CITY of Bradford’s 2012 Target Squad swimmer Sian Morgan made swimming history when she joined her teammates at the new Freeman’s Quay Leisure Centre in Durham for the North East Region Senior /Junior Championships.
Still only 14 Morgan still swims as a junior but her swims over the weekend earned her no less that six senior and junior titles and qualified her for three Welsh Junior records on 200m 800m and 1500m freestyle.
Her time of 8.45.22 in the 800m event also broke the oldest Yorkshire junior record standing which had stood since 1980.
She also gained two more National Youth qualifying times in 100m and 400m freestyle and in total won six gold and one bronze medal.
Morgan trains with Leisure Services Coaching and Training scheme and is a pupil at Bradford Grammar School Fellow Grammar School pupil Ben Balmforth, also from Ilkley, excelled at the meet with three bronze medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 100m breaststroke. He also claimed sixth place in the 200m individual medley.
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