Hampshire County Swimming Championships
Under 14 County Champions
Southampton Dolphin swimmers completed a smash and grab raid on the first weekend of the Hampshire Swimming Championships in Portsmouth, achieving 14 podium positions and a fistful of gold.
Emily Lowther (12) kicked off in style in the 400 Individual Medley, finishing 8 seconds ahead of her nearest rival after a huge surge ahead in the breaststroke leg.
She then joined Rhyseren Taylor (10), Evie Turner (10) and Isabel Turner (12) to be crowned County Champions in the (10-12 years) 200m Medley Relay. The girls added a bronze to the haul in the freestyle version of the 200m relay.
It was a remarkable start for the Shirley based swim team, racing to seven medal positions in the first nine events.
Under 14 Dolphin girls were nearly 2 seconds ahead of the chasing teams when Victoria Butler touched for gold in the 200m Medley Relay, crowning a dominant performance by Ellena Lewis (Back) Sophie Hawkes (Fly) and Emily Lowther (breaststroke). The girls narrowly missed the clean sweep, touched out to silver in a thrilling 200m freestyle finale.
Individual star of the weekend was Isabel Turner who won gold in the 400m (5.02.22) and 800m Freestyle (10.15.22) to add to her relay rewards.
Rhyseren Taylor kept her company, tucking in for bronze and silver in the same events to take her medal haul to four for the first session while yet another Dolphin girl, Verity Telford, narrowly missed out on making it a Southampton 1,2,3 in the 800m.
Sophie Hawkes (14) flew off the blocks in the 400m IM, leading out the two Jersey Tiger girls in the butterfly leg only to be overhauled in the backstroke. Fighting back in the breaststroke leg, Sophie made up a 2 second gap to claim an impressive silver medal.
County debutant James Cummings-Candal (14) led out the boys with silver in the 400m freestyle and a personal best fifth in the 1500m while Nathan Lewis was delighted with his silver medal in the 10/11 400m freestyle.
Kate Baxter (14) put up a great fight in the 800m free, according to Head Coach, Chris White,
” Kate is a power swimmer, so she did well to pick up a medal against these taller girls. Its not her best event, she will have her moment in the coming weekends. ”
Delighted with his young team’s performance, White was particularly pleased to see one of his protégés swim,
” Isabella (Fraser-Corbridge) had a life threatening brain haemorrhage last year, so it’s great to see her back in the pool racing again. I think the whole team is inspired by her bravery coming back to training”
Other Southampton Dolphin personal best performances and first County swims came from
Girls:Isabel Perez-Araujo, Phoebe Field, Freya Latimore, Zoey Yates, Amy Williams, Freya Manning, Ella Anderson, Jodie Yates, Madeline Rowden, Fae Thompson and Victoria Butler.
Boys: Ethan Grundy, Isaac Maddock, Oliver Cook, Freddie Sadler, Mathew Lowther and Jacob Matthew,
Results for Southampton Dolphins First weekend 2018
Medals Galore! An incredible 14 podium places. Five golds, six silvers, three bronze . Well done Chris and all the swimmers. Full results below:
Event 101C: Girls Age 12 400m Individual Medley
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 1 | Emily Lowther | 06 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:50.61 |
| 5 | Rhyseren Taylor | 06 | Southampton Dolphins | 6:14.58 |
Event 101E: Girls Age 14 400m Individual Medley
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 2 | Sophie Hawkes | 04 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:39.84 |
Event 102B: Boys Age 10/11 400m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time | |
| 2 | Nathan Lewis | 07 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:31.83 | |
| 5 | Matthew Lowther | 08 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:53.59 |
Event 102D: Boys Age 13 400m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time | |
| 2 | James Cummings-Candal | 05 | Southampton Dolphins | 4:50.72 |
Event 103: Girls Age 10-12 200m Freestyle Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 3 | Southampton Dolphins A | 2:08.30 |
| Rhyseren Taylor | ||
| Emily Lowther | ||
