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Summer splash meet 2026

I had a Summer Splash meet at Southampton this weekend, and I had a good few PBs considering I hadn’t been training regularly for the last month because of my GCSE exams. Nevertheless, I was very happy with my times.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t so happy with my 200 IM. I swam a 2:29.60, which was 4.4 seconds slower than my PB. This altered my mood and made me feel quite negative. However, after talking to my coach, I understood that I had gone out too fast. Although I managed to PB my 50 fly split, the overall result reflected my lack of consistent training. I was also too excited going into the race, which affected my pacing.

Later in the weekend, my swims got a lot better. In the 50 breaststroke, I finally broke a PB that had stood for over a year, swimming a 34.07 and dropping 0.96 seconds. This lifted my mood and made me feel much more optimistic.

That confidence carried into my 100 freestyle, where I swam a 57.00, taking 0.55 seconds off my PB. My 50 fly was right after that, and I swam a 28.69. Unfortunately, I didn’t PB because I could feel the lactic acid building up in my legs. Throughout the swim, I felt heavy with every arm pull and felt like I was sitting too deep in the water.

That concluded day one.

On day two, I only had two events. My first race was the 50 backstroke, where I achieved a time of 30.65, a PB by 0.48 seconds. My second race of the day was the 50 freestyle. This was the race I had been waiting for and the one I hoped to perform best in.

I did exactly that, swimming a 25.38 in a tech suit that had actually ripped slightly while I was putting it on. This was a huge PB of 0.92 seconds, and I was extremely happy with the result. It was good enough to place second.

Overall, I am very happy with my results, especially considering I had been out of the water for a significant amount of time before the meet. The weekend showed me that, despite a lack of consistent training, I can still perform well, and it has given me a lot of motivation going forward.

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