Sporting Digest: Swimming

SPEEDO NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS (Coventry) Boys: 16 years: 50m freestyle: 1 D Coombs (Romford Town) 24.95sec; 2 J Griffin (City of Bradford) 25.13; 3 T Riley (Manchester United Salford) 25.20. 200m butterfly: 1 D Coombs (Romford Town) 2min 07.91sec; 2 P Stout (Warriors of Warrington) 2:09.51; 3 J Roberts (City of Chester) 2:12.81. 1500m freestyle: 1 G Orphanides (Waltham Forest) 16:33.19; 2 T Archer (Portsmouth Northsea) 16:35.60; 3 S Reasons (Pontypool Dolphins) 16:37.57. 200m medley: 1 P Woods (Manchester United Salford) 2min 12.25sec; 2 J Griffin (City of Bradford) 2:13.12. 15 years: 50m freestyle: 1 A Johnson (City of Cardiff) 24.87; 2 M Kidd (Sutton and Cheam) 24.96; 3 P Rogers (Stockton Aquatics) 25.06. 200m butterfly: 1 E Clement (Killerwhales) 2:12.08; 2 J Whitehead (Rotherham Metro) 2:12.14; 3 D Sutton (Stockport Metro) 2:13.32. 1500m freestyle: 1 N Williams (Stockport Metro) 16:51.19; 2 E Clement (Killerwhales) 16:59.99; 3 J Warrener (Portsmouth Northsea) 17:15.30. 200m medley: 1 M Spackman (Lincoln) 2:14.23; 2 E Clement (Kilerwhales) 2:15.23; 3 J Stewart (Leatherhead) 2:15.90. 15-16: 4 x 50m freestyle relay: 1 City of Bristol 1:41.41; 2 City of Birmingham 1:42.71; 3 Stockton Aquatics 1:42.85. 4 x 50m medley relay: 1 City of Birmingham 1:53.77; 2 Beckenham 1:55.50; 3 Manchester United Salford 1:55.77.

Girls: 16 years: 100m breastroke: 1 K Fisher (Portsmouth Northsea) 1:13.80; 2 R Plaxton (City of Leeds) 1:14.15; 3 L Robinson (Irl) 1:15.92. 200m backstroke: 1 R Line (Warriors of Warrington) 2:25.18; 2 L Appleby (Norwich Penguins) 2:26.45; 3 R Sherrington (Leatherhead) 2:27.60. 800m freestyle: 1 P Wood (Hillingdon) 9:11.02; 2 A Matherton (Borough of Southend) 9:11.21; 3 G Leader (Stockport Metro) 9:19.54. 15 years: 100m breaststroke: 1 R Thompson (Borough of Kirklees) 1:17.09; 2 V Thompson (City of Liverpool) 1:17.25; 3 R Morrison (Ulster) 1:17.38. 800m freestyle: 1 K Bunclark (Orpington) 9:10.83; 2 S Wootton (Borough of Wolverhampton) 9:15.25; 3 M Gingham (City of Southampton) 9:28.72. 15-16: 4 x 50m freestyle relay: 1 City of Bristol 1:54.89; 2 City of Liverpool 1:55.30; 3 Norwich Penguins 1:55.32. 15- 16: 4 x 50m medley relay: 1 Borough of Kirklees 2:06.03; 2 City of Bristol 2:06.54; 3 City of Liverpool 2:06.66. Leading swimmers: Boys 16 years: 1 J Griffin (City of Bradford) 52pts; 2 D Coombs (Romford Town) 39; 3 T Riley (Manchester United Salford) 36. 15 years: 1 E Clement (Killerwhales) 53; 2 A Johnson (City of Cardiff) 43; 3 C Pankhurst (City of Oxford) 37. Girls 16 years: 1 K Legg (Bournemouth Dolphins) 48; 2 R Haigh (Borough of Kirklees) 40; 3 S Harrison (Derwentside) 32. 15 years: 1 K Bunclark (Orpington) 46; 2 S Starbuck (City of Leeds) 41; 3 R Thompson (Borough of Kirklees) 31.