2016 British Para-Swimming International Meet
- Tollcross, Glasgow, Scotland
- Prelims 9:30AM/Finals 5:30PM (local Time) – (4:30AM/12:30PM U.S. Eastern Time)
- Saturday, April 23 – Wednesday, April 27
- Live results
- Paralympic World Record database
World records fell in the men’s and women’s 100 breaststrokes on the first day of Great Britain’s Para-Swimming International meet, including double-world record days from Aaron Moores and Michelle Alonso Morales.
Moores, 21 years old, broke the SB14 world record in both prelims and finals of the 100 breaststroke and also qualified for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
In prelims, Moores was 1:06.49, shaving two tenths off the previous record, held by Japan’s Yasuhiro Tanaka at 1:06.69. At night, he bested even that swim, going 1:06.33.
In the British Swimming press release, Moores said the swim was a career-best by two seconds. He competes for Swansea Aquatics.
On the women’s side, two different world records fell – Morales broke the SB14 record in both prelims and finals, and Rebecca Redfern broke the SB13 record at night.
Morales, who competes for Spain internationally, went 1:13.86 in prelims to cut more than a half-second off the previous record, which was held by Bethany Firth.
At night, Morales dropped all the way down to a 1:12.61 to reset the world record and win the title. Firth was second, getting under her old record with a 1:13.99 and breaking the British record in the process. And in third place, Redfern went 1:16.86 to get under the SB13 world record by three tenths.
Other event winners:
- In the men’s 100 freestyle, Josef Craig went 59.32 to win the event from the S8 class. Behind him, a pair of swimmers broke British records: Lewis White in the S9 class (57.76) and Stephen Clegg in the S12 (54.31).
- Hannah Russell topped the women’s 100 freestyle in 59.40, competing from the S12 class.
- Lyndon Longhorne broke the British record in the men’s 50 breaststroke S3, going 57.84.