HALSALL SETS NEW STANDARD ON RETURN TO BRITAIN
Teenager Fran Halsall lowered her own British Record in the
Women's 100m Freestyle just hours after completing a 12-hour
trip home from a warm weather camp in America.
The City of Liverpool sprinter returned from a four-week
camp in Florida and 48 hours later posted a time of 54.53
to win the Burns Open Meet in Sheffield on Saturday. Her previous
national best had stood at 54.56.
Halsall, who is coached by Colin Stripe, had spent her time
in Fort Lauderdale with Ben Titley's Loughborough-based training
group and there were other impressive results from his swimmers.
Caitlin McClatchey won the Women's 200m Freestyle event in
1:58.57 and Liam Tancock took the 200m IM title in 2:02.01.
The results delighted Titley at this stage in the season
with Olympic qualification on the horizon at the British Championships
at the end of March.
"Our camp in Florida went very well and these impressive
mid-season results are a reflection of that," said Titley.
"We only arrived back on Thursday so to get to Sheffield
and produce these kinds of performances is pretty special.
"The fact Fran broke another British Record is a testament
to herself and to the City of Liverpool programme under Colin
Stripe who is creating the next generation of world class
athletes in Britain."
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