An incredible thirteen senior East Midlands Records were set at the Go Cardless Swim England National Winter Championships.
11 Loughborough University athletes set the new records at the event, held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield from the 5th-8th December last year, including World Champions Freya Colbert and Laura Stephens.
Colbert’s 200m Freestyle record was a particular highlight, bettering a 21 year-old record previously held by recent Loughborough Performance Centre Head Coach Mel Marshall. Lilly Booker also broke a historic record in the the 200m Breaststroke, her time of 2:20.60 destroyed the 24 year old record by almost five seconds!
Alongside the senior success, there were also five new junior records. 14-year-old Lydia Cordle of Repton set her first ever regional record in the 200m Backstroke, taking down a record that had stood for almost 20 years; whilst Ethan Soppett-Moss of Corby set a magnificent FOUR new regional records. His mark of 24.09 in the 50m Butterfly also earned him a new joint Junior English Record to go alongside the record he holds for the event in the long course pool.
Huge congratulations to the new record holders:
Open/Male:
Junior 100m Individual Medley:
Name: Ethan Soppett-Moss
Club: Corby SC
Date: 5th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 57.95 (previous time was 59.26 set by Ethan Grace-Riches in December 2018)
Junior 100m Butterfly:
Name: Ethan Soppett-Moss
Club: Corby SC
Date: 7th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 54.18 (previous time 54.65 by Edward Mildred in October 2018)
Junior 50m Backstroke:
Name: Ethan Soppett-Moss
Club: Corby SC
Date: 6th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 25.76 (previous time was set as 26.63 and was a standard time set before the region was set up and was an old Midland District Record)
Junior 50m Butterfly:
Name: Ethan Soppett-Moss
Club: Corby SC
Date: 5th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 24.09 (previous time of 24.69 was set by Ethan on 3.11.24)
400m Individual Medley:
Name: Charlie Hutchinson
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 8th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 4.03.33 (previous time was 4.15.14 set by William Bell in December 2019)
50m Butterfly:
Name: Joe Litchfield
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 5th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 23.04 (previous time was 24.10 set in Daniel Savage in November 2017)
100m Individual Medley:
Name: Joe Litchfield
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 5th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 53.20 (previous time was 54.41 set by Alex Casey in March 2023)
50m Freestyle:
Name: Alex Cohoon
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 7th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 21.30 (previous time was 22.08 set by Christopher Cozens in August 2003)
100m Backstroke:
Name: Luke Greenbank
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 7th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 51.91 (previous time was 52.75 and set by Luke in November 2016)
200m Backstroke:
Name: Luke Greenbank
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 5th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 1.52.29 (again the previous time 0f 1.54.99 was set by Luke in November 2006)
200m Breaststroke:
Name: Greg Butler
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 6th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 2.05.25 (previous time was a standard time from 2005 and stood at 2.07.91)
200m Individual Medley:
Name: Alexander Casey
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 7th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Swimming Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 1.56.97 (previous time was 1.57.32 set by Roberto Pavoni in November 2016)
Female:
Junior Short Course 200m Backstroke:
Name: Lydia Cordle
Club: Repton
Date: 8th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 2.09.51 (previous record was 2.09.89 set in January 2005 by Elizabeth Simmonds)
100m Backstroke:
Name: Medi Harris
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 6th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 57.45 (previous time was 58.69 set by Harriet Cooper in December 2015)
50m Backstroke:
Name: Lauren Cox
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 7th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 26.57 (previous time was 27.50 set by Harriet Cooper in December 2015)
200m Freestyle:
Name: Freya Colbert
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 8th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 1.53.91 (previous time was 1.55.10 set by Mel Marshall in December 2003)
200m Breaststroke:
Name: Elizabeth Booker
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 7th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 2.20.60 (previous time was 2.25.24 set by Heidi Earp in December 2000)
200m Butterfly:
Name: Laura Stephens
Club: Loughborough University SC
Date: 5th December 2024
Venue: SE Winter National Championships Ponds Forge
Time: 2.06.31 (previous time was 2.07.90 set by Rachael Kelly in 2013)
Photo credits: Will Johnston Photography and Swim England