2017 BRITISH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, April 18th – Sunday, April 23rd
- Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield
- LCM
- Qualifying Times Analysis (for this meet)
- Qualifying Times Analysis (for 2017 World Championships GBR squad)
- Meet Site
- Psych Sheets
- Live Stream
- Live Results
On night 3 of the 2017 British Swimming Championships in Sheffield, 19-year-old Duncan Scott made history as the first British man to clock a 100m freestyle time under the 49-second threshold. Already having earned the national record of 48.01 while finishing 5th at the 2016 Olympic Games, Scott shaved .11 off of that best time tonight, touching in 49.70 for a new record, a British title and the top mark in the world this season.
Watch the race unfold from start to finish, where Scott takes off on his own race and never looks back, automatically qualifying for Budapest in the process.
Video courtesy of British Swimming.
As originally reported:
MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – FINAL
- FINA A – 48.93
- British 1st place standard – 47.91
- British consideration standard – 48.33
- The Podium:
- Duncan Scott – 47.90
- Jack Thorpe – 49.65
- Kieran McGuckin – 49.68
The men’s 100m freestyle capped off a huge night of racing for the British, one that saw 2 national records fall in the span of 2 hours. After Max Litchfield‘s inspiring performance in the 400m IM, 19-year-old Duncan Scott from the University of Stirling proved once again he is indeed the real sprinting deal by becoming the first British man ever under the 48-second mark in the 100m free.
Entering the meet with the national record of 48.01 from his 5th place finish in Rio, Scott put the field on notice this morning with a super quick 48.58, the only sub-49 second out behind Adam Barrett. But Scott fired off the big guns this evening, opening in 23.14 and closing in 24.76 to collect a national title and clear the automatic consideration time. Scott also now ranks as #1 in the world, ahead of Aussie maverick Cameron McEvoy.
Barrett bowed out of the 100m freestyle final, presumably to focus on his prime event the 100m butterfly, so that left the Edinburgh duo of Jack Thorpe and Kieran McGuckin in a good spot to take the minor medals. Thorpe finished in 49.65 for silver, with McGuckin just .03 behind for bronze.
Don’t like his grabby stroke. Looks like he is trying to climb himself out of the water. But it works! So who am I to say otherwise. Have a friend who has a similarly crabby stroke, breathes twos…Looks really messy but he flies along still.
I note at the end of his race, maybe the last 5 meters he switches it up completely. Head down, no breathing, wind milling with near straight arms on the recovery. Interesting strategy.
Definetly a kid with talent! I his freestyle kick is amazing, it even increases by the second 50. His underwaters are decent and I like how he uses the same approach as Nathan Adrian and some other great swimmers throughout the years, as he stops breathing and transitions into a straight arm freestlye with 12 meters to go. Look forward to see this kid swim in Budapest and the next coming years!
That’s a truly scrawny kid! Wow… Looks like a slightly anorexic Cam McEvoy!!
Excellent turn, great underwater and tremendous speed endurance at the end of his race. Great swim!
The relatively scrawny sprinters are amazing — Ervin, McEvoy, now Scott. It’s interesting how such vastly different body types (Adrian vs these guys) can get virtually the same results. Of course, PVDH was the first scrawny guy (6’4″ 176 lbs) under 48. Curious to see whether more muscle for Scott necessarily means more 100 LCM free speed.
I agree. More muscles would not necessarily translate to faster times, it depends on each individual swimmer’s body shape, genetics, and how they swim.
McEvoy is the smallest and lightest of all top sprinters and yet he’s the fastest ever in 100 and among the fastest on 50.
great turn and breakout, never loses momentum
Good underwater off the wall compared to most other world class 100 guys.
When are The US trials for Worlds?
June 27th
I’m not the pools not regulation size but it seriously looks short to me. It might be the lane lines or the flags or something
u look short too with your 50free
cool down
hey , blast off LOL
what an incredible kick. the tempo on his feet is crazy compared to the rest of the field. Take notes, children.