Gold for Large at World Juniors

25 Aug 2017

Emily Large won gold in the 200m Butterfly at the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis and was joined on the podium by team-mate Keanna McInnes with the bronze. 

Newcastle's Large (16) swam an excellent race as she led the way from the start and touched in a new personal best time of 2:07.74. Heart of Midlothian's McInnes (16) took the bronze with a new personal best time of 2:09.64.

Freya Anderson (16, Ellesmere) progressed into the final of the 100m Freestyle after finishing in second place in the overall rankings.

Elliott Clogg (17, City of Sheffield) lowered his personal best in the 200m Freestyle to a time of 1:49.02 while Newcastle's Nicholas Pyle (16) swam to 55.38 to lower his personal best in the 100m Backstroke. 


The British Team consists of:

Elliot Clogg - City of Sheffield 

Nathan Hughes – National Centre Loughborough

George Clough - Warrender         

Brodie Williams - Millfield            

Cameron Brooks-Clarke - City of Sheffield

Nikki Miller - East Kilbride             

Anna Maine - Woking     

Harrison Coulter - Stockport Metro

Annabel Guye-Johnson - Royal Tunbridge Wells

Alexandra Waller - Heart of Midlothian   

Freya Anderson - Ellesmere College Titans

Nicholas Pyle - Newcastle Swim Team

Luke Turley - Hatfield SC

Emily Large - Newcastle Swim Team        

Keanna MacInnes - Heart of Midlothian                 

Cassie Wild - Ellesmere College Titans

Amy Bell - City of Sheffield

Callum Smart - City of Oxford

Jacob Peters - Poole

Katie Robertson - South Ayrshire               

Ciara Schlosshan - City of Leeds  

Lewis Burras - Southport / Hamilton Aquatics (Dubai)