Swimming smiles: from left, Alex Borisov, Anna Podurgiel, Lauren Brantley, senior age group squad coach Wojciech Slusarczyk, Ally Dill and Drew Dill

Published: 4 June, 2015
by STEVE BARNETT

SWIM stars from Camden Swiss Cottage made a splash on Saturday as they celebrated their most successful medal haul in the London Swimming Summer Championships by snapping up 12 title wins and a total of 36 podium finishes. 

Julia Murphy led the way, winning five gold medals. 

The 12-year-old powered to victory in the 50m, 100m, and 200m breaststroke and the 50m and 100m freestyle. 

Showing great versatility, she also clinched silver medals in the 50m butterfly and the 200m individual medley, along with bronzes in the 50m backstroke and the 100m butterfly. 

Fresh from a top-10 finish at the British Championships in April, Anne Tavierne, 14, showed more outstanding form to take gold in the 200m and 400m freestyle. 

She also touched for silver in the 100m and 200m backstroke, and took bronze in the 50m freestyle, the 50m backstroke and the 400m individual medley. 

Alex Borisov also had an impressive campaign showing his all-round strength to take titles in the 200m individual medley and 200m breaststroke.

The speedy 14-year-old rounded off the meet by claiming silver medals in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and the 400m individual medley. 

Madison Hookway, 16, continued her breaststroke dominance by striking gold in both the 100m and 200m events, and silver in the 50m sprint. 

In the same age group Indigo Mathews powered to gold in the 200m butterfly. 

Stanley Ramsay, 16, collected a silver medal in the 200m individual medley and bronze in both the 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke.  

Club-mates Ally Dill, 13, Natalia Kaczmarczyk, 15, Olivia Halsted, 16, Alexander Kapanadze, 17, and James Slade, 18, also all returned home sporting bronze medals. 

Camden Swiss Cottage head coach Matt Heathcock was delighted with the squad’s pool performances.

“For me, the regionals have been a success,” he said. 

“I was pleased with our performances and our team spirit. We finished with more than 90 per cent of our swimmers making personal best times. 

“There’s more to work on but we have a great foundation here.”