34 Mount Kelly Swimmers took part in the 48th International Open Meet in Geneva this weekend and were on winning form. 54 Clubs from all over Europe and the USA were in attendance for the 3 day competition.

With an array of talent in the pool including European and Olympic Swimmers it was always going to be a difficult task for Mount Kelly from Devon to take on the might of some of the very big hitters… but hit back and hard they did. Mount Kelly’s Julian Chan Quee Lin mixing it with Brian Toomy from the USA a former Olympic 100m Freestyler, Julian managed to clip his wings in the 50m freestyle skins event beating him in one of the opening rounds.

Time after time the Mount Kelly swimmers stepped up to take on a very experienced and highly competitive field. Swimming with confidence beyond their years the team worked their way into contention on the overall Top Team award, winning 5 gold, 5silver and 7 bronze medals and backing up with even more vital points with 14 further finalists ranging from 12 years through to 17 years old.

With two National Teams in attendance Swiss Swimming and Austria Swimming this was a huge boost for the Mount Kelly Team so early on in this important pre Olympic year season. Director of Swimming Robin Brew commented “ Our swimmers proved they have the ability to compete at an international level, this is testament to the incredible work and commitment the swimmers put in and also the amazing support and assistance the school provides to help us achieve the sometimes seemingly impossible. This was a great result for us and my thanks goes to everyone involved in making this happen”.

MEDALISTS
GOLD	Julian Chan Quee Lin, 200m freestyle Julian Chan Quee Lin, 400m freestyle Lauren Hession, 200m freestyle Lauren Hession, 400m freestyle Donovan McAntagart, 100m breaststroke
SILVER	Megan Bowen, 50m freestyle Julian Chan Quee Lin, 100m freestyle Finn Linton, 200m backstroke Leah Picillo, 200m Individual Medley Rebecca Carpenter, 400m Individual Medley
BRONZE	Rebecca Carpenter, 400m Individual Medley Lauren Hession, 100m freestyle Megan Bowen, 100m freestyle Benjamin Staig, 100m backstroke Danielle Baker, 50m backstroke Cara Layden, 100m backstroke Finn Linton, 400m Individual Rebecca Carpenter, 200m Individual Medley
FINALISTS	Gabriella Weaver, 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle Leah Picillo, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle & 400m Individual Medley Julian Chan Quee Lin, 1500m freestyle Megan Bowen, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle & 800m freestyle Finn Linton, 100m backstroke & 200m Individual Medley Harry Turner, 100m backstroke Benjamin Staig, 200m backstroke, 100m butterfly & 200m Individual Medley Danielle Baker, 100m backstroke & 200m backstroke Rebecca Carpenter, 200m backstroke, 200m breaststroke Donovan McAntagart, 50m breaststroke Oliver Taverner, 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke & 200m backstroke Max Helmich, 200m breaststroke Thomas Brew, 200m butterfly Nina Giudici, 100m butterfly & 200m butterfly Kaylee Dekker, 100m butterfly & 200m butterfly Lauren Hession, 100m butterfly Georgina Dennis, 400m Individual Medley

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