2021 BRITISH SWIMMING INVITATION MEET
- Friday, March 12th – Sunday, March 14th
- Manchester Aquatic Center
- LCM (50m)
- Day 1 Recap
- Live Results
- Live Stream
The 2021 British Swimming Invitation Meet entered day 2 prelims this morning with a new Scottish national record by Kathleen Dawson in the women’s 100m back. She fired off a time of 59.36 to land lane 4 for tonight’s final, becoming Great Britain’s 3rd fastest woman all-time in the process.
It turns out that was simply an appetizer to what Dawson had in store tonight’s main course, with the 24-year-old University of Stirling athlete unleashing the first sub-59 second time of her career. Stopping the clock in a huge 58.65, Dawson has become just the 2nd British woman ever to get under the threshold, joining national record holder Gemma Spofforth. Spofforth owns the longstanding British record at 58.12 from 2009.
Splitting 28.96/30.40 this morning gave Dawson the temporary 59.36 PB and Scottish mark. Tonight, she opened in a much quicker 28.24 and brought it home in 30.41 to make swimming history for Scotland.
She checks-in as the world’s 2nd fastest woman in the world this season. Dawson also enters the all-time performers across all nations list in slot #15.
2020-2021 LCM Women 100 Back
McKeown
57.45
| 2 | Regan Smith | USA | 57.64 | 07/29 |
| 3 | Kylie Masse | CAN | 57.70 | 06/19 |
| 4 | Kathleen Dawson | GBR | 58.08 | 05/23 |
| 5 | Olivia Smoliga | USA | 58.31 | 05/15 |
Dawson is proving once again that she is back to form after a bout of injuries plaguing her over the past couple of years. Before the coronavirus pandemic, in March of 2020 Dawson neared this same backstroke record while competing at the Edinburgh International Meet. She produced a time of 59.74 as her 2nd fastest time ever as an indication that her body is back on track.
That’s great! Love seeing breakout performances! 100 back is getting crowded on the world stage.
Interesting improvement after years of being irrelevant. Also interesting that half of the elite british athletes seem to be from Scotland. Would be interesting to know what they put in the water there.
whisky
It’s a little known fact that there is a famous rite of passage when Scottish kids turn 12. On their birthday, at dusk, their parent takes them out in a boat to a small island in the middle of the Loch Ness, and leaves them there. If they manage to swim back to shore, they are greeted as one of the clan, and given their first bottle of whisky and the finest haggis. If they don’t, well… Let’s just say Ol’ Nessie isn’t going hungry.
Tends to focus the minds in those swimming lessons, eh?
At this point is it fair to equate times in the men’s 100breast with women’s 100back or are we not there yet
No because there’s not one person that is dominating as much as Peaty although smith and mckeown are very good
The top 100 back women are more versatile than mens100 br , either all excelling at 200 or the 100 free or IM .
It’s an interesting one. Certainly there’s no Peaty in the women’s 100 back, in terms of dominance and number of sub-58 swims (only one each for Smith and McKeown).
Equally though you could argue that there is a higher density in the women’s 100 back in the 58-low area. On the men’s side, Peaty aside, you have Wilby who’s swam 58-mid at a couple of major championships, but no one else has, and only Wilby, Shymanovitch and Kaminga have broken 58.5 (currently active). Their bests are 58.2 (Shymanovitch) and 58.4 (Wilby and Kaminga). On the women’s side, you have Smith, McKeown, Baker, Masse who have all been 58.10 or better. Then you have the likes of Seebohm, a few Americans… Read more »
Women’s 100 back becoming more and more stacked!
58 needed to final in Tokyo? In between 2 x USA, 2 x Australia, Masse, Toussaint, Ruck and now Dawson…
Speechless at that swim! Years of injuries have hampered her progress, but this shows she is world class. Hopefully more to come at the trials and at the Olympics. Medals starting to look possible in Tokyo for the mixed medley relay, improving for the women’s medley relay – although fly still weak and maybe even for Kathleen herself
Sarah Vasey went 1:07.0 so yes definitely some positive signs all round! Would love to see Siobhan in her peak fly days again when she could split 56 high and 57.0. Hoping we can get all the women’s relays into Tokyo as it’s fairly certain we’re gonna get all men’s and the mixed
What the heck. Is 59 just not fast anymore?
Nope it isn’t. Exciting times!
Holy s***! Taken her PB down by about a second in a day…not too shabby
Superb. GBR officially contenders for the mixed medley. Great swims from Wild & Harris too – Davies has her hands full at trials.
58.5- Dawson
56.5- Peaty
50.5- Guy
51.5- Anderson
I’m speaking that into existence so I can plant the seed and watch the harvest!
(Mind you that race is going to be a dog fight- China, Russia, GB, USA, Australia and then throw in the Dutch, Japan, Canada, maybe Italy. Whew.)
The real positive for GB is the depth now. You can rest Dawson (Wild/Greenbank), Peaty (Wilby) and Anderson (Hopkin) and still feel pretty assured of making the final.
Didn’t even think of it like that besides the Wilby/Peaty switch. Rly nice to see! Now fingers crossed we can pull some women’s relays to the games and go with a full relay house!
True! Think resting Guy is probably most important though because I heard him in an interview a while ago that doing the heats of the relays + his individual swims took it out of him quite a lot…have to see if Peters or Litchfield step up at trials!
Guy probably wild card on that lineup.
Hardly mate, since 2017 he’s never been slower than 50.7 in a relay, and has been 50.4 before
I’m still salty that’s there’s a mixed medley relay at the Olympic Games. The race will be interesting, but I just don’t think it belongs at the Olympics. Keep it for worlds.