Luke Greenbank Leads Home Brother Sam For 1-2 In Sheffield
Luke Greenbank led home brother Sam for a backstroke 1-2 for the second time at the Swim England National Winter Championships (25m) in Sheffield.
Greenbank the elder, who has won Olympic bronze and world silver in the 200 back, was 0.43 behind his younger brother at halfway in the 100 before a strong second half of the race propelled him into the wall in 51.91 with Sam second in 52.30, clear of Charlie Broome who clocked 53.28.
The Greenbank brothers replicated the result of the 200 back where Luke took gold and Sam silver, months after the former endured a heartbreaking DQ at Paris 2024.
Lauren Cox: Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Lauren Cox, who won world bronze in Fukuoka in 2023, took the 50 back in 26.57 ahead of Medi Harris (26.94) and Blythe Kinsman (27.28).
Charlie Hutchison edged a thrilling 200IM by the narrowest of margins over Joe Litchfield.
Hutchison, of Loughborough University, was 1.02secs ahead at halfway only for two-time Olympian Litchfield to come back with the former winning by 0.01 in 1:56.07 to 1:56.08. Evan Jones was third in 1:56.26 as the first three men home were separated by 0.19.
Amalie Smith set a British junior record of 1:01.01 to take the 100IM title as the 15-year-old claimed her fifth medal of the meet.
Skye Carter won her seventh medal so far in Sheffield in second (1:01.84) with Honey Osrin – the 200 back finalist at Paris 2024 – next home in 1:01.94.
Paris Olympian Alexander Cohoon took the 50 free crown in 21.30 ahead of Calvin Fry (21.35) and Jordan Cooley (21.55).
Tyler-Melbourne Smith clinched the distance double, winning the 800 by more than eight seconds in 7:39.37, a PB.
Jamie Ingram also pulled out a personal best in the 100 fly, clocking 50.22.
Elizabeth Brooker was a clear winner of the 200m breaststroke in 2:21.07, Phoebe Cooper took the 400 free in 4:07.43 and Flawia Kamzol the 50 fly in 26.16.
In the para swimming, the two S14 swimmers, William Ellard and Olivia Newman-Baronius, set world best times and new European records in the Multi-Classification 100m freestyle events.
Ellard moved into a comfortable lead in his final and went on to set a time of 50.37 to rack up 969 points.
Newman-Baronius set a new lifetime best in her heat swim before her record-breaking final swim. The Maxwell swimmer’s time was 57.62 which accumulated a huge total of 1,012 points. The only other swimmer to break the 1,000 point barrier was Poppy Maskill who claimed silver with 1,002 points.