2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships: Day Six 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
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• Entries
• Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
• Finals Recaps: Day 1| Day 2 | Day 3| Day 4 | Day 5
• Start Lists/Live Results
• Livestream

We are now onto the final session of the 2026 Aquatics GB Championships, which will see the final swimmers added to squads for the European Championships and Commonwealth Games this summer.

The races tonight include the women’s 100 breast, men’s 50 fly, women’s 800 free, men’s 200 back, women’s 50 free, and men’s 200 free, with a coveted spot on the men’s 4×200 free relay up for grabs in the final event.

START LIST

Angharad Evans will be the headline act in the women’s 100 breast, and swam a smooth 1:06.15 this morning to claim top spot in the heats. She was 1:05.46 last month, just under a tenth off her British record of 1:05.46, and set a huge lifetime best in the 200 on Thursday.

Anna Morgan and Gabrielle Idle-Beavers will look to repeat their podium finishes in the 50 breast here, while Theodora Taylor could challenge the 17-year-old age group British record of 1:07.36 after clocking 1:08.24 this morning.

Jacob Peters is the top seed in the 50 fly in 23.29, and has already qualified for the European Championships after placing 2nd in the 100 fly. The winner there, Ed Mildred, is the 5th seed tonight, with Josh Gammon, Kieran Grant, and Lewis Fraser ahead of him.

Amelie Blocksidge is the top seed and defending champion in the women’s 800 free, and will be aiming to double up after winning the 1500 on Wednesday. 400 free silver medalist Lucy Fox will be next to her, as will 1500 free silver medalist Abbie Roscoe, who like Blocksidge is 17 years old.

Reigning British champion Ollie Morgan will lock horns with British record holder Luke Greenbank in the men’s 200 back. Greenbank was the fastest swimmer this morning in 1:58.00 to Morgan’s 1:58.61, but it has been four years since Morgan was last beaten at British champs. Cam Brooker and Jack Skerry will be hunting Commonwealth spots behind them.

Eva Okaro is the top seed in the women’s 50 free in 24.87. Darcy Revitt was the only other swimmer this morning to break 25 seconds, with Theodora Taylor doubling up with the 100 breast as the #3 seed in 25.00.

We will round things off with probably the most anticipated event of the championships. Great Britain has been world class in the 200 free over the last decade, and swimmers will be hunting not just individual spots but the opportunity to swim on the men’s 4×200 free team, which is currently the reigning World and Olympic champion.

James Guy led prelims in 1:46.48, with Matt Richards and Duncan Scott also in the top four. Gabriel Shepherd is a wildcard out of lane 3 after dropping two seconds this morning, and Jack McMillan should not be discounted after going 1:45.23 last summer and winning European short course silver in December.

WOMEN’S MC 100 BREAST– FINAL

GOLD – Brock Whiston, SB8 – 1:20.32 (978 points)
SILVER – Grace Harvey, SB5 – 1:41.62 (973 points)
BRONZE – Iona Winnifreth, SB7 – 1:29.56 (840 points)

Olivia Newman-Baronius touched 1st in 1:17.37 to drop a second from this morning, but it was SB8 world record holder Brock Whiston who claimed gold tonight with 978 para points. She took the win by just 5 points over Grace Harvey, with the top two more than 10 points ahead of the field tonight.

Iona Winnifreth, who only turned 15 this week, placed 3rd in 1:29.56.

WOMEN’S 100 BREAST– FINAL

• British Record – 1:05.37, Angharad Evans, 2025
• GBR Euros QT – 1:06.64
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 1:07.22
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 1:09.13
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 1:07.67
• NI Commonwealth QT – 1:07.87

GOLD – Angharad Evans- 1:04.96 *British Record* *European QT, SCO Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Gabrielle Idle-Beavers/Anna Morgan – 1:07.69
BRONZE – 

Angharad Evans was out in 30.88,  two tenths under her British record pace, but just like in the heats this morning it was on the second half of the race that she really showed out.

