Emma Cagigao Blight - National Swimming Champs

The Last few weeks have once again proved historic for the Torrevieja Swimming Club which, this season under new head coach, Juan Manuel Martinez, have reached the very highest levels of swimming in Spain.

SPANISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday, 17th of July saw, for the first time in the Club’s history, a swimmer compete in the Spanish National Championships at the Infantil age group (1996 and 1997) which took place at the fantastic Olympic swimming pool complex in Palma de Mallorca.

Over 200 clubs and 1,000 swimmers from all over Spain have competed throughout the year to get below the qualifying time which would enable them to compete with the best swimmers in the whole of Spain at this level. From the thousands of swimmers involved, only the top 80 managed to qualify, including for the first time ever, Emma Cagigao Blight from the Torrevieja club.

Emma eventually finished 45th in her age group, a fantastic effort at this level and an experience which has made her all the more determined to compete at this level again next season. For that to happen, she will have to start the qualifying process all over again when training resumes in September.

VALENCIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Infantil Group)

The following weekend (24th and 25th July), Torrevieja Swimming Club once again proved how far they have progressed by having three swimmers competing individually as well as the boys competing in the 4 X 100 freestyle relay event, at the Valencian Community Championships in Elda. This championship is for the best swimmers in the whole of the Valencia Community, who have achieved the required qualifying times.

Emma Cagigao Blight qualified for five events but the championship rules only permit any one swimmer to enter four individual events, so she competed in the 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 200m Backstroke, where she finished 5th, 3rd, 5th and 4th respectively in her age group (1997).

Anton Bergerus qualified for three events, the 200m individual medley, the 100 and the 200 Breast Stroke finishing in 38th, 17th and 21st respectively.
 
Joshua Lorente Imbernon competed in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle where he finished in 20th, 27th and 28th places.    

In the relay, the boys Infantile team comprising of Joshua Lorente Imbernon, Anton Bergerus, Sergio Andreu and Gabriele Bianchini finished in 14th place but improved on their best time by over six seconds.

The club takes a well earned rest for the month of August and training resumes in September. To contact Torrevieja Swimming Club, please telephone 637 869602 or look us up on our website at www.cntorrevieja.netii.net  

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