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Craig McNally, from Edinburgh’s Warrender Baths Club, is celebrating being crowned the Scottish National Champion in the 100m and 200m Backstroke events at the 2010 British Gas Scottish National Championships held in Toll Cross, Glasgow from 22-27 June 2010.

McNally (Scottish Institute of Sport Athlete), cemented his place at the fore of Scottish Backstroke swimming after setting new lifetime best times across all three distances. In the 50m Backstroke he finished 4th overall on 27.02 (17 year old Scottish Age Group Record), and on the 100m and 200m Backstroke he finished 2nd overall but was the first Scot home, allowing him to be crowned Scottish National Champion. His 200m Backstroke time (2:03.22), left him only 1.74 seconds outside the Commonwealth Games nomination time and was also a 17 year old Scottish Age Group Record, and a Scottish Institute of Sport Gold Time.

Other Warrender athletes in action included Lewis Smith and Sean Fraser (Scottish Institute of Sport Athletes), both of whom cemented their place on the 2010 Scottish Commonwealth Games Team. Smith achieved the nomination time for the 400 Individual Medley, whilst Fraser will compete in the Multi Disability 100m Freestyle event.

Dan Wallace (East of Scotland Institute of Sport Athlete) had a successful week of racing, with his sights set on swimming lifetime bests at the European Junior Championships in Helsinki in July. Wallace made the senior ‘A’ final of the 200 IM, 400 IM and 50 Fly events, as well as posting new personal best times in the 200 and 400 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke events, to once again show his versatility across a range of distances and strokes.

Jennifer Dobson had a busy six days of racing, with solid times posted in all of her events. Dobson (East of Scotland Institute of Sport Athlete) progressed to the Senior ‘A’ Final on the 200 and 400 Freestyle, 200 and 400 I.M and 50 Backstroke events. Dobson also played an integral role in the successful 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay Team which took gold. Dobson got the team off to a great start, giving Camille Brash, Kirsty Elliott and Marnie Stewart everything to fight for, to narrowly finish first ahead of a fast finishing East Lothian Team.

Many swimmers contributed to the success of the Warrender Team at this meet, with many gaining places in ‘A’ and ‘B’ finals, some for the very first time at this level. With a very young team contributing to the overall point score, it was a great achievement to finish 3rd overall in the Top Club stakes. The coaching staff was very proud of the overall professionalism displayed by the team, as well as the strong level of team support and encouragement that prevailed throughout the six day meet.

For most of the team, this event was a stepping stone on the way to the last meets of the season, the ASA Age and Youth Championships, taking place in Sheffield from 27th July - 8th August. You can check the Warrender results on the British Swimming website, www.swimming.org. We have swimmers taking part in various open water swims throughout July and August with the Scottish Open Water Championships taking place on 24 July at Strathclyde Park. Coach Kyle Goodfellow is taking a team of 15 swimmers to Swansea from 2-8th August for the Welsh Summer Nationals, and you can follow their results on the SwimWales website www.welshasa.co.uk. In addition to this, we wish Dan Wallace the very best of luck as he takes his place in the Great Britain team competing at the European Junior Championships, taking place in Helsinki from 14-18 July 2010. You can keep up to date with Dan’s results on the website www.helsinki2010.fi/

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The Top 3 Scottish Clubs:
1. University of Edinburgh
2. Stirling Swim
3. Warrender Baths Club

Medal Winners: 

GOLD

Scott Quin Men’s MD 200 I.M 2:42.81*
Scott Quin Men’s MD 100 Breast 1:19.72*
Women’s 4 x 200 Free 8:49.51

SILVER

Craig McNally Men’s 200 Back 2:03.22(Scottish National Champion)*
Craig McNally Men’s 100 Back 0:57.36(Scottish National Champion)*
Lewis Smith Men’s 400 I.M 4:21.74(Scottish National Champion)
Lewis Smith Men’s 200 I.M 2:05.05
Murray Lawrence Men’s Boys 16/under 2:28.72*
Men’s 4 x 200 Free 7:49.22

BRONZE

Murray Lawrence Boys 16/under 200 I.M 2:13.70*
Sean Fraser Men’s MD 100 Free 1:04.23
Men’s 4 x 100 Free 3:38.17
Men’s 4 x 100 Medley 3:57.15

‘A’ FINALISTS (excluding medal winners listed above)

