Kingsbridge Kingfishers succeed at South West Regional Championships

Kingsbridge Kingfishers were represented at the high-level South West Regional Championships by two young athletes who "did both themselves and their club proud".

Chloe Morris and Lucas Quiggin are both enjoying a rapid rise in the swimming world, their development exceeding expectations under Head Coach Karen Dorey.

Lucas Quiggin and Chloe Morris 

Chloe Morris qualified for an amazing 11 events, choosing to race in nine of them. Racing as one of the younger swimmers in the 13 years age category, she stormed to a final in her first event - the 200 IM - and finished that final in an exceptional fourth place.

Another fourth place followed in the 50m Breaststroke, while she finished the 50m Freestyle final in fifth. It took until the second weekend for her to finally break into the top three, with a brilliant 100m Breaststroke bronze medal achieved in a race where she was only three tenths off the gold. She also managed to beat every swimmer in Devon in the process - and will now set her sights on trying to become a County Champion next winter.

Meanwhile Lucas achieved a late qualification to Regionals in four events. His best performance was in the 50m Breaststroke, placing 21st out of 36 qualifiers. His highest overall finish was 14th in the 200 Butterfly, in what was a tremendously difficult race in an Olympic-sized long course pool.

There is still plenty of development left to come for Lucas, and we’re excited to see him finish higher in the standings next year.

Chloe and Lucas continue to be brilliant role models for the next generation of young Kingfishers swimmers coming through the club.

Over 60 KKSC swimmers took part in the latest race night 50m time trials held at Quayside Leisure Centre, and there are 27 junior swimmers set to take part in the Devon Development and Sprint Galas this coming June.

Many of those junior swimmers have come through the Fusion Swim School and have now made the leap to competitive swimming with Kingfishers, who hope to keep growing in strength as the season nears its end.

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