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Swimming - 09. March 2011.

Jones secures title at the British Gas Swimming Championships

Natalie Jones (S6) got the gold in the women's 50m Butterfly after a
storming swim that saw her just beat her personal best.



She won in 41.89 and 773 points and after commented: "To beat the record
is amazing and sets me up for the rest of the week. It will be good to
race against Ellie as she's my biggest rival and I'm really looking
forward to it.



Susannah Rodgers (S7) won silver in 690 points and a time of 39.01 and
Jan Langton (S6) took bronze with a score of 571 and a time of 46.34.



World Champion Rhiannon Henry achieved the European Qualification time
with a dominant swim in the final of the women's 100m Butterfly.



Henry led through the start and knew it would be a race against the
clock.



She reached for the wall in 1:08.45 and secured 894 points. Stephanie
Millward won the silver in 1:13.62 and a points score of 745. Eleni
Papadopoulos took bronze with a score of 716 after touching in 1:16.08.

The impressive Ellen Gandy went into the final of the women's 200m
Butterfly knowing she already had the selection criteria for Shanghai in
the bag after her swim in the 100m Butterfly final.



Gandy looked hungry to book a second spot on the World Championship team
as she got onto the blocks and got a good start as soon as the whistle
went.



She held a one second lead over Jemma Lowe at the half way point but the
Welsh swimmer had a good final 50m to claw back some of the lead.



Gandy took the victory at the wall in 2:06.13 with Lowe taking silver in
2:06.94. Both times are within the qualifying standard for the World
Championships.



"I've started to swim my first 100m faster," Gandy said. "I was tired
today but I'm glad I could do get a time that fast. I'm going straight
back to Australia and then I'll have a break in April after the
Australian trials."



Jessica Dickons won the bronze in 2:10.96.

The women's 50m Backstroke saw Commonwealth medallist Georgia Davies
power through to win the gold medal.



She was challenged by Emma Saunders but the Welsh record holder was
always in control and touched in 28.67. Saunders won silver in 28.80 and
Lauren Quigley won bronze in 29.38.



After winning the 200m Individual Medley earlier in the evening James
Goddard went onto to secure the fastest time in the men's 200m
Backstroke after finishing in 2:00.46.



Amy Smith and Fran Halsall qualified in the two fastest spots for the
final of the 100m Freestyle after touching within 0.4 seconds of each
other.



The women's 200m Breaststroke saw British 100m Champion Stacey Tadd
qualify fastest for the final after touching in 2:30.70.


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