Jennifer Dobson Women’s 200 Free 2:08.31*
Jennifer Dobson Women’s 200 I.M 2:22.87
Jennifer Dobson Women’s 400 Free 4:29.97*
Jennifer Dobson Women’s 50 Back 0:31.82*
Jennifer Dobson Women’s 400 I.M 5:06.54
Camille Brash Women’s 50 Back 0:32.15*
Helen McRoberts Women’s 200 Free 2:08.65
Helen McRoberts Women’s 800 Free 9:11.07
Helen McRoberts Women’s 400 Free 4:25.92
Helen McRoberts Women’s 400 I.M 5:09.56
Marnie Stewart Women’s 800 Free 9:26.61
Marnie Stewart Women’s 200 Back 2:25.27
Craig Hamilton Men’s 400 Free 3:58.70
Craig Hamilton Men’s 1500 Free 16:07.85
Lewis Smith Men’s 400 Free 3:59.24
Craig McNally Men’s 50 Back 0:27.02
Dan Wallace Men’s 50 Fly 0:26.15*
Dan Wallace Men’s 400 I.M 4:35.52
Dan Wallace Men’s 200 I.M 2:07.31
Mark Steeples Men’s 200 Back 2:15.69
Craig Benson Men’s 200 Breast 2:26.92
Murray Lawrence Boys 16/under 100 Breast 1:10.52
Murray Lawrence Boys 16/under 100 Fly 1:00.70*
Murray Lawrence Boys 16/under 200 Fly 2:15.10*
Connor Wilson Boys 16/under 200 Back 2:16.90
Connor Wilson Boys 16/under 100 Back 1:04.24
Connor Wilson Boys 16/under 200 Free 2:01.92
Daniel Lim Boys 16/under 200 I.M 2:19.04*
Daniel Lim Boys 16/under 200 Breast 2:37.30
Scott Quin Men’s MD 100 Free 1:04.27
Scott Quin Men’s MD 100 Back 1:18.83*
Women’s 4 x 100 Medley 4:38.60
Women’s 4 x 100 Free 4:11.60

‘B’ FINALISTS (excluding medal winners listed above)

Sally Wood Women’s 200 I.M 2:23.58
Helen McRoberts Women’s 200 I.M 2:28.95
Rachael McQueen Women’s 200 Breast 2:46.33*
Rachael McQueen Women’s 200 Back 2:30.21*
Rachael McQueen Women’s 400 I.M 5:07.81*
Kirsty Elliott Women’s 200 Back 2:37.35
Kirsty Elliott Women’s 400 Free 4:57.90
Kirsty Elliott Women’s 200 Fly 2:39.74
Marnie Stewart Women’s 400 Free 4:35.09
Marnie Stewart Women’s 200 Fly 2:33.22
Shona Lambert Women’s 200 Fly 2:35.37*
Shona Lambert Women’s 400 I.M 4:22.19
Dan Wallace Men’s 400 Free 4:02.27*
Connor Wilson Men’s 400 Free 4:23.11
Mark Steeples Men’s 200 Fly 2:13.95
Mark Steeples Men’s 400 I.M 4:44.45
Mark Steeples Men’s 200 I.M 2:15.57
Murray Lawrence Men’s 200 Fly 2:16.07
Lewis Smith Men’s 200 Free 1:54.41
Craig Hamilton Men’s 200 Free 1:55.01
Connor Mollison Men’s 200 Back 2:14.84*
Jack Caster Men’s 200 Back 2:20.53
Jack Caster Men’s 400 I.M 4:49.59
Jack Caster Men’s 200 Breast 2:34.96
Craig Benson Men’s 400 I.M 4:47.97
Craig McNally Men’s 200 I.M 2:10.35*

SEMI FINALISTS (excluding those that have progressed to ‘A’ Finals)

Sally Wood Women’s 100 Free 1:00.97
Helen McRoberts Women’s 100 Free 1:01.16
Jennifer Dobson Women’s 100 Back 1:08.04
Jennifer Dobson Women’s 100 Fly 1:07.42
Camille Brash Women’s 100 Back 1:09.57
Mark Steeples Men’s 50 Back 0:30.02
Mark Steeples Men’s 100 Fly 1:00.68
Craig McNally Men’s 50 Fly 0:26.73*
Craig Benson Men’s 100 Breast 1:07.03
Craig Benson Men’s 50 Breast 0:30.58(Scottish Junior Champion)
Dan Wallace Men’s 100 Breast 1:07.21
Connor Wilson Men’s 100 Back 1:02.84
Connor Mollison Men’s 100 Back 1:05.45