Lily makes waves at Swimming Nationals
Lily Herring competed in Sheffield at the National Summer Meet (50m) This is Swim England’s biggest domestic swimming event of the year.
Lily, qualified in sixth place in the multi classification heats when she went 1:19.38 for the 100m freestyle However, in the final, the 15 year old looked very determined and after 50m she was third. However, Lily was pushed all the way but was not prepared to relinquish the position and held it right to the finish in an improved time of 1:18.08. However, owing to a complex Swim England permutation, based on a points tariff, Lily was placed sixth
This did not deter her as she had the satisfaction of coming third in the race with the third fastest time in the final and had two more events to look forward to. In the 50m freestyle, she was seeded fifth and this is where she finished in the final in a personal best time of 36.30. In the 200m Individual Medley, Lily found it tough going but finished in 3.40.62. In the 400m S10 freestyle she gained another fifth place after eight hard lengths of the 50m pool in 5.51.38. After the gala, her coach, Sam Watts said:
“Lily is having an excellent year in the pool so far. Her application and tenacity has been exemplary and its just reward that she swam in the nationals. I believe that this is just the beginning of what is to come”