Kinsman, Blocksidge Set British Age Records on Day 5 of British Champs

2023 BRITISH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, April 4th – Sunday, April 9th
• Prelims at 9:30 am local (4:30 am EDT)/Finals at 6:00 pm local (1:00 pm EDT)
• Ponds Forge, Sheffield
• LCM (50m)
• World Championships Qualifier
• World Championships Original Selection Criteria
• Revised Selection Criteria
• Draft Entries
• Day 1 Finals Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap/Day 3 Finals Recap/Day 4 Finals Recap
• Live Results
• Livestream

A pair of British teens took down national age records at the 2023 British Swimming Championships on Saturday.

16-year-old Blythe Kinsman earned a third-place finish in the 50-meter backstroke with a huge lifetime best of 28.32, dropping almost half a second off her previous-best 28.74 from prelims earlier in the morning. Before today, her best time was a 29.12 from last month, making her the sixth seed on the heat sheet.

With the big drop, Kinsman became the new owner of the 16-year-old British age group record, lowering Lauren Cox’s previous record from 2018 (28.42) by a tenth of a second.

Kinsman also placed sixth in the 100 back on Wednesday with a 1:02.47.

13-year-old Amelie Blocksidge continued her siege on the British age record books, placing fifth in the 400 free with a 4:14.74 to beat her own standard from last month (4:15.06) by a few tenths.

Blocksidge’s 800 Free Splits

*no splits were available from Blocksidge’s previous record from last month’s Swedish Grand Prix

Blocksidge has already earned a runner-up finish in the 800 free (8:38.33) and a seventh-place showing in the 400 IM (4:53.33), but the best may have yet to come from her in Sheffield this week. She’s seeded second in the 1500 free on Sunday with an entry time — and British age record — of 16:31.16.