Bradford swim club trio win medals at Sheffield Ponds Forge

Gina Warrior,  Freddy Dean and Jasmine Shay were medallists at the North East Region Open/Age Group Championships held at Sheffield Ponds Forge <i>(Image: UGC)</i>
Gina Warrior, Freddy Dean and Jasmine Shay were medallists at the North East Region Open/Age Group Championships held at Sheffield Ponds Forge (Image: UGC)
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THREE City of Bradford Swimming Club members won medals at the recent North East Region Open/Age Group Championships held at Sheffield Ponds Forge.

Of the 20 club representatives in attendance, in total the weekend produced no less than 30 three top ten finalists, ten new Swim England National Winter Meet Qualifying times and eight new club records.

Highlights of the weekend and medallists were Gina Warrior, Jasmine Shay and Freddy Dean.

Warrior claimed gold in the Open 50m backstroke in a time of 28.58 and bronze in the longer 100m event in a time of 1.02.74.

Dean was a double medallist in the sixteen and under events.

He was on top of the rostrum in the 50m backstroke in a time of 26.85 and finished third in the 50m freestyle in a time of 23.85.

Shay finished third in the sixteen and under 50m butterfly in a time of 28.88.

Other qualifiers/top ten finishers were Amy Hagyard, Sophia Gledhill, Isabelle Randhawa, Ruby Bryne, Charlotte Mallinson, Ben Artis, Will Skiggs and Dawid Naglik.

All the swimmers train on the Bradford Aquatics Competition programme under the guidance of coaches Andy Pearce and Sarah Fisher.

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