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Twelve of Warrender's leading swimmers will be in Sheffield this coming week to take part in the 2008 Great Britain Olympic Swimming Trials.  This is the highest number of swimmers the club has ever sent to a meet of this nature, and is also more than any other Scottish club.

Leading the way will be Lewis Smith, who will contest the Men's 400m IM as a genuine contender for a place on the plane to Beijing later this summer.  Currently ranked third in the country, the British international needs to finish in the top two positions in the final and also swim inside a time of 4:18.40 in the heats.  His best currently stands at 4:19.24 but he will face tough opposition from 3-4 other swimmers who all have the same goal.

Billy Purnell, Kyle Goodfellow and Fiona Booth will be attempting to set the cat amongst the pigeons by making senior finals, while Ewan Johnston is a serious candidate for a place on the 2008 European Junior Team in several events.

Sean Fraser goes into the meet targeting a place at the Paralympics and although that will clearly be very tough, he has been working very hard in training and is on a the up right now.

The full team list and events being contested are as follows:

Men
Lewis Smith - 400 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly
BillyPurnell - 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 IM, 400 IM
Ewan Johnston - 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM
Ross Woolley - 400 Free, 1500 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 Back
Craig McNally - 200 Back
Kyle Goodfellow - 200 Breast
Sean Fraser - Multi-Disability 50 Free, 100 Free, 400 Free, 100 Back, 100 Fly

Women
Fiona Booth - 50 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Sally Wood - 200 Im, 400 IM
Rosie Hood - 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 IM
Jennifer Dobson - 100 Back
Yasmin Khera - 50 Free, 100 Free