2025 SWIM ENGLAND NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, December 11th – Sunday, December 14th
- Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, England
- SCM (25m)
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On the heels of the 2025 European Short Course Championships, the four-day Swim England National Winter Championships kicked off today from the storied Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.
Among the top performers on day one was University of Texas ace Eva Okaro, with the 19-year-old Olympian making her presence known in the women’s 100m freestyle.
Repton’s Okaro stopped the clock at a super swift performance of 51.74, clearing the field by well over a second.
Okaro opened in 25.04 and brought it home in 26.70 to establish the 3rd fastest time of her young career. Her personal best remains at the 51.48 notched in the semi-finals of the event in Lublin. She ultimately placed 4th in this women’s 1free event in Lublin with a mark of 51.63.
Harriet Rogers posted 53.27 to scoop up silver as Sheffield’s Kate Clifton put up 53.91 as the bronze medalist.
The men’s 50m butterfly saw 22-year-old Bath swimmer Josh Gammon bust out a result of 22.19 to hold a healthy advantage over his competitors
Teammate Jacob Peters settled for silver in 22.42 as Manchester’s Jamie Ingram rounded out the podium in 22.74
Gammon’s effort is his fastest-ever, rendering him GBR’s #3 performer of all time.
Top 5 British Men’s SCM 50 Fly Performers All-Time
- Jacob Peters – 22.10, 2023
- Ben Proud – 22.18, 2017
- Josh Gammon – 22.19, 2025
- Adam Barrett – 22.51, 2016
- Joe Litchfield – 22.58 2020
16-year-old Amalie Smith registered the fastest 200m IM time of her young career en route to gold this evening.
The RTW Monson ace stopped the clock at 2:07.83, erasing her former PB of 2:08.82 from only a week ago. She now ties Leah Schlosshan as the 9th-best British performer of all time.
Schlosshan was indeed in tonight’s contest, putting up 2:08.03 as runner-up. Candice Hall rounded out the podium well back in 2:11.50.
Finally, 23-year-old Bath Performance Centre standout Cameron Brooker made waves in the men’s 200m back, turning in a lifetime best of 1:48.36. His effort established a new national record in this event.
Brooker got the edge over Olympic medalist Luke Greenbank, who was relegated to runner-up status in 1:48.91 as the only other sub-1:50 swimmer.
European SC Championships competitor Jack Skerry of Bath was in 3rd place tonight in 1:51.92.
The former British standard stood at the 1:48.53 Greenbank clocked two years ago.
Additional Notes
- Racing mainstay Lucy Fox reaped gold in the women’s 800m free, hitting 8:23.87 to beat her competitors by nearly 6 seconds. Sophie Benn of Mount Kelly was next to the wall in 8:29.81 followed by Loughborough teammate Lucy Parsons who bagged bronze in 8:30.32.
- Reed’s Max Morgan secured the top spot in the men’s 100m breast, with the 17-year-old posting an outing of 57.84 as the only swimmer to delve under 58-second territory. Loughborough’s Greg Butler was next in line at 58.00 and Adam Bradley rounded out the podium in 58.87.
- National record holder Imogen Clark turned in a time of 1:05.99 to top the women’s 1000m breast podium. The next-closest competitor was represented by Loughborough’s Sienna Robinson who hit 1:06.12 and Imogen Myles who collected bronze in 1:07.45.
Some pleasantly surprising swims – Cam Booker and Tyler Melbourne-Smith the biggest surprises. Like Matt Richards, Tyler is eligible to opt for Wales despite growing up in England and I believe he will do so, so the Welsh 4×2 may have an outside chance at the podium in Glasgow.
Nice to see Harriet Rogers back on track too, a precocious talent at 15/16 but regressed at Loughborough.
Weird Tyler’s swim didnt get a mention here (yet), hope that just means he’ll get his own article. I mean he just dropped a time that puts him in the top 20 all time performers and would’ve won euro sc last week.
Easy to miss things with a lot of meets over the last week or so. But yes, a super swim and very brave – 1.46.1 to the feet is shifting.
Why is he not swimming the 200? His turns are not great, I think he can be our next 1:45 LCM.
He’s dual qualified (England/Wales) and I think he’ll swim for Wales at Commies, will be swimming the 200fr at Welsh Winter Nationals starting 18th December.
Texas invite, into SC Euros, into this is a crazy amount of racing for Okaro
I think Booker swam a national record there?!