Olivia Swims to the Top and Beyond in Championships!

Olivia Q’s in Year 8 at MGGS has certainly been extremely busy winning medals!  We were thrilled to hear about her most recent successes at the South East Regional Swimming Championships… 

The event took place over 2 weekends in Crawley and in Winchester and Olivia qualified for 16 events, choosing to compete in 7 of them!   She recorded personal best times in both the 100m and 200m backstroke finishing 4th and 5th respectively.   As if that was not enough, she then went on to record 5 further personal best times, becoming the Regional Champion in the remaining 5 events – 50m, 100m, 200m breaststroke, 800m freestyle and 400m individual medley.  WOW!!

Olivia has qualified for 6 events at English Nationals in August and this year she is eligible for the British Nationals for the first time and has qualified in 4 events as the youngest in the 13/14 age group category.

And there is still more fantastic news, as Olivia has also been selected for the Regional Distance Development programme which is part of the Swim England talent pathway.  The programme seeks to provide development to the top swimmers in the region at 800/1500m freestyle which includes open water swimming.  Olivia will embark on the programme with a full day of training in Surrey in June.

This is an amazing achievement Olivia and the MGGS community wish you every success in your forthcoming events!