Mid Sussex swimming duo represent south east at international swim meet

A swimmer and a coach from the Mid Sussex Marlins Swimming Club have travelled to Luxembourg to take part in a swimming meet.
By Emily Turner
Published 10th Feb 2020, 12:39 BST
Updated 10th Feb 2020, 12:39 BST
The Swim England South East teamThe Swim England South East team
The Swim England South East team

Swimmer Sophie Shaw travelled with head coach Stephen Murphy to the LEN Euro meet as part of the Swim England South East team, held from January 23-26.

The team had been selected from winners of Olympic events from the winter regional championships.

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The aim for the team was to gain experience at an international swim meet, train and develop their race process skills.

Sophie was one of only two swimmers in the team to make an A final, placing sixth in the 100m backstroke.

She won the 200m backstroke B final in 2.17.20 while in heavy training.

Stephen said: “The team all conducted themselves in a professional manner and understood they needed to race tough with the meet/camp being a train through meet in preparation for the key domestic meets in April and July.

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“Sophie conducted herself well in and out of the pool and represented the region and Mid Sussex Marlins swimming club excellently.”

There were a high number of Olympic medallists at the meet, including Katinka Hoszu, Sarah Sjostrom, Florent Manadou, Bruno Fratus and Pernille Blume.