A first timer at the championships was Donnie Price representing South Mainland ASC. The 14 year old swam eight races, including all four age group events for 15 and under boys plus four of the Men’s open events. His opening race of the meet was the Men’s 100m butterfly, where as only a reserve had been lucky to have the opportunity to swim and finished within a second of his entry time. The afternoon started off with the Boys’ 400m freestyle and Donnie made his first Pb of 2011.
Day two started with a good swim in the Men’s 100m breaststroke where he finished within a fraction of a second of his Pb. The afternoon’s event was the Boys’1500m freestyle, which he swam at a very steady pace throughout and finished in a Pb time of 17.21.33 and overall 13th position.
On the final day of the competition, Donnie produced his best swims. Once more having only qualified as reserve, he was seeded in the first heat of the Men’s 200m freestyle. At the 100m turn he had gone under the minute and doing his best to hold on to the pace during the second half of the race, finished with a 2 second Pb in a time of 2.05.35. Later he produced another Pb in the Men’s 200m breaststroke with a 2.44.24.
In the last of his races, the Boys’ 400m IM, Donnie produced his biggest Pb of the three days. Showing improvement in all 4 strokes but especially his fly and backstroke, and with an excellent final 50m sprint he finished with a huge 12 second Pb time of 5.05.03.
