Sheffield National Masters - October 2012

A small team of swimmers represented Stroud Masters at the recent National Masters Swimming Championships held at Ponds Forge International in Sheffield.

Kerrie Aldridge, Mark Patridge, Jessica Wooddisse

Backstroke specialist Kerrie Aldridge narrowly missed out on a national medal in the sprint event finishing in 4 place and secured 5 and 6 place finishes in the 100 and 200 metres backstroke events.

Mark Partridge won a bronze medal in his best event, the 50 metres breaststroke. He also gained two personal best times, one of which was in the 100 metres breaststroke where he finished in 5 position.

Jessica Wooddisse took golds in the 800 and 1500 metres freestyle events and achieved 2 silver medals in the 400 metres freestyle and individual medley events. They will be joined by other members of the team at the Etwall Eagles Open Meet later in the month.

Swimmer	Event	Time	Position
Jessica	1500 F/S	18:22.96	1st
	400 IM	5:39.90	2nd
	800 F/S	9:46.42	1st
	400 F/S	4:46.78	2nd
Mark	50 brst	32.88	3rd
	50 fly	29.42	5th
	50 F/S	27.31	9th
	400 F/S	4:59.74	10th
	100 F/S	1:02.74	15th
	100 brst	1:14.10	5th
	800 F/S	10:50.99	9th
Kerrie	200 back	2:35.77	5th
	50 fly	34.66	17th
	100 back	1:11.14	6th
	50 back	32.52	4th
	100 IM	1:14.90	11th