2016 BRITISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS/OLYMPIC TRIALS
- Tuesday, April 12th – Sunday, April 17th
- Tollcross International Swimming Center, Glasgow, Scotland
- Prelims at 10am local/6am EDT; Finals at 6:30pm local/1:30pm EDT
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Aimee Willmott acquired one of several bittersweet results from the ongoing British National Championships, the meet which doubles as GBR’s Olympic Trials. While Willmott won the women’s 200m butterfly event tonight, by a super close margin of just .05 of a second, her time of 2:08.82 fell short of the British Olympic-qualifying standard.
When commenting after the race, Willmott is at least happier with this result than that of her 400m IM from night one, but admits tonight was a “really tough race.” Her win is also making her feel “more positive” about her overall meet experience, which is especially important since she still has the 200m IM event coming up this week.
As originally reported by Loretta Race:
WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINAL
- British National Record – Ellen Gandy – 2:04.83
- British OLY Standard– 2:06.51
- 2% Consideration – 2:08.15
- The Podium –
- Aimee Willmot, 2:08.82
- Alys Thomas, 2:08.87
- Emily Large, 2:09.47
London Aquatics’ Aimee Willmott soared into the top spot of the women’s 200m butterfly final to follow-up on her 400m IM silver medal from night 1. Willmott split this race 1:06.89 to take the gold in a mark of 2:08.82. Whereas her 400 IM silver medal finish fell within the 2% consideration standard, her 200 fly falls short by about 7 tenths, despite the fact this is Willmott’s 3rd-fasetest 200 free outing of her career.
Alys Thomas improved upon her 2:09.28 prelim outing, registering a 2:08.87 here for 2nd place just by .05 of a second. That mark sits just .25 of a second off of her lifetime best of 2:08.62, the time she clocked to finish 4th at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Bronze tonight went to Newcastle’s Emily Large who touched in 2:09.47. That’s a huge swim from Large who is just 14 years old. Her best entering the meet was the 2:13.20 she threw down just this past March, so making strides she sure is.
