Regional Age Group - Notice Board: Welsh Summer Open Meet

Sunday 7 August 2022

Welsh Summer Open Meet - Day 4

An awesome day at Welsh Summer Nationals today with a huge number of finals and conversions following. After a long day, the swimmers battled it out in the finals going on to bring home another 11 medals. Today the team achieved: 3 Gold, 4 Silver's, & 4 Bronze Medals. With 30 Final Swims (20 Finals swimmers converted from heat to final) and 75 PB's out of 111 Swims.

🏆Gold Medallists (3)

Patrick O'Hara (12 Yrs 1500m Freestyle), George Carry (14 Yrs 1500m Freestyle), Mia Travis-Jones (12 Yrs 200m Fly)

Silver Medallists (4)

Hayden Lam (12 Yrs 1500m Freestyle), Sam Hill (13 Yrs 1500m Freestyle), Emily Marrison (12 Yrs 50m Freestyle), Sam Hill (13 Yrs 200m Freestyle)

Bronze Medallists (4)

Will Wilson (12 Yrs 1500m Freestyle), Arthur Owens (13 Yrs 200m Freestyle), Millie Walker (13 Yrs 100m Backstroke), Sam Hill (13 Yrs 100m Fly)

Finalists 4th - 8th Place (30)

Mia Travis Jones (50m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke), Millie Walker (50m Freestyle, 200m Fly, 100m Backstroke),Charlotte Shaw (50m Freestyle), Connor McCullen (50m Backstroke), Will Wilson (50m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle), Shae Bryant (50m Backstroke), Sam Hill (50m Backstroke), Arthur Owens (50m Backstroke), Matt Roberts (50m Backstroke), Aira Wilkinson (200m Fly), Ruby Ellis (200m Fly), Abi Heald (200m Fly), Patrick O'Hara (200m Freestyle), Hayden Lam (200m Freestyle), Matt James (200m Freestyle, 100m Fly), Emily Marrison (100m Backstroke), Annabelle Hart (100m Backstroke), Alex Newton (100m Backstroke), Owen Carmody (100m Fly, 1500m Freestyle), Callum Raven (100m Fly), Jacob O'Donnell (1500m Freestyle), Jackson Clarke (1500m Freestyle), Zach Helm (1500m Freestyle), Oli Steele (1500m Freestyle)

Well Done! 😃

At this evening's Team Talk, the highlights Phoebe pointed out were:

- Super proud of the whole Team's organisation. Nobody has had to be waken on an AM, and nobody has forgotten swim kit/goggles!!

- The race confidence people are showing is brilliant. We are getting lots of conversions from heat to finals and gutsy performances.

- Mia Travis-Jones. Star of the Day! Has had lots of finals and smashed her 200m Fly Final this PM.

- Super Proud of those swimmers who aren't necessarily achieving Lifetime Best Performances, but handling it well and still converting through finals!

Tomorrow night there will be a sleepover treat for such an immense week of performances!!

Results from the week can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Swim Wales Summer Open 2022 – Results

Pictures of the team in action can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Wales Summer Open 2022 - Photos

The Welsh Summer Nationals Team

Quote Bank!

"Kevin!, On the whole I think C Central have swum absolutely fantastic this year". Jacob Butterfield - C Central.

"Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit"

"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it". Michael Phelps.

"Train insane, or remain the same".

"Dream. Believe. Achieve".

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get". Michael Phelps.

"I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself ..... I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities". Grant Hackett.

"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races it's 90% mental because there's very little that seperates us physically at the elite level". Elka Graham.

"The hardest thing about climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom".

"We need to create a way of working, and that's why I felt the need to set some rules. For example, we will all eat together, leave the table together - it is all about respecting each other. And being punctual is key". Fabio Capello.

"Unleash the Inner Beast!".

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing". Muhammad Ali.

"Many people say you are as only good as your last race, but we know we are only as good as our next race!".

"It was not the 10 work outs I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed". Graeme Smith (1996).

"It's how you prepare months before in the training pool that will determine your performance at the main event. Your ruthless attendance, quality and consistency of your training will serge you forward to a result you will be happy with!"

"Winning the Gold Medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career, mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience". Frank Shorter (American Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist) (Munich 1972).

"Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what if's' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win". Shannon Miller (American Gymnast, two time Olympic Gold Medalist) (Atlanta 1996).

"As the years go by I train physically harder and I am always trying to go faster, further and higher. I train seven days a week and at the end of the day, I'm pretty tired but I never wish I was anyone else. If I miss a days training I feel guilty and I know I should have done it. I'm conscientious and unless I have a very good reason to, I never miss a session. It seems unfair to train for years and miss days just for the hell of it, and if I ever start to skip days, I would realise my attitude was not right and it was time for me to finish". Olympic Champion.

"Have a clear goal in your head of where you want to be and never give up!".

"Remember what doesn't challenge you, doesn't change you!"

"Not a day goes past where I don't go to bed with aching limbs ..... I have lost friends over it ..... I have lost girlfriends because of it ..... My family hates it ..... The only person that understands it wants to beat me ..... But I love it more than anything in the world!"

"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning". Robert Kiyosaki.

'Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday'. William Rudolph (American Athlete, three-time Olympic Gold medalist) (Rome 1960).

"It's been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don't see it. We don't get timeouts in the middle of a race; we can's stop and catch our breath; and we can't ask for a substitution".

"We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can".

"In 2004 , I won a bronze. This is a silver. Maybe in 2012, it will be a gold. Slowly, slowly". Eliud Kipchoge (Kenyan Athelete, Olympic silver medalist) (Beijing 2008).

"I came out here to beat everybody in sight and that is exactly what I'm going to do. Sure, I can do anything". Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson (American Athlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist) (Los Angeles 1932).

"Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualisation. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was going to be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally". Michael Phelps. (6 Gold Medals, 2004 Olympic Games).

"Success comes with determination to get up the morning after the hardest practice of your life and do it all over again!"

"There is nothing like the smell of chlorine in the morning, and nothing like the smell of victory in the evening"

"Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment and quit worrying bout winning and losing". Matt Biondi. (American Swimmer, eight-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992).

"You only get one shot, go out there and do your best". Chad le Clos (200m Butterfly Champion).

"No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them". Danny Harris. (American Athlete, Olympic Silver Medallist. Los Angeles 1984).

"When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe.

"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let other swimmers think about me, not me about them". Amanda Beard.

"An athlete cannot race with money in his pockets. He must race with hope in his heart and dreams in his head". Emil Zatopek. (Four Time Olympic Gold Medallist).

"If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe. (Australian swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medallist. Sydney 2000, Athens 2004).

"No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up and never give up!".

"Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow".

"Champions train, losers complain".

"Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up." Dwayne Johnson.

"Life is full of disappointments, failures and setbacks. None of those things can permanently stop you. You have the power to overcome anything that life throws at you. There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Surround yourself with people who remind you that you matter, and support you in the ways that matter most to you. No person, situation, or circumstance can define who you are. Don't give up. cave in, or stop believing that it's possible. It's not over until you win."