2022 British Swimming Championships Day 4 Live Recap

2022 BRITISH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, April 5th – Sunday, April 10th
• Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield
• LCM (50m)
• World Championships & Commonwealth Games-qualifying competition
• British Swimming 2022 Budapest Selection Policy
• Commonwealth Games Selection Policies vary by home nation
• SwimSwam Preview
• Draft Entries
• Live Results
• Livestream

After this evening’s finals session here in Sheffield, we’ll already be more than halfway through the 2022 British Swimming Championships the meet which represents the Trials for both World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

As a refresher, some names have been pre-selected to compete at the World Championships by virtue of their performances at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. They are as follows:

• Kathleen Dawson – women’s 100 back
• Tom Dean – men’s 200 free
• Luke Greenbank – men’s 200 back
• Daniel Jervis – men’s 1500 free
• Max Litchfield – men’s 400 IM
• Adam Peaty – men’s 100 breast
• Ben Proud – men’s 50 free
• Molly Renshaw – women’s 200 breast
• Duncan Scott – men’s 200 free & 200 IM
• James Wilby – men’s 100 & 200 breast
• Abbie Wood – women’s 200 IM

Additionally, James Guy, Anna Hopkin and Matt Richards will all earn a spot at Worlds due to the fact that they swam on in a relay final that won a medal in Tokyo.

WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE FINAL

• British Record – 2:06.66 Gemma Spofforth, 2009
• World Championships Qualifying Time – 2:07.73

Podium:

GOLD – Katie Shanahan, 2:11.25
SILVER – Holly McGill, 2:11.84
BRONZE – Honey Osrin, 2:12.12

17-year-old Katie Shanahan pushed herself to a time of 2:11.25 to reap gold in this women’s 200m back.

Opening in 1:04.84 and closing it in 1:06.41, Shanahan beat out runner-up Holly McGill by just over half a second, while Honey Osrin rounded out the top 3 in 2:12.12.

Both Shanahan and McGill were shut out of the top 8 at the 2021 British Olympic Trials, where it was Kathleen Dawson and Cassie Wild who took the 1-2 positions.

Wild was originally entered in the event for this meet but wound up dropping it. She raced the 2back in Tokyo last year, winding up in 21st place with a swim of 2:12.93 in the heats.

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY FINAL

• British Record – 50.67, James Guy 2017
• World Championships Qualifying Time – 51.33

Podium:

GOLD – James Guy, 51.69
SILVER – Jacob Peters, 51.93
BRONZE – Jamie Ingram, 52.46

National record holder in this men’s 100m fly event, James Guy nearly hit the same time as he produced in the morning heats, registering 51.69 to his AM 51.68.

Tonight the 26-year-old split 23.98/27.71 to top the podium, keeping Jacob Peters at bay with his runner-up result of 51.93.

Next in line was Jamie Ingram, with the Manchester man posting 52.46 as the bronze medalist.

Guy owns the GBR national standard with the 50.67 he nailed at the 2017 FINA World Aquatic Championships when he tied Singapore’s Joseph Schooling for bronze. Two years later in Gwangju, Guy fell to 7th, capturing a time in the final of 51.62.

At last year’s Trials, Guy took the national title in 51.44, qualifying to race the event in Tokyo, although he wound up dropping it.

With that resume behind him, Guy fell short of the 51.33 British Swimming-mandated time. However, his win here represents the man’s 20th British swimming title since 2014.

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE FINAL

• British Record – 52.75, Anna Hopkin 2021
• World Championships Qualifying Time – 53.55

Podium:

GOLD – Anna Hopkin 53.45 *Budapest Qualifying*
SILVER – Freya Anderson, 53.92
BRONZE – Lucy Hope, 55.14

Former Arkansas Razorback Anna Hopkin snagged a 2022 FINA World Aquatic Championships-qualifying time, taking this women’s 100m freestyle in a result of 53.45.

Splitting 25.72/27.73, Hopkin dipped under the 53.55 marker needed for Budapest by .10. She was the only racer to do so, as runner-up Freya Anderson clocked 53.92. Well behind was Lucy Hope who registered 55.14 for bronze.

Hopkin owns the British national record with the 52.75 she put up in the heats at the 2020 Olympic Games, ultimately clocking 52.83 to finish 7th in the Tokyo final. Anderson owns a lifetime best of 53.31, for perspective.

MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE FINAL

• British Record – 2:07.30, Ross Murdoch 2014
• World Championships Qualifying Time – 2:08.55

Podium:

GOLD – James Wilby, 2:09.48
SILVER – Adam Chillingworth, 2:12.17
BRONZE – Greg Butler, 2:12.30

Leave it to Commonwealth Games champion and Olympic finalist James Wilby to knock down this men’s 200m breast, with the 28-year-old ace catching gold in 2:09.48.

Beating the field by well over 2 seconds, Wilby got to the wall in the only sub-2:10 time of his peers, with Adam Chillingworth finishing in 2:12.17 while Greg Butler was next in 2:12.30.

Wilby is already qualified for the 2022 World championships in this men’s 200m breast, along with the 100m breast, by way of his final appearances at the 2020 Olympic Games.