2023 BRITISH UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES (BUCS) SC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, November 17th – Sunday, November 19th
- Ponds Forge International Swimming Centre, Sheffield, England
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A new Scottish national record was established in the women’s SCM 100 butterfly on night two of the British Universities & Colleges (BUCS) Short Course Championships.
Representing the University of Stirling, 19-year-old Lucy Grieve logged a new lifetime best of 57.00 to win the event by well over a second. She beat out teammate Keanna MacInnes who touched in 58.29 while Loughborough’s Laura Stephens rounded out the top 3 performers in 58.45.
Grieve opened in 27.09 and closed in 29.91 to hack over one and a half seconds off her previous personal best of 58.88. That performance was rendered at the 2021 Scottish Short Course Championships.
Grieve’s 57.00 new PB also sliced .15 off of Tain Bruce‘s former Scottish standard of 57.15 put on the books in 2018.
Grieve now ranks as the 5th-best British performer of all time in the SCM 100 fly and the nation’s quickest in 7 years.
Top 5 British Women’s SCM 100 Fly Performers in History
- Francesca Halsall – 55.71, 2009
- Siobhan-Marie O’Connor – 55.93, 2015
- Jemma Jarvis – 56.32, 2013
- Alys Thomas – 56.81, 2016
- Lucy Grieve – 57.00, 2023
Additionally, Greive now takes over the world rankings crown on the season, supplanting Italy’s Alessia Polieri who was #1 with the 57.44 notched just last weekend.
2023-2024 SCM Women 100 Fly
HANSSON
55.37
| 2 | Angelina Köhler | GER | 55.50 | 12/09 |
| 3 | ARINA SURKOVA | RUS | 55.63 | 11/25 |
| 4 | Anna NTOUNTOUNAKI | GRE | 55.98 | 12/09 |
| 5 | Ellen WALSHE | GBR | 56.67 | 12/09 |
Grieve’s 57.00 would have placed 7th at the 2021 European Short Course Championships. However, she was not named to the British roster for this year’s event in Romania. Both MacInnes and Stephens will be there.
A Scottish Swimming social media post noted there were records broken by Katie Shanahan(100IM), Kara Hanlon(50Br), Lucy Grieve(100Fly) and Keanna MacInnes(50+200Fly) along with Olly Carter(S10 100Fly) and Faye Rogers(S10 100Fly) in the para discipline.
Somewhat surprise performances from Cam Brooker of Bath winning the 200Free and Angharad Evans of Stirling in the 50/100/200Br.