Katie Shanahan Returns After Glandular Fever To Publish 4:38 400IM In Edinburgh
Katie Shanahan returned to competitors following glandular fever to publish 4:38.76 within the 400IM on the Scottish Nationwide Open Swimming Championships.
The College of Stirling swimmer dominated the race to win by virtually 20 seconds forward of the College of Edinburgh’s Ailsa McDonald who added lengthy medley silver to her 200IM gold in 4:58.47 whereas 15-year-old Alice Forrest (Derwentside) took bronze (5:03.44).
Shanahan, who received bronze representing Scotland on the 2022 Commonwealth Video games, will compete within the 4IM in Paris and took positives from her quickest time of the season bar the Olympic trials in April after which her coaching was derailed by glandular fever in Might.
Katie Shanahan & Abbie Wooden: Photograph Courtesy: Morgan Harlow, British Swimming
The Scot, who’s coached by Steven Tigg, mentioned:
“That’s the quickest I’ve been all season outdoors of trials. I discovered I had glandular fever on the finish of Might which put a little bit of a maintain on every little thing I used to be doing so I’m simply glad to be again within the water and I really feel so significantly better after that.
“I used to be a bit anxious coming in to be trustworthy as a result of the 400m IM will not be the occasion you need to be doing with glandular fever. I simply need to preserve secure and ensure I’m not choosing anything up, there’s solely 4 weeks till the massive dance.”
Waiting for her debut Olympics in Paris subsequent month, she added:
“It’s been wonderful to this point. It’s a as soon as in a lifetime expertise and I’m simply so grateful and fortunate that I’m capable of expertise it.
“The kitting out day was wonderful and it makes me so excited to be within the Village and simply expertise that complete Olympic bubble. I’m simply so excited to be trustworthy!”
Jack McMillan touched out Duncan Scott by 0.16 to win the 200 free in 1:47.54 to 1:47.70.
That adopted Scott’s outing within the 100 again the place he completed third as Scott Gibson got here from second at midway to take the title in 55.79 forward of Zach Speakman and Scott.
Lucy Hope added a second freestyle gold medal in as many days, with a commanding victory within the 200m freestyle, so as to add to Friday’s 100m triumph.
Hope, who will be part of Shanahan in Paris, took gold in the one sub-2 minute swim of the sphere in 1:59.66 forward of Warrender teenager Phoebe Arbuckle, who took silver (2:05.34), and Mairi Craig of Edinburgh College in third (2:05.47).
Lucy Grieve (College of Stirling) equalled teammate Keanna MacInnes’ 50m butterfly Scottish document in 26.69 en-route to victory whereas Kara Hanlon (College of Edinburgh) made it two medals in two days with gold within the 200m breaststroke in 2:27.50.
