2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships: Day Four A-Finals Live Recap

2026 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, April 14th – Sunday, April 19th
• Prelims at 9:30am local (4:30am ET)/B-Finals & Junior Finals at 6pm local (1pm ET)/A-finals at 7:45pm local (2:45pm ET)
• London Aquatics Centre
• European Championships Selection Policy
• SwimSwam Preview
• Meet Central
• Entries
• Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
• Finals Recaps: Day 1| Day 2 | Day 3
• Start Lists/Live Results
• Livestream

We’re over the halfway point in the 2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, with the list of British European Championships qualifiers and Home Nation qualifiers for this year’s Commonwealth Games continuing to grow as each event unfolds.

Tonight’s agenda includes the men’s 50m back, women’s 50m fly, men’s 100m fly, women’s 400m free, men’s 200m IM and women’s 200m back, which means multiple Olympians and World Championship swimmers are back in the water.

START LIST

Last night we saw two British national records fall, both on the women’s side, with Angharad Evans cracking a mark of 2:19.70 to produce the first-ever 200m breaststroke performance under the 2:20 barrier. Freya Colbert also made major noise, hitting a lifetime best of 1:54.34 for a new national standard in the women’s 200m free.

Half of tonight’s events own British national records that date back to the 2009 supersuit era, including the men’s 50m back, women’s 400m free and women’s 200m back, and it would be extra special if one of these bit the dust.

Already the 100m back champion here, Ollie Morgan will try to double up with a win in the 50m back. His morning swim of 24.67 represented the sole outing of the field to delve under the 25-second barrier, although Jack Skerry is ranked just behind with his AM effort of 25.05.

Eva Okaro holds a narrow advantage over the women’s 50m fly field, courtesy of the 26.35 she put up to land the pole position.

Harriet Rogers touched a hair behind to claim the 2nd seed in 26.37, with Ciara Schlosshan, Lucy Grieve and Theodora Taylor among those very much in the mix.

Lucy Fox will try to hold off Colbert in the women’s 200m fly, as teenagers Amelie Blocksidge and Amalie Smith look to add another piece of hardware to their collection.

Then the 200m IM will feature Olympic multi-silver medalist in the event, Duncan Scott, as the versatile veteran hit 1:58.85 as one of three sub-2:00 swimmers in the heats.

Evan Jones picked up the 2nd seed in 1:59.35 and the 400m IM victor here, Max Litchfield, was also under that threshold in 1:59.60.

This is most likely Scott’s race to lose, although Matthew Ward, Charlie Hutchison and Filip Nowacki will do their best to rain on the Stirling star’s parade.

Finally, in the women’s 200m back, this morning’s heats played their cards close to their chest, with only Katie Shanahan dipping below 2:12 in 2:11.96 as the woman to beat.

MEN’S 50 BACK – FINAL

• British Record – 24.04, Liam Tancock, 2009
• GBR Euros QT – 24.70
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 25.22
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 25.47
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 25.30
• NI Commonwealth QT – 25.49

GOLD – Ollie Morgan, 24.36 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Jack Skerry, 24.66 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Cameron Brooker, 24.85 

This men’s 50m backstroke final did not disappoint, with 22-year-old Birmingham University star Ollie Morgan busting out another personal best en route to gold.

Morgan scorched the field with a monster effort of 24.36 to double up with his 100m back victory from last night.

His time this evening eliminated his former career-quickest time of 24.43 logged at last year’s edition of this competition.

Morgan remains the #2 British performer of all time, sitting only behind the supersuited national record of 24.04 Liam Tancock put on the books at the 2009 World Championships.

Remarkably, this is Morgan’s 10th consecutive British title. He has not been beaten at these Aquatics GB Championships since 2022, winning four 100 back titles, three 200 back titles, and now three 50 back titles.

After what he called a disappointing 100m back, Bath Performance Centre’s Jack Skerry notched a PB of his own, with his outing of 24.66 this evening as the silver medalist representing his first-ever foray under the 25-second barrier. He now ranks as GBR’s 4th-fastest man in history.

His Bath teammate Cameron Brooker was also impressive, capturing bronze in 24.85.

Top 5 British Men’s LCM 50 Backstroke Performers All-Time

1. Liam Tancock – 24.04, 2009
2. Ollie Morgan – 24.36, 2026
3. Scott Gibson – 24.83, 2023
4. Cameron Brooker – 24.85, 2026
5. Jonathan Marshall – 24.88, 2025

For their efforts, Morgan now ties Chinese Olympic medalist Xu Jiayu to rank as the #1 swimmer in the world, while Skerry checks in as the 6th-best. Brooker sits just outside the list of top 10 performers on the season.

WOMEN’S 50 FLY – FINAL

• British Record – 25.20, Francesca Halsall, 2014
• GBR Euros QT – 25.99
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 26.36
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 26.48
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 26.61
• NI Commonwealth QT – 26.62

GOLD – Eva Okaro, 25.95 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Harriet Rogers, 26.28 *ENG Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Ciara Schlosshan, 26.38 *SCO Commonwealth QT*

Anything can happen in the 50m of any stroke but it was Repton’s Eva Okaro who delivered the victory in the 50m fly tonight in a rapid mark of 25.95.

She successfully defended her title from last year, with the University of Texas star ripping the sole outing of the field under the 26-second threshold to make the grade for this year’s European Championships and also the Commonwealth Games.

Not terribly far behind was Harriet Rogers who also nailed an England Commonwealth Games qualification, posting 26.28.

