REN 96 leave opponents in their wake at the Tryst

Mar 3 2012 by Paul Behan, Paisley Daily Express

REN 96 gathered medals galore at the West District Swimming Championships.

The event was held over two days at the Tryst Swimming Pool in Cumbernauld and Sandy Blackwood’s talented team achieved the distinction of winning 31 medals and medallions.

To become a West District Swimming Champion is no mean feat.

To win a medal means that you are one of the best swimmers in your age group from a geographical area – which includes 60 per cent of Scotland’s population.

The top girl for REN 96 was 14-year-old Rhiannon Gilkes.

Rhiannon, who has recently been selected to represent Scotland, won three gold medals.

David Muir and Lauren Gilkes, both 12, each won a complete collection of gold, silver and bronze medals.

And Mhairi High, aged 15, won gold and bronze medals while Nicola Connor, 15, and David Orr, also 15, both struck silver.

Andrew Kilpatrick, 12, and Ross Young, 13, both bagged bronze medals.

Ewan Brough, 15, Katie James, 16, Ross Macdonald, 16, Nikki Miller, 11, Liam Slimmon, 13, and Jack Williamson, 13, all won top-six medallions.

REN 96 head coach Sandy Blackwood was delighted with the strong performances.

He said: “Its great to see so many smashing swims.”