She split a blistering 34.08 on the way home, pulling away from the field by an absolute chasm, to slice 0.41 seconds off the record she set at this meet last year and move to #1 in the world this year.

She becomes the 10th-fastest woman in history and only the tenth to break 1:05, setting herself up to be the favorite at both the European Championships and Commonwealth Games this summer. No woman has broken 1:05 since Tang Qianting went 1:04.39, two years ago tomorrow.

Gabriele Idle-Beavers set another best time to tie for silver, having dropped from 1:09.23 to 1:07.69 over the course of the day, sitting just 0.33 seconds off the British age group record of 1:07.36.

Anna Morgan also placed 2nd, missing the consideration time for the Scottish team by just 0.02 seconds, although she did make the team in the 50 breast on day 1. Kara Hanlon was 4th in 1:07.94, nearly a second and a half off her best, and ended the week with zero consideration times for the Scottish team this summer.

MEN’S MC 50 FLY – FINAL

GOLD – Bruce Dee – 32.91
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

Bruce Dee, who has been in record-setting form all week, set a new lifetime best and British record of 32.91 to claim the win and dip under 33 seconds for the first time. He will be on the the British team at Europeans this summer, and likely the English team for the Commonwealth Games, which will be announced next week

MEN’S 50 FLY – FINAL

• British Record – 22.74, Ben Proud, 2025
• GBR Euros QT – 23.13
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 23.44
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 23.89
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 23.55
• NI Commonwealth QT – 23.71

GOLD – Josh Gammon – 23.10 *European QT, ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Jacob Peters – 23.11 *European QT, ENG Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Kieran Grant – 23.24 *ENG Commonwealth QT*

Jacob Peters and Josh Gammon had the best starts in the field, and went stroke-for-stroke down the second 25 as they were separated by a single hundredth at the touch. Gammon lowered his PB from this morning by two tenths to qualify for the European Championships in a time of 23.10, just ahead of Peters in 23.11.

That was a 0.34 second PB for Gammon overall today, lowering his pre-meet best of 23.44. Peters was 0.27 seconds off his best but swam his fastest time since 2023.

That adds a second event for Peters this summer, as he was already qualified by virtue of his silver medal in the 100 fly. Gammon now ranks T-14th in the world this season, with Peters three spots behind in 17th.

Kieran Grant, who has demolished his lifetime bests in both the 50 free and 50 fly this week, having not competed for 18 months after the 2023-24 season, claimed bronze in 23.24 to come in two tenths under the English Commonwealth standard. With the improvements he has shown – 0.66 seconds in the 50 free and 0.73 seconds in the 50 fly – he would be well worth a flyer for the selection committee if the team were not already over-subscribed with qualifiers.

Lewis Fraser was 23.60 to qualify for the Wales team for Commonwealths this summer, with Dean Fearn just off the Scottish standard in 23.66 for 5th. Ed Mildred, the 100 fly champ, was 6th in 23.76 after splitting 23,87 on the opening 50 of his 100 fly.

WOMEN’S 800 FREE – FASTEST HEAT

• British Record – 8:14.10, Rebecca Adlington, 2008
• GBR Euros QT – 8:28.37
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 8:36.96
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 8:34.50
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 8:39.99
• NI Commonwealth QT – 8:42.34

GOLD – Amelie Blocksidge – 8:33.02 *ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Alexandra Bastone – 8:40.79
BRONZE – Lucy Parsons – 8:40.93

At just 17 years old, Amelie Blocksidge looked supreme as she pulled away from the field through the race to win her fourth consecutive national in the women’s 800 free.

She was out in 4:13.59 at halfway two seconds faster than she went in the individual 400 earlier this week. She more than three seconds ahead of the field, and closed in 4:19.43 to hit the qualifying time for the English team for the Commonwealth Games this summer, adding this event to the 1500 free. She also qualified for the European Junior Championships this summer.

