F-Teamers Primed for Edinburgh International
The race calendar is heating up in the UK. F-Teamers are keen to get in as much racing as possible with the British and Irish Champs on the horizon. Eighteen of our F-Teamers are set to compete in this week’s Edinburgh International from March 11 to 13, with this meet being a critical stop on the UK racing calendar.
For most of our UK-based athletes, this is the final pit-stop prior to the British (April 5-10) and Irish (April 19-23) Trials. These trials will dictate selection onto senior teams for numerous international competitions this year, including the July/August Commonwealth Games.
Edinburgh International is renowned for attracting many of British Swimming and Europe’s most talented swimmers, and this time around there appears to be no exception. This leg of the competition calendar was preceded by last month’s Dave McCullagh International Meet held in Bangor, Ireland, for a few of the F-Teamers. In this meet, our own Olympians Jacob Whittle and Daniel Wiffen will be in the thick of the action for numerous battles across an action-filled weekend.
Scott Gibson is one of four F-Teamers based out of the University of Edinburgh, and says it’s an important “home event” for him and his squad mates. “The meet is only 3 weeks before trials so we will get an accurate benchmark of where we are at.” Scott is in some hot form at the moment, as he won the 50 Back at the McCullagh International and, the week prior, broke the Scottish record in the same event.
Daniel Wiffen is convinced that the process and protocols behind racing are critical at meets such as the Edinburgh International, and it's important to be optimistic no matter what. “It isn’t always about the times at these competitions, I’m looking to keep progressing from my in-season bests. (From 2020) I learnt that anything is possible as I made the Olympics which wasn’t really in the picture.”
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F-Teamers in action are Evan Bailey, Tain Bruce, Imogen Clark, Leah Crisp, Maisie Elliot, Charlotte Evans, Mark Ford, Sophie Freeman, Scott Gibson, Katie Goodburn, Honey Osrin, Georgina Pryor, Ciara Schlosshan, Katie Shanahan, Mia Slevin, Jacob Whittle, Daniel Wiffen and Nathan Wiffen.