Selected REN 96 preliminary heats and finals results at the Tryst were as follows: Lauren Aiston (100m backstroke) 1min 24.9secs 30th, Sarah Bradford (100m freestyle) 1min 10.0ecs 24th, Sarah Bradford (100m backstroke) 1min 22.0ecs 24th, Euan Brough (100m backstroke) 1min 7.4secs 6th, Euan Brough (100m backstroke) 1min 9.7secs 6th, Gemma Burnett (100m breaststroke) 1min 37.2secs 30th, Nicola Connor (100m freestyle) 1min 2.0secs 3rd, Nicola Connor (100m backstroke) 1min 7.2secs 5th, Nicola Connor (100m backstroke) 1min 14.1secs 5th, Nicola Connor (100m backstroke) 1min 17.1secs 6th, Nicola Connor (100m breaststroke) 1min 24.9secs 8th, Nicola Connor (100m fly) 1min 9.6secs 2nd, Nicola Connor (100m fly) 1min 9.6secs 2nd, Nicola Connor (200m individual medley) 2mins 36.4secs 2nd, Rebecca Crumlin (100m freestyle) 1min 9.2secs 10th, Rebecca Crumlin (100m backstroke) 1min 18.0secs 7th, Rebecca Crumlin (100m breaststroke) 1min 36.3secs 28th, Rebecca Crumlin (100m fly) 1min 23.8secs 12th, Rebecca Crumlin (200m individual medley) 2mins 50.8secs 13th, Lauren Gilkes (100m freestyle) 1min 4.5secs 2nd, Lauren Gilkes (100m freestyle) 1min 5.2secs 1st, Lauren Gilkes (100m backstroke) 1min 10.8secs 1st, Lauren Gilkes (100m backstroke) 1min 11.8secs 1st, Lauren Gilkes (100m breaststroke) 1min 28.2secs 7th, Lauren Gilkes (100m fly) 1min 14.2secs 3rd, Lauren Gilkes (100m fly) 1min 17.0secs 5th, Lauren Gilkes (200m individual medley) 2mins 42.1secs 3rd, Lauren Gilkes (200m individual medley) 2mins 44.3secs 3rd, Rhiannon Gilkes (100m freestyle) 1min 0.0secs 1st, Rhiannon Gilkes (100m freestyle) 1min 0.4secs 1st, Rhiannon Gilkes (100m backstroke) 1min 6.1secs 1st, Rhiannon Gilkes (100m backstroke) 1min 7.9secs 2nd, Rhiannon Gilkes (100m breaststroke) 1min 20.0secs 3rd, Rhiannon Gilkes (100m breaststroke) 1min 20.6secs 3rd, Rhiannon Gilkes (100m fly) 1min 6.1secs 1st, Rhiannon Gilkes (100m fly) 1min 10.6secs 4th, Rhiannon Gilkes (200m individual medley) 2mins 27.6secs 1st, Rhiannon Gilkes (200m individual medley) 2mins 29.5secs 1st, Mhairi High (100m freestyle) 1min 5.6secs 12th, Mhairi High (100m backstroke) 1min 8.6secs 3rd, Mhairi High (100m backstroke) 1min 9.3secs 3rd, Mhairi High (100m fly) 1min 7.9secs 1st, Mhairi High (100m fly) 1min 9.0secs 2nd, Mhairi High (200m individual medley) 2mins 32.9secs 2nd, Mhairi High (200m individual medley) 2mins 33.5secs 4th, Katie James (100m backstroke) 1min 9.2secs 4th, Katie James (100m backstroke) 1min 9.9secs 5th, Dominic Kelly (100m breaststroke) 1min 40.5secs 34th, Anna Kilday (100m, fly) 1min 27.5secs 21st, Andrew Kilpatrick (100m freestyle) 1min 8.5secs 12th, Andrew Kilpatrick (100m backstroke) 1min 13.9secs 3rd, Andrew Kilpartick (1min 14.2secs 3rd, Andrew Kilpartick (100m fly) 1min 23.9secs 14th, Jamie Laird (100m fly) (disqualified), Richard Laird (100m freestyle) 1min 15.4secs 30th, Richard Laird (100m fly) 1min 28.5secs 23rd, Richard Laird (200m individual medley) 3mins 0.4secs 23rd, Fiona Lang (100m breaststroke) 1min 27.8secs 14th, Neil MacCuish (100m breaststroke) 1min 30.1secs 24th, Neil MacCuish (100m fly) 1min 15.6secs 13th, Neil MacCuish (200m individual medley) 2mins 44.6secs 19th, Andrew MacDonald (100m freestyle) 59.68secs 18th, Andrew MacDonald (100m breaststroke) 1min 16.3secs 9th, Andrew MacDonald (100m fly) 1min 6.8secs 15th, Andrew MacDonald (200m individual medley) 2ins 28.1secs 11th, Lynn Macdonald (100m freestyle) 1min 7.9secs 14th, Lynn Macdonald (100m backstroke) 1min 18.0secs 14th, Lynn Macdonald (100m fly) 1min 19.1secs 10th, Ross Macdonald (100m freestyle) 55.67secs 5th, Ross Macdonald (100m freestyle) 56.99secs 5th, Ross Macdonald (100m backstroke) 1min 5.8secs 7th, Ross Macdonald (100m fly) 1min 2.0ecs 5th, Ross Macdonald (100m fly) 1min 4.9secs 6th, Heather Martin (100m breaststroke) 1min 35.7secs 27th, Rhea McColl (100m freestyle) 1min 7.2secs 10th, Rhea McColl (100m backstroke) 1min 18.5secs 19th, Rhea McColl (100m breaststroke) 1min 30.0secs 16th, Rhea McColl (200m individual medley) 2mins 47.7secs 16th, Nikki Miller (200m individual medley) 2mins 45.9secs 6th, Nikki Miller (200m individual medley) 2mins 46.1secs 5th, David Muir (100m freestyle) 1min 6.6secs 7th, David Muir (100m backstroke) 1min 14.5secs 5th, David Muir (100m backstroke) 1min 14.6secs 5th, David Muir (100m breaststroke) 1min 21.5secs 1st, David Muir (100m breaststroke) 1min 23.1secs 1st, David Muir (100m fly) 1min 14.5secs 2nd, David Muir (100m fly) 1min 15.4secs 2nd, David Muir (200m individual medley) 2mins 38.6secs 3rd, David Muir (200m individual medley) 2mins 38.9secs 3rd, Robbie Nulty (100m breaststroke) 1min 32.8secs 27th, Natalie O’Donnell (100m freestyle) 1min 9.5secs 23rd, Natalie O’Donnell (100m backstroke) 1min 23.0secs 29th, Natalie O’Donnell (100m breaststroke) 1min 36.2secs 26th, Natalie O’Donnell (100m fly) 1min 21.7ecs 19th, David Orr (100m freestyle) 58.0secs 2nd, David Orr (100m freestyle) 58.52secs 3rd.