Harvard swimmer Alexandra Bastone, who was on a mission to make the Welsh team today, took silver in 8:40.79, negative splitting the race in 4:20.77/4:20.02 but just missing the time she needed by eight tenths of a second.

Bastone closed in a rapid 1:02.02 to run down Lucy Parsons, who set a PB by nearly seven seconds to take bronze, adding to her 1500 free bronze. Lucy Fox, who was 2nd at halfway, fell to 4th in 8:42.65.

MEN’S 200 BACK – FINAL

• British Record – 1:54.43, Luke Greenbank, 2021
• GBR Euros QT – 1:57.87
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 1:57.62
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 1:58.99
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 1:59.23
• NI Commonwealth QT – 1:59.84

GOLD – Ollie Morgan – 1:55.86 *European QT, ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Luke Greenbank – 1:56.01 *European QT, ENG Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Jack Skerry – 1:57.60 *European QT, ENG Commonwealth QT*

Ollie Morgan blasted out on the first 50, leading by over half a body length at the 50 as he turned in 26.07. He hit the halfway point in 54.59, faster the 54.78 he split on the opening 100 last year.

Morgan still led Greenbank by a second with 50 to go, 1:24.64 to 1:25.71, but Greenbank’s final underwater drew him almost level. The pair were neck and neck, with Morgan pushing back in the final few meters to just edge ahead of Greenbank and take the touch in 1:55.86.

Greenbank was just behind in 1:56.01, but could not deny Morgan his 11th straight British title. He has not been beaten since the 200 back at the 2022 championships.

Morgan was 0.31 seconds off his PB from this meet last year, while Greenbank was 1.58 seconds off his British record from the European Championships in 2021. They move up to rank 8th and 9th in the world so far this season.

Jack Skerry took bronze in a new PB of 1:57.60, taking exactly a second off to move up to #8 all-time in British history. He dipped under the qualifying time for both Europeans and the English Commonwealth team, and strengthens his case to swim in Glasgow this summer.

Cam Brooker was half a second off his PB in 1:58.57, falling away from Skerry on the final 50. Daniel Ransom hacked well over two seconds from his best, clocking 1:58.99 to qualify for European Juniors and become the #3 British junior in history, just 1.10 seconds off Greenbank’s British junior record.

WOMEN’S MC 50 FREE – FINAL

GOLD – Callie-Ann Warrington, S10 – 27.63 (943 points)
SILVER – Alice Tai, s8 – 30.60 (933 points)
BRONZE – Scarlett Humphrey, S11 (862 points)

Callie-Ann Warrington set the S10 British record this morning in 27.88, and shaved another quarter second off to touch 1st in 27.63, lowering her lifetime best and taking the win here.

Alice Tai was only ten points behind her however, touching in 30.60 for 933 points to Warrington’s 943 points. That was nearly a second faster than the 31.57 she posted this morning.

Scarlett Humphrey was two tenths under the European Championships qualification time of 30.61, clocking 30.42 for 862 points and a bronze medal. Iona Winnifreth, who won bronze in the 100 breast earlier in the session, was 4th with 812 points after touching in 33.91.

WOMEN’S 50 FREE – FINAL

• British Record – 23.96, Francesca Halsall, 2014
• GBR Euros QT – 24.73
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 25.09
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 24.83
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 25.24
• NI Commonwealth QT – 25.23

GOLD – Eva Okaro – 24.42 *European QT, ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – Theodora Taylor – 24.59 *European QT, WAL Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Darcy Revitt – 24.77 *ENG Commonwealth QT*

Eva Okaro was in front by a head at the 25 meter mark, and pulled away from the field slightly on the second half of the race to take the win in 24.42, a lifetime best by 0.06 seconds.

That is the third title of the week for Texas freshman Okaro, who has won the 100 free (53.75) and 50 fly (25.95) in lifetime bests so far this week. She moves closer to Anna Hopkin for the status of #2 Brit in history.

