Leigha Hughes in S1 attended a Scottish National Age Groups Swimming Championships event from 28th March – 1st April, 5 full days of swimming at Tollcross International pool in Glasgow.
Leigha won Gold for the 1500m Freestyle event with a fantastic time which now ranks her not only 1st in Scotland but 1st in Britain for her age group for this event. Please see attached rankings. Leigha also won Silver for the 800m Freestyle, missing out on the gold by 0.5 of a second. Leigha then went on to take Bronze in the 400 IM
Over a period of 5 days, Leigha swam 9 individuals swims and 2 relay events. Achieving personal best times in each one of these swims.
Leigha has also been selected by Scottish Swimming to attend stroke camp this weekend at Stirling University, following her success at the District Regional Programme, which she attended over 3 days last year. This is a great opportunity for Leigha to work with the best coaches in Scotland and to be trained by Craig McLean who recently swam in the Commonwealth games at the Gold Coast. Well done Leigh on all your hard work and dedication to your swimming.