FAREHAM NOMADS' Peter Hall was named top male swimmer at the Bournemouth Open Meet. The 14-year-old amassed a total of six gold and five silver medals from 11 events in the open and age group events.
Perhaps his best swim was in the 400m medley, recording an impressive time of 5min 7.92sec - a massive improvement over his previous best of 6.20.
In the age group events, Hall struck gold in the 100m medley, 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 200m medley and 50m backstroke.
Nick Barber more than made up for the disappointment of missing the national mark for 200m butterfly at a recent meet. He swam a brilliant 2:14.31 to smash his personal best by over five seconds and was more than three seconds inside the national qualifying time. Barber went on to win his age group 100m butterfly - plus two more silvers and one bronze.
Daniel Crook dominated the 13 years' age group with five wins in the 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly, the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.
Chris Walker at long last achieved a full set of freestyle qualifying times by adding the 200m to those already held for the 50m, 100m, 400m and 1500m.
He became the first swimmer in the club to achieve five times in one stroke. Walker swam an exceptionally well-paced race in the 400m freestyle to claim gold in a personal best time of 4:12.76.
For the final of the 50m freestyle, a swim-off for the eighth place is not unusual, except this swim-off involved Nomads' teammates Nick Barber and Edward Askham-Spencer.
Barber won the duel - but if both had swam as fast in the heat they would have both been in the final by right. Walker placed second in a personal best 25.37sec improving his national time.
Tiberius Meszaros had his best meet since joining the club, winning the Open butterfly and backstroke events in 1:00.29 and 29.06 respectively.
Tom Harvey's 400m freestyle best time of 4:43.38 was gained while also setting best figures at the 100m and 200m stage of the race.
Other medallists were Edward Askham-Spencer, Athalie Redwood-Brown, Sarah Warrener and Francesca Delo.
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