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GLASGOW SWIMMERS SHINE IN IRISH WATERS |
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Seven members of the elite performance squad travelled to Dublin last weekend for the Dave McCullagh Memorial meet which incorporated the Celtic tri-nations meet. The tri-nations meet is an annual event between Scotland, Ireland and Wales which incorporates the full Olympic programme of events. Alisdair Stirling had been selected to represent Scotland in the 50m and 100m Freestyle, while the other six swimmers were there to represent the club.
It was a well run meet, in a great facility and we were warmly welcomed by the organisers. Results were as follows:
| Robbie Renwick |
100m freestyle A final |
00:51.1 |
1st |
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| Robbie Renwick |
200m freestyle A final |
01:50.9 |
1st |
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| Robbie Renwick |
400m freestyle A final |
03:52.7 |
1st |
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| Jamie Graham |
50m breaststroke A final |
00:29.2 |
1st |
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| Jamie Graham |
100m breaststroke A final |
01:04.5 |
1st |
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| Dan Scott |
50m butterfly A final |
00:25.0 |
1st |
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| Jamie Graham |
50m butterfly A final |
00:25.5 |
3rd |
pb |
| Alisdair Stirling |
100m freestyle A final |
00:52.2 |
3rd |
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| Jamie Graham |
200m IM A final |
02:08.2 |
4th |
pb |
| Alisdair Stirling |
50m freestyle A final |
00:24.6 |
6th |
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| Dan Scott |
100m butterfly A final |
00:57.0 |
6th |
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| Mark Deans |
1500m freestyle A final |
16:49.5 |
7th |
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| Mark Deans |
400m IM A final |
04:48.7 |
10th |
pb |
| Alisdair Stirling |
200m freestyle B final |
01:56.8 |
1st |
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| Jamie McKinley |
400m freestyle B final |
04:12.0 |
1st |
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| Stephen Lamb |
50m butterfly B final |
00:27.0 |
2nd |
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| Dan Scott |
50m freestyle B final |
00:24.8 |
2nd |
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| Jamie McKinley |
200m freestyle B final |
01:58.2 |
3rd |
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| Dan Scott |
100m freestyle B final |
00:54.1 |
3rd |
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| Mark Deans |
400m Freestyle B final |
04:19.6 |
3rd |
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| Jamie McKinley |
100m freestyle B final |
00:55.0 |
4th |
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| Stephen Lamb |
100m butterfly B final |
01:02.4 |
6th |
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| Mark Deans |
200m backstroke B final |
02:26.8 |
9th |
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The aim of the meet was for the elite performance swimmers to race tough while still in full training. I set the swimmers the target of racing hard in the heats to get a second swim in either an A or B final, and then coming back a few hours later and swimming faster in the finals. We achieved this aim, with 100% of swims faster in the finals than in the heats which shows the mental and physical toughness that training can bring.
Graham Wardell
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 May 2012 )
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