2024 British Swimming Championships (Olympic Trials)
Attention is focused on world record holders adam peaty A pair of teenagers caused a stir in this morning's heated competition in the men's 100m breaststroke at the British Olympic Trials on their way to qualifying for tonight's final.
The 29-year-old Peaty certainly took the top spot, clocking 58.53 seconds, his fastest time in 12 months. Greg Butler I got to the next line at 1:00.29. james wilby He secured the third seed with a time of 1:00.38.
However, there were 16-year-olds further down the list. Philip Nowacki and max morganset a big personal best and won another swim.
Nowacki, in a Tigers jersey, finished fifth this morning with a time of 1:01.46. This erased his personal best of 1:03.16, set at last year's Commonwealth Games, where he won silver.
Breaking 28.90/32.56, Nowacki's performance set a new British age record for a 16-year-old. His time of 1:01.46 beat Elliott Woodburn's 2022 time of 1:01.98.
As for Morgan, the Reed Swimming Club athlete posted a mark of 1:01.64 (28.62/33.02) to earn the No. 7 seed. His result was also a significant improvement on his previous personal best. His previous personal best was 1:02.25.
For further perspective, Nowacki's 1:01.46 and Morgan's 1:01.64 rank the teens in fifth and sixth place, respectively, as the fastest ever times for American 15-16 year olds. It will be.
Nowacki and Morgan will have to work hard to achieve the qualifying time of 59.45 seconds required by Swimming GB (formerly British Swimming) for the Paris Games, but their results here are a sign that British swimming is well under the surface. will be an encouragement to the next generation of breaststroke talent.
