BINGLEY sisters Sophia and Evelyn Gledhill are both making their mark in the pool with City of Bradford Swimming Club.
The former is a couple of years older and has more experience under her belt, which she put to good use at the Swim England national summer meet in Sheffield last week, which showcased the highest level of age group swimming in Great Britain.
Sophia produced some great racing, claiming silver in the 18 years and over 1,500m freestyle, fourth place in the 400m individual medley and 12th place in the 17/18 years 100m butterfly.
Both sisters were at a Swim England national open water meet a few days prior, competing together in the 7.5km event.
Sophia finished in sixth place in the 17/18 years age group in 1 hr 37 mins 4 secs, while younger sister Evelyn swam in the 16 years age group, coming 24th in a time of 1 hr 50 min 2 secs.
Sophia was also one of three City of Bradford swimmers who headed to Ponds Forge for the first of this summer’s National Championships.
She competed alongside Gina Warrior and Archie Minto at the Aquatics GB British Next Generation National Championships, which took place from July 18 to July 25.
Sophia swam in the 17/18 years 200m butterfly category, finishing in a time of 2 mins 22.20 secs to claim 16th place.
Gina and Archie competed in the 19 years and over 50m back and 200m butterfly respectively.
The former placed seventh in a time of 29.92 secs, while Minto came eighth in 2 mins 4.29 secs.
All three competed at the aforementioned national summer meet last week too, with Archie also claiming a medal like Sophia.
He claimed a bronze medal in the 18 years and over 100m butterfly category, with a new club record time of 55.33 secs.
Backstroke specialist Gina narrowly missed out on the medals in the 18 years and over events finishing sixth in the 100m backstroke, eighth in the 200m backstroke, while she came in the top-20 for the 400m individual medley.
City of Bradford duo Jasmine Shay and Kai Mayers did not miss out on medals at the event however.
Jasmine brought home City’s first gold medal since 2018, with her time of 28.45 secs in the 17 years 50m butterfly placing her on top of the rostrum.
She also finished in the top 20 in the longer 100m event.
Kai claimed silver in the 14/15 years 50m breaststroke before going on to place seventh in the 100m event with a time of 1min 11.23 secs.
All the swimmers train with Bradford Council’s Leisure Services Aquatic Competition Programme, under the guidance of senior coach Andy Pearce and development coach Sarah Fisher.
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