This weekend, Plymouth College pupils, Honey Osrin and Sophie Freeman, and OPM Laura Stephens competed at the Manchester International Meet, hosted by the Manchester Aquatics Centre. The International Meet was revised with the announcement of the third lockdown and only swimmers on the government-approved Elite Athlete Return to Training lists were allowed to compete. Joining our Plymouth College girls were athletes such as Adam Peaty, Luke Greenbank and Paralympic Athlete, Ellie Simmonds.
All three swimmers returned with incredible results from their races! For OPM Laura, she brought back 1st place for 200m butterfly event with her 4th fastest time ever of 2'08"88! She also returned with a 6th place in the 50m butterfly final and 3rd place for 100m butterfly final over the course of the weekend. Before COVID, Laura was set to represent Team GB - but even with the Olympic Games being postponed, that hasn't stopped her from training incredibly hard and staying on track to compete in Tokyo.
For Plymouth College pupils, Honey and Sophie, they also competed outstandingly! For Honey Osrin, she achieved not only 4th place in the 50m backstroke and 8th in the 50m front stroke, but also returned home with a 2nd place title in the 100km backstroke and 1st place in the 200m backstroke!
For Sophie, she brought home 8th place for the 100m butterfly final, 5th place in the 50m butterfly final and 4th place in the 200m butterfly, with an amazing time of 2'14"43!
All three girls have worked incredibly hard and even though training has been somewhat limited, they have done so well and have done us all proud here at Plymouth College!
