Otter picked up 8 National titles on day one of the GB Masters & Senior Age Group Long Course Championships at the Aberdeen Sports Village.
Mike Reys was the first Otter to hit the water and the first Otter to meal this weekend. Picking upsilver in the Mens 40-44 1500 Metre Freestyle (19:53.47).
The Otter mixed 240-279 4 x 50 Metre Freestyle Relay of Michelle Senecal, Anthony Ray, Astrid Wharton & Roger Lloyd-Mostyn went one better and became the first Otters to pick up National titles at the beginning of session 2. 4 more relay teams picked up medals one day one: The Mens 120-159 4 x 100 Metre Medley Relay team of Martin Sartorius, Craig Gillespie, Wade Rimbach & Nicolas Barber picked up gold in 4:35.68 . As did the mixed 120-159 4 x 100 Metre Freestyle Relay team Dontony Gill-Nasadi, Enrico Hahn, Hayley Davis & Olivia Reynolds (4:10.86). While the Mixed 160-199 4 x 100 Metre Freestyle team of Olivier Geleoc, Mike Reys, Gina Hobson, Emma Shkurka (4:11.09) and the Mixed 240-279 4 x 100 Metre Freestyle team of Elizabeth Shaw, Anthony Ray, Astrid Wharton, Roger Lloyd-Mostyn (6:01.48) took home silver.
Otter went one, two at the top of the podium in the 25-29 200 Metre Butterfly with Catherine Demont wining in 2:42.77, closely followed by Abi Hucker 2:43.32 for second. Hayley Davis was 3rd in the 30-34 age group in 2:34.33, while Derek Parr once again won the Mens 70-74 in 3:46.27.
3 more titles in the 200 Metre IM. Wade (2:24.35 ) and Craig (2:24.65) dominated the mens 30-34 age group, picking up Gold and Silver. Hayley Davis (2:35.14) picked up her first individual national title in the ladies 30-34 and Derek picked up his second in 3:24.67 (70-74). Emma Shkurka 2:47.20 was 2nd in the 35-39, Enrico Hahn (2:29.27) was 4th in the mens 35-39, Gina Hobson 2:44.93 was 5th in the 40-44, while Camille (2:46.99 ), Abi (2:49.63) & Alice (2:50.66) finished 6th, 7th & 8th in the Ladies 25-29 age group.
Otter came close to 5 more titles in the 100 Metre Backstroke with Hayley Davis 1:10.32 (30-34) , Martin Sartorius 1:06.27 (18-25), Wade Rimbach 1:05.90 (30-34), Michael Jennings 1:10.20 (36-39) & Anthony Ray 2:01.56 (70-74) all picking up silvers and Nicolas Barber 5th in 1:13.60 (30-34).
Close again in the 200 Metre Freestyle with Craig Gillespie 2:09.14 (30-34) & Anthony Ray 3:38.14 (70-74) placing second while Stephen Braine 2:41.79 (60-64) & Roger Lloyd-Mostyn 3:09.64 (75-79) medaled in third. Catherine Demont was 5th 2:18.31 (25-29, Nicolas Barber 6th 2:16.85 (30-34), Graham Webster 7th 2:13.59 (25-29) & Elizabeth Shaw 9th 2:46.11 (50-54) in their respective age groups.
Craig Gillespie (31.06) was 2nd again in the 50 Metre Breaststroke. Emma Shkurka (37.70) was 3rd 35-93, Nicolas Barber (37.87) was 4th 30-34, Gina (42.10) 40-44 & Liz Shaw (43.94) 50-54 were 5th, Alice (40.36) 25-29 & Dontony (35.00) 25-29 were 6th, and Enrico (35.04) 35-39 & Mike (35.09) 40-44 were 7th.
Congrats to all the Otters who raced today. Looking forward to day two tomorrow!
