Richards & Guy Lead Gold Medal Charge To Wrap Up Edinburgh International

2025 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEET

• Friday, March 14th – Sunday, March 16th
• Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh, Scotland
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• SwimSwam Preview
• Start List
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
• Results
• Livestream

The 2025 Edinburgh International Swim Meet concluded at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, with additional impressive in-season performances on display.

This competition marked a tune-up opportunity for British swimmers ahead of next month’s Aquatics GB Championships, the sole qualifying meet for this summer’s World Championships.

Matt Richards was the top contestant in the men’s 100m free, putting up a time of 48.91 for the gold.

28-year-old Duncan Scott was next to the wall in 49.31 while Repton’s Jacob Mills rounded out the podium in 49.33.

While Richards and Scott have been well under the 48-second threshold in their careers, 18-year-old Mills clocked a new personal best with his outing. Entering this competition, Mills’ PB rested at the 49.61 logged at last year’s Rotterdam Qualification Meet.

We’ll keep an eye on Mills as he hunts a potential squad slot on the men’s 4x100m free relay for Great Britain.

30-year-old Olympic multi-medalist James Guy took on the men’s 400m free again, following up on his participation in the event at both the Sheffield Winter Meet and at BUCS.

Guy was too quick to catch, hitting 3:48.78 to hold nearly a second advantage over Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen of Ireland. Wiffen settled for silver in 3:49.77 while Tyler Melbourne-Smith also landed on the podium in 3:52.08 for bronze.

Guy’s time cracked the list of top 5 performers in the world this season, positioning him as #5. If Guy wants to take a run at this event for Singapore, he’ll need to at least meet the Aquatics GB-mandated selection standard of 3:45.43, a threshold he’s been under a total of 10 times in his career.

Visiting swimmer Nyls Korstanje of the Netherlands made his presence known in the men’s 100m butterfly.

Korstanje fired off a time of 51.77 to clear the field by a healthy advantage, with Frenchman Clement Secchi representing the next-closest swimmer, logging 52.45.

Manchester’s Ed Mildred bagged the bronze in 52.80. Of note, Scott was also in the race, registering 53.40 as the 6th-place finisher.

Korstanje opened in 24.07 and closed in 27.07 to get the job done, becoming the #3 swimmer in the world as a result.

On the women’s side, Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk came within .01 of the national record en route to winning the 50m butterfly.

20-year-old Vanotterdijk turned in a time of 25.71, oh-so-close to the existing Belgian standard of 25.70 Kimberly Buys put on the books at the 2017 World Championships.

Maaike de Waard of the Netherlands touched nearly half a second behind in 26.13 for silver and 18-year-old Eva Okaro secured bronze in 26.39.

Okaro, who owns the World Junior Record in the SCM 50 freestyle, established a new personal best with her outing. Her 26.39 performance rendered her GBR’s 6th-best performer of all time.

As for Roos, she tied American Olympic medalist Kate Douglass as the top performer in the world on the season.

Additional Winners

• In the women’s 100m free, Dutch Olympian Marrit Steenbergen touched in a time of 54.01 to narrowly defeat teammate Milou van Wijk who scored silver in 54.02. Vanotterdijk was also in the mix, producing 54.18 for the bronze. Okaro captured 4th in 54.45 and Freya Anderson touched in 55.08 to settle for 5th. Okaro once again registered a new PB, overtaking her previous career-quickest standard of 54.46 from last year’s Olympic Trials.
• Holly McGill of Stirling led the women’s 200m backstroke field, coming within striking distance of her lifetime best en route to gold. 20-year-old McGill posted 2:09.81, while her PB remains at the 2:09.10 put on the books at last year’s Olympic Trials. Stirling teammate Katie Shanahan earned silver in 2:10.02 ahead of Honey Osrin who touched in 2:10.77 for bronze. 400m IM world champion Freya Colbert placed 4th in 2:12.30.
• Following up her 100m breast victory, 22-year-old Angharad Evans found success in the 200m breast event. The Scot stopped the clock at 2:23.80 to beat the field by over 2 seconds. Edinburgh’s Kara Hanlon hit 2:25.88 for silver and Ireland’s Ellie McCartney also landed on the podium in 2:26.68 as the bronze medalist. Evans already ranks #2 in the world this season, courtesy of the 2:22.64 put up at BUCS last month.
• The men’s 200m back saw Irish 18-year-old John Shortt get the edge over Olympic medalist Luke Greenbank. The former turned in a time of 1:58.24 to the latter’s 1:58.75, with both men representing the sole competitors of the field to dip under the 2:00 barrier.
• Belgium’s Alisse Pisane struck gold in the women’s 1500m free, posting 16:37.26. Fleur Lewis and Leah Crisp wrangled up the minor medals in the race. Lewis logged 16:42.54 and Crisp 16:43.45.
• Dutchman Koen de Groot was the top performer in the men’s 50m breast event, getting to the wall in an outing of 27.89. He’s been as fast as 26.93 in his career, a time established in 2023. Israel’s Jonathan Itzhaki collected silver in 28.11 and Rory Dickson got on the board in 28.28 for the bronze.