Just .10 behind her was Edinburgh’s Ciara Schlosshan who registered 26.38 to also land on the podium.

Although not earning a medal, the ever-versatile Theodora Taylor nailed a new age record of 26.46 en route to 4th place.

Entering this competition, Okaro ranked as the 3rd-fastest British woman in history but she upped the ante with her time here tonight to now check in as the #2 swimmer only behind national record holder Francesca Halsall.

Top 5 British Women’s LCM 50 Butterfly Performers All-Time

1. Francesca Halsall – 25.20, 2014
2. Eva Okaro – 25.95, 2026
3. Sophie Yendell – 26.16, 2023
4. Harriet Jones – 26.20, 2022
5. Amy Roebuck – 26.24, 2014

MEN’S 100 FLY – FINAL

• British Record – 50.67, James Guy, 2017
• GBR Euros QT – 51.35
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 51.66
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 52.57
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 52.16
• NI Commonwealth QT – 52.55

GOLD – Ed Mildred, 51.02 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth Games QT*
SILVER – Jacob Peters, 51.34 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth Games QT*
BRONZE – Lewis Fraser, 51.81 *WAL Commonwealth Games QT*

This was quite the men’s 100m butterfly final, with Ed Mildred nearly clearing the 51-second barrier en route to gold.

Opening in 23.87 and closing in 27.15, 23-year-old Mildred established a new lifetime best of 51.02 en route to gold.

His performance overtook his previous PB of 51.36 put on the books at the 2025 World Championships to now rank as GBR’s #2 performer in history.

Mildred usurped Olympian Jacob Peters, with the Bath Performance Centre athlete settling for silver in a still-solid result of 51.34. That joins Mildred in dipping under the British qualification time of 51.35 needed for this year’s European Championships, as well as the 51.66 Swim England-mandated QT for the Commonwealth Games.

Swansea’s Lewis Fraser turned in a time of 51.81, a new PB by .18. He nailed a time good enough to make the Welsh squad in this event for the Commonwealth Games and put a new Welsh national record on the books with his performance.

Top 5 British Men’s LCM 100 Butterfly Performers All-Time

1. James Guy – 50.67, 2017
2. Ed Mildred – 51.02, 2026
3. Jacob Peters – 51.16, 2023
4. Michael Rock – 51.41, 2009
5. Josh Gammon – 51.65, 2024

WOMEN’S 400 FREE – FINAL

• British Record – 4:00.60, Joanne Jackson, 2009
• GBR Euros QT – 4:06.23
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 4:08.82
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 4:11.17
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 4:11.37
• NI Commonwealth QT – 4:13.98

GOLD – Freya Colbert, 4:06.91 *ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Lucy Fox, 4:10.08
BRONZE – Amalie Smith, 4:11.13

Nothing too crazy transpired in this women’s 400m free event, although last night’s 200m free national record-setting gold medalist Freya Colbert did come away with the gold.

The Loughborough Performance Centre ace clocked a time of 4:06.91 to register the sole time of the pack under the 4:10 barrier, within striking distance of her own lifetime best of 4:06.16 notched at the Edinburgh International Meet earlier this year.

Lucy Fox snagged the silver in 4:10.08 while 17-year-old Amalie Smith bagged the bronze in 4:11.13.

MEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

• British Record – 1:55.28, Duncan Scott, 2021
• GBR Euros QT – 1:57.77
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 1:58.61
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 2:00.41
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 2:00.41
• NI Commonwealth QT – 2:00.84

GOLD – Duncan Scott, 1:56.08 *GBR Euros QT* *Scottish Commonwealth Games QT*
SILVER – Evan Jones, 1:58.09 *ENG Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Max Litchfield, 1:58.70

28-year-old Duncan Scott, one of the most versatile athletes on the planet, threw down a big-time swim of 1:56.08 to dominate this men’s 200m IM field.

Faster than he was at the 2025 edition of these championships, Olympic multi-gold medalist Scott reaped gold by over two seconds in a dominating performance, which renders him qualified for the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. This is added to his previous victory in the 200m fly.

Manchester Performance Centre’s Evan Jones busted out a mark of 1:58.09 in an impressive silver medal-worthy result.

This marks the 21-year-old’s first-ever foray under the 1:59 barrier, laying waste to his previous PB of 1:59.21 put up last year. Jones now ranks as GBR’s 10th-fastest performer in history.

After his 400m IM gold medal earlier in the meet, Max Litchfield wrangled up bronze in 1:58.70.

Dunks now checks in as the 4th-swiftest performer in the world this season.

WOMEN’S 200 BACK – FINAL

• British Record – 2:06.66, Gemma Spofforth, 2009
• GBR Euros QT – 2:08.68
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 2:10.17
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 2:11.16
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 2:12.20
• NI Commonwealth QT – 2:13.05

GOLD – Katie Shanahan, 2:09.89 *SCO Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Honey Osrin, 2:10.12 *ENG Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Holly McGill, 2:11.71 *SCO Commonwealth QT*

Unfortunately for British swim fans, this women’s 200m backstroke final was on the subdued side, with just one swimmer breaking the 2:10 barrier, albeit by a narrow margin at that.

Katie Shanahan from the University of Stirling topped the podium in 2:09.89, not enough to notch this event on her list for the European Championships but enough to add the race to her Commonwealth Games lineup.

Honey Osrin, an Olympic finalist, secured silver about a second behind in 2:11.16 and Holly McGill rounded out the podium in 2:11.71 to put her name on the Scottish Commonwealth Games roster.