Satellites Swimming Club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK is slated to host a unique competition on September 21st, one which pits budding age groupers against some of the best aquatic athletes Great Britain has to offer.
The meet taking place at Macclesfield Leisure Centre is expected to gather an estimated 300 amateurs from each gender and age group (9/10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16/Over), with swimmers racing 50m sprints of each stroke in the heats.
However, the top 7 athletes from each category will experience an extra bonus of making the night’s final, as the 8th swimmer to take the pool in each of the finals will be an accomplished elite athlete to the tune of Adam Peaty, James Guy and Freya Anderson.
The amateur athletes will each get a head start to help even out the races, and the elite stars will be swimming back-to-back 50s.
Among the stars slated to race the respective events for women and men in the elite category are:
Butterfly – Harriet West
Backstroke – Jessica Fullalove
Breaststroke – Sarah Vasey
Freestyle – Freya Anderson
Butterfly – James Guy
Backstroke – Luke Greenbank
Breaststroke – Adam Peaty
Freestyle – Timothy Shuttleworth
The entry link for the event can be found here.
All details are available here.
reminds me of the Bolles 50 shootout where Dressel swam a little while back…It’s always awesome when you get to swim against superstars as an age grouper. Getting to race Tom Dolan in the heats of a mid-summer meet as a 15 year old in the late 90s is still a pretty awesome memory of mine.
Happy you 👌
My friend raced next to Peaty in January this year in Australia . Peaty did 50 breastroke in the 50 free race . Pretty cool
Nothing to do with this but Sarah Sjöström just said she is wondering if she is going to swim the 200m free in South Korea or not!!!!
My guess is no…I think she only did it this season because she was invited for that event in the FINA Series and didn’t wanna turn down the extra money.
But… she has been experimenting with racing it a few different ways during the FINA series, so who knows many she has intentions to swim it.
u are so right …she is done with the 200 at High level meets ….50/100 free + 50/100 fly + relays duties . Its more than enough .
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Dang getting a head start and still losing would be rough for me 😂. This sounds really fun though and I hope everyone has a great time
Peaty’s gonna go like a 25.0 trying to erase that head start.