| Verity Telford | ||
| Isabel Turner | ||
| 14 | Southampton Dolphins B | 2:20.29 |
| Evie Turner | ||
| Isabel Perez-Araujo | ||
| Phoebe Field | ||
| Freya Latimore |
Event 104: Boys 14/Under 200m Freestyle Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 13 | Southampton Dolphins A | 2:06.05 |
| Ethan Grundy | ||
| James Cummings-Candal | ||
| Isaac Maddock | ||
| Oliver Cook |
Event 105: Girls Age 10-12 200m Medley Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 1 | Southampton Dolphins A | 2:22.51 |
| Evie Turner | ||
| Emily Lowther | ||
| Rhyseren Taylor | ||
| Isabel Turner | ||
| 12 | Southampton Dolphins B | 2:43.77 |
| Isabel Perez-Araujo | ||
| Verity Telford | ||
| Phoebe Field | ||
| Freya Latimore |
Event 106: Boys 14/Under 200m Medley Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 11 | Southampton Dolphins A | 2:24.53 |
| Oliver Cook | ||
| Ethan Grundy | ||
| James Cummings-Candal | ||
| Isaac Maddock |
Event 152C: Girls Age 12 800m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 1 | Isabel Turner | 06 | Southampton Dolphins | 10:15.22 |
| 2 | Rhyseren Taylor | 06 | Southampton Dolphins | 10:48.08 |
| 4 | Verity Telford | 06 | Southampton Dolphins | 11:05.92 |
Event 152D: Girls Age 13 800m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 9 | Ellena Lewis | 05 | Southampton Dolphins | 11:02.26 |
| 11 | Freya Manning | 05 | Southampton Dolphins | 11:04.10 |
Event 152E: Girls Age 14 800m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 4 | Victoria Butler | 04 | Southampton Dolphins | 10:04.31 |
| 11 | Sadie Pratt-Filker | 04 | Southampton Dolphins | 10:40.00 |
Event 152F: Girls Age 15 800m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 3 | Kate Baxter | 03 | Southampton Dolphins | 9:35.96 |
Event 152H: Girls 17/Over 800m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 5 | Jodie Yates | 00 | Southampton Dolphins | 10:12.24 |
Event 201D: Boys Age 13 400m Individual Medley
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 2 | James Cummings-Candal | 05 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:31.74 |
Event 202C: Girls Age 12 400m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 1 | Isabel Turner | 06 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:02.22 |
| 3 | Rhyseren Taylor | 06 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:15.64 |
| 8 | Verity Telford | 06 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:26.25 |
Event 202D: Girls Age 13 400m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 7 | Ellena Lewis | 05 | Southampton Dolphins | 5:18.76 |
Event 203: Boys Age 10-12 200m Freestyle Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 9 | Southampton Dolphins A | 2:18.78 |
| Freddie Sadler | ||
| Matthew Lowther | ||
| Jacob Matthew | ||
| Nathan Lewis |
Event 204: Girls 14/Under 200m Freestyle Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 2 | Southampton Dolphins A | 2:00.52 |
| Victoria Butler | ||
| Sophie Hawkes | ||
| Ellena Lewis | ||
| Isabel Turner | ||
| 16 | Southampton Dolphins B | 2:09.16 |
| Freya Manning | ||
| Zoey Yates | ||
| Emily Lowther | ||
| Amy Williams |
Event 205: Boys Age 10-12 200m Medley Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 8 | Southampton Dolphins A | 2:39.06 |
| Matthew Lowther | ||
| Nathan Lewis | ||
| Freddie Sadler | ||
| Jacob Matthew |
Event 206: Girls 14/Under 200m Medley Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 1 | Southampton Dolphins A | 2:13.68 |
| Ellena Lewis | ||
| Emily Lowther | ||
| Sophie Hawkes | ||
| Victoria Butler | ||
| 10 | Southampton Dolphins B | 2:22.33 |
| Freya Manning | ||
| Sadie Pratt-Filker | ||
| Isabel Turner | ||
| Amy Williams |
Event 251: Girls Open 800m Freestyle Relay
| Place | Name | Time |
| 4 | Southampton Dolphins A | 9:07.89 |
| Isabella Fraser-Corbridge | ||
| Victoria Butler | ||
| Ella Anderson | ||
| Kate Baxter | ||
| 7 | Southampton Dolphins B | 9:35.42 |
| Jodie Yates | ||
| Madeline Rowden | ||
| Fae Thompson | ||
| Isabel Turner |
Event 252D: Boys Age 13 1500m Freestyle
| Place | Name | YoB | Club | Time |
| 5 | James Cummings-Candal | 05 | Southampton Dolphins | 19:54.81 |