2026 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Theodora Taylor set her second British age group record in 24 hours to place 4th in the 50 fly at the Aquatics GB championships tonight, touching in 26.46 to shave 0.01 seconds off Eva Okaro‘s mark from the 2024 European Championships.
That marked a new best time for the 17-year-old by 0.35 seconds. She swam 26.81 this morning to move through 4th into the final, having been 26.88 in January and 26.85 last month. Her best time coming into this year was the 26.99 she swam in the summer of 2024, aged just 15.
She moves up to rank 12th all-time among British women, and is second in the Welsh rankings after City of Cardiff’s Harriet Jones.
Women’s 50 Fly, Welsh Top Five
- Harriet Jones (2022 Commonwealth Games) – 26.20
- Theodora Taylor (2026 Aquatics GB Championships) – 26.46
- Jemma Jarvis (2009 World Championships) – 26.71
- Alys Thomas (2018 Commonwealth Games) – 26.72
- Sian Harkin (2013 BG ASA Youth Championships) – 26.75
This marks her second age group record of the week after lowering the 200 free standard yesterday. She clocked 1:58.31 for 4th, an huge PB, and qualified for the European Championships as part of the women’s 4×200 free relay team.
She ranks 17th in British history in the 200 free, and is the 5th fastest junior with another year to go before aging up. She made ‘A’ finals in the 50 breast (31.29) and 100 free (54.20) on Tuesday, and has hit the Welsh Commonwealth Games standard in three events so far – the 100 free, 200 free, and 50 fly.
Taylor is one of the most versatile junior swimmers in the world currently. She swims to an elite level in every stroke except backstroke, and won multiple medals at the World Junior Championships last summer.
Theodora Taylor‘s Personal Best Times
- 50 Free – 24.72 (2025)
- 100 Free – 54.20 (2025, 2026)
- 200 Free – 1:58.31 (2026)
- 50 breast – 31.23 (2025)
- 100 breast – 1:08.12 (2026)
- 200 breast – 2:26.22 (2026)
- 50 fly – 26.46 (2026)
- 100 fly – 59.92 (2025)
- 200 IM – 2:13.88 (2025)
Taylor won four medals at the World Junior Championships last year, two individual and two on relays. She took silver in the 50 free in 24.72, a senior Welsh record and just 0.02 seconds off gold medalist Rylee Erisman, and won bronze in the 100 free in 54.20, another senior Welsh record.
Her relay medals came on the 4×100 mixed medley and 4×100 mixed free, on which she split a pair of 54.0s to take bronze in the former and silver in the latter.
In addition to the 50 free and 100 free, Taylor holds the 200 IM Welsh record after clocking 2:13.88 at the British Summer Championships in 2025. She will swim that event tomorrow as the #5 seed.
While Taylor’s swim tonight did not add to that tally, there was a Welsh record in the pool from another swimmer. Swansea’s Lewis Fraser sliced 0.18 seconds off his 100 fly record of 51.99, touching in 3rd place in the final in 51.81. That hit the Commonwealth qualification standard of 52.57 and sees the 2022 Commonwealth finalist return to the Games.
