RUNNYMEDE have been swimming in various competitions with some outstanding results following their great performances at the Essex age group championships.

Four swimmers travelled to Ponds Forge for the qualifying to take part in the City of Sheffield swim squad premier open meet.

This was a licensed level one competition and was attended by many of the country's top swimmers. Chloe Davis, 14, had an excellent weekend qualifying for the finals of the 200 IM and backstroke.

Kayleigh Sims, 11, reached the final of the 100 breaststroke. She had some great results and is now only 0.07 seconds outside her national qualifying time for this event and 1.7 seconds outside the 200.

Ellie Pirrie, 10, Castle Point Sports Council's junior personality of the year, had a busy time qualifying and competing in 10 events.

She had some outstanding swims and is also getting closer to her national qualifying times.

Charlotte Davis, 16, had some excellent swims in the 200 and 100 freestyle and fly events, qualifying for ERASA Youth Championships in May.

Runnymede sent a large squad to the Southend meet at Warrior Square. Their star of the day was 11-year-old Murphy Talbot, who is currently one of the club's most improved swimmers this year.

Talbot has been training extremely hard and this paid off when he took the gold medal in all four events for his age group and produced an event best time in the 100 freestyle.

Two gold medals also went to 12-year-old Kelsey Ellerby in the fly and freestyle. Ellerby also went on to take silver in the backstroke.

Patrick Neary, 14, had a great day's swimming, winning gold in the 100 breastroke, silver in the backstroke, bronze in the 100 fly and fourth in the freestyle.

Runnymede's other medalists were: Hayley Mitchell gold in 100 backstroke, Mark Greenbaum, silver in 100 freestyle and fly, Will Muggleton, silver in 100 fly, and bronze freestyle and backstroke, Tom Honeysett, silver 100 freestyle, Shannon Wennington, silver 100 fly, Jonathon Ellis, silver i00 backstroke, Jenny Lamb, bronze 100 freestyle, Karis Ellerby, bronze 100 freestyle and Molly Giles bronze 100 fly.

The club's other swimmers narrowly missing out on medals were: Megan Beard, Sarah Ellis, Sophie Hayward, Ebony Talbot, Lauren Greenbaum, Amy Smith, Alice Fraser, Emily Muggleton, Ellie Honeysett, Lauren Beard, Yvette James, Sian Elmy, Elizabeth Carter, Danielle Valsaycer, Charlie Beale, Megan Stunt, Paige Gill, Annie Garrard, Dina Day, Shannon Sims, Thomas Giles, Matthew Shelford, Elliot Hart, Zachary Beale, Sonny Canham, Jack Fraser and Byron Wood.