Mount Kelly pupils, swimming for GB, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Ireland and Austria, made history the European Aquatics Junior Championships 2024 (Tuesday 2 July – Sunday 7 July), which hosted over 600 swimmers from 43 different countries.
It was an historic week of record-breaking racing at the European Aquatics Junior Championships 2024 and Mount Kelly secured:
-
Three European Championship titles
-
Seven medals (three Gold, one Silver, three Bronze)
-
Fourteen Personal Bests
-
Two Lithuanian Senior and Junior Records
-
Three Polish Junior Records
-
Four Open MK Records
-
Twenty-seven Finals/Semi-Final Swims
Emma Collings-Barnes, Director of Swimming at Mount Kelly said, “Securing a haul of seven medals is a Mount Kelly record at these championships. Our eight swimmers, swimming for six different nations, all produced outstanding performances against some very strong competition and we couldn’t be prouder of our European Mount Kelly swimming family.”
Event highlights
- Mantas, from Lithuania, was crowned the European Junior Champion on day two of the Championships. He achieved his Gold medal victory in the 50-metre Backstroke with a new Lithuanian Senior and Junior record time of 24:68. He also won a Bronze medal in the Lithuanian 4 x 100-metre Mixed Medley Relay.
- Blythe and Hollie, both from Devon, were both crowned European Junior Champions and secured GBs second Gold medal in the Mixed Medley Relay 4 x 100-metre.
- Jonathan, from Germany, won Silver as part of the 4 x 200-metre Freestyle Relay with the fastest split of 1.49.55.
- Blyth won a Bronze medal in the 50-metre Backstroke, with a new Personal Best and Open Mount Kelly record time of 28.29.
- Hollie secured a Bronze medal in the 100-metre Fly in a lifetime best and MK record of 59.16.
We’re incredibly proud of our Mount Kelly athletes, who now have their sights set on the 2024 Aquatics GB Summer Championships in Sheffield, and beyond!
