Britain Sending 43 Elites to Flanders Cup This Weekend

British Swimming is sending a huge portion of their team to the Flanders Speedo Cup in Antwerp, Belgium in a meet that runs January 24th-25th (Friday and Saturday). The 43-swimmer team, a combination of seniors and juniors, will use the meet as a test of their winter training block.

“The Flanders meet will be provide another valuable opportunity in the overall race strategy for our swimmers,” said British Swimming Head Coach Bill Furniss. “These events allow us to practice the process goals that are important for progression this season.

The roster will include 14 out of Britain’s meet-leading 24 medals from last summer’s European Championships. Among them are 50 and 100 breaststroke dual champion, and World Record holder in the shorter race, Adam Peaty; 400/800 dual champion Jazz Carlin; and young swimmers like Molly Renshaw, James Guy, and Jay Lelliott, who are in a race to work into medal position by the 2016 Olympic Games.

Among the notable exceptions from the roster are Ross Murdoch, Roberto Pavoni, Fran Halsall, Lizzie Simmonds, and Aimee Wilmott.

• Adam Barrett – British Gas GBR National Centre, Loughborough
• Craig Benson – Stirling Swim
• Charlie Boldison – Stirling Swim
• Nick Grainger – City of Sheffield
• James Guy – Millfield
• Jordan Hughes – Stirling Swim
• Michael Jamieson – British Gas GBR National Centre, Bath
• Calum Jarvis – British Gas GBR National Centre, Bath
• Daniel Jervis – Swim Swansea
• Max Litchfield – City of Sheffield
• Jay Lelliott – University of Bath
• Craig MacLean – Carnegie
• Craig McNally – Warrender
• Stephen Milne – Perth City
• Miles Munro – British Gas GBR National Centre, Bath
• Adam Peaty – City of Derby
• Ben Proud – Plymouth Leander
• Duncan Scott – Stirling Swim
• Christopher Walker-Hebborn – British Gas GBR National Centre, Bath
• Martyn Walton – Hatfield
• Andrew Willis –  British Gas GBR National Centre, Bath
• Charlotte Atkinson – Plymouth Leander
• Anne Bochmann – British Gas GBR National Centre, Bath
• Georgina Boyle – Chelsea and Westminster
• Megan Briggs – Warrender
• Jazmin Carlin – British Gas GBR National Centre, Bath
• Georgia Davies – British Gas GBR National Centre, Loughborough
• Kathleen Dawson – Warrington Warriers
• Emma Day – Guildford City
• Jess Fullalove – City of Manchester Aquatics
• Isobel Grant – City of Sheffield
• Holly Hibbott – Stockport Metro
• Rachel Kelly – British Gas GBR National Centre, Loughborough
• Shauna Lee – Plymouth Leander
• Danielle Lowe – City of Derby
• Hannah Miley – Garioch
• Siobhan-Marie O’Connor – British Gas GBR National Centre, Bath
• Lauren Quigley – Stockport Metro
• Molly Renshaw – British Gas GBR National Centre, Loughborough
• Rosie Rudin – Nova Centurion
• Rebecca Sherwin – Team Ipswich
• Sophie Taylor – London Aquatic Centre Performance Programme
• Aimee Willmott – London Aquatic Centre Performance Programme