knock 2-3s off that this year… USA faves, GBR will be very close though.

Dressel
Reply to  Mark
4 years ago

Not if Dressel and Murphy have anything to say about it

ooo
Reply to  Mark
4 years ago

What about Russia ?

chelseafann
Reply to  ooo
4 years ago

No butterfly swimmer, unless Minakov blasts something extraordinary

Jeff
4 years ago

Real shame to see Laura Stephens just miss out. Hope she still makes the team though as she’s had a good year so far.

JeyM
4 years ago

Talking about the mix relays, commentators said that UK will win the world champs because they have Peaty (of course), Guy in the butterfy, Scott in the freestyle and a low 53 in the backstroke but when and where did it happened because I missed it πŸ˜€

JeyM
Reply to  JeyM
4 years ago

That’s perfectly clear. I was just talking about the backstroke. If I remember well the national champ swam a 53.9 which is not exactly a 53 low πŸ˜‰

Dee
4 years ago

49.98 for 16yo Richards & 50.37 for 14yo Whittle… The latter could go sub 50 right now with developed skills, he lost half a bodylength off the blocks and another half at the turn. What a talent.

Jeff
Reply to  Dee
4 years ago

And a 47.87 national record for Scott.

Dee
4 years ago

Gutted for Laura Stephens; 1.3s PB, maiden 2.07, and still British Swimming deem it not good enough to be ‘considered’. Hopefully she gets a wildcard. Good swim for Alys, she’ll go to Worlds with that.

straightblackline
Reply to  Dee
4 years ago

I agree entirely. Did Stephens go under the FINA A standard? If so, it once again shows the absurdity of the qualification criteria.

Boknows34
Reply to  straightblackline
4 years ago

2.09.21 is the FINA A standard so Stephens was well inside.

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