Swimmers representing three Shetland clubs competed at the InCAS Distance Meet held in Glenrothes where medals and awards were presented to the top 6 swimmers in each event.
For South Mainland ASC brothers Donnie & Eddie Price it was a very successful meet. The weekend provided older brother Donnie with his last chance to break Shetland Records in the 11/12 year age group before his 13th birthday at the end of the month and he achieved this in 5 out of 7 races, and won medals in all but 1 event.
On day 1 of the competition, in the 1500 metre freestyle, he smashed his own PB and Shetland record and set a meet record with a gold winning time of 18.16.53. With very little time to recover from the 1500m, 20 minutes later he swam the 200m Individual Medley in a time just outside his best. Earlier in the day he had taken off 6 seconds from his 200m breaststroke PB and finished 4th in 2.59.84, and another DRP qualifying time.
Sunday’s first race for Donnie was the 200m freestyle and once again he achieved a PB finishing in 2.15.28 to take silver. In the 400m IM he improved his PB by a chunky 12 seconds, finishing in 5.34.48 and in 6th place. In his final race, the 400m freestyle, Donnie once again had an outstanding race, lowered his Shetland age group record time to 4.41.43, and again finished in silver position.
10 year old Eddie had a tremendous weekend too, starting with the 200m breaststroke where he knocked 13 seconds off his entry time with a 3.36.53 which earned him 2nd place. Seeded only as reserve in the 200m IM he was delighted to be given the chance to compete. With a superb swim through all four strokes, he finished in 4th place in 3.12.57, a 10second PB and a clear 2 seconds inside the DRP target time.
The second day of competition resulted in Eddie breaking Shetland records in the 10 years and under age group in all three of his events. In a brilliant race in the 200m freestyle he lowered his previously set record to 2.40.15 and gained a bronze medal. In his next race, the 200m backstroke, he swam a very well-paced race finishing in a time of 3.03.59. Finally in the 400m freestyle, he swam a phenomenal 38 seconds faster than his entry time producing a 5.32.59 and took a very well deserved 3rd place. Eddie has now DRP qualifying times for 200m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 200m IM and 400m freestyle.
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