THERE was a strong contingent of Berwickshire swimmers amongst a successful Swim Team Borders squad who won a number of medals at the recent East District Age Group Championships in Glenrothes.
As well as a clutch of honours, the team came away with an impressive 18 personal bests from 20 events.
Duns ASC swimmer Euan Johnston finished just outside the medals in the 1500m freestyle, finishing fourth and beating his personal best by 2
0 seconds.
Euan also recorded personal bests at the 400m and 800m marks in this event and a further PB in the 16 and over 200m individual medley. He rounded off a successful weekend placing fifth with yet another personal best in the 16 and over 800m freestyle.
Fellow Duns swimmer, Kirsty Paterson (17) placed fifth in the final of the 16 and over 200m individual medley with a strong swim.
Swimmers from Eyemouth were also in the team and Border medallists on the days included 15 year old Amy Fraser of Gala Amateur Swimming Club who claimed gold in the 14/15 years 800m freestyle with a well deserved PB. Amy followed this performance with a silver in the 14/15 years 200m individual medley.
And Kelso ASC's Ryan Brown had a storming weekend, being the quickest 12 year old in the 12/13 years 1500m freestyle and the 200m individual medley, recording massive personal bests in the process.
Ryan also placed second in the 12/13 years 100m backstroke, earning him a place at the East District finals in March.
Commenting on their success, Coach of Swim Team Borders and Borders Performance Coach, Alex Jordan, said: "The team blew me away with one big PB after another over the weekend. Their training performances have improved significantly of late, but I still wasn't expecting such a rate of progress in competition just yet. The best thing is they will only continue to get better from here."
Executive Member for Sport, Culture and Community Education Councillor Graham Garvie added: "Once again this team of promising young athletes continues to go from strength to strength proving that the level of training they are receiving is paying off. I would like to congratulate them on their success and look forward to hearing more about their successes in the coming months."