Theodora Taylor scratched the 100 breast final tonight to focus on this event, and vindicated that decision as she set a new PB and Welsh record of 24.59 to qualify for the European Championships.

That lowered her best by 0.13 seconds, setting a new Welsh record and lowering Fran Halsall’s age group record for 17-year-olds by the same margin. She is now the #5 17-year-old in history.

Okaro now ties for 8th in the world this season, with Taylor in 12th.

Darcy Revitt was 3rd in 24.77, just off her best of 24.70 from December, with Harriet Rogers setting another PB to place 4th in 25.00.

Okaro’s sister Isabella was also in the field, setting a new lifetime best to place 7th in 25.45.

MEN’S S14 200 FREE – FINAL

GOLD – Will Ellard – 1:52.65
SILVER – Dylan Broom – 1:56.75
BRONZE – Rhy Darbey – 1:57.76

We were on world record watch for Will Ellard after the S14 swimmer broke the 100 free world record on Thursday, and although he missed his lifetime best and world record of 1:51.08 he took the win here by more than four seconds in 1:52.65

The Manchester performance centre swimmer was out ahead of world record pace at the 50, splitting 25.40, and hit the halfway point in 53.29 to lead by nearly three seconds. He closed in 59.36 to take gold, his third of the week, with Dylan Broom hitting the European Championships qualification time in 2nd in a time of 1:56.75, a second ahead of Rhys Darbey’s 1:57.76 in 3rd.

Mark Tompsett, who set a new world record in the S14 200 back this morning, was 4th in 1:58.95.

MEN’S 200 FREE– FINAL

• British Record – 1:44.22, Tom Dean, 2021
• GBR Euros QT – 1:45.96
• ENG Commonwealth QT – 1:46.12
• WAL Commonwealth QT – 1:48.12
• SCO Commonwealth QT  – 1:47.76
• NI Commonwealth QT – 1:48.30

GOLD – Matt Richards – 1:44.77 *European QT, ENG Commonwealth QT*
SILVER – James Guy – 1:45.38 *European QT, ENG Commonwealth QT*
BRONZE – Duncan Scott – 1:45.44 *European QT, SCO Commonwealth QT*

The middle four lanes were all in a line at the 25 meter mark, but by the 50 turn it was James Guy in the lead by two tenths of the second as he split 24.23.

Matt Richards and Duncan Scott went with him to 100, with all three splitting under 51 seconds. Scott was 1st in 50.68, ahead of Guy in 50.77 and Richards in 50.89. Seven of the eight swimmers here were under 52 seconds at halfway, with Gabe Shepherd 8th in 52.03.

Scott still led at the final turn, two tenths ahead of Guy, but with 25 to go all three of the Guy, Richards, and Scott were in a line. Richards roared back on the final length to take the win in 1:44.77, splitting 26.67 on the final 50 to overhaul the swimmers either side of him.

Guy just got to the wall ahead of Scott in 1:45.38, and will add the event to his European schedule this summer in addition to the 400 free. Scott was 3rd in 1:45.44, slightly off the 1:45.08 he posted last year, as he did not quite manage to repeat the trick and tie with Guy as he did in 2025.

The top three here now all rank in the top ten in the world this year, with Richards in 3rd, Guy T-8th, and Scott 10th.

Jack McMillan took 4th in 1:45.91, his second-fastest swim ever after his 1:45.23 from the World Championships last summer, as Gabe Shepherd closed in 26.75 to take 5th in 1:46.39 and put himself onto a second relay team for the Commonwealth Games, and potentially the European Championships as well. That was just 0.62 seconds off Matt Richards’ age group record for 18-year-olds.

Evan Jones was 1:46.50 to hack nearly a second off his best and become the 4th-fastest Scot in history, with Tyler Melbourne-Smith slicing 0.81 seconds off his best to finish 7th in 1:46.67.

This was the deepest British 200 free final in history, with seven swimmers under 1:47 despite Tom Dean not being in the field.