There was a total of 11 swimmers from the club, who travelled over a very windy A66 and down the A1 to take part in the 29th Harrogate open meet over the weekend of 5th/6th Feb.
Pheobe Wilson was first up in the girls 9/12 – 200 breaststroke and finished with a time of 3:16.67.
Next it was down to the boys for the 9/12 – 200 breaststroke. Theo Tindall finished with a 3:40.04, which was then followed by Josh Russell who came in with a 3:26.97.
After a short rest the girls 9/12 – 50 free event took place with Eve White recording a 33.06 & Phoebe Wilson a 33.93.
Following on from that Josh swam a 34.41 in the same event for the boys.
Eve was again in action swimming a 1:26.19 in the 11and over girls 100 fly which brought session 1 to an end for the Carlisle swimmers.
In the afternoon 3 more swimmers arrived to take part and went straight into action in the girls 200 back.
Alex Collins recorded 3:27.95, Laura Davison 2:59.35, Zara McKnight 2:46.15 and Phoebe 3:00.97.
Unfortunately Theo Tindall was dq’d in the boys event.
Three girls then took part in the 50m fly - Alex with a 46.41, Eve a 36.35 & Laura 35.71.Good swims all round.
In the same boys event Josh did a 40.51.
100 breaststroke followed with 2 girls taking part. Zara was 1:33.22 & Phoebe 1:30.80.
Again Josh was up in the boys event and recorded 1:35.85.
The girls 200m fly brought the session to an end with 2 girls taking part but unfortunately Alex was dq’d on the last length. Laura finished with a 3:03.66
Sunday session 3 saw another 3 swimmers arrive and were straight into action. The 200 free was first up.
Alex 3:13.36, Sophie Dodd 2:45.76(after competing in yesterdays Diddy friendly which we won!!),Phoebe 2:37.49, Laura 2:34.41 & Zara 2:33.18.
In the boys event Josh did a 2:42.96 and new arrival Ben Leighton a 2:23.48.
50m breast for the girls was next for our swimmers with 2 taking part. Laura was 46.47 & Phoebe 42.81.
Theo and Josh took part for the boys in the same event and recorded 48.75 & 45.42 respectively.
100m back saw Bethany Clark swim her first event where she recorded a 1:20.10.Also swimming were Zara 1:20.09, Eve 1:23.28 and Sophie 1:30.01.
The boys brought the morning session to a close with Ben doing 1:15.89 in the 100m back.
Last session of the meet started with the girls 200IM and 5 of our swimmers took part. Alex 3:37.40, Bethany 3:04.25, Laura 2:58.07, Phoebe 2:56.10 & Zara 2:55.81.
In the corresponding boys event Josh swam 3:03.16 & Ben 2:49.08.
In the 50m back for girls we had 7 swimmers. Samantha Clark started things rolling with a 50.32 followed by Alex 47.63, Sophie 41.89, Laura 40.69, Phoebe 39.30, Eve 38.15 & Zara 37.73.
3 boys took part in their 50m back with Theo at 44.48, Josh 42.16 & Ben 35.85.
The 100m free finished off the meet with 5 girls and 2 boys taking part. For the girls the times were Sophie 1:20.54, Phoebe 1:16.89, Eve 1:16.19, Bethany 1:14.52 & Zara 1.12.70.
The 2 boys were Josh at 1:15.09 & Ben 1:07.58.
On the whole it was a good meet with all the City of Carlisle swimmers doing very well with pb’s etc and everybody had a good time, an ideal warm up for the forthcoming age groups.
